Notepad++ - This piece of software is a very advanced form of Notepad. Fuck that basic Notepad shit that Windows or any other OS gives you. This one is all you’ll ever need for basic note-taking needs. But it does a hell of a lot more. One thing I love about it is that, if for any reason I put my PC to sleep, it crashes, power outage, I can run this again and everything I’ve ever written and no matter how many tabs - it’s all retained.

AIMP - The definitive media player that you’ll ever need for just playing stuff (music only, sorry if I mislead those thinking it can do video). Winamp and all the other software are just around for nostalgia (though Winamp has it’s uses where you need it to play specific formats like video game music such as SNES with .SPC). One feature that attracted me to it was, it used to infuriate me when I am playing something and something crashes in any other media player. And you boot up that media player and you have to play your playlist all over again or that song from the beginning.

Not AIMP, if I accidentally close it, crash or whatever, I can bring it back up and it’ll have the song or whatever on Pause so I can resume. Why isn’t shit like this more implemented in software?

  • uis@lemm.ee
    15·
    5 days ago

    KiCad - electrical engieneering

    FreeCAD - mechanical engieneering

    Blender - 3d modeling, rendering, animation

    Krita - raster painting

    Kdenlive - video editing

    LMMS - music creation

    Ardour - sound processing

    Nheko - Matrix client

    Xonotic - FPS game

    KDE - K Desktop Enviroment

    Hotspot - GUI for perf sampling profiler

    KCachegrind - GUI for valgrind cache simulator

    QT Creator - C(++)/QML(and prob JS) IDE

    Graphvis - graph visualizer

    • monotremata@lemmy.caEnglish
      6·
      6 days ago

      Adding on:

      Inkscape - vector graphics program

      Meshrom - photogrammetry

      Handbrake - video transcoding

      MakeMKV - rips DVDs and Blu Ray into video files

      7zip - file compression and decompression

      Droid48 - Truly excellent HP48 emulator for android

      LibreOffice - free word processor & office suite (not without some recent drama though, I guess)

      I’m sure I’m forgetting plenty, but hey, more for additional commenters to name.

      Edit: Removed Audacity, apparently I’d missed privatization drama around that one too

      • uis@lemm.ee
        2·
        5 days ago

        Handbrake - video transcoding

        FFmpeg.

        Edit: Removed Audacity, apparently I’d missed privatization drama around that one too

        Still GPL.

        Synfig Studio - 2d animation software

        • monotremata@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          5 days ago

          I definitely considered FFmpeg (I mean, it does everything, and pretty much as fast as possible), but the sense I had was that people were mostly posting about tools that were reasonably accessible to novice users, with nice-ish interfaces. FFmpeg is pretty daunting to newcomers.

          OpenSCAD (CAD, but with a programming language-style interface) is kind of in a similar category. It’s pretty powerful, and for someone who thinks like a programmer it can be relatively easy to learn, but if you don’t already understand 3d transformations on a pretty intuitive level, the program doesn’t have a lot of features to ease you into that.

  • _different_username@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    7 days ago

    No one mentioned SolveSpace, so… SolveSpace. Solvespace is a fully functional 3D parametric CAD solver in a free, cross-platform, open-source, portable, single self-contained executable 10 MB file.

    I do a fair amount of hobby 3d printing and SolveSpace makes design and CAD stupid easy. The interface is perfectly laid out, the hotkeys are intuitive, and the capabilities make small-scale projects a breeze.

    Now, the program has its limitations, but if I just want something quick and simple, there is nothing better.

    • uis@lemm.ee
      3·
      6 days ago

      SolveSpace… I remember that. Interesting thing, but I ended up using FreeCAD.

    • SoulWager@lemmy.ml
      2·
      5 days ago

      I’ve been using FreeCAD, it’s extremely powerful, and just hit 1.0. Might be a bit harder to learn, but worth it.

      • _different_username@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        5 days ago

        Yeah, FreeCAD is great, but I can only think of one project that I’ve done where SolveSpace absolutely could not work for the geometry I needed and I had to rebuild it in FreeCAD. But that’s just a product of what I am building: simple things like brackets, knobs, and replacement lids mostly. I don’t need chamfers, drafts, lofts, etc. and I get what I need with minimum of time and effort using SolveSpace.

        When I do need those features, complex geometries, or modification of pre-built step files, FreeCAD has never failed me.

