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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago

KiCad. It's an electronics design tool on par with commercial options in the industry, which cost a ton of money. Ever since the UI facelift it got a few years ago, it has become my go-to option. They are even working on integrating circuit simulation and finite element analysis, which is just crazy.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Not an app, but a whole ass OS.

Fedora. Switched to Linux full time over a year ago, after years and years and years (like... 06/07?) of dabbling. It blows my mind how polished and wonderful it is to use. It's completely everything I need, and it always blows my mind that it's fucking free

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago (3 children)

PlantNet

It identifies the species of the plant in a given photo.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (7 children)

I dislike the implication that the most useful apps are not free.

I always feel more comfortable using FOSS software, even if it doesn't look as nice as the commercial option.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

OnlyOffice. Great office suite. Also any app from FUTO

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (11 children)

Windows

  1. MPV - Video Player
  2. DaVinci Resolve - Best Free Video Editor
  3. Audacity - Audio Recorder
  4. TeraCopy - File Copy Tool
  5. Rufus, BalenaEtcher, Ventoy - Bootable USB Creator
  6. Wireguard, OpenVPN - VPN Client
  7. ShutterEncoder - Media Converter
  8. Revo Uninstaller - App Uninstaller
  9. Throttlestop - CPU Tweaker
  10. Peace, EqualizerAPO - Audio Equalizer
  11. Voicemeter - Virtual Audio Mixer
  12. Qbittorrent - Torrent Client
  13. Raindrop - Bookmark Manager

Android

  1. Aegis - Authenticator
  2. Wireguard - VPN Client
  3. NextDNS Manager - DNS Manager
  4. MPV - Video Player
  5. NewPipe, GrayJay, LibreTube - YouTube Client
  6. FUTU Voice Input
  7. FUTO Keyboard
  8. Aves Gallery
  9. Delta Icon Pack
  10. K9 Mail - Mail Client
  11. QKSMS+ - SMS App
  12. Perplexity Ai - GPT
  13. Wavelet - Audio Equalizer
  14. SafeSpace - Encrypted Vault
  15. AppOps - App Permission Manager
  16. Shizuku - Required by AppOps
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There are some excellent apps already listed that I won't repeat, but I'll add FFmpeg. Not sure it's quite what you're after, but it's incredible.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (12 children)

For me: Jellyfin, Audiobookshelf, Keepass, and Aegis

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Spacemonger and jellyfin

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Retroarch.

God awful complexity but once you figure out how it all works it’s incredible.

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