Opinions, like preferences, vary on the topic of good OSX software. Below is a collection of software some of us recommend and hopefully use. Feel free to add to the list and leave comments on anything you disagree with or take issue with.

Purpose

Below is a list of software we believe and have found to be most helpful in starting with OSX. Think of it as a list of software every OSX user ought to consider.

General software searching: Version Tracker

Text/Programming Editors

• Collaborative Text Editor: SubEthaEdit
• VIM
• TextMate (nev-sama can't live without this)
• Aqua Emacs
• Emacs

Meters

• Network/CPU/RAM meter
• "Better" Battery Meter

Chatting

• Jabber/AIM/Yahoo/IM* Client: Adium
• SILC/IRC Client: Colloquy

RSS/News Readers:

• Vienna
• NetNewsWire
• Miro - Used for Video RSS feeds

General

• SVN client: svnX
• Random Password Generator
• Quicksilver (easy way of launching programs)
• System Notifier Library (really handy): Growl
• Notes Database App: Notational Velocity
• Notes Database: Journer
• Blog Authoring Client (XMLRPC): Ecto
• Fiction Writing App: Copywrite
• Great text reader: Tofu
• Personal Wiki: VoodooPad
• Native Mozilla Browser: Camnio
• SFTP: Fugu
• SFTP/SCP/FTP: Cyberduck
• Safari Extension: Safari Stand
• Video Player (DivX, etc.): VLC
• Outlining: OmniOutliner
• Twitter: Twitterific - It's adware unless you pay for it.
• Flowcharting: OmniGraffle
• Screenshot thing: Skitch - Might need an invite. Check with one of us.

Utilities

• Advanced CD Burning Firestarter FX
• SSH Keychain - This is useful on Tiger, but now built in to Leopard