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Ubuntu Softwares
Notepadqq: Text editor
Meld: Text files diff and merge (No context menu to select 2 files and open the application)
KDiff3: Text files diff and merge (Context menu to select 2 files and open the application. Also select files one after the other)
KDiff is creashing. Meld is better though there is no context menu
Firefox
Useful Addons:
1) Complete Youtube Saver
2) Disable Ctrl-Q shortcut
3) Disconnect
4) Download Star https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/download-star/
5) Flashblock
6) Gresemonkey
7) Image Toolbar
8) Simple Night Mode
9) Translate This
10) uBlock Origin
11) URL Flipper
12) Video DownloadHelper
13) Mozilla Archive Format
14) Open Clipboard Links
15) Open Link in New Tab
16) Print Edit
17) Tab Memory Usage
18) Video Blocker
19) Youtube High Definition
20) Dark Reader
21) Forget Me Not
Vivaldi, Chrome
Useful Addons:
1) Free Proxy to Unblock any sites | Touch VPN 1.5.12
2) Tampermonkey 4.4
3) uBlock Origin 1.14.12
Evince: PDF viewer
Artha: Dictionary
Transmission: Torrent client
Audacity: Audio editing
Kid3: MP3 (All audio files) metadata editor
Dropbox client https://www.dropbox.com/install?os=linux
Virtual Machine Manager: Android
JD GUI: Java class decompiler. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Decompiler
Git Cola: Github client
Screen Recorder: Desktop recorder. For gif recording use Peek
Peek: Screen recorder (gif, video)
Instalaltion:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:peek-developers/stable
sudo apt update
sudo apt install peek
More info: https://github.com/phw/peek
Ininstallation: sudo apt remove peek && sudo apt autoremove
More info: http://tipsonubuntu.com/2017/03/25/install-animated-gif-recorder-peek-ubuntu-16-04/
Screen Recorder: Kazam (Not tested)
Version 1.5.3 (unsable) seem to support keyboard and mouse capturing.
See https://codeforgeek.com/how-to-record-screen-in-ubuntu-with-kazam/
Vera Crypt
Website: https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Downloads.html
Installation: Using terminal
e.g. Softwares/Veracrypt$ ./veracrypt-1.21-setup-gui-x64
Startup Disk Creator
GParted: Useful when pendrive becomes readonly.
Start GParted, delete partitions until there are no more partitions and it shows only one unallocated partition. Apply.
Create one extended partition (with all the date), in that crete one logical partition.
If the drive is still readonly try: sudo chmod 777 /media/vr/DriveName/
SMPlayer
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rvm/smplayer
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install smplayer smplayer-themes smplayer-skins
DevDocs.io Desktop (offline, no installation required) https://github.com/egoist/devdocs-desktop/releases
uGet 2.2.2 (DO NOT INSTALL)
Crashing, not showing progress properly.
If you dont want 'Software Updater' to keep showing updates to the unused but installed, kept it for backup purposes software:
'Software Updater' -> Setttings -> Uncheck related ppa (dont forrget to check and update again in case you need to use that sofware)
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