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Software

This page is a list of software I use.

I denote the license in brackets, I try to stick with software that is free and open-source, if a piece of software is not FOSS, source, I mark it red, as I do not want to recommend such, but it is what I am stuck with.

PC

  • 7-Zip , p7zip (GPLv2 with unRAR restriction) - archiving tool
  • Arch Linux and Arch linux ARM as my OS for my computers and VPS
  • Arduino IDE (GPLv2/LGPL)
  • Calibre - Read ebooks, especially EPUBs
  • Charles (proprietary) – for HTTP monitoring
  • Cheat Engine (No license, source code available) – hacking flash games/SP games - Never attach this to games that use an anticheat unless you aren't afraid of being banned
  • Deezloader Remix (GPLv3+) - Download songs from Deezer
  • ffmpeg (LGPLv2.1+) – for simple video editing
  • Firefox (MPL 2), Chromium (BSD/MIT/LGPL) - Browsers I use. Chromium is an open-source browser that Chrome builds upon.
  • KDE Connect (GPL) - Connect your phone with your desktop - share clipboard, files, read SMS, control media players...
  • KeePassXC (GPL) - Cross-platform password manager, supports OTP (including Steam)
  • Krita (GPLv3), GIMP (GPL), digiKam (GPLv2) - tools for image editing/drawing
  • Libreoffice (various open/copyleft licenses) - An office suite. Be aware that OOXML standard that Microsoft Office uses by default is sometimes(very often) not displayed correctly anywhere, so get people to save in ODF formats instead.
  • MultiMC (Apache v2) - Minecraft launcher
  • Mumble (BSD, GPL), Riot (Apache v2), Telegram (GPLv3, proprietary server) - chat/voice/video clients with E2E encryption that are actually worth something. I use Telegram for stuff that can be insecure as they roll their own crypto and don't encrypt conversations and group conversations by default
  • Nvidia drivers (proprietary) – Since the open-source nouveau driver won't work properly unless Nvidia releases the necessary firmware blobs
  • OBS Studio (GPLv2+) - capturing video/streaming
  • qBitTorrent (GPLv2+) - A torrent client.
  • redshift (GPLv3) - tool for colorshifting to rest your eyes
  • smplayer (GPLv2+) with mpv (GPLv2) as a backend - to play videos
  • Steam (proprietary), GOG Galaxy (proprietary), Uplay (proprietary), Origin (proprietary), itch (MIT) - clients for games
  • SmoothVideoPlayer (proprietary) - to do on-the-fly video interpolation - let's me watch movies and shows in 144 FPS
  • Ventoy (GPLv3) - Create a multiboot flash drive that actually works
  • virt-manager (GPLv3+) and KVM/QEMU (GPLv2) – for virtualization
  • Visual Studio Code (MIT) - Plugins: Arduino, Draw.io integration, indent-rainbow, gitlens, shellcheck
  • youtube-dl (The Unlicense) - video/audio downloader

Windows only

  • AIDA64 (proprietary) – To get system specs, temps
  • Chocolatey (MIT) - A package manager
  • CrystalDiskInfo (MIT) - Monitoring tool for your drives and temperatures of your HW
  • Everything (proprietary) - Tool for searching your files and folders
  • HashCheck (BSD-style) - Add hash sum feature to the Properties tab of files
  • MSI afterburner (proprietary) + Kombustor (proprietary) – for GPU stressing, overclocking and checking on temperatures
  • Rufus (GPLv3+) – To create bootable flash drives when I’m stuck with Windows.
  • ShareX (GPLv3) - screenshotting, capturing video, editing screenshots
  • WinAuth (GPLv3)- 2-factor-authentication, has integration for custom 2FA like Steam, Battle.net, ...
  • WinDirStat (GPLv2) - Tool for visualizing your disk space to help you clean useless stuff

