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systeminformer
A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware. Brought to you by Winsider Seminars & Solutions, Inc. @ http://www.windows-internals.com
ProcessHacker - improved task manager, shows all running processes in a tree structure (Free • Open Source)
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CodeRabbit
CodeRabbit: AI Code Reviews for Developers. Revolutionize your code reviews with AI. CodeRabbit offers PR summaries, code walkthroughs, 1-click suggestions, and AST-based analysis. Boost productivity and code quality across all major languages with each PR.
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MPC-HC - media player, can work with all codecs if you also install it with.. (Free • Open Source)
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TaskbarX - taskbar customization (Free • Open Source)
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Sublime Text - also my main code editor (Paid • Proprietary)>)
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ExplorerPatcher - allows you to customize the explorer, taskbar and start menu. has a lot of settings, you can also disable unnecessary "recommendations" in the start menu of windows 11 (Free • Open Source)
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scrcpy - allows you to control your phone through a computer (Free • Open Source)
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BleachBit - tool for cleaning the system from unnecessary data, cache and temporary files for example (Free • Open Source)
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SaaSHub
SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives
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Сzkawka - tool for finding duplicate photos or files by comparing hashes (Free • Open Source)
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Bulk Crap Uninstaller - a program to completely uninstall unnecessary programs, essentially an analogue of Revo Uninstaller (Free • Open Source)
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SyncTrayzor/Syncthing - probably my favorite program, it allows you to synchronize any data between your phone and computer, such as photos, screenshots, etc. (Free • Open Source)
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SyncTrayzor/Syncthing - probably my favorite program, it allows you to synchronize any data between your phone and computer, such as photos, screenshots, etc. (Free • Open Source)
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QuickLook - quick file viewer, you can focus on a file while in a folder and press the spacebar and this program will show its contents depending on the file type (Free • Open Source)
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Obsidian - good note-taking program, writes everything in Markdown format and stores everything locally (Free Personal • Proprietary)
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Notepad++ - a good text editor, I personally replaced the standard windows notepad with it, it's simple and easy to edit files (Free • Open Source)
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ModernFlyouts
A modern Fluent Design replacement for the old Metro themed flyouts present in Windows.
ModernFlyouts - improved volume control design (Free • Open Source)
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Handbrake - Video compression software helps to reduce file size without perceptible quality loss (Free • Open Source)
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Mailspring
:love_letter: A beautiful, fast and fully open source mail client for Mac, Windows and Linux.
Mailspring - an email client, a good alternative to Thunderbird if you don't like it (Freemium • Open Source)
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Cryptomator
Cryptomator for Windows, macOS, and Linux: Secure client-side encryption for your cloud storage, ensuring privacy and control over your data.
Cryptomator - folder encryption tool, a great option if you need to quickly encrypt and decrypt only folders and files, and not the entire system as in the case of VeraCrypt (Freemium • Open Source)
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Visual Studio Code - code editor, ide (Free • Proprietary)
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activitywatch
The best free and open-source automated time tracker. Cross-platform, extensible, privacy-focused.
ActivityWatch - a program to track your activity, just like on phones (Free • Open Source)
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privacy.sexy
Open-source tool to enforce privacy & security best-practices on Windows, macOS and Linux, because privacy is sexy
https://privacy.sexy A customizable PS script that strips windows of everything telemetry including nvidia telemetry or .net telemetry. I was surprised how much data windows collected when I first saw this. Careful it can really make your windows install unusable if you go full boar
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it is important because it randomizes fingerprints, which uBlock Origin cannot. You can verify this by going to FingerprintJS. Try switching to private mode, changing the container, deleting cookies, changing the IP, changing the user-agent, but the site will still be able to identify you. with this extension, user fingerprinting for websites is much more complicated
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lively
Free and open-source software that allows users to set animated desktop wallpapers and screensavers powered by WinUI 3.
Website GitHub
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I would change it to Audiocity due to this incident
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Anyhow - Far Manager and Open Shell are the firs two apps I install on any machine and without both of them I can't operate a machine properly.
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There's only one legit NC clone nowadays, that is Far Manager. Initially written by Eugene Roshal (of WinRAR fame), it meanwhile is OSS.
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user.js
Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening
Don't forget to enable privacy.resistFingerprinting in about:config. If you are hardcore enough, use Arkenfox's user.js for enhanced privacy. If you are doing the latter, you can remove CanvasBlocker. Extensions are a source of fingerprint anyway, better keep them at a minimum.
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No, actually Notepad++ has a dark mode, moreover you can install any theme, for example I like Dracula
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I think all packages in winget are required to have silent install/upgrade option, so this should work. You can browse the packages here.
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Tenacity seems to be on an indefinite hiatus. Check out Audacium, which has the same goal!
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SaaSHub
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