¹ it should be able to traverse NATs. I could deal with having to set up a main server. edit: typos
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#12VLC - Video/Audio player, encoder, decoder etc.
Wine (on Linux) - for playing games especially
VSCode - Intelligent editor with good community support
Signal - Private messenger app
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#14Libre Office - alternative to MS office VLC - Video/Audio player, encoder, decoder etc. Wine (on Linux) - for playing games especially VSCode - Intelligent editor with good community support Signal - Private messenger app
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#15All the free editors (e.g. VS Code, Emacs, Vim) and especially their respective plugins. I'm always amazed at the breadth and quality among them.
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#18openwrt: works on many devices and so impressively stable
xbmc/kodi: although I don't use it daily, it is a complex yet very functional piece of software
winamp: simple, easy, functional, light
go+liteide: simple, easy, no nonsense
nomachine: not open source, but good
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#19TeamViewer because it is cross plateform, super simple to use and works very well. I wish there was a good open-source competitor¹ because I feel ill at ease giving a private company root access to my computers. ¹ it should be able to traverse NATs. I could deal with having to set up a main server. edit: typos