Any useful program you are willing to share
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newtypepilot
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ninite.com
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
PSYGN
Member
Great Windows app! I'm on Mac for work and https://findanyfile.app/ was a good similar option.
Soodanim
Member
GitHub - yt-dlp/yt-dlp: A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader - yt-dlp/yt-dlp
github.com
How To Download A YouTube Playlist And Convert It To MP3 Using youtube-dl or yt-dlp (Command Line)
This article explains using youtube-dl to download a YouTube playlist (be it a regular YouTube playlist or a text file containing YouTube video links) using the best available audio format, and convert it to MP3 (using FFmpeg, which youtube-dl uses automatically for transcoding).
www.linuxuprising.com
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
GitHub - yt-dlp/yt-dlp: A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader - yt-dlp/yt-dlp
How To Download A YouTube Playlist And Convert It To MP3 Using youtube-dl or yt-dlp (Command Line)
This article explains using youtube-dl to download a YouTube playlist (be it a regular YouTube playlist or a text file containing YouTube video links) using the best available audio format, and convert it to MP3 (using FFmpeg, which youtube-dl uses automatically for transcoding).
A multi-platform alternative is Jdownloader2. This program's main feature is batch downloading files from dozens of file hosts, but it can also grab and convert Youtube videos and playlists.
JDownloader.org - Official Homepage
jdownloader.org
GnomeChimpsky
Member
Webpages:
Pcgamingwiki
Playing a new game? Always look here first
Archive.org
This site is insane. It's great for finding obscure games/software that can't be found anywhere else
Mobygames
Imdb for games, sort of
Icebergcharts
Lets you view and create create "Icebergs" about topics you're interested in. Surprisingly fun
Blu-ray.com
Lets you manage your movie collection. Very powerful tool, it never gets the credit it deserves imo
Openroads
Skyroads in your browser!
A few more apps/services, sorted by awesomeness:
Irfanview
After 15+ years I still use this as my standard image viewing-program. It just works™
iBroadcast
Upload your Mp3's and stream from anywhere. Only proper alternative to old Google Music. Free but has paid alternative for higher bitrates etc.
Mod Organizer 2
Best mod manager. Screw Vortex or whatever it's called
Launchbox
Essential for people who use a bunch of emulators and want to organize lots of games
Gimp
Photoshop but it's free
MP3Tag
Great tool for batch-editing Mp3-files
Sumatra
PDF reader
Notepad++
For editing config files etc.
Audacity
Easy to use audio editing tool
Grover podcast
Best podcast app for PC.
Easymail
Gmail desktop app
Pcgamingwiki
Playing a new game? Always look here first
Archive.org
This site is insane. It's great for finding obscure games/software that can't be found anywhere else
Mobygames
Imdb for games, sort of
Icebergcharts
Lets you view and create create "Icebergs" about topics you're interested in. Surprisingly fun
Blu-ray.com
Lets you manage your movie collection. Very powerful tool, it never gets the credit it deserves imo
Openroads
Skyroads in your browser!
A few more apps/services, sorted by awesomeness:
Irfanview
After 15+ years I still use this as my standard image viewing-program. It just works™
iBroadcast
Upload your Mp3's and stream from anywhere. Only proper alternative to old Google Music. Free but has paid alternative for higher bitrates etc.
Mod Organizer 2
Best mod manager. Screw Vortex or whatever it's called
Launchbox
Essential for people who use a bunch of emulators and want to organize lots of games
Gimp
Photoshop but it's free
MP3Tag
Great tool for batch-editing Mp3-files
Sumatra
PDF reader
Notepad++
For editing config files etc.
Audacity
Easy to use audio editing tool
Grover podcast
Best podcast app for PC.
Easymail
Gmail desktop app
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Joyful
Member
soulseek is decent.
kurisu_1974
Banned
ISO mounting still works perfectly in W10 and W11.
A decent built-in compression tool built in would indeed be excellent, I hate the clutter that Winrar or 7zip brings.
Jellyfin is better for my usecase and is opensource
Makoto-Yuki
Banned
Might as well post this here for when you decide to uninstall any programs you try. Bulk Crap Uninstaller is a great program to see what is on your system and uninstall it.
I stopped uninstalling through Windows because it often leaves behind folders/files and registry entries. Some programs don't offer a simple way to uninstall or the program might have an issue that prevents it uninstalling.
BCU is simple to use but you can do a lot of advanced stuff with it like make automations, quiet uninstalls, batch uninstall, etc
www.bcuninstaller.com
I stopped uninstalling through Windows because it often leaves behind folders/files and registry entries. Some programs don't offer a simple way to uninstall or the program might have an issue that prevents it uninstalling.
BCU is simple to use but you can do a lot of advanced stuff with it like make automations, quiet uninstalls, batch uninstall, etc
Bulk Crap Uninstaller - Remove large amounts of unwanted applications
Bulk Crap Uninstaller (BCUninstaller, BCU) is a free, open source program manager. It excels at removing large amounts of applications with minimal user input.
Soodanim
Member
This might be useful, since getting into Chocolatey I've been trying new software... then uninstalling lots of software.Might as well post this here for when you decide to uninstall any programs you try. Bulk Crap Uninstaller is a great program to see what is on your system and uninstall it.
I stopped uninstalling through Windows because it often leaves behind folders/files and registry entries. Some programs don't offer a simple way to uninstall or the program might have an issue that prevents it uninstalling.
BCU is simple to use but you can do a lot of advanced stuff with it like make automations, quiet uninstalls, batch uninstall, etc
Bulk Crap Uninstaller - Remove large amounts of unwanted applications
Bulk Crap Uninstaller (BCUninstaller, BCU) is a free, open source program manager. It excels at removing large amounts of applications with minimal user input.
Edit: made good use of it, cleared up some stuff I didn't know I still had hanging around. It creates restore points before it runs in case something goes wrong, and when you're done with your batch uninstall it also offers to check for registry entries that are hanging around
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