What is your favourite less well known app/software?
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https://logseq.com/ a personal knowledge base with markdown and has a whiteboard feature. I live in this program now. From daily little notes and reminders to full on script writing. It's a little clunky but it works with my brain. Other similar programs are notion, obsidian and anytype.
I can second logseq but it has a bit of a steep learning curve. Not impossible but you have to learn how logseq wants you to use their software and then it becomes powerful.
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I can second logseq but it has a bit of a steep learning curve. Not impossible but you have to learn how logseq wants you to use their software and then it becomes powerful.
What's your take on how they want you to use their software? I throw down bullet points in the journal, tag them with big overarching themes, and link to old journal entries sometimes. Am I missing something important?
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In a similar vein, rclone
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Greenshot is free, open-source, and the built-in image editor is perfect (for my use-case, ymmv). ShareX is also FOSS but more well-known.
Screen2Gif is super useful when trying to show someone how to do something without doing a zoom or screen share. And gifs post in slack really well.
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It's an android app that uses your display to make a "glow" to light a room rather than using the camera flash like a torch.
It's in F-Droid.
Obviously the camera flash is more powerful if you're outside or whatever, but using the display this way is way better inside. That tiny little dazzling pin-prick of light is just... unpleasant.
With candle you can also set whatever color you like. Red is nice to avoid waking people or ruining night vision.
I discovered this app when we had twins and waking up to nurse them overnight. Gonna sound weird if you've not been through this but basically they won't really wake up they make a gentle sooky noise, and you put a bottle or boob in their mouth and they suckle while they sleep. If you turn a light on they're gonna wake up which is sub-optimal.
One of the first type programs I got when i got an original iPad touch. Loved it!
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This is the first app in this thread that made me go "I need this!" and immediately downloaded it!
Thanks!
It's weird how much i like this app.
It's free / open, solves a problem elegantly, and I use it all the time.
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URLCheck on Android. Displays a popup on opening links allowing editing the URL before opening (with such features as removing chosen parameters with one button), applying transformations like Shitter→Nitter, http→https, sharing the URL, copying and selecting the application to open the URL in. Oh, and if you decide to open in Firefox or Fennec, you have the option to open in the incognito mode. Can't imagine using Android without it now. Absolute gamechanger
From the store, or else where???
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What's your take on how they want you to use their software? I throw down bullet points in the journal, tag them with big overarching themes, and link to old journal entries sometimes. Am I missing something important?
I'm used to journaling by topic but Logseq wants you to journal by date. So you start by journalling on the date saying you're working on
xand then you link toxand then put details there.It's a bit round about it you're not used to it.
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Use PeaZip (which is better than 7-ZIP because it's cross-platform) to split large files into as many smaller chunks as you'd like.
I never realized 7zip was Windows only
Thanks for sharing
but yea, anyways, native support for bigger files would be better. Not easy to split files on mobile
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Bulk Rename Utility for Windows:
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Here's a bunch of equivalent things for desktop OSes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batch_renaming#List_of_software
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From the store, or else where???
F-Droid. IzzyOnDroid has a tad quicker releases
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I never realized 7zip was Windows only
Thanks for sharing
but yea, anyways, native support for bigger files would be better. Not easy to split files on mobile
7-zip is now cross platform. There used to be a linux implementation called p7-zip but its not necessary any more.
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7-zip is now cross platform. There used to be a linux implementation called p7-zip but its not necessary any more.
The website states
7-Zip for Linux: console version
It seems it is CLI only
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Been awhile since I saw a thread like this and they're always good for at least one or two things I've never heard of before. Bonus points if the software is open source and cross platform. Extra bonus points if you link to where we can see it/get it.
My contribution: Destiny which is an anonymous, P2P, E2EE file sharing app - its basically a GUI for a Magic Wormhole implementation. Works on Linux (tarball or appimage), Win, Mac, Android (inc f-droid) and iOS. Only downside is it's not been updated for 2 years.
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Been awhile since I saw a thread like this and they're always good for at least one or two things I've never heard of before. Bonus points if the software is open source and cross platform. Extra bonus points if you link to where we can see it/get it.
My contribution: Destiny which is an anonymous, P2P, E2EE file sharing app - its basically a GUI for a Magic Wormhole implementation. Works on Linux (tarball or appimage), Win, Mac, Android (inc f-droid) and iOS. Only downside is it's not been updated for 2 years.
A windows app that shows you the space things are taking up on your computer so you can easily delete them. Usually helps me clear out a ton of space.
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A windows app that shows you the space things are taking up on your computer so you can easily delete them. Usually helps me clear out a ton of space.
I prefer WizTree. It'll show you space usage, but you can also search for files, and it's incredibly fast.
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Been awhile since I saw a thread like this and they're always good for at least one or two things I've never heard of before. Bonus points if the software is open source and cross platform. Extra bonus points if you link to where we can see it/get it.
My contribution: Destiny which is an anonymous, P2P, E2EE file sharing app - its basically a GUI for a Magic Wormhole implementation. Works on Linux (tarball or appimage), Win, Mac, Android (inc f-droid) and iOS. Only downside is it's not been updated for 2 years.
sl is a classic command line program for something harmlessly pointless
calibre for digital library software (cataloging books/docs/articles)
Comic book reader, it's a cbz/CBR comic book archive reader that tries to do the panel/smart auto zoom that used to be a part of comixology until Amazon bought it to kill it as competition to their shitty books app
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Been awhile since I saw a thread like this and they're always good for at least one or two things I've never heard of before. Bonus points if the software is open source and cross platform. Extra bonus points if you link to where we can see it/get it.
My contribution: Destiny which is an anonymous, P2P, E2EE file sharing app - its basically a GUI for a Magic Wormhole implementation. Works on Linux (tarball or appimage), Win, Mac, Android (inc f-droid) and iOS. Only downside is it's not been updated for 2 years.
https://www.sportismygame.app/
Helped me get of my fat ass and move every once in a while -
For Windows users, I want to recommend PowerToys: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/
The "toys" that I use a lot are: PowerToys Awake: to keep my laptop awake even if I'm away from keyboard for a while.
Fancy Zones: to create my own layout of windows, especially on the ultra-wide monitor I have at work, it's easy to have 3 smaller windows next to each other according to my layout.
Mouse Utilities, I often can't find my mouse cursor, just pressing a hotkey will literally spotlight the cursor.
Quick Accent, especially for multi-lingual people this is really handy, though it takes a bit to get used to its working.
FancyZones is literally the only thing I'm missing from Windows after switching to Linux. I've looked around stack and reddit but have only found posts asking for that functionality, haven't found a solution. Is there a DE/window manager/etc that has similar functionality?
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LocalSend is open-source and great for file transfer (or even just sending text) between my devices.
Never occurred to me to even look for such a thing!
