====== Useful Programs ======
Programs I find useful. Mostly just ones I think I might forget, or that seem slightly obscure.
I don't use [[microsoft_windows_7|Windows]] anymore, but I'll leave this stuff here 'cause maybe someone'll still find it useful.
FIXME (Out of date, need to clear out [better yet, just move?] entries for softs. I don't use anymore)
==== Relevant Links ====
* [[index_software]]
* {{tagpage>software}}
* [[http://aur.archlinux.org/]]
* [[https://chocolatey.org/packages]]
===== PC =====
nbjp I don't use Windows anymore, so don't care too much about keeping that info. up to date and have moved a lot of it to §[[#No longer use, but perhaps still useful]]. Sorry!
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| Accessibility ^ [[find-cursor]] | [[github>arp242/find-cursor|Code]] | [[aur>find-cursoe|AUR]] | Replicates the accessibility feature in [[microsoft_windows|Windows]] where you can press Ctrl to spawn some contracting concentric circles to show you where your mouse cursor is. |
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| Desktop Utils. ^ [[Rofi]] | [[github>DaveDavenport/rofi|Code]] | [[arch>community/x86_64/rofi/|Arch]] | Flexible launcher for [[i3wm]]. |
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| Files ^ [[mediainfo]] | [[https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo|Home]] | [[arch>community/x86_64/mediainfo|Arch]] | CLI and GUI tools for getting detailed information about various kinds of media files (video, audio, etc), in different formats.\\ I mostly use the [[aur>mediainfo-gui-qt|QT version on Arch]], as it has more features than the default GTK one, including a real vital one which let's me set which page of information it opens on, for some reason.\\ Is also on Windows and Macs. |
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| Game stuff ^ [[archi_steam_farm]] | [[github>JustArchi/ArchiSteamFarm|Code]] | [[aur>asf/|AUR]] | Collects [[Steam]] cards without having to open the game. |
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| Hardware ^ [[CPU-X]] | [[https://x0rg.github.io/CPU-X/|Home]] | [[aur>cpu-x/|AUR]] | Open-source clone of [[https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html|CPU-Z]]. Gets info. about the computer. |
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| Media Editing ^ [[ffmpeg]] | [[https://ffmpeg.org/|Home]] | [[arch>ffmpeg|Arch]] | [[terminal_emulator|Terminal]]-based tool for working with video and audio. You can crop, resize, convert, concatenate, etc.; probably anything you can imagine. |
| ::: ^ [[imagemagick]] | [[https://imagemagick.org/|Home]] | [[arch>imagemagick|Arch]] | Like [[ffmpeg]], but for images. |
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| Music ^ [[mpd]] | [[https://www.musicpd.org/|Home]] | [[arch>extra/x86_64/mpd/|Arch]] | Run a small music server for streaming music to hardware on your network (or Internet). |
| ::: ^ [[yewtube]] | [[github>mps-youtube/yewtube|Code]] | [[aur>mps-youtube-git|AUR]] | Stream [[Youtube]] audio from the [[terminal_emulator|terminal]]. |
| ::: ^ [[ncmpcpp]] | | | Feature-rich, [[terminal_emulator|terminal]]-based, [[mpd]] client. |
| ::: ^ [[quod_libet]] | | | [[Music player]] and library organiser. |
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| Organisation ^ [[FreeMind]] | [[http://freemind.sourceforge.net/|Home]] | [[arch>community/any/freemind/|Arch]] | Mind-mapping tool. |
| ::: ^ [[qownnotes]] | [[aur>qownnotes/|AUR]] | ? | Nice bit of software for writing and organising notes. I sync them between computers and phone with [[Syncthing]]. Might change to [[emacs#Org-mode]] one day? |
| ::: ^ [[Tellico]] | [[http://tellico-project.org/|Home]] | [[arch>community/x86_64/tellico/|Arch]] | Software for organising info. about collections. Easy to customise what fields you want to use, and does a good job of importing data from places like [[Discogs]]. I use it for videogames and music.\\ I also tried GCstar, but liked this more. |
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| P2P ^ [[SoulseekQT]] | [[http://www.slsknet.org/|Home]] |[[aur>soulseekqt|AUR]] | GUI [[soulseek]] client. Mostly used for music sharing. I much prefer it to the alternate [[nicotine-plus|Nicotine+]], but I can't remember why. |
