Free Download Manager - Not a single download failed, even if your net connection goes off, or you shutdown your pc in between downloads, or download links expired it can resume every single download you can change links if they are expired as well it'll resume from where it was stopped.
If you are saving passwords either on your computer or on a scrap of paper, come up with some convention that is only known to you. i.e. The 5th digit is always replaced with an '$' in the real password. This way anyone obtaining access to your list of passwords won't be able to use them, regardless of where you have them stored.
Unless you have like 2 or 3 accounts, that's very time-consuming, though. If you can keep it up, fine, but most of us would end up repeating passwords because it's too much work. The point of a password manager is to easily store and use different, strong, difficult to remember passwords backed with a single strong master password that is stored in a secure location, or nowhere.
Having a trusted password manager is still a better solution. Emphasis on _trusted._ I like the idea that the password data is encrypted at rest so that even the employees at Bitwarden (supposedly) can not read it. (but there's that _trust_ issue again)
@@uncaboat2399 Indeed, the good thing about Bitwarden is that if you don’t trust their service, you can always download, inspect and install it on your own server, as it’s open source.
@@uncleelias Decades ago I was a night guard in a banking HQ. 100% mainframe and the official policy was for all keyboards to be flipped over after shut down and all mice to go into a locked desk drawer. Yes, many passwords were written on post-it's then stuck on the bottom side of the keyboards. My partner and I used to speculate what time frame we'd need to transfer enough money to a foreign bank so we'd never had to return to the U.S.. It was harmless fantasy as we were both boring and honest, but entertaining.
The best thing about watching your video randomly is that your list of programs has been my favorite for years. And, even better, to know that the tips I gave other people about these programs have their point of view too. Good job!
@@rhomis i did that too, im not very old, but im very interested in the older systems. Got a V-Box machine with win. 3.11 on it, and even managed to install various drivers on it, heck i even got internet with IExplorer 5.01 working on it. Not many pages load, but google does :p
MPC-HC and mpv are leagues better. I wish TH-camrs would stop recommending VLC. Open a video in VLC and the same video in either MPC-HC or mpv and see the difference. MPC-HC and mpv, especially mpv, have a much smoother interface as well.
Instead of VLC I would recommend MPC-HC (for windows) or MPV (multiplatform) with MadVR. For the odd video here and there, VLC will do the job, and it can play even a lot of corrupted files, but it often doesn't look anywhere near as good as it can with those alternatives. For video conversion, the two I recommend are Handbrake and FFMPEG. The former is a GUI program with it's own converter backbone. It's relatively easy and simple to use. Downside is that it can only output in MP4 and MKV, which isn't really a downside for most people as those are two of the most used formats. But if you want to output to say webm or whatever, you would be better off using FFMPEG. Downside of FFMPEG is it is CLI based, meaning no gui. If this isn't a problem for you, you will find it is very powerful on what you can do with files. Like being able to turn a bunch of images into a video, convert gif to webm or concatenate files. Most GUI converters tend to use FFMPEG as their backbone, but in my experience I tended to have issues with them, usually with the resulting files having audio desync or subtitle problems. FFMPEG itself would output correct files, but the GUI programs did not. Which is why I like handbrake so much. For anti-virus, you're probably better off just using the built in defender, with the occasional scan with something like malwarebytes as a second opinion, and for files you think might be suspicious, scan them with virus-total. It scans the file with a lot of different scanners and tells you if they detected anything. For image editing, I would recommend Paint.net. I have both it and GIMP installed, and while I tend to go for GIMP, it's mostly because of habit. I haven't looked at what one can do that the other can't so it's worth checking out both. Speaking of images, I recommend Irfanview for actually viewing images. I've been using the program for years, ever since the Vista days. For searching, I recommend Everything by Voidtools. It indexes your hard drives and so when you search for something it returns the result instantaneously as you type. Way faster than the built in. Supposedly you can configure the windows search to index the whole hard drive, but it still often tries to search inside of many files even when what you need is to find it based on filename which is what most people tend to need when they are looking for a file. For archives, I recommend 7-zip, which most people probably have heard of. Of course you can use winrar, but 7-zip doesn't nag you about your trial ending every time you open it up. For music I always use Foobar2000. It's a highly customizable player that can play pretty much any music file you throw at it. I recommend using the Columns UI plugin. I also recommend qttabbar. What it does is it gives windows explorer extra features like tab support and the ability to launch programs from a little menu icon. I use the menu for batch files, which lets me do tasks in the current folder as if I had moved the batch file to that folder and executed it. I do a lot of tasks which require renaming files and for that there are three recommendations. QTTabbar has a rename option built in. However for more advanced features there is bulk rename utility as well as ADV renamer. I typically go for Bulk Rename Utility. For PDFs I use SumatraPDF. It's a PDF reader that's snappy and it can do tabbed reading. If you are interested in comic book archives (cbz/cbr files), then I recommend YACReader. Comic book archives are just regular archives with a cbz (zip files) or cbr (rar files) extension, but it's a convenient and flexible way to store comics, manga chapters/books, or other groups of images. YACReader can even give the cbz/cbr files a proper thumbnail. Some people recommend WinDIRstat to visualize what is taking up all of your space, but I recommend Wiztree. Wiztree can do what Windirstat, but it does it way faster since Windirstat scans the drive folder by folder, while Wiztree scans using the MFT. Here's a vital one for many people. It's called Unchecky. Many installers include extra software, much of which is unwanted crapware. Typically the user can opt-out, but many do not and some may not know how to. Unchecky detects these "offers" and defaults them to opt-out. I still recommend not just skipping through the installer (not picking custom install, or pressing next without paying attention), but Unchecky should stop most of the crapware that software bundles. I recommend Testdisk as well. You may at some point suffer a hard drive failure, or accidentally delete a file and something like testdisk then becomes necessary. I recommend this program because in my experience it was able to recover things that other programs couldn't. If you're comfortable with command line, there's not one, but at least three package managers for windows. They are Chocolatey, Scoop, and Winget. Package managers can make installing programs way more convenient. Downloading and executing an installer is fine, but the syntax for installing said program can often be very simple and therefore quicker and it also allows you to install the program unattended. Furthermore, you can create scripts to install them on other computers you use. Say you have to reinstall windows for some reason or another. You just execute your script file and it will install all of the things you mentioned. For those uncomfortable with the command line, Chocolatey has a GUI program as well. The three package managers can also coexist with each other, so it might be worth it to try all three out. Also, the package managers avoid crapware packaged in with installers. There's another option for those uncomfortable with the command line and that option is called Ninite. Ninite isn't a program, it's a website with a repository of programs. You select which programs you want and it will create a web installer that when opened will install those programs unattended, avoiding crapware they may have. The selection is way smaller than the package managers, but many of the most recommended programs are on the list. Also, you can just open the web installer that you made to update the apps it installed.
