====== Awesome Software Desktop and Home Usage ====== Software or Tools that I either use constantly or personally recommend. __Note:__ Since I do not use macOS, the "OS" column will only be relevant to Windows and Linux systems. ===== ===== ====== Audio Player ====== ^Software^Free^OpenSource^OS^Purpose^Description^Link| |Audacious|Yes|Yes|Linux \\ Windows|Audio Player|Audacious is an open source audio player. A descendant of XMMS, Audacious plays your music how you want it, without stealing away your computer's resources from other tasks. You can find a nice [[:engineering:computer_science:software:audacious_presets_profiles|preset here]].|[[https://audacious-media-player.org/|Audacious]] \\ [[https://github.com/audacious-media-player/audacious|Github]]| |Clementine|Yes|Yes|Windows \\ Linux|Audio Player|A modern music player and library organizer.|[[https://www.clementine-player.org/|Clementine]] \\ [[https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine|GitHub]]| ====== Misc / Unsorted ====== ^Software^Free^OpenSource^OS^Purpose^Description^Link| |Barrier|Yes|Yes|Windows \\ Linux|Software KVM|Barrier is software that mimics the functionality of a KVM switch.|[[https://github.com/debauchee/barrier|GitHub]]| |btop|Yes|Yes|Linux|System Resources Monitor|Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.|[[https://github.com/aristocratos/btop|GitHub]]| |DEF| | | | | | | |Greenshot|Yes|No|Windows|Screenshot Software|A light-weight screenshot software tool for Windows|[[https://getgreenshot.org/|Greenshot]]| |HWInfo|Yes|No|Windows|Hardware Monitor|The Most Comprehensive System Audit Tool I've Ever Seen|[[https://www.hwinfo.com|HWInfo]]| |IJ| | | | | | | |Keepass|Yes|Yes|Windows \\ Linux|Password Manager|KeePass Password Safe is a free and open-source password manager primarily for Windows.|[[https://github.com/keepassx/keepassx|GitHub]] \\ [[https://keepass.info/|Keepass]]| |LM| | | | | | | |NCDU|Yes|Yes|Linux|Disk Space Analyser|Ncdu is a disk usage analyzer with an ncurses interface. It is designed to find space hogs on a remote server where you don’t have an entire graphical setup available.|[[https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu|NCDU]]| |Opera|Yes|Yes|Windows \\ Linux|Browser|Opera is a multi-platform web browser developed by Opera Software. Opera is a Chromium-based browser. It distinguishes itself from other browsers through its user interface, functionality, and other features.|[[https://www.opera.com|Opera]]| |P| | | | | | | |qBittorrent|Yes|Yes|Windows|P2P Torrent|qBittorrent is a cross-platform free and open-source BitTorrent client.|[[https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent|GitHub]] \\ [[https://www.qbittorrent.org/|qBittorrent]]| |R| | | | | | | |SolidWorks|No|No|Windows|CAD|SolidWorks is a solid modeling computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided engineering computer program|[[https://www.solidworks.com/|Solidworks]]| |TU| | | | | | | |Ventoy|Yes|Yes|Windows \\ Linux|ISO Boot Software|Software for booting clients with an ISO file. You just pop the ISOs in the Ventoy partition, and it will provide an updated list to choose from.|[[https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/|GitHub]] \\ [[https://www.ventoy.net/|Ventoy.net]]| |VLC|Yes|Yes|Windows \\ Linux|Mediaplayer|VLC media player is a free and open-source portable cross-platform media player software and streaming media server developed by the VideoLAN project.|[[https://www.videolan.org/vlc/|GitHub]] \\ [[https://www.videolan.org/vlc/|VLC]]| |WindowGrid|Yes|Yes|Windows|QoL1 |Personally a must have in Windows. Allows the user to quickly and easily layout their windows on a dynamic grid using just the mouse.|[[http://windowgrid.net/|WindowGrid]]| |WizTree|Yes|No|Windows|Disk Space Analyzer |WizTree is a disk space analyzer for quickly scanning your entire hard drive and then shows you which files and folders are using the most disk space. VERY Quickly.|[[https://wiztreefree.com/|WizTree]]| |XY| | | | | | | |Zettlr|Yes|Yes|Linux Windows|Note Taking \\ Personal Knowledge Management|A free and open-source note-taking application that works with Markdown files. Files may be exported and imported from a variety of different formats using an integration with Pandoc, whilst integration with reference managers allows for insertion of citations into documents.|[[https://www.zettlr.com/|Zettlr]]| 1 - Quality of life