| ::: ^ [[transmission]] | | | [[Torrent]] client. I actually use two versions, one for downloading stuff to my computer, and more commonly, one for downloading stuff to my [[nas]]. |
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| Package Management ^ [[Yay]] | [[github>Jguer/yay|Code]] | [[aur>yay|AUR]] | Gosh AUR helpers keep disappearing. But this one's doing a good job of replacing the now maintained pacaur. |
| ::: ^ [[Trizen]] | [[github>trizen/trizen|Code]] | [[aur>trizen|AUR]] | I've switched from Yay to Trizen, but they're both pretty equally fine and I can't remember why I changed~ |
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| Scanning ^ [[VueScan]] | [[https://www.hamrick.com/|Home]] | [[aur>vuescan-bin|AUR]] | On Windows this was vital to get [[hewlett-packard_scanjet_4100c|my scanner]] working, as it was old and compatibility was broken. On Linux this isn't a problem, but it might still be useful, as the amount of control it gives you over the [[scanner]] is unparalleled. Expensive as fuck though. |
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| Security ^ [[http://keepass.info/|KeePassXC]] | [[arch>community/x86_64/keepassxc/|Arch]] | [[choco>keepassxc|Win7]] | Encrypted, locally hosted, password manager.\\ Switch to this from some other version of KP 'cause I needed [[wp>Time-based_One-time_Password_algorithm|TOTP]] without a phone. |
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| Timed Shutdown ^ [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/sleeptimer2/|Sleep Timer]] | [[aur>sleeptimer/|AUR]] | [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/sleeptimer2/|Win7]] | Simple program for scheduling computer shutdown, hibernation etc. |
==== No longer use, but perhaps still useful ====
^ Use ^ Name ^ Downloads ^^ Note ^
| Bootdisk | [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/usbwriter/|USBWriter]] | ? | [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/usbwriter/|Win7]] | Simple, used for [[antergos|Antergos Linux]] |
| `` | [[https://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/|Universal USB Installer]] | ? | [[choco>universal-usb-installer|Win7]] | More options, inc. storage partition |
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| Download Management ^ [[mega#Megatools]] | [[https://megatools.megous.com/|Home]] | [[aur>megatools|AUR]] | Command-line tools for working with [[mega|mega.nz]], either with or without an account. |
| ::: ^ [[yt-dlp]] | [[github>yt-dlp/yt-dlp|Code]] | [[arch>community/any/yt-dlp|Arch]] | CLI tools for grabbing video and audio from [[Youtube]] (and some other places, apparently). Spiritual-successor to [[youtube-dl]]. |
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| DVD authoring | [[http://www.dvdflick.net/|DVD Flick]] | ? | [[http://www.dvdflick.net/download.php|Win7]] | Create and burn DVD-video discs. |
| `` | ConvertXDVD | | | Use to create Video_TS (etc.) folders|
| DVD ripping | [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/megui/|MeGUI]] | ? | [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/megui/|Win7]] | Useful part of workflow when making DVD rips (for KG, etc.) [[https://forum.karagarga.in/index.php?showtopic=27384&page=1]] |
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| Desktop tools | [[https://albertlauncher.github.io/|Albert]] | [[aur>albert/|AUR]] | n/a | Nice program / file / web launcher for linux.\\ Easy to theme, unlike the otherwise good [[https://launchpad.net/synapse-project|Synapse]]. |
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| File management | [[https://ipmsg.org/tools/fastcopy.html.en|FastCopy]] | [[github>KengoSawa2/RapidCopy|Lin]] | [[choco>FastCopy|Win7]] | Copies files faster, with more options. Not sure how useful it is on Linux, but there's a port for it and OSX called RapidCopy. |
| ::: | [[http://www.mediacoderhq.com/|Mediacoder]] | ? | [[choco>mediacoder|Win7]] | Info. on video files |
| ::: | [[http://pandorarecovery.com/|Pandora Recovery]] | n/a | [[http://www.pandorarecovery.com/download/|Win7]] | Super useful program for re-getting deleted items |
| ::: | [[http://qttabbar.wikidot.com/|QTTabBar]] | n/a | [[choco>QTTabBar|Win7]] | Adds tabs (and other stuff I don't care about) to Windows Explorer. |
