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Avidemux logo

Software > Video editing >

(on Wikipedia)
http://www.avidemux.org/
http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/

I don’t really care about this, but I do use it occasionally to cut apart videos.

Quite straightforward to use for simple video editing and appending. It took me almost no time to learn.

Good for transcoding and merging audio into video.

  • I use avidemux_gtk

    • there is also avidemux2_cli



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KeePassX icon

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.keepassx.org/

A password manager.

I found KeePassx while exploring replacing Firefox, and when looking at replacing web browser components. I wanted something cross-platform and open source.



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TODO – add my notes, and scripts

Nano logo

Software > Text editors >

(on Wikipedia)
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/nano.git/
https://nano-editor.org/

The license-unencumbered version of Pico.

Small, easy. Needs some basic functionality but is still quite useful.

  • acronym: Nano’s ANOther editor
  • formerly: TIP (TIP Isn’t Pico)



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Midnight Commander tiny logo
Midnight Commander desktop icon

(on Wikipedia)
Chocolatey: mc
http://midnight-commander.org/

A commandline file manager, with FTP access.

Particularly easy to use and featureful. I consider this an essential tool, but usually forget it exists.



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