  • ZeroOne@lemmy.world
    15·
    6 days ago

    EMACS:- No I’m not kidding, Yes it has a learning curve but the real fun is AFTER you figure it out & find out that it can do more than just edit texts

    • You can play music
    • You can turn it into an Email client
    • Browse the internet
    • A fully-fledged IDE
    • There’s Tetris in it
    • A File-Manager
    • Even a Chat Client
    • Remote-Server interaction
    • Even have it function like Obsidian
    • Have Vim-keybindings (For VIM-users)
    • A Git interface
    • Even use it as a Linux Distro
        • superkret@feddit.org
          2·
          6 days ago

          I tried Emacs once a long time ago, and recoiled from the weird key combos. Especially how you have to first enter one combo and then a second one for what you actually want to do.
          My memory is a bit fuzzy, but I remember it feeling pretty clunky.

          • verdigris@lemmy.ml
            2·
            6 days ago

            Yeah I definitely prefer vim bindings over emacs. Though as other commenters have mentioned, it’s totally possible to use vim bindings with emacs. I’ve never tried it but if the other features attract you it might be worth trying.

      • wer2@lemm.ee
        5·
        6 days ago

        As a vim user who recently started with Emacs, if you ever want to try it, use evil-mode to get vim motions.

    • sith@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      Maybe better to recommend Doom Emacs, if no BS is a requirement. It takes time to make friends with vanilla Emacs.

      • OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml
        4·
        6 days ago

        Because it all connects together, and you can program them jointly to help solve tasks.

        Having email and version control inside emacs makes it easy to set up an email based patch system.

        Of course this system will then benefit from the existing code highlighting, introspection, and an integrated debugger.

        Integrating it with your time planner means you can automatically add commits to your journal as a way of tracking what you’ve been working on.

        The old joke always was emacs is a great operating system, it just needs a good text editor.

        The real downside for me is everything is just a little bit janky. It all almost works perfectly and the code is right there to fix it, if you can be bothered. Generally I can’t.

      • ZeroOne@lemmy.world
        4·
        6 days ago

        Well it’s not really a text-editor, it’s a productivity environment (That is poor advertisement on GNU’s part)

        & these are all extensions, the real question is Why WOULDN’T you want it in a text-editor ?

      • sping@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        1·
        6 days ago

        All that is not in a text editor. A text editor is in all that. A few text editors actually.

  • AnimalsDream@slrpnk.netEnglish
    15·
    6 days ago

    Wireguard, I find it both simpler and easier to use than OpenVPN.

    dd. No other iso writing utility has worked as consistently, even if my usb devices would gain weird glitches after using it.

    Believe it or not I am a person who goes out of their way to avoid using the terminal, so this is very much vouching for the software itself rather than the ux it’s based on.

  • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
    152·
    6 days ago

    Bitwarden

    It’s a FOSS password manager that you can self host, or use their cloud infrastructure. Their free plan is more than enough for basic users, and their paid personal plan is less than $1 a month and is packed with features.

    Runs in your browser, Android, iOS, Chrome and Firefox extensions, and has native desktop apps for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

    Super easy to set up and use, no BS, works damn near perfectly. I’ve been using it for years and I love it, it’s the only password manager I recommend to folks now days.

    • dubyakay@lemmy.ca
      22·
      6 days ago

      Bitwarden’s recent licence “oopsie” has shaken folks trust in them a bit. Not that it’s not a good software currently, but now we know what may happen at a moment’s notice.

    • verdigris@lemmy.ml
      3·
      6 days ago

      Glaring omission: OpenTTD, still in contention for the greatest train (and other transport) game ever made.

      • ace_garp@lemmy.world
        1·
        6 days ago

        Looks so good. I haven’t tried city-sims in 30yrs.

        I just watched this drokkin excellent overview of what is possible in OpenTTD. Very polished.

        I am sure it can be played as a serious endeavor too.

      • ace_garp@lemmy.world
        4·
        6 days ago

        Sure is! It’s had so much work done since the early days.

        The single player campaign is huge and hilarious. Very satisfying to complete.

    • Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      Shattered Pixel Dungeon

      This has been the only version of the game I’ve ever gotten close to beating. For that reason alone it’s worth mentioning.

      • ace_garp@lemmy.world
        2·
        6 days ago

        Yes, I also tried the original Pixel Dungeon one time. Crazy hard mode.