| ::: | [[http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/|Space Sniffer]] | ? | [[choco>spacesniffer|Win7]] | Visualises HD usage, so you can see what's hogging the most space.\\ Alternatives include Spacemonger and WinDirStat. |
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| Game stuff | [[https://scottrice.github.io/Ice/|Ice]] | ? | [[https://scottrice.github.io/Ice/|Win7]] | Put ROMs in [[Steam]].\\ Get images from:\\ http://consolegrid.com/\\ http://steambanners.booru.org/|
| `` | [[idle_master]] | [[aur>steam-idle-master-git/|AUR]] | [[choco>idlemaster|Win7]] | Collects [[Steam]] cards without having to open the game. |
| `` | [[https://lutris.net/|Lutris]] | [[aur>lutris|AUR]] | n/a | Combined library for Steam, emulators, Wine, etc. |
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| Hardware | [[http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html|CPU-Z]] | n/a | [[choco>cpu-z|Win7]] | GUI program to get info. on computer's hardware. RAM configuration, type, etc. |
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| Music | [[foobar_2000]] | [[aur>foobar2000|AUR]] | [[choco>foobar2000|Win7]] | Perfect software for organising and playing music. |
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| OH&S | f.lux | [[aur>xflux/|AUR]] | [[choco>f.lux|Win7]] | Changes screen tone and brightness at different times of day. |
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| Organisation | [[http://www.rainlendar.net/|Rainlendar]] | [[aur>?K=rainlendar|AUR]] | [[http://www.rainlendar.net/cms/index.php?option=com_rny_download&Itemid=32|Win7]] | Is on AUR, not on Chocolatey. Easy to share a calendar between OSes\\ Pro version syncs with Google Cal., CalDAV, etc. |
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| Package Management | [[https://chocolatey.org/|Chocolatey]] | n/a | [[https://chocolatey.org/install|Win7]] | Windows package manager!! Not perfect, and a little slow, but much better than nothing! |
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| Screenshots | [[https://getsharex.com/|ShareX]] | n/a | [[choco>sharex|Win7]] | Can set it up so 'printscreens' are dumped strait to the desktop :)\\ On Linux I just use a script that uses [[ImageMagick]] to get the same function. |
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| Windows customisation | Library Icon Changer | n/a | [[http://bluefisch200.deviantart.com/art/Replace-Librarie-Icons-141648981|Win7]] | |
| `` | Resource Hacker | | | |
| `` | [[http://www.thewindowsclub.com/ultimate-windows-tweaker-v2-a-tweak-ui-for-windows-7-vista|Ultimate Windows Hacker]] | | | Privacy stuff to for Win10 |
===== Firefox Stuffs =====
^ Use ^ Add-on / Extension ^ Note ^
| Navigation | [[ffaddon>breadcrumbs|Breadcrumbs]] | Easily navigate a website's directory structure. |
| `` | [[ffaddon>headingsmap|HeadingsMap]] | Gives you a panel which lists heading-based map of the page you're on (like what you might get in a PDF reader) |
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| Privacy, security | [[ffaddon>multi-account-containers|Firefox Multi-Account Containers]] | Designate pages to open in their own, walled-off environment. |
| `` | [[ffaddon>privacy-redirect|Privacy Redirect]] | Redirects Youtube, Twitter, Instagram, and Google Maps links to proxies. |
| `` | [[ffaddon>umatrix|uMatrix]] | My main [[blocking|blocker]], gives good control over media, cookies and scripts. |
| `` | [[ffaddon>cookie-autodelete|Cookie AutoDelete]] | Dictate cookie lifespan, and manage other stuff pages and browsers store. I use it for clearing out my Youtube history. |
| `` | [[ffaddon>ublock-origin|uBlock Origin]] | I use it as a supplement to UMatrix for [[blocking|blocking]] specific elements of pages. See: [[UBlock Origin]] |
| `` | [[ffaddon>unshort-link|Unshort.link]] | Fixes shitty link shortener bullshit. |
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| RSS | [[ffaddon>feed-preview|Feed Preview]] | Shows an icon when a page has a feed available, and renders a preview when visited. |
| `` | [[ffaddon>youtube-rss-finder|YouTube RSS Finder]] | Shows an icon with a link to a Youtube channel's hidden feed. |
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| UI | [[ffaddon>firefox-color|Firefox Color]] | Easily customise FF's colours. |
| `` | [[ffaddon>styl-us|Stylus]] | Use custom [[css|CSS]] on websites. Previously I used Stylish, but apparently that got nasty. Easy to replace an old Stylish setup---uses the same format. See [[stylus]] for some example rules. |
