mind map freewareBest software , i want to use throughout my life?

so guys , with the help of my two years experience i have selected some software and i want to stick to them through out my life ,please help me to decide and please suggest me something that your using and happy!!!!!
1]speech to text -Nuance - Dragon - Dragon NaturallySpeaking ,windows 7 voice recognition is no good.
2]text to speech -Natural Reader
3]2d animation -toon boom animate ,Photoshop,corel draw
4]typing -typing master pro
5]mind mapping software - free plane [it works with ubuntu and windows 7]
6]torrent-micro torrent and vuze
7]multimedia itunes,vlc, picasa
8]office work-ms office[ open office is good but in ubuntu 11.04 they have provided libre office so bye to both of them]
9]screeen recording--{{{{hyper cam -pleasemind map freeware suggest any freeware for both win 7 and ubuntu]
10}email client -mozilla firebird [[works with ubuntu and windows with no issue]

other-internet download manager,outpost firewall,peerblock,firefox,magic disk,image burn,winrar,nitro pdf reader,format factory,flstudio,

so i am not going to test anything new , i will stick to them

are their better options available ,please suggest

os-windows 7 and ubuntu[very nice]

thank for reading question and sorry for bad english
please suggest me any software or audio book which will help me to improve my English

well and for those who read this question some useful stuff i have encountered [e books and audio books]
dale Carnegie -how to win friends and influence pmind map freewareeople,warren buffets secret of management,miracle of self discipline ,these books and apps have changed my life ]]

so please give me suggestions
thanks ,
Stick with μTorrent for your BitTorrent client. Vuze went down hill when it changed from Azureus to Vuze and got all bloated.
Please Dear now its time for fast Surfer not that slow Torrent download speed.

Try today www.torrific.com

Just upload torrent file or give the link of torrent file wait for sometimes to create a download link.Thatz it !

Now download the file directly

See its modern technology time Be fast and enjoy
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