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On Windows: EarTrumpet
Being able to quickly change audio outputs is awesome, I am always bouncing between headset and speakers. Also the pop up volume mixer is better than the built in one. Been using ET for years and years, can pry it from my cold dead hands.
Obsidian.
Notepad++
I thought so too, yet here I am on arch linux now.
I guess I could run it under wine or something if I really needed it.
www.start.me launcher page. I have all my links on all devices in the same place. My first step when i install a browser.
Never heard of that, does it work offline? I’ve been using TiddlyWiki on a cloud drive as a bookmark homepage.
PieDock
I think vim (and other text editors with vim bindings). I've gotten so accustomed to the vim way of doing things that I can't go back
Paint.NET
My first thought is that my work requires office365 mail and my discovery that davmail exists has been a godsend. I'm not going to install outlook on my linux pc, so being able to check those emails using any client (claws in my case) is a massive convenience upgrade from relying on firefox to login.
firefox
Obsidian.
Since the Internet in general is getting harder to find genuine information, it is becoming increasingly important to save anything important to you. One day it could just disappear without warning. Obsidian can be used for an offline knowledge base. Design it however you like. I do recommend NOT watching YouTube Obsidian “gurus”, their system works for them not you.
Yep, today I'd say obsidian and syncthing, they're the bread and butter of my life right now. Although it feels sad and weird to see the small app I discovered 2 years ago starting to enter the «selling template» and «enhance your experience» that notion also took a few years ago «althought it's a completly different company culture»
What's the premise?
Personally for me, it allows me to dump stuff out of my noggin good or bad. That way I can stop thinking about it and move on. A form of self reflection. I have a bad habit to hold onto thoughts and go down a rabbit hole with them in an unhealthy fashion. Basically journaling but I can store things I have learned long term.
The beauty of it is Obsidian (or really any other writing app) allows you to develop a system of writing for you. I’m not the typical writer but Obsidian allows me to write without worrying about the organization so much.
So it's a writing app?
Note taking multi tool: https://obsidian.md/
After reading the site, I'm still not entirely sure how to use it.
Is there a decent demo site somewhere? The examples they show are very simplistic
It's a notepad.
But then you go down a rabbit hole if you look beyond that Basically think about what could happen if your notes in different tabs could link to each other and extrapolate from there.
It takes up 6 of my 24 hours each day just to think about starting to actually take some notes. It's awesome.
At its heart, Obsodian is a flat file markdown-based not taking app. It is pretty simple. To understand where it gets more involved, look at all the plug-ins available for it. There’s more stuff that can be found in the docs pretty easily.
Microsoft Windows 😭😭😭
Windows: PowerToys. First thing I get approval to install on a work machine. PowerToys Run (Launchy on roids) saves me from the built in Windows search, a quick calculator, etc. PowerRename gets used more frequently than I care to admit. Video Conference mute is a second nature key combination. Can't remember the name of the window manager module but it is a key part of my workflow.
Android: As I've mentioned in a reply, Edge Gestures has been on my phone for years (first installed on a Pixel 3). Having 10+ apps accessible (especially 2FA, password vault, home assistant) from any screen, plus gestures for quick controls (flashlight, brightness slider) is incredibly handy. And unlike the notification shade, the edges of the phone can actually be reached with your thumb.
Linux: Docker. It's been an instrumental part of building out my home server which allowed me to kill my Microsoft 365 & Google One subscriptions. For me it has been the gateway drug in to learning more and more about self hosting - to Proxmox, LXCs & VMs, pihole and unbound, etc.
Gvim. I even write documents in it and then paste them into Word for final formatting.
How specific is this question? Feels like it needs scoping. Otherwise like, it could be anything from like macOS to Firefox to WhatsApp
Currently, Notesnook and Proton Pass.
Ditto clipboard manager Xmbc Explorer patcher Moonlight sunshine Everything search Wiztree Altsnap Powertoys KiTTY
That's a long name