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  14.     <h1>Useful Software</h1>
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  17.     This page will contain the software I have searched for and that I can completely recommend 
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  18.     for different OSes. I prefer something simple, that works for what I want, that is light, that 
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  19.     does not contains ads, that supports old hardware/OS, that does not update every 5 minutes like 
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  20.     Google stuff, that is light resources, that feels that is oriented to the people, and, it does not 
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  21.     matter if it has an ugly interface. In short, stuff to: get work done, do work efficiently, work on 
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  22.     older/low resource devices and that is lightweight (probably open source as well but that isn't the 
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  23.     case all the time).</p>
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  26.     For context, I use Windows 7 32 bits, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (with LXDE desktop - Lubuntu) 64 bits and  Android KitKat (4.4), Lollipop (5.1.1) and Nougat (7.0). And I like to not upgrade (if it works for 
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  27.     me then I can keep it like that). I feel like extremely frequent updates are just tormenting and 
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  28.     anxiety/obsession/massive consumming producing artifacts >:[ 
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  30.     <i>Anyways, back to topic!</i>
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  35.     <h2>Computer (Windows/Linux - some might not be for each OS!):</h2>
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  37.     <ul>      
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  38.       
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  39.       <li><b>Geany:</b> text editor/minimal IDE -- <a href="https://www.geany.org/">Link</a></li>
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  40.       
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  41.       <li><b>Ungoogled Chromium:</b> main browser, feels faster -- <a href="https://ungoogled-software.github.io/ungoogled-chromium-binaries/">Link 1</a> <a href="https://github.com/macchrome/linchrome">Link 2</a> 
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  42.       or 
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  43.       <b>Firefox:</b> secondary browser, older versions for webgl apps and stuff that requires 
    44. 

  44.       more hardware compatibility (be sure to disable all ui animation crap it comes with) -- <a href="https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/">Link 3</a></li>
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  45.       
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  46.       <li><b>Ksnip:</b> simple image editor -- <a href="https://github.com/ksnip/ksnip">Link</a></li>
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  47.       
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  48.       <li><b>ImHex/HxD:</b> hex viewer/editor -- <a href="https://github.com/WerWolv/ImHex">Link</a> <a href="https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/">Link</a></li>
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  50.       <li><b>VLC:</b> video player -- <a href="https://www.videolan.org/vlc/">Link</a></li>
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  52.       <li><b>Vokoscreen</b> screen recording -- <a href="https://linuxecke.volkoh.de/vokoscreen/vokoscreen.html">Link</a></li>
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  54.       <li><b>HandBrake:</b> video transcoder -- <a href="https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake">Link</a></li>
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  56.       <li><b>ffmpeg:</b> the literal commandline tool for video/audio manipulation -- <a href="https://ffmpeg.org/">Link 1</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200901234146/https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/win32/static/">Link 2</a></li>
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  57.       
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  58.       <li><b>GIMP:</b> general image editing -- <a href="https://www.gimp.org/">Link</a></li>
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  59.       
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  60.       <li><b>Blender:</b> 3D modelling software -- <a href="https://www.blender.org/">Link</a></li>
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  62.       <li><b>Audacity:</b> audio editing -- <a href="https://www.audacityteam.org/">Link</a></li>
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  64.       <li><b>7zip:</b> file compressor/decompressor -- <a href="https://7-zip.org/">Link</a></li>
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  66.       <li><b>Clementine:</b> music player -- <a href="https://www.clementine-player.org/">Link</a></li>
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  67.       
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  68.       <li><b>LibreOffice:</b> for document stuff -- <a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download-libreoffice/">Link 1</a>  <a href="https://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/">Link 2</a></li>
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  70.       <li><b>SumatraPDF:</b> PDF viewer (Windows) -- <a href="https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader">Link</a></li>
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  71.       
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  72.       <li><b>qpdfview:</b> PDF viewer (Linux mostly) -- <a href="https://launchpad.net/qpdfview">Link</a></li>
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  73.       
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  74.       <li><b>uGet:</b> download manager -- <a href="https://github.com/ugetdm">Link</a></li>
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  76.       <li><b>TexStudio:</b> latex IDE -- <a href="https://www.texstudio.org/">Link</a></li>
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  78.       <li>...</li>
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  82.     <p><b>NOTE:</b> Linux users can just use <a href="https://www.winehq.org/">Wine</a> to execute some Windows-only programs.</p>
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  86.     <h2>Smartphone (Android):</h2>
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  88.     <ul>      
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  89.       