Yea i agree Apache OpenOffice was great for sometime, but now i get a message about my trial being over.. they decided to not have it be free anymore it seems
I wonder why nobody ever mentions the Opera browser? With the built in add blocker I NEVER see adds in TH-cam. That alone makes it the best browser in my opinion. Not to mention built in VPN and tracker blocking.
I've used Opera for many years - always loved it. Along with the built-in ad blocker I also run a custom script and see no ads in anything. I've used nearly every browser out there at some point and always go back to Opera.
Opera was taken over & after version 12 can't be trusted (web search should why not to use it). The original developers of opera who left after the take over are the makers of vivaldi
Audacity (Audio Editor), CDBurnerXP (CD/DVD/ISO burner equivalent to Nero), Media Player Classic (Just as Good as VLC but Lighter on resources (in my experience) These are also FREE and Open-Source (except CDBurnerXP which is FREEWARE) all available for Linux and Windows..not so sure about Mac. I also use KeePass (Password Manager for all platforms including Android and ios)
VLC is a fantastic programme. Been using it a long time. Flexibility and the ability to play higher resolution video is great. Have never ever had even a hiccup from it!
Norm cap - Open source utility to snip text from a photo. Works flawlessly like snipping tool & I use often for code. Keypose - To show which key on keyboard you press on the screen. Proprietary- Fast duplicate file finder - As the name says in case you have so many duplicate photos or songs scattered across hard drive.
I chose GIMP and Inkscape as alternatives, basically because Adobe moved to a subscription-based service (although when they were individual products they were too expensive for me anyway), but while they're very advanced for being free software, they're way less user-friendly as well. - I can't figure out how to do the most basic things, like copying and pasting a selection into another image, without having weird side-effects in GIMP, or creating simple shapes at certain angles without messing things up in Inkscape. - And I've seen people say things like "You need to learn how to use the tool like playing an instrument.". - No, that's not the same at all. A software-tool should be convenient and intuitive and NOT require a whole guide to learn how to do basic stuff. And it's also not the same as learning how to play something like guitar, like I have done for hours a day for TWENTY YEARS. I should be able to boot up a program and do basic stuff almost immediately by looking at it. That's what a TOOL is for, it's NOT an instrument. - I feel like you give up the refinement and logic for free programs like these. It's also kinda ironic, because I went with free alternatives because I won't use them all that much, yet they're much less user-friendly and definitely for those who are more serious and will put in the time to learn all the tiny ins and outs of the software. I just can't invest that because all I want to do is fairly simple things and not do giant projects or very involved stuff. Why can't I find software to simply cut and paste selections??... It was fairly simple in Photoshop. If you're gonna copy Photoshop, make it similar.
I agree, i HATE gimp because even the easiest and most intuitive things like a simple color or copy paste i need an extensive tutorial for and i forget it by the next time i would use it.
If you like to watch movies and tv shows, then use MPC-HC & madVR for your media player. Look on the Wikipedia page for MPC-HC for a link to the forum page where it's actively deceloped. MadVR is an output module. It has better chroma upscaling algorithms, artifact removal filters, automatic black bar removal for ultrawide monitors, it can be configured to change the refresh rate of your monitor to match the video for smother playback, it can be set to either tonemap HDR content to SDR, or send the HDR content straight to your display if it supports it, etc.
I can't back Davinci Resolve enough - the only issue I have with it is that it can't open mkv files, which means I have to convert any such files into a supported format before I can edit them (but this almost exclusively happens when downloading HD movies online for use in fan-edits).
Any recommendations for 1. Floorplan 2. Storyboard (scripts for movie) 3. Create your own music (rock genre) with your lyrics but without using any real instrument, any good free or cheap best software?
I've been using Vivaldi since roughly 2 years and I do higly recommend it, I already have most of the software presented here like gimp, davinci resolve and although I don't use it, I've always seen obs beeing recommended by streamer over the rest. Good list.
