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Software > BitTorrent >

(on Wikipedia)
https://git.deluge-torrent.org/deluge
https://deluge-torrent.org/

A BitTorrent client.

It can’t copy magnet links, so it’s best to not use it.



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TODO – add any notes and make a more complete review

Claws Mail logo

Linux email clients >

(on Wikipedia)
Chocolatey: claws-mail
https://www.claws-mail.org/ (on Windows)

A light and capable email client.

POP3, POP before SMTP, APOP, IMAP4rev1, IMAP over SSH, IMAP CAPABILITY, mh, SMTP, SMTP AUTH, NNTP, SSL/TLS, full OpenPGP support, external editors, filtering, muliple identities. Good multilanguage and character set support.



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Software > Scripting Languages >

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

A shell.

Though not usually available for a Linux distribution, it’s exceptionally powerful enough that I insist upon it.

Default for macOS.

  • aka Z shell

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TODO – my LibriVox setup noteshttps://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/User:Spiralofhope/1-Minute_Test_redux

Audacity logo

(on Wikipedia)
Chocolatey: audacity
https://www.audacityteam.org/

A free audio recording / editing suite.

Very capable, but rather confusing.

See also:

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TODO – add my notes, and scripts

Software > diff >

(on Wikipedia)
https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes

A program for identifying (and optionally deleting) duplicate files residing within specified directories.

An essential part of my toolkit, giving me detailed information on the tangled mess that are my archives.

See also:

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VLC icon

Software > Video editing >

(on Wikipedia)
Chocolatey: vlc
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/

The king of video players.

On Windows, this is especially-king because the user doesn’t have to figure out and download various shady codecs.



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unzip32_500.ico

Software >
(on Wikipedia)

A ubiquitous file compression program.

  • Also unzip
  • I don’t use the GUI version, I use 7zip for that, or the built-in manager for Windows (various versions)



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Software >
Chrome > Chrome extensions >

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tunable-image-block/agpjllgcceliiblmebkbiccaaldfedbc/
http://tuniblock.blogspot.com/

Hide images of a specified size range.

  • Hold control and hover over an image to load it.
  • Hold shift and hover over an image to load all images on the page.