        For tips, hide behind doors for as many strikes as possible.

        Try to enhance a Glaive with speed, from the Stone of Augmentation(stay with staff for mage). Then upgrade and add a glyph. Plate armour up to +4-6.

        • Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          6 days ago

          For tips, hide behind doors for as many strikes as possible.

          I’ve definitely ‘abused’ the hell out of that. But at a certain point with the original, it seems like all the little tricks I learned hit an upper limit to their usefulness.

          The original was just brutal.

          Try to enhance a Glaive with speed, from the Stone of Augmentation(stay with staff for mage). Then upgrade and add a glyph.

          I’ll definitely have to give that a try next time.

      • ace_garp@lemmy.world
        2·
        6 days ago

        I tried for a day or 2 to get strafe-running, could not do it.

        Would love to play Xonotic though, it has lots of old-school FPS flavour.

        • uis@lemm.ee
          2·
          5 days ago

          Strafing and moving mouse will make you turn faster, strafing with forward and moving mouse will accelerate you faster. You can see it on strafing bar.

          Also read the guide: https://xonotic.org/guide/#bunny-hopping

          And I recommend you to join xonotic-relax.ru discord server. It is most active xonotic community, and we do speak English when needed.

          • DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz
            111·
            6 days ago

            Buying games through steam is optional. Steam itself is the game manager. I run many of my non steam games through it and don’t pay a dime for it. Alternatively I can buy steam games through 3rd party stores. The steam client on your machine is free.

            • Stovetop@lemmy.world
              3·
              6 days ago

              They just get statistical data instead, then. I know some folks don’t care about companies knowing your activity and other telemetry data, but I’d probably still count that within the “bullshit around” exclusion criteria that OP defined.

              • _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                11·
                6 days ago

                To be fair, you can just refuse to take part in that. They’ll keep asking, every now and then, and you can keep saying no.

                • Stovetop@lemmy.world
                  2·
                  6 days ago

                  Not the optional hardware survey, but they automatically collect other data just through usage of Steam and applications run through Steam.

  • sith@lemmy.zipEnglish
    11·
    6 days ago

    Micro or NeoVim if you’re a minimalist. Emacs or VS Code otherwise (a little bit of BS maybe). And Windows terminal plus WSL if you’re on Windows.

    Interesting that people still use Notepad++. Haven’t touched it in 15+ years.

    And Python of course.

  • conditional_soup@lemm.ee
    8·
    6 days ago

    I logged in just to answer this:

    Stellarium

    When it comes to stargazing and learning more about the night sky, there is hands-down no better program. It’s available on PC (windows/Mac/Linux) as well as mobile platforms. I used it for months for free before I paid for the premium sub, and the premium sub actually feels additive rather than just gatekeeping essential features. Plus, it’s pretty cheap and you can choose to just buy a lifetime pass for $20 and skip the sub. It’s the only app I’ve ever been happy to subscribe to.

    • wild@lemmy.world
      1·
      5 days ago

      This is amazing. I’ve tried half-assed a few times to find an app better than Sky Map and this is in a different league. Immediately uninstalled Sky Map. Finally.

    • JAWNEHBOY@reddthat.com
      2·
      5 days ago

      You’re so right about KDE, I didn’t realize just how much great stuff KDE makes until I was looking for a markdown editor this week at work, and KDE ghostwriter nails everything I ever wanted. Cross platform too so I can use it on my personal Linux machine too

      • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        102·
        7 days ago

        I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

        Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

        There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!

  • Melllvar@startrek.websiteEnglish
    14·
    7 days ago

    TestDisk and PhotoRec. TestDisk can recover broken drive partitions, PhotoRec can recover deleted files even if the partition table is borked.

  • Agent641@lemmy.world
    7·
    6 days ago

    Greenshot

    Irfanview

    Audacity

    OBS

    Lab Chirp: simple but powerful sound effects generator

    Stickies (zhorn software): Networkable sticky notes

    Agent Ransack: File content search

    • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
      5·
      6 days ago

      Audacity

      You may want to switch to Tenacity. Audacity was purchased by a company in 2021 that super promises not to try to sneak telemetry into the program. Again. For the third time.

      Tenacity is a fork of Audacity without any of that nonsense.

      • Agent641@lemmy.world
        2·
        6 days ago

        I’m pretty sure I haven’t updated my Audacity version since 2012 😅 but I’ll remember this thank you