Best of the Web has the article with the above title. Some of the list we have heard of repeatedly in the past, but there are a couple of new ones.
1. Quicksilver – This single key launch application creates a catalog of frequently performed searches and tasks.
2. Adium – iChat is a great way for Mac users to use AIM, but iChat gets a little hairier to use with Google Talk, MSN Messenger or other chat networks.
3. Flip4Mac WMV Player (Quicktime Codec) – for Windows Media files
4. TextWrangler – The baby brother of pro text editor BBEdit
5. Gimp – Allows both single image retouching a la Photoshop and batch image processing a la Photoshop Elements.
6. Firefox
7. Azureus – BitTorrent client
8. StuffIt Expander
9. iSquint – Convert video files into an iPod or TV-friendly format
10. Carbon Copy Cloner
11. GeekTool – GeekTool embeds file content, web text and web images in the desktop.
12. MenuMeters – MenuMeters keeps system stats like CPU, memory, network and disk activity in the upper-righthand system menu.
13. Burn – Disk burning utility for VCD, SVCD, DVD and DivX disks, try Burn.
14. Neo Office
15. VLC – Cross-platform multimedia player VLC
See the details at Best of the Web. Check out some of the other pages there too.
