Sometimes you’re stuck on Windows and still need to write and debug code …
These programs help get me through the day:
EmEditor ($40, free trial) freakishly-good Unicode and Asian charset support
Notepad++ (GPL)
vim (GPL)
UnxUtils (GPL) native-compiled Unix shell and tools for Windows
lcc-win32 (Proprietary) small, fast, free for non-commercial use Win32 compiler and IDE
PuTTY (GPL) small ssh client
gnumeric (GPL) Excel clone with scientific accuracy
Opera (Proprietary, free) when Firefox keeps crashing
Mozilla Thunderbird (MPL, free) usable email client
EndItAll2 (Proprietary, not free) process killer by PC Magazine is great for gamers and testers – google for it.
(Plus Internet programs like mirc, skype, ym, irssi and flickr uploader.)
JoS has a thread with some tools that other programmers find interesting.
