What's some great free software you think more people should know about?

@cactushead, I hope the current feature set stays free. It’s great! Although $299, is not too much to bite off if you need the features. Great Post!

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So this is a niche utility, but does it’s job better than any other.

I’m speaking about Rufus the free utility that makes bootable USB media from a number of different image types–like ISO.

Rufus does one thing and does it better than anyone else, I’ve been a big fan for a long time and there’s a reason IT pros swear by it. Check it out! https://rufus.ie

-Jeff

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Irfanview for Windows… It’s in the MS app store and available online, and I’ve been using it for at least 25+ (?) years. Great app for pic lovers. :slight_smile:

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I should try this… I remember I used it once upon a time. When Windows 10 came out, I hated their image viewer abilities, and I looked around for something decent for a quick view when I double clicked on an image filename. I ended up settling on XnView. It’s free and did the job… and I’ve just kinda stuck with it over the years. I should check around again and see if it’s still the best choice for me.

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Here’s one a friend of mine just reminded me of. He used this all through university for his class notes and exam prep. It basically turns your web browser into a HTML generation tool via the embedded JavaScript, and you save the results out as a self-contained HTML file. It uses markup that will feel pretty similar to Markdown and should be quick and easy to learn. The site (link below) itself is generated/presented in the tool itself.

https://tiddlywiki.com/

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There is a web site, been around for quite a while

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I suggest Photopea - It’s an online image editor with a suspiciously familiar user interface, which has a nice selection of tools and can load a variety of formats. I’ve been using it for smaller edits when I’m on a machine without PS and it works great.

https://www.photopea.com

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Interesting concept. I use snipboard.io to host quick photos like screen shots, and it has some crop and edit features, but this is quite the step beyond. I am not comfortable with an online photo editor, but I can see where it might work well for some people.

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HitFilm Express is a similar tool to Davinci Resolve. While I started with Resolve, I found HitFilm more to my preferences.

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Hey, thanks for the pointer… can’t wait to check this out. I don’t make films, so all I really want is a nice simple tool to crop parts of video out, and maybe glue separate parts together, and maybe add a title or two here or there. I was hoping the VLC folks would get their video editor project into a usable state, but it seems it’s been years without much obvious [public] progress.

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I use a free software on Mac called “Sync TwoFolders”. I like to sync all of my files from my Dropbox desktop folder to my iCloud Drive folder which makes it possible for me to have an identical backup of all of my files on both DropBox and iCloud Drive.

https://throb.pagesperso-orange.fr/site/index.html

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Stellarium is a pretty amazing program for people who like to stargaze. It’s FOSS, available on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

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I use LibreOffice quite a lot. Even if I have MS Office installed I end up installing LibreOffice usually to open a Visio file someone sends assuming that everyone has it installed.
https://www.libreoffice.org/

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Agree on paint.net. Use it all the time.

One I’ve not seen mentioned is Calibre which is great for managing e-books.

https://calibre-ebook.com/

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One of my favorite “free” apps is Libby the Library app for downloading audio books for free (just need your library card). https://meet.libbyapp.com/

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Essential for me as a SSH/Telnet client is PuTTY.

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Photoscape X, a Lightroom alternative.

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I’ll post a link for ya @ZivZulander to make it easier for others to check it out. (Including me, in a bit.)

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Three suggestions i’ll put forward:

  1. RawTherapee (https://rawtherapee.com)
    My preferred raw image processor for my Ricoh/Pentax files

  2. FreeFileSync (https://freefilesync.org)
    Used to easily manage and execute my monthly backups

  3. Capture One Express Fujifilm (https://www.captureone.com/en/products/express/fujifilm)
    While RawTherapee can process raw images from my previous X100 cameras, I prefer the results from CaptureOne. This is a free version of their pro software specifically supporting Fuji raw files. There is also a version for Sony cameras (https://www.captureone.com/en/products/express/sony)

That looks nice, I really have to get over to the library and get a new card so I can give it a try.

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