Okay. Last one. Your followers are awesome. Calibre is great e-book organizer. Also you should make a video just on the hidden power of VLC. Like getting IPTV and other video sources online. Also how to set up a stream from one PC to another device with VLC...
Yeah they added it in version 11.00 which was in December 2010 and I don't know any other browser beforehand. Unfortunately Opera dumped the feature when they switched over to Chromium in 2013 and haven't added it back, their browser has really gone down the gurgler since then. Thank Tetzchner for keeping the old spirit of Opera alive in Vivaldi, I don't know what browser I'd be using if it wasn't around.
NVDA - a free software available for Windows - replaces by far Windows' Narrator - the screen reader that helps blind people to use the computer. Also, for a MIDI editor, I'd recomend QWS or Quick Windows Sequencer, a very accessible program to help musicians out there. (And that was my small contribution with apps based on sound in a visual world.)
I have VLC but I use it only for video playlists of online courses I download. For general video playing, I think PotPlayer it's the absolute best.The amount of options it has is absolutely INSANE, I spent an entire afternoon personalizing every single thing in it (something I could only do in quarantine). The only bad thing : it's only available for Windows, if it was cross platform I'm sure it would eat VLC alive. And it's completely free of course. Also, for music playing in PC I recommend AIMP, it's available only for Windows and Android though, I used WInamp until a few years ago but it's completely outdated now. And finally for PDF visualization in Windows, if you don't like Edge, use sumatraPDF, simple, free, blazing fast and even supports ebook formats. 👍
I completely agree. PotPlayer is way more powerful than VLC Media Player. It can read anything, even inside archives. I also use VLC Media Player but mostly as a converter.
Old post but, absolutely the best. VLC has trouble with quite some file types and also newer 4K movies or special formats. Pot Player has no weaknesses!
If you want to do scientific computing look at octave. Kicad is good for doing electronics. Audacity is good for working with audio using a GUI. For Linux "wine" is very useful because it allows you to run all well written windows programs.
I use half of these, wasn't aware of the others. Heard of OBS Studio, but didn't know much about it. Hadn't heard of ShareX, Bitwarden or Davinci Resolve. I use LastPass as my password manager, but now I'll be looking at some comparison literature due to a clear price difference. Thanks for the information!
Two free software applications that deserve a mention here are as follows: 1. Potplayer, at the very least is on par with vlc. 2. Audacity, an exceptional studio level audio recorder and editor...
Thank you so much, TechGumbo. Vivaldi IS fantastic and so is Thunderbird, which is my default email client. PotPlayer is my default media player, because it's just as good as VLC media player but less complicated to use.
Regarding a few programs... 1. VLC- VLC is my default . I use it to view single videos. For playlists, I have been using Windows Media Player for years. 2. If you don't want to pay a subscription for an anti-virus, just use Windows Defender. I have found that the so called "free" programs will miss detection a lot and will not fix all issues unless you pay the subscription. 3. I have found that the best and easiet to use video converter to be Freemale. The only drawback is that it won't covert HEVC x265 which is a growing video format. In this case you can use Handbrake to convert to MP4 then use freemake to edit the file. 4. For capturing your screen including audio, Free Cam 8 is simply the easiest and the best.
@carpe diem Forget about ninite, there is also PatchMyPc which also updates your program on demand. Chocolatey is best but damn slow and doesnt scan for installed apps. On clean pC best is Chocolatey, if u have a lot of programs installed already then consider PatchMyPC.
I use GIMP and LibreOffice; both are very good programs that I have recommended to friends, and have had very good success with both of them. I'd like to try out some of the others on this list, though.
GIMP is absolutely horrid. - It's still the only "Photoshop"-alternative that I have and use, cause I refuse to use Adobe (or at least to get a subscription), but I don't even understand how to simply copy and paste a selection into a new image without all kinds of weirdness going on. - It's like they never finished the software and it just feels like it's decades old. - I suppose the refinement is what you give up when it's free software, but come on, the most basic stuff is painfully complicated. Shouldn't have to go and find instructions to do basic stuff that should be intuitive. That's the problem, it's unintuitive, like a LOT of this type of software is. Inkscape as well... I use that. I don't know how to use it, because it's a pain in the ass, but that's what I have.
GIMP or Photoshop are very similar. They’re for complicated work. I agree that their big flaw is that the basic functionality is dreadful. I always revert to Paint or MS Picture manager.
@@KECOG compared to what? NOT editing audio? Audacity is as easy or easier than most audio editors available today, without the cost of most of them at the same level of functionality.
The problem with VLC for me is that any Custom Bookmarks created are lost when the program is shutdown. I will stick to SMplayer, and use VLC only when I need to.
Tech Gumbo, my fav channel. Kindly do a best various apps for those of us who due to cercumstances we are running low end systems and get everyone on board. Many thanks, Paul, Kenya.
It's cool but it's interface it's absolute garbage, looks like 90s software. I prefer XnView, it's equally fast and has all the same features but in a much modern interface.
MPC-HC and mpv are much better than VLC. VLC doesn't represent videos how they're supposed to look. I recommend MPC-HC to anyone who isn't tech savvy and mpv to those who are. The latter has scripting support and there are a ton of scripts you can download for it, such as cropping scripts, mp4, webm and gif making scripts, playlist managing scripts etc.