Linux only

  • ANGRYsearch (GPLv2) - Tool for searching your files and folders
  • Flameshot (GPLv3) - Screenshot tool, lets you draw over the screenshot while taking it.
  • gparted (GPLv2+) - Partitioning tool. There is also a live image.
  • nano (GPL) and gedit (GPLv2) – For text editing since I’m too lazy to learn vim or emacs
  • pavucontrol (GPLv2) - sound mixer/audio control
  • QDirStat (GPLv2) - Tool for visualizing your disk space to help you clean useless stuff
  • Tauon Music Box (GPLv3+) - My favorite music player
  • WINE (LGPLv2.1+) - Windows compatibility layer - play Windows games/use Windows software

Android

  • AdAway (GPLv3) - Blocks ads system wide, requires root
  • DriveDroid (proprietary) - Boot images from your phone
  • FreeOTP (Apache v2) - 2-factor-authentication, only has basic TOTP with no gimmicks
  • F-Droid - Open source store with open source apps.
  • KeePassDX (GPLv3+) - Using it to access my password database. Using Nextcloud to sync it.
  • NewPipe (GPLv3) - Youtube player with all the features you could ask for
  • Nextcloud (AGPLv3) – For cloud backup and file sharing
  • Open Camera (GPLv3) - Camera app
  • Google services (proprietary) - Gmail, account sync and such. I hope I can migrate all to Nextcloud sometime soon.
  • StreetComplete - Help make OpenStreetMap better!
  • Usb Mountr (MIT) - Fakes mass storage so you can boot an image from your phone instead of using a flash drive. Requires root.
  • WiFiAnalyzer (GPLv3) - Neat tool that shows APs, their settings and their signal strength. Doesn't show whether WPS is locked or not(Android API limitation).

Browser addons

  • Augmented Steam (GPLv3) - Chromium, Firefox - Makes the steam website stuck less
  • Auto Resume Downloads (MIT) - Chromium, GitHub - Automatically resume failed downloads, helpful on shoddy networks
  • AutoScroll (MIT) - Chromium - Middle click to scroll, just like in Windows
  • ClearURLs (LGPLv3) - Chromium Firefox GitHub- Remove tracking and other garbage from URLs
  • Dark Reader (MIT) - Chromium Firefox GitHub - Dark mode for the web, slightly buggy sometimes
  • EditThisCookie (GPLv3+) - Chromium - Cookie editor
  • Floccus (MPLv2)- GitHub - Sync my bookmarks across browsers from my Nextcloud server
  • Forever Pinned (proprietary, source code available) - Chromium - keep a set of tabs always pinned
  • HoverZoom+ (MIT) - Chromium - View video/images upon hover
  • Plasma Integration (GPLv3) - Chromium - For Plasma on Linux
  • Reddit Enhancement Suite (GPLv3) - Chromium - Make Reddit bearable
  • SponsorBlock (GPLv3) - Chromium Firefox GitHub - Skip specific segments on Youtube
  • SSL Grade (GPLv3) -Chromium - Test website's TLS settings on ssllabs and show their grade
  • Steam Database (BSD-3) - Chromium Firefox GitHub - Show links to SteamDB on Steam store pages
  • Tamper Monkey (GPLv3) - Chromium - Run various scripts
  • uBlock Origin (GPLv3) - Chromium, Firefox - Block ads, popups and similar stuff.
    • Make sure to enable extra filters:
      • Options -> Filter Lists -> Ads -> Adblock Warning removal list
      • Options -> Filter Lists -> Annoyances -> Fanboy’s Annoyance
  • User agent switcher (MPLv2) - GitHub - Switch UA to make sites display content I want

Some tips

  • Update your firmware where you can - UEFI (confusingly called BIOS by most manufacturers, able to download from your motherboard's manufacturer's website), possibly your drive, soundcard from your headphones,...

  • Learn to recognize what an executable is and do not run any that you do not trust, then you have no need for an AV as long as you keep the software up to date (Chocolatey is a huge help with managing updates)

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