Top 10: My Favorite Windows Application: Open Source Version

It's that time again to take a look at my top 10 applications applications for the Windows platform. Of course, this is going to be an open source version so put away those credit cards and take a look at my top 10:

1. Firefox (Web Browser)- I use it, I like it on any platform and with solid performance and a huge list of powerful extensions what's not to like.
2. Pidigin (IM Client) - A while ago I too use to use applications like AIM and MSN messanger, today Pidigin. Why? It works very well and has no advertising, reason enough?
3. VLC (Media Player) - This is the swiss army knife of media players supporting just about every video codec under the sun.
4. GIMP (Image Editor) - If you don't want to drop the cash on Photoshop and MS Paint just isn't hacking it, then GIMP might be a good alternative. This image editor is a solid as it gets for a free (as in beer) application.
5. Cygwin (UNIX/Linux Shell) - when you need a more powerful shell than DOS, Cygwin will help you bring the power of bash to your Windows environment.
6. HandBrake (DVD to MPEG4 rip/encoding software) - for the times when want to backup your DVD's into a nice digital format, HandBrake is a nice little application that helps you convert to the MPEG4 format with very little effort.
7. FileZilla (FTP Client) - It's not that often I have to grab anything from FTP anymore but when I do this little application is my client of choice.
8. Azureus (BitTorrent Client) - this Java application is packed with features and oh yeah it downloads over BitTorrent too.
9. 7-Zip (File Archiver) - this file archivers has a long list of supported file types that makes download worthy on its own.
10. Notepad++ (Source/Text Editor) - most of the time I develop in Visual Studio, however, on the days that I can't I use notepad++. Which has quite a few features over the basic notepad application.