@@dragonrune6800 The biggest issue I have is with fonts...the people with whom I have to share files are not very computer literate and use the default calibri which I don't have meaning my system uses a substitute with different metrics so the text flow is messed up. With spreadsheets there is a difference in the way excel and calc handle some formulae and their parameters.
I have most of the programs you mentioned in this video. The only one I disagree with is VLC media player. Daum Pot Player is far superior and is also free. If you compare the video quality VLC is sorely lacking.
I have no issues with what you would commonly call the video quality with VLC, but for years now, this player has the weird problem, that no video runs smoothly. It keeps skipping frames left and right, while it easily runs all videos, this unstable framerate is highly annoying. I keep using it as an audio player though.
Great video! I'm already familiar with several of your picks as being some of the best available for free, and you certainly showed me some I hadn't heard of before.
Vivaldi is the best browser I've ever used. Maybe it is not the fastest but I trust their Privacy politics and like interface. Their services like ad-free Webmail and 24/7 support on forum makes usage even more pleasant. And they are located in Norway with its strict regulations for businesses, which makes me trust them even more.
came across this video by chance,i rarely subscribe but now have done. love the no nonsense honest approach.Thank you guys.I have an old desktop pc which is due for a new hard drive so i'll be adding several of these programs.
Thanks for watching! What free programs do you use that you think are great?
Free Download Manager - Not a single download failed, even if your net connection goes off, or you shutdown your pc in between downloads, or download links expired it can resume every single download you can change links if they are expired as well it'll resume from where it was stopped.
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AutoHotkey, the ultimate programming language for automatisation
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Ayy got a new pc for my grandmother, let’s install Blender and OBS in her computer
Specs reveal?
@@lucid4851 intel core duo with 4gb ddr3 ram and a 460Gb HDD 5200rpm
@@dovbaeb grandma got that drip
Make sure you install davince resolve 16 for editing the videos
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Notepad++ is a great alternative to Notepad. Its is very for editing text files and coding in many programming languages.
VS Code Studio is a whole other level about Notepad++
i always forget notepad++ isnt the standard
If you are saving passwords either on your computer or on a scrap of paper, come up with some convention that is only known to you. i.e. The 5th digit is always replaced with an '$' in the real password. This way anyone obtaining access to your list of passwords won't be able to use them, regardless of where you have them stored.
Unless you have like 2 or 3 accounts, that's very time-consuming, though. If you can keep it up, fine, but most of us would end up repeating passwords because it's too much work. The point of a password manager is to easily store and use different, strong, difficult to remember passwords backed with a single strong master password that is stored in a secure location, or nowhere.
Having a trusted password manager is still a better solution. Emphasis on _trusted._ I like the idea that the password data is encrypted at rest so that even the employees at Bitwarden (supposedly) can not read it. (but there's that _trust_ issue again)
@@uncaboat2399 Indeed, the good thing about Bitwarden is that if you don’t trust their service, you can always download, inspect and install it on your own server, as it’s open source.
Cool password:!*$()√[√♀™\£♂∆¿℃♂¢¢[™[¢【¢¿
@@floatingbeans Yah OK, but I dare you to remember it next week.
My free password manager is a notepad document
Post-it notes are better for sticking under the keyboard.
Saved with the file name of "Family Picnic Pix?"
@@uncleelias Decades ago I was a night guard in a banking HQ. 100% mainframe and the official policy was for all keyboards to be flipped over after shut down and all mice to go into a locked desk drawer. Yes, many passwords were written on post-it's then stuck on the bottom side of the keyboards. My partner and I used to speculate what time frame we'd need to transfer enough money to a foreign bank so we'd never had to return to the U.S.. It was harmless fantasy as we were both boring and honest, but entertaining.
@@danielburgess7785
Make the first line
123456JFIF
Many programs will claim it is an image file.
Bury it in a VeraCrypt container, and..There ya go. Only need 1 password in yer head!
The best thing about watching your video randomly is that your list of programs has been my favorite for years. And, even better, to know that the tips I gave other people about these programs have their point of view too. Good job!
"Vivaldi 3.1 for Windows."
For a split of a second I read that in my head as Vivaldi for Windows 3.1.
With DosBox, I installed Windows 3.1 on my computer, just to show my young-adult children what Windows looked like when they were toddlers.
I had to do a double take also...I thought it was windows 3.11
lol same
@@rhomis i did that too, im not very old, but im very interested in the older systems. Got a V-Box machine with win. 3.11 on it, and even managed to install various drivers on it, heck i even got internet with IExplorer 5.01 working on it. Not many pages load, but google does :p
i use Opera, it's from the "same" company (they split years ago)
VLC is by far the best media software I have used.
Yes
And it also plays almost any type of video file.
If VLC can't play it it can't be played.
And also the conversion abilities are very nice.
You clearly haven't used MadVR
mpc is faster for most purposes
MPC-HC and mpv are leagues better. I wish TH-camrs would stop recommending VLC. Open a video in VLC and the same video in either MPC-HC or mpv and see the difference. MPC-HC and mpv, especially mpv, have a much smoother interface as well.
money back guarantee- I'll give you back the same 0 dollars, man that was hilarious.
2nd for NotePad++ text editor, record/play keystrokes, edits vertically, plugins, and language support
Only that most people have 0 use for that. If you want to do coding or open insanely large files, definitely have it, but otherwise...
