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What app is so useful, you can’t believe it’s free? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Dosbox

ScummVM

GZDoom

DevilutionX

Wargus

JDownloader

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Wasted (Android Only)

Can nuke your phone's data if not unlocked for X amount if time, along with many other triggers for a wipe.

Very useful considering the political climate of one of the most powerful nations in the world has someone done a nazi salute behind the presidential podium.

Warning: I am not a lawyer. You might get in legle trouble for using this app (Such as "Destruction of Evidence" charges)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Its a bit more than an app, but QGIS is like, actually amazing. Also GDAL (and PDAL).

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Aside from the obvious FOSS offerings, there is a ton of free music software out there, including plugins for your favorite DAW.

While we are at it, Reaper is not free but they are also not going to bug you to pay for it. It is so good and inexpensive that they mostly rely on the honor system for payment.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

ffmpeg

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I use cygwin a lot. I fine it extremely convenient. Most of my personal software development is done in gvim and compiled in cygwin. I wven dosome of my professional work, particularly unit testing in it.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Off the top of my head:

Krita

Handbrake

LibreOffice

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There are so many complex applications that I can't believe are free: KDenLive, Gimp, Audacity, Firefox, Discord, Calibre, Jellyfin, Rainmeter, Godot, Retroarch

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