| `` | [[ffaddon>tree-style-tab|Tab Sidebar]] | Let's you access tabs from the same panel you can use for bookmarks and history. I was using the popular [[ffaddon>tree-style-tab|Tree Style Tab]] for a while, but it loads slow, and I don't use all the fancy stuff, and it looks ugly with my theme. [[ffaddon>sidebery|Sidebery]] is similar to TST, but looks less ugly. Tab Sidebar just lists the tabs, loads rights away, and even has a shortcut built-in. |
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| UX | [[ffaddon>blocktube|BlockTube]] | [[blocking|Block]] Youtube channels from being shown. |
| Web Development | [[ffaddon>popup-alt-attribute|Popup ALT Attribute]] | Shows contents of element's ''alt'' attribute in a tooltip. |
| `` | [[ffaddon>duplicate_tab|Duplicate tab]] | Let's you configure a keyboard shortcut for duplicating a tab. I use this feature a bunch, and having to do it through the right-click menu was a painnnnnn.\\ There's another add-on that's supposed to do the same thing, but I didn't have any luck with it: [[ffaddon>duplicate-tab-shortcut|Duplicate Tab Shortcut]]. |
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==== No longer use, but perhaps still useful ====
^ Use ^ Add-on / Extension ^ Note ^
| Appearance | Simple White Compact | Square, white, compact, tidy (discontinued?)\\ I just use Firefox Color now. |
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| Privacy, security | [[ffaddon>form-history-control|Form History Control]] | Manage stored form data |
| `` | [[ffaddon>noscript|NoScript]] | Blocks [[JavaScript]].\\ Now use UMatrix for this. |
| `` | [[ffaddon>password-exporter|Password Exporter]] | Used once for moving my passwords from [[firefox]] to [[KeePass]]. |
| `` | [[ffaddon>requestpolicy-continued|Request Policy]] | Control cross-website access (rad).\\ Now use UMatrix for this. |
| `` | [[ffaddon>no-canvas-fingerprinting|Canvas Defender]] | Protects against HTML5 canvas fingerprinting. |
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| Productivity | [[ffaddon>feedbroreader|Feedbro]] | Oftputtingly-named, in-browser feed reader |
| `` | [[ffaddon>tab-groups-panorama|Tab Groups]] | Restores tab grouping feature |
| `` | [[ffaddon>tile-tabs-we|Tile Tabs]] | Super-useful tab splitting. Seems to no longer work? |
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| Protocols | [[ffaddon>overbitewx|OverbiteWX]] | Redirects [[gopher]] links to the Floodgap proxy :) In the future is supposed to render them on its own! |
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| Steam | Super Steam | Use Enhanced Steam in not-Firefox |
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| UI | [[ffaddon>tree-style-tab|Tree Style Tab]] | Let's you access tabs from the same panel you can use for bookmarks and history. Tabs can be arranged hierarchically, and there are additional useful add-ons. |
| `` | [[ffaddon>tst-search|TST Tab Search]] | Tab searching integrated in to Tree Style Tab panel |
| `` | [[ffaddon>tst-bookmarks-subpanel|TST Bookmarks Subpanel]] | Split TST vertically, so bookmarks can be displayed below. |
| `` | [[ffaddon>tst-active-tab-on-scroll-bar|TST Active Tab on Scroll Bar]] | Helps you find the active tab in TST list. |
| `` | [[ffaddon>tst-more-tree-commands|TST More Tree Commands]] | Menu items to reorganise tab hierarchy. |
| `` | [[ffaddon>tst-colored-tabs|TST Colored Tabs]] | Automatically uses colours to separate tabs based on where they point. |
| `` | [[ffaddon>tst-indent-line|TST Indent Line]] | Makes heirarchy a bit clearer by using vertical lines to show groups. |
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| Whoops | Lazarus: Form Recovery | |
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| Youtube | [[ffaddon>video-blocker|Video Blocker]] | Block entire Youtube channels!! But is busted last time I checked. |
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| Content | [[ffaddon>unpaywall|Unpaywall]] | Find non-paywall versions of paywalled academic documents |
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===== Thunderbird =====
Previously I used add-ons mostly for syncing calendar sand address books, but that stuff's finally built-in to [[Thunderbird]].
