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[โ€“] I_like_cats@lemmy.one 11 points 2 months ago

I think vim (and other text editors with vim bindings). I've gotten so accustomed to the vim way of doing things that I can't go back

[โ€“] youRFate@feddit.org 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Firefox, emacs, restic backup, bitwarden, linux/bsd

[โ€“] wieson@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 10 points 2 months ago
[โ€“] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago

KDE. My brain is hard-wired for Windows, so KDE is intuitive and just gets out of the way.

[โ€“] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (5 children)
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[โ€“] feoh@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

Joplin because I struggled for years with a consistent way to keep and refer to notes that I could find easily at a moment's notice and access from any device, anywhere.

(Please don't tell me about how you use a text editor and markdown in your home directory Like GH* INTENDED because I tried that FOR A DECADE and it didn't work for me. I'm old and cranky. Get off my lawn! :)

[โ€“] HRDS_654@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

At this point Everything Search is goated.

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KDE. Been using it since v3, tried various other systems like Gnome, Enlightenment, XFCE etc. and I've always been coming back to it. KDE just feels very intuitive and easy to use.

[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 8 points 2 months ago

Irfanview. Quick easy very low fuss image viewer / low level editor

Advanced renamer.

[โ€“] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've gotten very used to this little free app called Audio Switcher that makes it way easier to switch back and forth between speakers and my headphones.

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[โ€“] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago
[โ€“] christian@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

My first thought is that my work requires office365 mail and my discovery that davmail exists has been a godsend. I'm not going to install outlook on my linux pc, so being able to check those emails using any client (claws in my case) is a massive convenience upgrade from relying on firefox to login.

[โ€“] Dhrystone@infosec.pub 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Shove-it, an ancient Windows utility by Phord Software that shoves any half-offscreen windows back onto the monitor so that you can get to all the gadgets. Phenomenally useful. First thing I install on any new build.

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[โ€“] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)
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[โ€“] Corno@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

PaintTool SAI 1 is my beloved, I don't care how old it is, I love it and it's just so comfy to me!

For those who may be wondering, PaintTool SAI is a lightweight drawing program developed by Systemax Software that was released in 2008. The "SAI" part of its name is unrelated to AI, and is an acronym for Systemax Advanced Illustrator. It was developed by one person, Koji Komatsu, and he runs Systemax all by himself. What a guy!

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[โ€“] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago

Linux. Luckily we have such a great FLOSS kernel to free is from the Gates and the Jobs of this world.

[โ€“] Baggins@feddit.uk 6 points 2 months ago

Currently, Notesnook and Proton Pass.

[โ€“] Nemo@midwest.social 6 points 2 months ago

Twenty, even fifteen years ago I would've said Windows Notepad / vim. Now I rarely use basic text editors.

I don't think there's any technology that can never be superseded.

[โ€“] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

On my laptop/desktop, for now I'd say Strawberry Music Player because I like playing/listening to the audio files I've stored locally on them.

For my phone, it's currently Auxio for the same reason.

These are subject to change if I find something better.

[โ€“] tortina_original@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] Will8250@lemmings.world 6 points 2 months ago

For my work, Bluebeam.

[โ€“] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

Browser, I guess? Without one you'd be back to early 1990s home computing.

[โ€“] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

Gvim. I even write documents in it and then paste them into Word for final formatting.

[โ€“] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Jellyfin, NZB360, HortusFox, HomeAssistant (soon), Docker?

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[โ€“] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ditto clipboard manager Xmbc Explorer patcher Moonlight sunshine Everything search Wiztree Altsnap Powertoys KiTTY

[โ€“] Lurker@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago

That's a long name

[โ€“] mrtzlbm@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Little snitch

[โ€“] Aristoxene@feddit.nl 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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