Give these software a shot!
20 Aug 2021
Here are some software/websites/tools I find and want to share! It's permanently updated.
Linux
- ★ ♥ Vim - text editor
- ★ Audacious - lightweight but full-featured music player
- ★ Brave - web browser
- ★ mpv - video player
- ★ sxiv - image viewer
- ★ zathura - pdf reader (can read from stdin)
- ★ qemu - virtual machines
- ★ Ardour - audio editor
- ★ OBS Studio - screen recorder, can livestream too
- ★ Olive - video editor
- ★ ffmpeg - manipulate video from command line
- ★ Blender - 3D modeling, video editing
- ★ GIMP - image editor
- ★ Krita - drawing
- ★ LMMS - music creation
- ★ lowdown - lightweight markdown compiler (I use it to run this blog!)
- ★ newsboat - RSS Feed reader
- ★ youtube-dl - download videos from a large collection of websites
- Sonic-Pi - create music by programming (not tested)
- sc-im - spreadsheets in terminal
- ★ mdp - present markdown slides from terminal
- LinVAM - Linux voice recognition (not tested)
- pagraphcontrol - route sound with PulseAudio (not tested)
- ★ Ventoy - one bootable media for all your ISO files!
- ★ Lutris - the future of gaming on Linux
- barrier - software KVM switch (not tested) - Video
- obs-v4l2sink - use OBS output as a virtual camera - Video
- omxiv - an alternative to “Chromecast” - Tutorial
- Experimental - lyrebird - change your voice with PulseAudio
- ★ scrcpy - Android screen copy (with ADB)
- jumpcutter - automate video editing (not tested)
- obs-move-transition - better transitions in OBS
- LibreSprite - FOSS alternative to Aseprite (a pixel art program)
- FreeTube - alternative YouTube front-end (it's an app)
Windows
- CapTvTy - download replays of french TV
- MagicaVoxel - 3d pixel art
- Sumatra PDF - minimalist pdf reader
Bulk websites/pages
- archive.org - a library of books, music, videos, websites…
- Never Ending Chart Rendering - album covers compilation
- OpenRouteService - an alternative to Google Maps
- ★ F-Droid - an alternative to Google Play Store, with open-source apps
- TLDR-Pages - summary from Linux man pages
- Overleaf - learn LaTeX
- Mathpix - convert in-real-life math to TeX
- ★ Yopmail - throwaway email addresses
- FramaTalk - screen sharing without any account
- DevDocs - documentation for a lot of programming tools & languages
- Trianfly.io - generate backgrounds with… triangles
- CSS Icon - use CSS for your website's icons
- ★ Songsterr - music tablatures
- FontSquirrel - convert fonts to web format
- Computer Science Resources
- Vi/Vim cheatsheet
- “rendaw - ALSA, exposed!“ - ALSA Linux sound system documentation
- Plantet - idenfity plants
- Alternatives to bloatware - another list of software, like this one!
Android Apps
- LineageOS - ungoogled Android
- /e/ - ungoogled Android (a fork of LineageOS), the one I use
- ★ F-Droid - an alternative to Google Play Store
- ★ NewPipe - an alternative to YouTube with download and background listening options, based off youtube-dl
- ★ Editor - text editor
- ★ Simple Gallery Pro - photo gallery
- ★ KDE Connect - connect a phone to Linux
- ★ Open Food Facts - barcode food scan - Play Store