Instead of VLC I would recommend MPC-HC (for windows) or MPV (multiplatform) with MadVR. For the odd video here and there, VLC will do the job, and it can play even a lot of corrupted files, but it often doesn't look anywhere near as good as it can with those alternatives.
For video conversion, the two I recommend are Handbrake and FFMPEG. The former is a GUI program with it's own converter backbone. It's relatively easy and simple to use. Downside is that it can only output in MP4 and MKV, which isn't really a downside for most people as those are two of the most used formats. But if you want to output to say webm or whatever, you would be better off using FFMPEG. Downside of FFMPEG is it is CLI based, meaning no gui. If this isn't a problem for you, you will find it is very powerful on what you can do with files. Like being able to turn a bunch of images into a video, convert gif to webm or concatenate files. Most GUI converters tend to use FFMPEG as their backbone, but in my experience I tended to have issues with them, usually with the resulting files having audio desync or subtitle problems. FFMPEG itself would output correct files, but the GUI programs did not. Which is why I like handbrake so much.
For anti-virus, you're probably better off just using the built in defender, with the occasional scan with something like malwarebytes as a second opinion, and for files you think might be suspicious, scan them with virus-total. It scans the file with a lot of different scanners and tells you if they detected anything.
For image editing, I would recommend Paint.net. I have both it and GIMP installed, and while I tend to go for GIMP, it's mostly because of habit. I haven't looked at what one can do that the other can't so it's worth checking out both.
Speaking of images, I recommend Irfanview for actually viewing images. I've been using the program for years, ever since the Vista days.
For searching, I recommend Everything by Voidtools. It indexes your hard drives and so when you search for something it returns the result instantaneously as you type. Way faster than the built in. Supposedly you can configure the windows search to index the whole hard drive, but it still often tries to search inside of many files even when what you need is to find it based on filename which is what most people tend to need when they are looking for a file.
For archives, I recommend 7-zip, which most people probably have heard of. Of course you can use winrar, but 7-zip doesn't nag you about your trial ending every time you open it up.
For music I always use Foobar2000. It's a highly customizable player that can play pretty much any music file you throw at it. I recommend using the Columns UI plugin.
I also recommend qttabbar. What it does is it gives windows explorer extra features like tab support and the ability to launch programs from a little menu icon. I use the menu for batch files, which lets me do tasks in the current folder as if I had moved the batch file to that folder and executed it.
I do a lot of tasks which require renaming files and for that there are three recommendations. QTTabbar has a rename option built in. However for more advanced features there is bulk rename utility as well as ADV renamer. I typically go for Bulk Rename Utility.
For PDFs I use SumatraPDF. It's a PDF reader that's snappy and it can do tabbed reading.
If you are interested in comic book archives (cbz/cbr files), then I recommend YACReader. Comic book archives are just regular archives with a cbz (zip files) or cbr (rar files) extension, but it's a convenient and flexible way to store comics, manga chapters/books, or other groups of images. YACReader can even give the cbz/cbr files a proper thumbnail.
Some people recommend WinDIRstat to visualize what is taking up all of your space, but I recommend Wiztree. Wiztree can do what Windirstat, but it does it way faster since Windirstat scans the drive folder by folder, while Wiztree scans using the MFT.
Here's a vital one for many people. It's called Unchecky. Many installers include extra software, much of which is unwanted crapware. Typically the user can opt-out, but many do not and some may not know how to. Unchecky detects these "offers" and defaults them to opt-out. I still recommend not just skipping through the installer (not picking custom install, or pressing next without paying attention), but Unchecky should stop most of the crapware that software bundles.
I recommend Testdisk as well. You may at some point suffer a hard drive failure, or accidentally delete a file and something like testdisk then becomes necessary. I recommend this program because in my experience it was able to recover things that other programs couldn't.
If you're comfortable with command line, there's not one, but at least three package managers for windows. They are Chocolatey, Scoop, and Winget. Package managers can make installing programs way more convenient. Downloading and executing an installer is fine, but the syntax for installing said program can often be very simple and therefore quicker and it also allows you to install the program unattended. Furthermore, you can create scripts to install them on other computers you use. Say you have to reinstall windows for some reason or another. You just execute your script file and it will install all of the things you mentioned. For those uncomfortable with the command line, Chocolatey has a GUI program as well. The three package managers can also coexist with each other, so it might be worth it to try all three out. Also, the package managers avoid crapware packaged in with installers.
There's another option for those uncomfortable with the command line and that option is called Ninite. Ninite isn't a program, it's a website with a repository of programs. You select which programs you want and it will create a web installer that when opened will install those programs unattended, avoiding crapware they may have. The selection is way smaller than the package managers, but many of the most recommended programs are on the list. Also, you can just open the web installer that you made to update the apps it installed.
Audacity for audio file editing. Free and fairly easy to use.
Libre office love! I used to use open office but something happened with it I'm not even sure and I eventually switched to Libre office. It's great.
Yea i agree Apache OpenOffice was great for sometime, but now i get a message about my trial being over.. they decided to not have it be free anymore it seems
I wonder why nobody ever mentions the Opera browser? With the built in add blocker I NEVER see adds in TH-cam. That alone makes it the best browser in my opinion. Not to mention built in VPN and tracker blocking.
