tools:software:useful_programs
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Useful Programs
Programs I find useful. Mostly just ones I think I might forget, or that seem slightly obscure.
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PC
Use | Name | Downloads | Note | |
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Bootdisk | USBWriter | ? | Win7 | Simple, used for Antergos Linux |
〃 | Universal USB Installer | ? | Win7 | More option, inc. storage partition |
DVD authoring | DVD Flick | ? | Win7 | Create and burn DVD-video discs. |
〃 | ConvertXDVD | Use to create Video_TS (etc.) folders | ||
DVD ripping | MeGUI | ? | Win7 | Useful part of workflow when making DVD rips (for KG, etc.) https://forum.karagarga.in/index.php?showtopic=27384&page=1 |
File management | FastCopy | ? | Win7 | Copies files faster, with more options. |
〃 | Mediacoder | ? | Win7 | Info. on video files |
〃 | Pandora Recovery | n/a | Win7 | Super useful program for re-getting deleted items |
〃 | QTTabBar | n/a | Win7 | Adds tabs (and other stuff I don't care about) to Windows Explorer. |
〃 | Space Sniffer | ? | Win7 | Visualises HD usage, so you can see what's hogging the most space.\\Alternatives include Spacemonger and WinDirStat. |
Game stuff | Ice | ? | Win7 | Put ROMs in Steam Get images from: http://consolegrid.com/ http://steambanners.booru.org/ |
〃 | Idle Master | AUR | Win7 | Collects Steam cards without having to open the game. See Idle master. |
〃 | ArchiSteamFarm | AUR | Win7 | Collects Steam cards without having to open the game. See Archi Steam Farm. |
〃 | Lutris | AUR | n/a | Combined library for Steam, emulators, Wine, etc. |
Hardware | CPU-Z | n/a | Win7 | GUI program to get info. on computer's hardware. RAM configuration, type, etc. |
〃 | CPU-X | AUR | n/a | Open-source clone of CPU-Z |
Launcher | Albert | AUR | n/a | Nice program / file / web launcher for linux. Easy to theme, unlike the otherwise good Synapse. |
〃 | Rofi | Arch | n/a | Flexible launcher for i3wm |
Music | Foobar 2000 | AUR | Win7 | Perfect software for organising and playing music. See foobar_2000 :) |
〃 | mps-youtube | Arch | ? | Stream Youtube audio from the terminal. |
OH&S | f.lux | AUR | Win7 | Changes screen tone and brightness at different times of day. |
Organisation | Rainlendar | AUR | Win7 | Is on AUR, not on Chocolatey. Easy to share a calendar between OSes Pro version syncs with Google Cal., CalDAV, etc. |
〃 | FreeMind | Arch | Win7 | Mind-mapping tool. |
Package Management | Chocolatey | n/a | Win7 | Windows package manager!! Not perfect, and a little slow, but much better than nothing! |
〃 | Yay | AUR | n/a | Gosh AUR helpers keep dissapearing. But this one's doing a good job of replacing the now unmaintained pacaur. |
Screenshots | ShareX | n/a | Win7 | Can set it up so 'printscreens' are dumped strait to the desktop :) |
Security | KeePassXC | Arch | Win7 | Encrypted, locally hosted, password manager. Switch to this from some other version of KP 'cause I needed TOTP without a phone. |
Timed Shutdown | Sleep Timer | AUR | Win7 | Simple program for scheduling computer shutdown, hibernation etc. |
Windows customisation | Library Icon Changer | n/a | Win7 | |
〃 | Resource Hacker | |||
〃 | Ultimate Windows Hacker | Privacy stuff to for Win10 |
Firefox Stuffs
Use | Add-on / Extension | Note |
---|---|---|
Appearance | Simple White Compact | Square, white, compact, tidy (discontinued?) |
〃 | Stylish | Use custom CSS on websites |
Privacy, security | Cookie AutoDelete | Dictate cookie lifespan |
〃 | UBlock Origin | Ad blocker |
〃 | Form History Control | Manage stored form data |
〃 | NoScript | Blocks JS |
〃 | Password Exporter | For moving my passwords from Firefox to KeePass |
〃 | Request Policy | Control cross-website access (rad). |
〃 | Canvas Defender | Protects against HTML5 canvas fingerprinting. |
Productivity | Feedbro | Oftputtingly-named, in-browser feed reader |
〃 | Tab Groups | Restores tab grouping feature |
〃 | | Super-useful tab splitting. Seems to no longer work? |
Steam | Super Steam | Use Enhanced Steam in not-Firefox |
Whoops | Lazarus: Form Recovery | |
Youtube | Video Blocker | Block entire Youtube channels!! |
Thunderbird
I'm giving non-web-based mail a try.
Use | Add-on / Extension | Note |
---|---|---|
Account management | StartupMaster | A fix for multiple master password prompts on startup. |
Android
Use | Name | Downloads | Note | |
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Calendar | Calendar | F-Droid | ? | Straight-forward calendar that you can either run offline or synced. |
〃 | DAVDroid | F-Droid | ? | Tool for syncing with CalDAV calendars (for example if you're hosting your own). |
Notes | ColorNote | ? | G.Play | Simple note taking software with a decent widget. |
Drawing | Tux Paint | F-Droid | ? | Fun drawing program! |
Media | Yatse | Kodi remote | ||
〃 | PhotoScan | Easy photo capture that works really well | ||
〃 | Animal Crossing: New Leaf Guide | Keep track of Animal Crossing stuffs | ||
Social | Tusky | Seems to be the best of the two single-account Mastodon apps. | ||
〃 | Subway Tooter | Best Masto app. if you need to use multiple accounts. Very customisable. |
See Also
GIMP
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