some of my favorite links
well, this is a list of some of my favorite links. it will grow.
there's so much free and open-source software that is plain amazing for many things (customizable, light, everything!), much of it is obscure--the feeling of finding one at random is plain amazing
most of it isn't even in this list!
programs and related things
- https://www.torproject.org/
the Tor project, for privacy
- https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/
GNUzilla and IceCat
- https://librewolf.net/
firefox but hardened for privacy and security
- https://mpv.io/
a nice, minimalist multi-media player
- https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
a general-purpose multi-media player
- https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:OpenRC
a dependency based init system
- https://smarden.org/runit/
runit - a UNIX init scheme with service supervision!
- https://skarnet.org/software/s6-linux-init/
"s6-linux-init is a set of minimalistic tools used to create a s6-based init system, including a /sbin/init binary, on a Linux kernel. It is a part of the s6 ecosystem." it follows the unix philosophy as closely as possible!
- https://lynx.invisible-island.net/
the text web browser! this page is also where i originally found the "Viewable with Any Browser" button linked in my website, iirc!
- https://www.ffmpeg.org/
the BEST software for any audio or video needs--converting, resizing and so on!
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
the best way to download YouTube videos--ran locally with no foolish websites/browsers to unnecessarily rely onto, with no limitations and tons of features (just like ffmpeg)--just software as it should be!
- https://www.libreoffice.org/
as a LibreOffice enjoyer, i recommend it! :)
- https://www.wireshark.org/
Wireshark, a free and open-source program that may be the most popular network protocol analyzer. one of the uses i have seen of it is seeing how much microsoft windows phones home without the user's consent, though, of course, you can do much more than that. probably available in your package manager
- https://i2pd.website/
i2pd (I2P Daemon) is a free and open-source, full-featured C++ implementation of I2P client. I2P (Invisible Internet Protocol) is a universal anonymous network layer. probably available in your package manager
- https://qucs.sourceforge.net/
a quite universal circuit simulator!
- https://charlesreid1.com/wiki/Qsstv
Qsstv, a free and open-source SSTV program, the best in its category. probably available in your package manager
- https://pypi.org/project/PySSTV/
PySSTV, it generates SSTV signals, although in less formats than what the QSSTV program can generate. probably available in your package manager
- http://g0xbuwebsdr.ddns.net:8901/
an WebSDR radio that i use to receive SSTV transmissions at 14.230 MHz in what seems to be USB mode.
- http://websdr2.sdrutah.org:8902/index1a.html?tune=14230usb
another radio i use for the same purpose
- http://www.w1hkj.com/
FLdigi, a free and open-source program which allows an ordinary computer's sound card to be used as a simple two-way data modem (i've seen it be used for weatherfax). probably available in your package manager
- http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/?tune=4608.10
an WebSDR radio that i use for receiving weatherfax
- https://cubicsdr.com/
a free and open-source cross-platform software-defined radio application which allows you to navigate the radio spectrum and demodulate any signals you might discover. probably available in your package manager
- https://www.rtl-sdr.com/
RTL-SDR is a cheap dongle for receiving radio signals
- http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/linux/
the tons of software shown here
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