Software Endorsements

[ditto]

And I really don't like it when websites asks to disable ad blockers - or worse, disable content unless one disables the ad blocker.

Even worse I've seen some sites do "click allow allow notification to continue".
Then somehow they fill your calendar with spam events.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

Even worse I've seen some sites do "click allow allow notification to continue".
Then somehow they fill your calendar with spam events.

I've had to help people out with that on work phones, the calendar things specifically. It's all linked to Pinterest if you ask me.

 

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I've had to help people out with that on work phones, the calendar things specifically. It's all linked to Pinterest if you ask me.

You can just call them 'women', you know. You don't have to call them 'females' or 'people'.

 

[ducktales4gameboy]

GitHub - duncanthrax/scream: Virtual network sound card for Microsoft Windows

Virtual network sound card for Microsoft Windows. Contribute to duncanthrax/scream development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

This is very good software and I love it a lot. It's a virtual audio card that just farts out audio over multicast so any computer on the local network can catch it and play it back. Now all of the audio from my three work computers flows into a single stream without grounding hum from audio cables which gets piped to my phone and then my headphones, so I can walk around and do shit while still listening to background audio/podcasts/whatever's going on the computers, and if I need to do something with super low audio latency it's trivial to disable/reroute temporarily.

ETA: Having a bunch of people running scream with the output hooked to a car FM broadcaster with a bunch of shitty radios tuned to it is pure comedy.

 

[Shoggoth]

A privacy-first, open-source knowledge base

A privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration.

logseq.com

Logseq is note taking on steroids. It has a journal + knowledge graph with bidirectional links, shortucts, templates, embeds, page and block references, TODOs, properties and queries.
It's open source and can be run without connecting it to any central storage. You can encrypt your files. Good times.
If you're familiar with org-roam, Roam Research, Obsidian, etc it's an open source user friendly version.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

MultiDoc Converter, it's a free program that batch converts documents from one type to another. It can convert from/to docx, doc, odt, mht, html, epub, rtf, xml, txt and PDF(only write).

Download MultiDoc Converter

Current version: 1.6.0 from Mai 12th, 2017 There is only one Hybrid-Installer for Windows 32/64 bit and English / German user interface. setup.exe (ca.700KB)

www.multidoc-converter.com

 

[Haffhart]

I use this great notes app called D Notes. It looks good and has many features and options, rarely lags. Notes can be backed up to internal storage, but that requires the pro version. It's made by an Afrikaaner, which is odd.

https://m.apkpure.com/d-notes-notepad-checklist-and-reminder/com.dvdb.bergnotes

 

[PuffyGroundCloud]

Any recommendation for recording Zoom Meeting?

 

[Shoggoth]

Any recommendation for recording Zoom Meeting?

OBS?

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

OBS?

Agreed, for something like that it's easy to use even without looking at a manual or instructions and it can be set to only record one specific program/window.

 

[BarberFerdinand]

I've finally gotten tired of bitdefender, someone recommend me a good antivirus that doesn't suck.

 

[419]

I've finally gotten tired of bitdefender, someone recommend me a good antivirus that doesn't suck.

Assuming you're on Windows, MalwareBytes is normally the go-to option for anything still proprietary that isn't Windows Defender. If you desire FOSS, ClamWin might be a good option as well.

 

[Bongocat]

Clamwin kinda sucks tbh. It's not really meant for home use as much as running an email server.

 

[hhaergenreyt]

I've been using monolith for offline archiving of webpages. It bundles all the page resources into a single html file: fonts, images, CSS, javascript, everything. Aside from the obvious utility of snapshotting pages in case they're deleted, I've also found it to be much more useful than browser bookmarks. I can search through the full text of everything noteworthy I've ever visited just by pointing ripgrep to the archive folder. This is only going to get more useful as time passes.

 

[hhaergenreyt]

(Can't edit my last post)

Syncthing is really good for synchronizing folders between devices. I use it for keeping my home folder synced between my laptop and desktop and backup server, and also to sync my phone camera folder onto the other machines. I used it a few years ago and it was pretty janky and unreliable, but I gave it another try a few months ago and it has worked flawlessly since then. It defaults to sending stuff over local networks only, but it can also send stuff across the internet if you turn that setting on (and the transmission is obviously encrypted). Really top notch software. And it's FOSS.

 

[PFM]

Don't know if this has been posted but here is a self-hosting website-archiving solution I just came across

GitHub - ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox: 🗃 Open source self-hosted web archiving. Takes URLs/browser history/bookmarks/Pocket/Pinboard/etc., saves HTML, JS, PDFs, media, and more...

🗃 Open source self-hosted web archiving. Takes URLs/browser history/bookmarks/Pocket/Pinboard/etc., saves HTML, JS, PDFs, media, and more... - GitHub - ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox: 🗃 Open source self-hos...

github.com

 

[Gender: Xenomorph]

There was a good free Driver Updater software.

Now, I know that most of these Driver Scanner/Updater software are complete shit, don't offer anything much and charge you for shit that you can get anyway free.

That's why I want to find this one small brand software that did its job, didn't ask you to pay for any shit, and didn't spam you with bloatware/adware.

Does anyone know which one I'm talking about?

 

[Kosher Dill]

There was a good free Driver Updater software.

How often these days do you need driver updates that Windows Update doesn't pull in automatically?

 

[Gender: Xenomorph]

How often these days do you need driver updates that Windows Update doesn't pull in automatically?

Fair point.

I guess I'm stuck in the old ways...

 

[hhaergenreyt]

Vimium for controlling the browser by keyboard. Very useful even if you're normally not a vim user. The link highlighting/navigation mode alone is worth it even if you don't use the hjkl movements. Much more efficient than using the moues in most cases.