What is your favourite less well known app/software?
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ClickBook - dunno if it's even available anymore, but like 20 years ago it was either a standalone or add-on that formatted Word docs for printing. I think it cost $35. You could lay out say a tri-fold brochure or a folded-in-half and stapled booklet and it would rotate, combine and print the pages in the correct order. My wife and I used it endlessly to produce publications for our kids' school. If your printer could only print on one side, there was a quick setup procedure that would would figure out how you should rotate or flip the stack of pages to do the second side. I haven't used Word in years so for all I know it might have these capabilities natively now, but in its time ClickBook was probably the most worth-it program I ever bought.
Can you alter the header only on page 6? Or rotate pages 3 and 5? Because that's the kind of wizardry that Microsoft refuses to implement in Word.
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Can you alter the header only on page 6? Or rotate pages 3 and 5? Because that's the kind of wizardry that Microsoft refuses to implement in Word.
I never tried to rotate individual pages or do special headers, but I don't know - it had many features I didn't use.
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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.
Wiztree and Treesize are both much faster.
Windirstat is still relevant... But slow.
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It's also much faster
Edit: you said that already lol sorry
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- Converter Now: An all-in-one convert everything to everything app.
- Light Meter: Calculate light levels and color temps for photography and videography.
- Stellarium: Honestly don't know how "well known" it might be. But it's fun to point at stars and planets.
+1 for converter now, close to my most used app on Android.
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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.
ncduin Linux -
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.
Apparently many don't know libre office is thing and free. Seeing people ask for goggle doc alternative amd all they need is a word processor.
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+1 for converter now, close to my most used app on Android.
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And for Linux: Krusader
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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.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]DGT GTD is an old Android app for task tracking. It is ugly and incredibly useful. Lives entirely in the phone, no cloud subscription, no paid plans, nothing.
I have used it forever. There is no good alternative.
The current app "Chaos Control" is a close contender, but pricey and cloud connected.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dg.gtd.android.lite
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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.
Small apps available on Flathub that have only one purpose
Latest examples:
- Trilium Notes: note-taking
- Foliate: .epub reader
- Shortwave: radio player
My brain works in a way that 1 software = 1 single and unique thing, and you shouldn't have to go through a roundabout way to do that thing.
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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
It isn’t natively but there are plenty of apps out there for all OSs that will decompress 7z, even on iOS.
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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.
QuickLook for Windows. Coming from a Mac this thing is super useful to replicate that functionality on Windows.
