Plex+Sonarr+Radarr. Netflix raising subscription rates again? Yarrr, not my concern. Studios locking away their content behind exclusivity agreements? Yarrr. “This program is not available in your country”? YARRR!
Haven’t seen mentioned yet:
PDFgear, does all the things to PDFs and it’s free.
I wish my answer was wobbly windows. But I’ll go with Emacs and eclipse.
Kind of niche but Guitar Pro. Not sure what the newer versions are like but the one I have is great for composing and arrangement.
Linux, vim, zfs
Krita (a digital painting and Photoshop alternative). I’ve been enjoying using it for probably 10 years now, and it’s only continued to steadily improve. Fantastic program.
WINAMP WINAMP WINAMP
It really whips the llama’s ass
Skyrim, firefox, blender, libre office, heroes of might and magic 3
Zsnes
Also Winrar
DisplayFusion for monitor backgrounds. Bought a license like 15+ years ago and it’s still getting updates 🕺
VLC maybe 20 years. How long has it even been around?
GIMP 10+ years for sure.
Reaper (DAW)
Scrivener
I know it’s a Google product! But I’ve been using the android Gboard keyboard on my phone for about as long as android phones have been a thing. The slide typing has always been great. I’ve tried many other keyboards because, y’know, Google, but I’ve not found any as good.
Other than pc games of that vintage I don’t think there is a single piece of software I enjoy using these days, they all hog all the ram and fill your screen with login prompts and popups about how useless AI features can further ruin your day.
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