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Windows applications I use:

• Afinia 3D for printing STL files on my Afinia H480
• AnyDesk for remote assisting computer consulting clients
• Audacity for light audio file recording and editing
• CDBurnerXP for writing discs
• CDex for ripping audio CDs
• FFmpeg for command line video conversions
• GetDataBack for file recovery
• GIMP for photo manipulation
• Gnuplot for graphing
• GSmartControl for storage drive diagnostics
• HDDScan for storage drive diagnostics
• Hugin for photo stitching
• Inkscape for vector graphics
• Kdenlive for quick and basic video editing
• LibreOffice for word processing and spreadsheets
• Mozilla Firefox for browsing the web
• Notepad++ for when Notepad doesn't cut it
• OBS Studio for desktop recording
• OpenSCAD for 3D modeling of parts
• PuTTY for handy remote management of Raspberry Pis
• Robocopy for external data backup needs
• Rufus for writing bootable USB flash drives
• SD Card Formatter for formatting SD cards
• SideQuest for side-loading apps on the Quest 2 and other Quest 2 settings
• VEGAS Pro for more serious video editing
• VirtualDub for specialized video editing and rendering
• VLC Media Player for playing media
• Win32 Disk Imager for writing SD cards for Raspberry Pis
• WinSCP for FTP needs

Linux applications I use:

• Geany for light software development

Bootable tools I use:

• Clonezilla for backing-up and restoring disk images
• Ultimate Boot CD for PC hardware diagnostics

Computer Rebuild Project (Sept. 2-3, 2022):

• I took an old computer case I'm fond of, that had been sitting in my basement for a while, containing guts of my old video editing workstation, and I upgraded it with new components to turbo-charge video editing projects, other computing tasks, and to try out PC VR. [album]

Created by Mike Young on March 11, 2022. Last updated on April 10, 2022.