My fav programs (Windows / Linux) Browser: Opera / Opera DL manager: Free Download Manager / KGet IM: miranda, skype / Kopete, skype, Konversation Office OO.o / OO.o Audio player: Quintessential Player / amaroK Video player Crystal Player, MP Classic / Kaffeine CD Burning: Nero / K3B CD ripping: CDex / don't remember the name defrag: Diskeeper / no need for such Archiving: 7-zip / doesn't matter programing: eclipse, vis studio 2003 / eclipse, KDevelop antivirus: I don't like any / I don't need any :) daemon-tools, alcohol 120% / no need for such Torrent: guess / KTorrent for windows: you should try KillCopy, a killer app that integrates in the shell and allows you to copy/move files with support for pause/resume, speed limit... and it even copies faster than windows itself... it's even skinnable!!!