Technology is interesting to me, and amazing at times in the way that it works.
Software is often lauded as the interesting front-end of technology - everything from Microsoft Office to Instagram, YouTube to Facebook. Modern life runs on the software that enables our connections to community, our productivity at work, and our entertainment in our spare time.
I'm a Windows PC user, which is reflected in the focus of this page.
Major Software Sites
Office.com
Microsoft's Office.com (previously called Office365).
Major Geeks
A major site for downloading software including freeware.
Alternative To
Crowdsourced recommendations to & alternatives for software and websites.
Ninite
Install and update a customised set of programs.
Alternative Me
Another Software Alternative site.
Free Code Camp
Learn to code for free.
Awesome Apps (and what they do)
Everything
Everything indexes computer files for rapid searches.
Filezilla
A free lightweight FTP program.
Brave
Brave is a fully-featured security-focussed web browser.
VSDC
A free fully-featured video editor.
Bulk Rename Utility
It does what it says.
VLC
Video Lan Client (VLC) is a fully-featured video player.
7-Zip
A file compression and decompression utility.
NotePad++
A fully featured text editor with markup.
Rufus
Rufus creates bootable USB flash drives.
WinDirStat
A Disk Usage Statistics and Cleanup tool.
Steam
An online software purchasing platform with a focus on gaming.
Handbrake
An open source video transcoding program.
Losless Cut
A free video editing application.
Phoenix Code
A fully-featured Text Editor available online or as an application.
Jotti
An online malware scanner.
Quillbot
An online paraphrasing tool.
Icon Generator
Axialis' Icon Generator Tool.
Apps I Haven't Used (but look interesting)
For more software to test also see Wikipedia's Lists of Software.
Krita
A free open source painting program.
Inkscape
A free open source image editor.
Nextcloud
Secure, scaleable data storage utility.
Sumatra PDF
Free PDF eBook and Image viewer.
MPV
A free video player.
gog
A DRM-free software purchasing platform.
Kodi
An 'entertainment centre' approach to a video player.
Vim
A highly configurable text editor.
MEGA
An online file storage and collaboration platform.
YouTube-DL
Download videos from YouTube and many other sites.
Syncthing
A continuous file synchronisation program.
kdenlive
KDE Non-Linear editor is an open source video editing prgoram.
Standard Notes
An encrypted notetaking app.
BleachBit
A disk cleanup utility including file shredding.
diagrams.net
A secure diagramming program for teams.
Notion
An online team content site.
Vivaldi
A customisable privacy-focussed web browser.
Tor Browser
A privacy-focussed browser enabling browsing on the Tor network.
Virtual Box
An x86 virtualisation tool.
OBS Studio
Open Broadcast Software is a screen sharing and streaming software suite.
Bulk Crap Uninstaller
An automated uninstaller designed for ease of use.
Shotcut
Shotcut is a free open source non-linear video editor.
PuTTY
A free SSH/Telnet emulator.
Double Commander
A file manager with two side-by-side panes.
VeraCrypt
Free open source disk encryption software.
Anki
A learning program based on flashcards.
Wireshark
A network analyser.
Sublime
A feature-rich text editor.
Video 2X
Video Upscaling Program.