I've used Opera for many years - always loved it. Along with the built-in ad blocker I also run a custom script and see no ads in anything. I've used nearly every browser out there at some point and always go back to Opera.
Opera was taken over & after version 12 can't be trusted (web search should why not to use it). The original developers of opera who left after the take over are the makers of vivaldi
@@scorpnz4433 Like everything else on the planet these days, whether Opera can be trusted is up for debate with arguments on both sides.
Although Opera is Chromium-based, it sometimes has strange issues with certain websites.
Audacity (Audio Editor), CDBurnerXP (CD/DVD/ISO burner equivalent to Nero), Media Player Classic (Just as Good as VLC but Lighter on resources (in my experience) These are also FREE and Open-Source (except CDBurnerXP which is FREEWARE) all available for Linux and Windows..not so sure about Mac. I also use KeePass (Password Manager for all platforms including Android and ios)
MP3DirectCut is better than Audacity but it works only for MP3 files.
@@italixgaming915 and that's why i don't use that
Notepad++
WinDirStat
FastStone Image Viewer
mp3DirectCut
7-Zip
MPC-HC
uTorrent 1.8.2
Sysinternals Autoruns
Format Factory
VLC is a fantastic programme. Been using it a long time. Flexibility and the ability to play higher resolution video is great. Have never ever had even a hiccup from it!
Norm cap - Open source utility to snip text from a photo. Works flawlessly like snipping tool & I use often for code.
Keypose - To show which key on keyboard you press on the screen.
Proprietary- Fast duplicate file finder - As the name says in case you have so many duplicate photos or songs scattered across hard drive.
"Over the years..." Yes, you have. Thanks again. I look forward to seeing if there's something I've missed. There usually is.👍 I appreciate your work.
People sleep on Enpass for password management. No external server to sync to. It just syncs to your gdrive or whatever cloud service you use.
I chose GIMP and Inkscape as alternatives, basically because Adobe moved to a subscription-based service (although when they were individual products they were too expensive for me anyway), but while they're very advanced for being free software, they're way less user-friendly as well. - I can't figure out how to do the most basic things, like copying and pasting a selection into another image, without having weird side-effects in GIMP, or creating simple shapes at certain angles without messing things up in Inkscape. - And I've seen people say things like "You need to learn how to use the tool like playing an instrument.". - No, that's not the same at all. A software-tool should be convenient and intuitive and NOT require a whole guide to learn how to do basic stuff. And it's also not the same as learning how to play something like guitar, like I have done for hours a day for TWENTY YEARS. I should be able to boot up a program and do basic stuff almost immediately by looking at it. That's what a TOOL is for, it's NOT an instrument. - I feel like you give up the refinement and logic for free programs like these.
It's also kinda ironic, because I went with free alternatives because I won't use them all that much, yet they're much less user-friendly and definitely for those who are more serious and will put in the time to learn all the tiny ins and outs of the software. I just can't invest that because all I want to do is fairly simple things and not do giant projects or very involved stuff. Why can't I find software to simply cut and paste selections??... It was fairly simple in Photoshop. If you're gonna copy Photoshop, make it similar.
I agree, i HATE gimp because even the easiest and most intuitive things like a simple color or copy paste i need an extensive tutorial for and i forget it by the next time i would use it.
What about Canva? I've found that pretty easy.
Thanks for the WONDERFUL info🤗👍🏻.
I missed using WinAmp..🥺
I still use it. :)
I still use it.
Winamp... it really work the horses ass....😂😂😂
It's sad it's discontinued. I'm using AIMP now. Not the same, but the best alternative I've tried so far.
If you like to watch movies and tv shows, then use MPC-HC & madVR for your media player. Look on the Wikipedia page for MPC-HC for a link to the forum page where it's actively deceloped. MadVR is an output module. It has better chroma upscaling algorithms, artifact removal filters, automatic black bar removal for ultrawide monitors, it can be configured to change the refresh rate of your monitor to match the video for smother playback, it can be set to either tonemap HDR content to SDR, or send the HDR content straight to your display if it supports it, etc.
7zip - Free archiving tool that handles a zip files that everyone uses but also offers 7z files that result in smaller compressed files
I never understood people still using WinRAR...
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You guys use 7zip? Nah I use Windows Explorer
I can't back Davinci Resolve enough - the only issue I have with it is that it can't open mkv files, which means I have to convert any such files into a supported format before I can edit them (but this almost exclusively happens when downloading HD movies online for use in fan-edits).
Kodi is far and away the best media management software I have ever used. Not just for add-ons that are available.
Any recommendations for
1. Floorplan
2. Storyboard (scripts for movie)
3. Create your own music (rock genre) with your lyrics but without using any real instrument, any good free or cheap best software?
@@xeyex thanks i was almost going to buy new version of Abelton
I've been using Vivaldi since roughly 2 years and I do higly recommend it, I already have most of the software presented here like gimp, davinci resolve and although I don't use it, I've always seen obs beeing recommended by streamer over the rest. Good list.
Okay. Last one. Your followers are awesome. Calibre is great e-book organizer. Also you should make a video just on the hidden power of VLC. Like getting IPTV and other video sources online. Also how to set up a stream from one PC to another device with VLC...
I can vouch for Inkscape. My graphic design teacher let me use it because she knows, as well as I, the pain of Adobe products.
Amogus
Well produced and quite useful. Thanks for posting the video.
