Last Update: 2024-08-16 21:33 UTC+1
Useful Software
BackGeneral Use
- winget [W] - Windows package manager. Comprehensive list of software available. Comes with Windows 11 as standard.
- winstall [W] - Web-based winget browser. Creates a script which allows installing multiple packages with one command. Reminiscent of Ninite.
- Everything [W] - Instantly search all your files across multiple local & network drives.
- HexChat [L][W] - Free IRC client based on XChat
- CrystalDiskInfo [W] - HDD/SSD benchmark & health status utility. Optional anime girl features.
- Transmission [L][W][M] - Lightweight torrent client. Handles large numbers of torrents very well. Approved by all private trackers, offers packages for most NAS solutions.
- Rufus [W] - Feature-rich utility for burning ISOs to flash drives.
- Newsboat [L] - Console RSS Reader.
- Filezilla [L][W][M] - Graphical FTP client and server software.
Multimedia
Video
- mpv [L][W][M] - Minimalistic cross-platform media player.
- MPD [L][W][M] - Music Player Daemon. Audio player server controlled through player clients.
- ncmpcpp [L] - Terminal-based frontend for mpd.
- foobar2000 [W] - Advanced, highly customisable audio player for Windows.
- GIMP [L][W][M] - Cross-platform free & open source image editor.
- FFmpeg [L][W][M] - Cross platform command-line media editing & encoding tool. Very extensive list of features.
- Kdenlive [L][W][M] - FOSS non-linear editing video editor. Part of the KDE suite.
- Exact Audio Copy [W] - CD Ripping Tool.
- MusicBrainz Picard [L][W][M] - Audio file tag editor.
- Mp3tag [W] - Audio file tag editor.
- MediaInfo [L][W][M] - View information on multimedia files.
- ExifTool [L][W][M] - EXIF metadata editor. Helps to quickly removes EXIF data from photos to stop you doxing yourself.
Audio
- fooyin [L] - qt6 foobar2000 clone for Linux.
Backup/Archiving
- Timeshift [L] - Schedule instant Btrfs snapshots for the quick system/file restore.
- Virtual Volumes View [L][W][M] - External media cataloguing tool.
Security
Web Resources
- ArchWiki - Arch Linux Wiki. Commonly accepted as the most thorough Linux Wiki, regardless of your distro of choice.
- Internet Archive - The biggest archive of software, media & much more, home of the Wayback Machine.
- GifCities - Archive of Geocities gifs from the Internet Archive.
- Wolfram - Search engine for power users.
- ImgOps - Image utilities, multi-engine reverse search.
- ncmpcpp Cheat Sheet - Keyboard shortcuts for the ncmpcpp media player.
- ArchiveOS - Operating System Archive.
Browser Extensions
- uBlock Origin - The only browser adblocker you should consider.
- SponsorBlock - Skips YouTube sponsor segments, subscription reminders etc.
- NoScript - Script blocker.