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What is a program that you could not live without it? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by GatoB@lemmy.world to c/softwareoptions@lemmy.world

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For me its Everything, makes finding files extremely fast and easier than with Windows Explorer

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[–] Fubar91@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Notepad++. Tons of features, macro capabilities, plenty of useful plugins. Its a great all around multi tool interface for file editing.

[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

np++ is still my go to for ad hoc note taking. there are a million beautiful apps for this purpose, but nothing beats the fast startup of np++. Plus you can rename tabs without saving them and just keep them indefinitely. For some reason, no other app lets you do this, they all require saving the file.

[–] icesentry@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would you ever want to not save a file?

[–] JoeClu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I do this all the time. I pull up an editor, take notes on something I'm doing because I can't always fit it all in my mind I don't need to save the note cause, it was just a temporary place to store data/info/thoughts.

[–] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Grub, probably

[–] jesterraiin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Total Commander.

I don't imagine working with Windows without it. Advanced search, mass rename, copy/paste, archive/dearchive, FTP client, file view... It comes with so many options and can be further enhanced via plugins.

It's worth every money. Or, if one can't spare enough, there are good, free replacements like MultiCommander.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

I second Everything, it's pretty great. One of the things that irks me if I have to go to a different PC.

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I boot my linux boxes, they go a little something like this:

Firefox (and tabs)
Thunderbird
Telegram
Sublime / VSCodium (depending on need)
Freetube
Autokey
Joplin
Terminal
Flameshot
Syncthing
GIMP
Inkscape
KDENLive
Godot
Blender
Steam
NordVPN
LibreOffice
Remmina
VLC

[–] GatoB@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Can yoy say what they are for shortly? Like, game engine, video editor...

[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

funny enough, I was talking to an acquaintance earlier in the week about how we should finally start a blog or something with the gist of "FOSS you can't live without".

I'll try to add some of our most beloved apps later in an edit.

[–] vittoria666@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Any of the Lemmy apps