LocalSend - like AirDrop, but cross platform
this post was submitted on 05 Dec 2024
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Adding on:
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I'm sure I'm forgetting plenty, but hey, more for additional commenters to name.
Edit: Removed Audacity, apparently I'd missed privatization drama around that one too
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Bitwarden, Kdenlive, Firefox, OBS, Steam.
Steam
Free
what?
Do you pay for steam?
Yes, about 30% of the purchase price of every game.
Buying games through steam is optional. Steam itself is the game manager. I run many of my non steam games through it and don't pay a dime for it. Alternatively I can buy steam games through 3rd party stores. The steam client on your machine is free.
Lots of free games on there. Valve themselves just recently gave away half life 2 for free.
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Bitwarden
It's a FOSS password manager that you can self host, or use their cloud infrastructure. Their free plan is more than enough for basic users, and their paid personal plan is less than $1 a month and is packed with features.
Runs in your browser, Android, iOS, Chrome and Firefox extensions, and has native desktop apps for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Super easy to set up and use, no BS, works damn near perfectly. I've been using it for years and I love it, it's the only password manager I recommend to folks now days.
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"Everything" - find any file on your machine instantly. No need to update an index, it uses the NTFS master file table directly.
Micro-team checking in!
Terminal based text editors are garbage in the eyes of most people
Notepad++ is the simplicity of notepad with a few extra features to make it exactly what most people neef
If you want something efficient and free of bullshit you probably first need to change your OS to a GNU/Linux distro
"Free, efficient, no bullshit" is kind of the default for Linux software.
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I logged in just to answer this:
Stellarium
When it comes to stargazing and learning more about the night sky, there is hands-down no better program. It's available on PC (windows/Mac/Linux) as well as mobile platforms. I used it for months for free before I paid for the premium sub, and the premium sub actually feels additive rather than just gatekeeping essential features. Plus, it's pretty cheap and you can choose to just buy a lifetime pass for $20 and skip the sub. It's the only app I've ever been happy to subscribe to.
I use Libre Office as a word and excel replacement. Might not be a replacement for everyone if perfect compatibility/formatting is needed for work, but for personal use it's been great.
Wireguard, I find it both simpler and easier to use than OpenVPN.
dd. No other iso writing utility has worked as consistently, even if my usb devices would gain weird glitches after using it.
Believe it or not I am a person who goes out of their way to avoid using the terminal, so this is very much vouching for the software itself rather than the ux it's based on.
EarTrumpet, Borderless Gaming, ClickMonitorDDC, Lenovo Legion Toolkit, FanControl, PEACE + Equalizer APO, Everything, TreeSize
I see EarTrumpet, I upvote.
Also, QuickLook.
It's a niche thing, but if you play electric guitar and need a virtual amplifier and effects, you'll like Guitarix very much. Just thinking that is a community project blows me away every time
VeraCrypt -- creating encrypted partitions/disks with easy manager. I am surprised I did not see anybody to mention it.
LUKS or fscrypt
I've recently discovered and made heavy use of xournal++; for stylus-based note taking.
I got heavy use out of that one as a teaching assistant in grad school during the pandemic. I used a cheap wacom drawing pad.
Well !foss@beehaw.org and !linux@programming.dev for more, but off the top of my head:
Linux, VLC, FFMPEG, HandBrake, KDE (everything KDE), qBittorrent, Momentum (Flipper0 firmware), CHIRP, Vim, and more!
You're so right about KDE, I didn't realize just how much great stuff KDE makes until I was looking for a markdown editor this week at work, and KDE ghostwriter nails everything I ever wanted. Cross platform too so I can use it on my personal Linux machine too
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Lots of great software already posted, but with some complaints about windows inefficiencies I can't believe no one has posted:
Microsoft PowerToys https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/
Basically, it's a suite of tools that windows devs have made to make their lives easier while working in windows. Some features have made it into actual windows releases over the years, but most not.
It has an always on top, batch rename, customisable window snapping, better search, keyboard key remapper, mouse across multiple devices, colour eyedropper, and many many more.
Absolute must have for anyone that uses windows regularly.
Fan Control.
Free as in beer but definitely not free as in speech.
TestDisk and PhotoRec. TestDisk can recover broken drive partitions, PhotoRec can recover deleted files even if the partition table is borked.
kate is similar to npp.
Davinci Resolve - Video Editing
Blender - 3D Modelling
Darktable - Photo Editing
Keira - Digital Art
Are some I use frequently.
Not only is Resolve's free version amazing, the paid version is even better. And it has a reasonable, one time, upfront cost that gives you lifetime access.
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