• Open Office
  

Open Office is a complete office suite which includes:

• Writer (word processor)
• Impress (for presentations)
• Calc (spreadsheet)
• Base (database)
• Draw (vector drawing)

This open source project has been in development for years and many people now use it instead of Microsoft Office. It is available in many languages and runs on several platforms.

Text Editors

• Context
  

Context is a small, fast and powerful freeware text editor with syntax highlighting for many file types, a file explorer with list of favourites, user commands, and much more.

Photo Software

• Picasa
  

Picasa by Google is a very useful program for anyone who owns a digital camera. This program allows you to adjust photos (crop, straighten, lighten, adjust colors, all kinds of effects, etc.) without you having to worry about losing the original! Picasa can scan your entire computer for images and show them sorted by date. Easily create an online webalbum and share your photos with friends!

More coming soon...