Default Apps 2024
Review
A list of default apps from 2024
All the favorite people I follow online have posted their “default apps” 2024 posts. So, under unspoken peer pressure, I decided to do the same.
Operating Systems
- Work: MacOS
- Home server: Linux Mint
- Home general: Windows 10
- Phone: Android
Internet
- Web browser (work): Chrome
- Web browser (home and phone): Firefox and Fennec
- Gemini browser: Amfora (command line), Lagrange (GUI) and Geopard (Linux)
- IRC client: Weechat (command line), HexChat (GUI), and Revolution IRC (phone)
- XMPP client (phone): Monocles and Conversations
- Mastodon client (phone): Tusky
- Lemmy client (phone): Voyager
- RSS clent (phone): Feedly
- Email provider: Proton Mail, Gmail (for historical reasons)
- VPN: Proton VPN
- Cloud storage: pCloud, Proton Drive, and Google Drive (for Google Docs)
- Torrent client: Deluge
- File transfer: FileZilla
- Static site generator: Quarto
Productivity
- Calendar: Gmail (personal) and Outlook (work)
- ToDo (phone): Tasks
- Notes: Simplenote, Standard Notes, Obsidian
Utility
- File explorer (phone): Cx File Explorer
- Voice recorder (phone): Samsung’s Voice Recorder
- Speech to text translator: Vibe (Linux)
- Phone to computer sync: FolderSync (Android app)
- Bookmark: Raindrop (Firefox and Chrome extension)
- Password manager: Bitwarden
- Ether pad: https://pad.disroot.org
- Editor: NVIM (Linux, MacOS), Visual Studio Code (Linux, MacOS), and RStudio (MacOS)
- Terminal: iTerm (MacOS), Termius (Phone)
- Server monitoring: ServerBox (Android app)
- E-books: ReadEra Premium (phone), Kindle (phone), Hoopla (public library books), Caliber (personal collection management)
- Bible: ESV, Our Daily Bread
- Dictionary: WordWeb (phone)
- PDF manipulation: PDF Arranger and Okular
- Image manipulation and illustration: Gimp and Inkscape
- Rsync: Grsync (Linux)
- Remote disk mount: Gigolo (Linux)
Outdoors
- Hiking: AllTrails
- Survival: Survival Manual (offline)
- Geocaching: Geocaching (official app)
- Parks: MD DNR, Recreation.gov, and NPS
- Weather: Weather Bug
- Fishing: Fishing Spots, Fishbrain
- Birding: Merlin Bird ID
- Maps: Google Maps and OsmAnd+
Audio and Video
- Plex: music and movies (home server)
- Media player: VLC (every where)
- Radio: Jazz Radio (phone)
- Streaming: Prime Video, Spotify (free)
- Video editing: Kdenline and HandBrake
- Audio tagging: MusicBrainz Picard
Ham Radio
- Ham radio dashboard: https://rohitfarmer.com/ham-dash
- Logger: Google Sheet
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