Vivaldi stems from Opera, and Opera was, as far as i know, the first browser to have tab stacking. That was over 10 years ago.
Yeah they added it in version 11.00 which was in December 2010 and I don't know any other browser beforehand. Unfortunately Opera dumped the feature when they switched over to Chromium in 2013 and haven't added it back, their browser has really gone down the gurgler since then. Thank Tetzchner for keeping the old spirit of Opera alive in Vivaldi, I don't know what browser I'd be using if it wasn't around.
Thank you for such great info.
NVDA - a free software available for Windows - replaces by far Windows' Narrator - the screen reader that helps blind people to use the computer. Also, for a MIDI editor, I'd recomend QWS or Quick Windows Sequencer, a very accessible program to help musicians out there. (And that was my small contribution with apps based on sound in a visual world.)
This vid earned this channel a sub. 👍
I have VLC but I use it only for video playlists of online courses I download. For general video playing, I think PotPlayer it's the absolute best.The amount of options it has is absolutely INSANE, I spent an entire afternoon personalizing every single thing in it (something I could only do in quarantine). The only bad thing : it's only available for Windows, if it was cross platform I'm sure it would eat VLC alive. And it's completely free of course. Also, for music playing in PC I recommend AIMP, it's available only for Windows and Android though, I used WInamp until a few years ago but it's completely outdated now. And finally for PDF visualization in Windows, if you don't like Edge, use sumatraPDF, simple, free, blazing fast and even supports ebook formats. 👍
I completely agree. PotPlayer is way more powerful than VLC Media Player. It can read anything, even inside archives. I also use VLC Media Player but mostly as a converter.
Old post but, absolutely the best. VLC has trouble with quite some file types and also newer 4K movies or special formats. Pot Player has no weaknesses!
Thanks for providing this info. I use a few of these programs and will check out the other as well.
If you want to do scientific computing look at octave.
Kicad is good for doing electronics.
Audacity is good for working with audio using a GUI.
For Linux "wine" is very useful because it allows you to run all well written windows programs.
Been using bitwarden for 2 years now, I approve this video.
After you use mpv or mpc-hc you completely forget that VLC ever existed.
Great video! Thanks 🙏
I use half of these, wasn't aware of the others. Heard of OBS Studio, but didn't know much about it. Hadn't heard of ShareX, Bitwarden or Davinci Resolve. I use LastPass as my password manager, but now I'll be looking at some comparison literature due to a clear price difference. Thanks for the information!
Great tips tks
Two free software applications that deserve a mention here are as follows:
1. Potplayer, at the very least is on par with vlc.
2. Audacity, an exceptional studio level audio recorder and editor...
I love potplayer
I wouldn't say Audacity is "studio level" but is a good software
Lamorn Malone Cakewalk by Bandlab is a much better audio recorder and professional level audio recorder and music making app than Audacity.
PotPlayer has better playback than VLC & personally is a lot easier to setup MADVR on
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Best video ever...thank you so much bro it's was so usefull
Thanks for the video :-) 👍
Does Bitdefender upload your files to the cloud for scanning like most AVs nowadays?
You are awesome buddy. Keep it up
Thank You very much
Good list.
I use LibreOffice, GIMP, Audacity, Kdenlive, Ren'Py and NanoStudio 1.42 for production.
LibreOffice - Office
GIMP - Images
Audacity - Audio
Kdenlive - Video
Ren'Py - Visual Novel Engine
NanoStudio 1.42 - Music Composition
i remember your channel having like 30000 sub, congrats man! didn't even realize
Nice list! 😁👍
Thank you so much, TechGumbo. Vivaldi IS fantastic and so is Thunderbird, which is my default email client. PotPlayer is my default media player, because it's just as good as VLC media player but less complicated to use.
Regarding a few programs...
1. VLC- VLC is my default . I use it to view single videos.
For playlists, I have been using Windows Media Player for years.
2. If you don't want to pay a subscription for an anti-virus, just use Windows Defender.
I have found that the so called "free" programs will miss detection a lot and will not fix all issues unless you pay the subscription.
3. I have found that the best and easiet to use video converter to be Freemale.
The only drawback is that it won't covert HEVC x265 which is a growing video format. In this case you can use Handbrake to convert to MP4 then use freemake to edit the file.
4. For capturing your screen including audio, Free Cam 8 is simply the easiest and the best.
Everything. I can't manage without it.
Was looking for someone to suggest this. :)
I have a lot of old papers. I know they can be scanned into a word processor but what free program does it easily?
I never miss your video whenever you uploaded
I have 5 Operating system installed on my Hard drives, and use Grub 2 to choose which Operating System I want run! No virtual box thing
As usual you are always brilliant
Great video, thank you.
Thanks buddy!
Thank you, going to check out all 10 of the programs. I appreciate you sharing with all of us.
One of the best videos I've ever seen. Thanks, be blessed!
P.S. if da vinci resolve lags A LOT on your computer, like it did on mine, use Kdenlive, it's free and it doesn't lag a lot
Thanks for these videos, nice work as always
You are the Beast of technology ❤
Every video of yours is a nugget of knowledge. And your unique style of delivering it is super awesome. Thank you. Keep it up! I am your fan👏👏
Cool well done thanks friend
Most of these programs can be downloaded via ninite.com 🙌🏻 so you just download multiple programs without the gunk. Can recommend!
or Chocolatey package manager =)
@carpe diem Forget about ninite, there is also PatchMyPc which also updates your program on demand. Chocolatey is best but damn slow and doesnt scan for installed apps. On clean pC best is Chocolatey, if u have a lot of programs installed already then consider PatchMyPC.
