Been awhile since I saw a thread like this and they’re always good for at least one or two things I’ve never heard of before. Bonus points if the software is open source and cross platform. Extra bonus points if you link to where we can see it/get it.

My contribution: Destiny which is an anonymous, P2P, E2EE file sharing app - its basically a GUI for a Magic Wormhole implementation. Works on Linux (tarball or appimage), Win, Mac, Android (inc f-droid) and iOS. Only downside is it’s not been updated for 2 years.

  • madjo@feddit.nl
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    16 days ago

    For Windows users, I want to recommend PowerToys: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/

    The “toys” that I use a lot are: PowerToys Awake: to keep my laptop awake even if I’m away from keyboard for a while.

    Fancy Zones: to create my own layout of windows, especially on the ultra-wide monitor I have at work, it’s easy to have 3 smaller windows next to each other according to my layout.

    Mouse Utilities, I often can’t find my mouse cursor, just pressing a hotkey will literally spotlight the cursor.

    Quick Accent, especially for multi-lingual people this is really handy, though it takes a bit to get used to its working.

    • The Infinite Nematode@feddit.ukEnglish
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      16 days ago

      I use fancy zones, and also the one that finds your mouse cursor as I’m always losing it, and the always on top mode for when I don’t want a teams call to vanish while I do something else

    • UniversalBasicJustice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      15 days ago

      FancyZones is literally the only thing I’m missing from Windows after switching to Linux. I’ve looked around stack and reddit but have only found posts asking for that functionality, haven’t found a solution. Is there a DE/window manager/etc that has similar functionality?

      • JTskulk@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        15 days ago

        Isn’t Fancy Zones just window tiling? KDE has a tiling built in (hit meta+t to set up and then hold shift while dragging a window) and there are a hundred way more nerdy tiling window managers.

  • YappyMonotheist@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    If any of you still aren’t using YT Revanced… why?! So yeah, that one, cause God knows my limit for insipid and repetitive ads is extremely small.

  • .Donuts@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    16 days ago

    Greenshot is free, open-source, and the built-in image editor is perfect (for my use-case, ymmv). ShareX is also FOSS but more well-known.

    • JTskulk@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      15 days ago

      I used to use Greenshot but switched over to Flameshot. Also Free software, but has better and easier editing tools. The numbered arrows are so handy.

    • sasquash@sopuli.xyz
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      16 days ago

      The last version on the website is from 2017. I wonder what’s going on? The repo seems to be alive. I used it for years but switched recently to ShareX since Greenshot GUI can’t really handle high screen resolution

      Edit: Just checked the Blog. They didn’t had time in the last years but it seems to pick up speed again now. A new version is coming.

      • .Donuts@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        16 days ago

        Yeah, it’s been solid/stable but no new developments until 1.3 is coming. You can download the pre-release version if you want to try it again, because that version has zoom options. I imagine that’s what you missed, unless you meant something else with older versions not handling high res well

  • cloudless@piefed.socialEnglish
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    16 days ago

    Kiss Launcher

    The smallest quickest launcher for Android

    Start programs from your new home screen by typing in a few letters.

    The app adapts to how you use it, making finding what you want even faster.

  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    16 days ago

    Candle.

    It’s an android app that uses your display to make a “glow” to light a room rather than using the camera flash like a torch.

    It’s in F-Droid.

    Obviously the camera flash is more powerful if you’re outside or whatever, but using the display this way is way better inside. That tiny little dazzling pin-prick of light is just… unpleasant.

    With candle you can also set whatever color you like. Red is nice to avoid waking people or ruining night vision.

    I discovered this app when we had twins and waking up to nurse them overnight. Gonna sound weird if you’ve not been through this but basically they won’t really wake up they make a gentle sooky noise, and you put a bottle or boob in their mouth and they suckle while they sleep. If you turn a light on they’re gonna wake up which is sub-optimal.

  • tetris11@lemmy.ml
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    16 days ago

    ncdu, it’s a pretty decent utility for interactively exploring your rectum whilst traversing the deep hierarchical layers of your soul

  • HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org
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    16 days ago

    URLCheck on Android. Displays a popup on opening links allowing editing the URL before opening (with such features as removing chosen parameters with one button), applying transformations like Shitter→Nitter, http→https, sharing the URL, copying and selecting the application to open the URL in. Oh, and if you decide to open in Firefox or Fennec, you have the option to open in the incognito mode. Can’t imagine using Android without it now. Absolute gamechanger

  • virku@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    DevToys. It’s an awesome cross-platform swiss army knife for developers. It’s got most of the little tools that you would look up online.

    Formatters, encoding/decoding, validators etc.

    I really love it!

  • phonics@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    https://logseq.com/ a personal knowledge base with markdown and has a whiteboard feature. I live in this program now. From daily little notes and reminders to full on script writing. It’s a little clunky but it works with my brain. Other similar programs are notion, obsidian and anytype.

    • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      16 days ago

      I can second logseq but it has a bit of a steep learning curve. Not impossible but you have to learn how logseq wants you to use their software and then it becomes powerful.

      • bigpEE@lemmy.world
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        16 days ago

        What’s your take on how they want you to use their software? I throw down bullet points in the journal, tag them with big overarching themes, and link to old journal entries sometimes. Am I missing something important?

        • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          15 days ago

          I’m used to journaling by topic but Logseq wants you to journal by date. So you start by journalling on the date saying you’re working on x and then you link to x and then put details there.

          It’s a bit round about it you’re not used to it.