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.
I don't use Windows anymore, but I'll leave this stuff here 'cause maybe someone'll still find it useful.
(Out of date, need to clear out [better yet, just move?] entries for softs. I don't use anymore)
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PC
※ I don't use Windows anymore, so don't care too much about keeping that info. up to date. Sorry!
| Use | Name | Downloads | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | find-cursor | ← | n/a | Replicates the accessibility feature in Windows where you can press Ctrl to spawn some contracting concentric circles to show you where your mouse cursor is. |
| Bootdisk | USBWriter | ? | Win7 | Simple, used for Antergos Linux |
| 〃 | Universal USB Installer | ? | Win7 | More option, inc. storage partition |
| Download Management | Megatools | AUR | ? | Command-line tools for working with mega.co.nz, either with or without an account. |
| 〃 | youtube-dl | Arch | ? | CLI tools for grabbing video and audio from Youtube (and some other places, apparently). Notes. |
| 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 | Lin | 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. |
| 〃 | 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. |
| 〃 | QOwnNotes | AUR | ? | Nice bit of software for writing and organising notes. I sync them between computers and phone with Syncthing. Might change to Org-mode one day? |
| 〃 | 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. |
| P2P | SoulseekQT | AUR | Mostly used for music sharing. I much prefer it to the alternate Nicotine+ client. | |
| 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 disappearing. But this one's doing a good job of replacing the now maintained pacaur. |
| 〃 | Trizen | AUR | n/a | I've switched from Yay to Trizen, but they're both pretty equally fine and I can't remember why I changed~ |
| Scanning | VueScan | AUR | Win | On Windows this was vital to get 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. |
| Screenshots | ShareX | n/a | 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. |
| 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 | Firefox Color | Easily customise FF's colours. |
| 〃 | Stylus | Use custom 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. |
| Navigation | Breadcrumbs | Easily navigate a website's directory structure. |
| 〃 | 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) |
| Privacy, security | Firefox Multi-Account Containers | Designate pages to open in their own, walled-off environment. |
| 〃 | Privacy Redirect | Redirects Youtube, Twitter, Instagram, and Google Maps links to proxies. |
| 〃 | uMatrix | My main blocker, gives good control over media, cookies and scripts. |
| 〃 | Cookie AutoDelete | Dictate cookie lifespan, and manage other stuff pages and browsers store. I use it for clearing out my Youtube history. |
| 〃 | uBlock Origin | I use it as a supplement to UMatrix for blocking specific elements of pages. See: UBlock Origin |
| 〃 | Unshort.link | Fixes shitty link shortener bullshit. |
| RSS | Feed Preview | Shows an icon when a page has a feed available, and renders a preview when visited. |
| 〃 | YouTube RSS Finder | Shows an icon with a link to a Youtube channel's hidden feed. |
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. |
| Privacy, security | Form History Control | Manage stored form data |
| 〃 | NoScript | Blocks JavaScript. Now use UMatrix for this. |
| 〃 | Password Exporter | Used once for moving my passwords from Firefox to KeePass. |
| 〃 | Request Policy | Control cross-website access (rad). Now use UMatrix for this. |
| 〃 | 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 |
| Protocols | OverbiteWX | Redirects Gopher links to the Floodgap proxy :) In the future is supposed to render them on its own! |
| Whoops | Lazarus: Form Recovery | |
| Youtube | | Block entire Youtube channels!! But is busted last time I checked. |
| Content | Unpaywall | Find non-paywall versions of paywalled academic documents |
Thunderbird
| Use | Add-on / Extension | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Account management | StartupMaster | A fix for multiple master password prompts on startup. Not working after version 68 :( |
| Ca*DAV | TbSync | My fave for connecting with CardDAV and CalDAV servers. Used to use CardBook, but it stopped working with my NAS / local network. |
| 〃 | DAV-4-TbSync | Required by tbsync to add Ca*DAV support. |
Android
| Use | Name | Downloads | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calendar | Simple Calendar Pro | F-Droid | G.Play | Straight-forward calendar that you can either run offline or synced. |
| 〃 | DAVx⁵ | F-Droid | G.Play | Tool for syncing with CalDAV calendars (for example if you're hosting your own). |
| 〃 | ICSx⁵ | F-Droid | G.Play | Used for incorporating webcal, which DAVDroid doesn't handle. |
| Notes | ColorNote | x | G.Play | Simple note taking software with a decent widget. I don't use this anymore. |
| 〃 | Markor | F-Droid | 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. |
| Drawing | Tux Paint | F-Droid | ? | Fun drawing program! (Also on PCs) |
| Media | Yatse | x | G.Play | Kodi remote. |
| 〃 | Kore | F-Droid | G.Play | Official Kodi remote. Actually on F-Droid :) |
| 〃 | PhotoScan | x | G.Play | Easy photo capture that works really well. By Google though. |
| 〃 | Animal Crossing: New Leaf Guide | x | G.Play | Keep track of Animal Crossing stuffs. Haven't looked into a New Horizons version yet. |
| MuPDF | F-Droid | G.Play | Decent, basic PDF reader. | |
| Social | Tusky | F.Droid | G.Play | Most popular Fediverse app. |
| 〃 | Subway Tooter | Repo | 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. |
| Misc. | Syncthing-Fork | F-Droid | G.Play | I use this for syncing files between my computers. |
| OsmAnd~ | F.Droid | G.Play | Access OpenStreetMap maps. Also lets you download maps for particular regions, so you can use them without an Internet connection. | |
See Also
Gnu IMP
| Name | Downloads | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Export Layers | |||
| Save for Web | |||
| BIMP (Batch Image Manipulation Plugin) | |||
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