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  90.       <li><b>Total Commander:</b> file Manager - Android 1.5+ :O -- <a href="https://www.ghisler.com/">Link</a></li>
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  92.       <li><b>Open Camera:</b> powerful camera app - Android 4.0.3+ -- <a href="https://opencamera.org.uk/">Link</a></li>
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  94.       <li><b>QuickPic:</b> gallery App, best versions are those that released when it wasn't property of Cheetah Mobile.
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  96.           <li><b>Lastest original - 4.5.2 - Android 2.0+:</b> version before Cheetah Mobile version (AFAIK) -- <a href="https://xdaforums.com/t/app-quickpic-v4-5-2-classic-version.3204543/">Link</a></li>
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  97.           <li><b>Modded version of QuickPic:</b> based on QuickPic 4.5.2 -- <a href="https://xdaforums.com/t/mod-app-gallery-quickpic-2023.3790425/">Link</a></li>
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  101.       <li><b>Kiwi browser:</b> web browser, you can install webstore extensions on it.
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  103.           <li><b>Lastest version "Kiwi Next" (now referred to as "Kiwi"):</b> chromium 93+ -- <a href="https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/geometry-ou/kiwi-browser-fast-quiet/">Link</a></li>
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  104.           <li><b>Older version "Kiwi" (now referred to as "Kiwi Classic"):</b> chromium 77 -- <a href="https://github.com/kiwibrowser/src/releases">Link</a></li>
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  108.       <li><b>Musicolet:</b> music player - I use version 4.5 build 220 -- <a href="https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/krosbits/musicolet-music-player-free-no-ads/">Link</a></li>
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  110.       <li><b>Desmos:</b> graph calculator -- <a href="https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/desmos-inc/desmos-graphing-calculator/">Link</a></li>
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  112.       <li><b>CPU-Z:</b> to get device information -- <a href="https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/cpuid/cpu-z/">Link</a></li>
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  114.       <li><b>SetEdit:</b> low level phone settings (be careful with it) -- <a href="https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/4a/settings-database-editor/">Link</a></li>
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  116.       <li><b>Document Viewer:</b> very clean PDF viewer -- <a href="https://f-droid.org/packages/org.sufficientlysecure.viewer/">Link</a></li>
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  124.     <h2>Web services/Browser extensions:</h2>
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  128.       <li><b>Browser extensions:</b>
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  134.           <li><b>uBlock Origin:</b> remove adds -- <a href="https://ublockorigin.com/">Link</a></li>
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  136.           <li><b>I don't care about cookies:</b> remove annoying cookie warnnings from websites -- <a href="https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/">Link</a></li>
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  138.           <li><b>TamperMonkey/GreaseMonkey:</b> userscript manager -- <a href="https://www.tampermonkey.net/">Link</a> <a href="https://www.greasespot.net/">Link</a>
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  140.               <li><b>Some useful userscripts:</b></li>
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  141.               <li><b>Viewtube:</b> to view videos using another video player -- <a href="http://sebaro.pro/viewtube/">Link</a></li>
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  142.               <li><b>Redirect Gmail to HTML Version:</b> name explains everything :P -- <a href="https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/455150-redirect-gmail-to-html-version">Link</a></li>
    143. 

  143.               <li><b>Youtube shorts redirect:</b> name also explains everything (YouTube shorts suck) -- <a href="https://greasyfork.org/scripts/439993-youtube-shorts-redirect/">Link</a></li>
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  148.           <li><b>Youtube No Buffer:</b> stops YouTube automatic buffering of a video when the page is loaded -- <a href="https://webextension.org/listing/youtube-tools.html">Link</a></li>
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  157.       <li><b>Web services:</b>
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  163.           <li><b>Neocities:</b> website hosting -- <a href="https://neocities.org/">Link</a></li>
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  165.           <li><b>NotABug:</b> code hosting -- <a href="https://notabug.org/">Link</a></li>
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  167.           <li><b>Mathcha:</b> latex GUI editor -- <a href="https://www.mathcha.io/">Link</a></li>
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  169.           <li><b>Desmos:</b> 2D graph calculator -- <a href="https://www.desmos.com/calculator">Link</a></li>
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  171.           <li><b>Internet Archive:</b> general file hosting -- <a href="http://archive.org/">Link</a></li>
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  173.           <li><b>Circuit Simulator Applet:</b> epic tool -- <a href="https://www.falstad.com/circuit/">Link</a></li>
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