^ Use ^ Add-on / Extension ^ Note ^
| Account management | [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools-ng/|ImportExportTools NG]] | Used it once for importing and exporting messages. |
===== Android =====
^ Use ^ Name ^ Downloads ^^ Note ^
| Calendar | Simple Calendar Pro | [[https://f-droid.org/com.simplemobiletools.calendar.pro/|F-Droid]] | [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobiletools.calendar.pro|G.Play]] | Straight-forward calendar that you can either run offline or synced. |
| `` | DAVx⁵ | [[https://f-droid.org/packages/at.bitfire.davdroid/|F-Droid]] | [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.bitfire.davdroid|G.Play]] | Tool for syncing with CalDAV calendars (for example if you're hosting your own). |
| `` | ICSx⁵ | [[https://f-droid.org/en/packages/at.bitfire.icsdroid/|F-Droid]] | [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.bitfire.icsdroid|G.Play]] | Used for incorporating webcal, which DAVDroid doesn't handle. |
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| Tasks | OpenTasks | [[https://f-droid.org/packages/org.dmfs.tasks/|F-Droid]] | [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dmfs.tasks|G.Play]] | Decent app for managing tasks (the kind attached to CalDAV calendars). Has a decent widget. Seems to have stopped development, but works fine. |
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| Notes | ColorNote | x | [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.socialnmobile.dictapps.notepad.color.note|G.Play]] | Simple note taking software with a decent widget.\\ I don't use this anymore. |
| `` | Markor | [[https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.gsantner.markor/|F-Droid]] | [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.gsantner.markor|G.Play]] | This is the app I've been using for doing notes. I use [[Syncthing]] to keep things synced between my phone and PCs. |
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| [[Drawing]] | Tux Paint | [[https://f-droid.org/packages/org.tuxpaint/|F-Droid]] | ? | Fun drawing program! (Also on PCs) |
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| Media | Kore | [[https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.xbmc.kore/|F-Droid]] | [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.xbmc.kore|G.Play]] | Official [[kodi]] remote. Actually on F-Droid :) |
| `` | PhotoScan | x | [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.photos.scanner|G.Play]] | Easy photo capture that works really well.\\ By Google though. |
| `` | Animal Crossing: New Leaf Guide | x | [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrustonapps.newleaf&hl=en|G.Play]] | Keep track of //[[animal_crossing_series|Animal Crossing]]// stuffs. Haven't looked into a //New Horizons// version yet. |
| | MuPDF | [[https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.artifex.mupdf.viewer.app/|F-Droid]] | [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.artifex.mupdfdemo|G.Play]] | Decent, basic PDF reader. |
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| Social | Tusky | [[https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.keylesspalace.tusky/|F.Droid]] | [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keylesspalace.tusky|G.Play]] | Most popular [[fediverse|Fediverse]] app. |
| `` | Subway Tooter | [[https://android.izzysoft.de/repo/apk/jp.juggler.subwaytooter|Repo]] | [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.juggler.subwaytooter|G.Play]] | My fave Fedi. app. Very customisable and FOSS-clunky-feeling. Has a great feature where you can preview local timelines of any instance. |
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| Volume Control | Volume Control | x | [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xupstudio.volumefinetuner|G.Play]] | Android volume control is so bad. I can't get it quiet enough to listen to music in bed (through headphones). This app is suss as fuck, full of ads, probably spyware, but it's all I got. Amazed there's no open source alternative. Almost makes me want to learn how to make Android stuff. |
| `` | Precise Volume | x | [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phascinate.precisevolume|G.Play]] | Trying this one too. Still has ads. |
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| Misc. | Syncthing-Fork | [[https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid/|F-Droid]] | [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid|G.Play]] | I use this for syncing files between my computers. |
| | OsmAnd~ | [[https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.osmand.plus/|F.Droid]] | [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand|G.Play]] | Access [[OpenStreetMap]] maps. Also lets you download maps for particular regions, so you can use them without an Internet connection. |
==== See Also ====
* [[android_notes|Notes on Android games]]
===== Gnu IMP =====
^ Name ^ Downloads ^^ Note ^
| | [[https://github.com/khalim19/gimp-plugin-export-layers/releases/|Export Layers]] || |
| | [[aur>gimp-plugin-saveforweb/|Save for Web]] | | |
| | [[aur>gimp-plugin-bimp/|BIMP (Batch Image Manipulation Plugin)]] | | |
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