If I have to work on a Windows machine, these are the tools I usually install and use:
Free/Libre/Open Source
Free/Libre/Open Source software (“FLOSS”) with OSI certified Open Source license
Cross-platform:
- Latest JDK
- Intellij (Community Edition)
- 7zip
- Eclipse (Platform Runtime Binary + plugins required for my work)
- Apache Tomcat
- Apache Maven
- Git (from git-scm.org)
- Cygwin (with openssh, wget, nano)
- Firefox (with Adblock, Secure Login, Firebug, Uppity)
- Filezilla
- LibreOffice
- Pidgin
- Gimp
- Gvim
- Wireshark
- OpenVPN
Windows-only:
- Notepad++
- PdfCreator
- Infrarecorder
- CamStudio
- Link Shell Extension
Closed source
Binaries currently available for download without license fees:
- Adobe Reader
- Sysinternals
- Deskpins
- MWSnap