Great Info, Thank You!
TechGumbo never dissapoints!
I have been using VLC in mobile for 4 years I love it no problems
I use GIMP and LibreOffice; both are very good programs that I have recommended to friends, and have had very good success with both of them. I'd like to try out some of the others on this list, though.
GIMP is absolutely horrid. - It's still the only "Photoshop"-alternative that I have and use, cause I refuse to use Adobe (or at least to get a subscription), but I don't even understand how to simply copy and paste a selection into a new image without all kinds of weirdness going on. - It's like they never finished the software and it just feels like it's decades old. - I suppose the refinement is what you give up when it's free software, but come on, the most basic stuff is painfully complicated. Shouldn't have to go and find instructions to do basic stuff that should be intuitive. That's the problem, it's unintuitive, like a LOT of this type of software is. Inkscape as well... I use that. I don't know how to use it, because it's a pain in the ass, but that's what I have.
GIMP or Photoshop are very similar. They’re for complicated work. I agree that their big flaw is that the basic functionality is dreadful. I always revert to Paint or MS Picture manager.
Thanks a lot, very useful
Real raw choice of free utilities!
Great video 👍
I was a little surprised that Audacity didn't make the list.
It's on another of his lists.
I would struggle without Audacity. I use it all the time, and have done for many years.
I have Audacity; it has a large learning curve, and that might be why it didn't make the list. Fun to use, though, if you have the patience for it.
@@KECOG compared to what? NOT editing audio? Audacity is as easy or easier than most audio editors available today, without the cost of most of them at the same level of functionality.
I agree I love audacity.
It does anything you could possibly want I believe.
if there's something that does not do let me know please.
Keith
The problem with VLC for me is that any Custom Bookmarks created are lost when the program is shutdown. I will stick to SMplayer, and use VLC only when I need to.
OpenOffice , LibreOffice, and WPS is alternate of Ms Office
iam using WPS now
Open Office is defunct. Libre is their successor. Still- Libre needs to keep improving.
FreeOffice too (SoftMaker)
@@gimmeanicecream9228 Although propriotary, if you want/have to work with MS office files, it is your best bet.
Tech Gumbo, my fav channel. Kindly do a best various apps for those of us who due to cercumstances we are running low end systems and get everyone on board. Many thanks, Paul, Kenya.
Great Work TG~Another must watch vid, many thanks
Thats great! Thanks
blender was a high learning curve. but you've got to see the latest one which is much user friendly out there
Thanks for all the great programs.
Irfanview is worth having a look at for photo viewing, conversion etc... etc...
It's cool but it's interface it's absolute garbage, looks like 90s software. I prefer XnView, it's equally fast and has all the same features but in a much modern interface.
@@SeriesTube01 Beware. If you search for it using Google, the first hit is a commercial NCH site that attempt to sell you image conversion software
MPC-HC and mpv are much better than VLC. VLC doesn't represent videos how they're supposed to look. I recommend MPC-HC to anyone who isn't tech savvy and mpv to those who are. The latter has scripting support and there are a ton of scripts you can download for it, such as cropping scripts, mp4, webm and gif making scripts, playlist managing scripts etc.
So glad I found LibreOffice. Free and works great.
Have you found any issues with other people who do use MS Word/Excel importing the files you send them? or their files they send to you?
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The biggest issue I have is with fonts...the people with whom I have to share files are not very computer literate and use the default calibri which I don't have meaning my system uses a substitute with different metrics so the text flow is messed up.
With spreadsheets there is a difference in the way excel and calc handle some formulae and their parameters.
Thanks for sharing. Big 👍 Stay safe, Joe Z
I have most of the programs you mentioned in this video. The only one I disagree with is VLC media player. Daum Pot Player is far superior and is also free. If you compare the video quality VLC is sorely lacking.
I have no issues with what you would commonly call the video quality with VLC, but for years now, this player has the weird problem, that no video runs smoothly. It keeps skipping frames left and right, while it easily runs all videos, this unstable framerate is highly annoying. I keep using it as an audio player though.
thank you for this video!
Please do a video on some free and good pdf editors.
Yes Please!!!!
The more i see this guy's videos the more i respect this dude 👍
Great video! I'm already familiar with several of your picks as being some of the best available for free, and you certainly showed me some I hadn't heard of before.
Vivaldi is the best browser I've ever used. Maybe it is not the fastest but I trust their Privacy politics and like interface. Their services like ad-free Webmail and 24/7 support on forum makes usage even more pleasant. And they are located in Norway with its strict regulations for businesses, which makes me trust them even more.
I use Opera and Brave browsers but will try out Vivaldi.
I use Opera, Tried Vivaldi and Brave, Brave won out because it's more secure, I keep Opera as a backup browser
Dosent opara sell your data
came across this video by chance,i rarely subscribe but now have done. love the no nonsense honest approach.Thank you guys.I have an old desktop pc which is due for a new hard drive so i'll be adding several of these programs.
Tab tiling sold me on Vivaldi - Love it !!!
VLC player converts flac audio files to mp3 as well.