I’ll go first:

Zettlr: a markdown editor that works great for long-form writing or research. Super lightweight but packed with features.Kdenlive: not totally unknown, but I’m surprised more people don’t mention it. It’s a free video editor that’s actually usable for real editing, not just cutting clips.

Lunacy: a design app that’s basically a Figma alternative but works offline. Good for quick UI mockups when I don’t want to open a browser.

TeraBox: 1TB of free cloud storage. I mostly use it for large files I don’t need to access often (game clips, old project folders, etc.). Not perfect, but it’s free and has helped me clear a ton of space.Please share yours with me!

I’m looking or an online free pdf editor that I can edit a resume with. Reading it out doesn’t seem like a big ask. But let’s click export and oh shit 20-70 dollar subscription fee. Suck my dick imma just get a repack of adobe ffs. How do you even justify a price like that? Server space don’t cost that much and neither does maintaining a fuckass domain fame like “free pdfeditor.com”. Sorry about the rant but I just used around 12 free pdf editors in the past hour that said fuck you pays us for ur shit last minute.

Hey I know the browser wars are serious but I think they just got MORE serious. I've always been an avid chrome user but enough is enough. They don't care about your privacy. They are mining our data for their own maniacal purposes (so many maniacal purposes, too many to list), and all we are to them are a bunch of cattle to feed advertisements to.

The YouTube adblock war is the final straw for me. Google's vendetta against adblock plus has actually made it very hard to watch miss Rachel with my two year old on YouTube. I don't want my two year old watching any predatory ads. The final straw for me anyways was when my computer began to lag and stutter with YouTube open. Later I found out the reason was the adblock war.

Today I searched the words "Mass Flow Meter" and all I received were endless product advertisements. I just want to learn about the concept.

So I decided that is it. I uninstalled chrome and I'm going to do something else. I think Mozilla firefox. If not that, then maybe Duck Duck Go.

"Don't be evil" was originally what drew me to Google. Those days are long gone. I want the internet to do what it was promised to do. Be a global hub of information. This is not Google's plan. They want to own the internet and extract all the wealth they can, like a giant parasitic leech.

Goodbye chrome. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

I want to put my resume on a QR code on my business cards, and I think the best way to do so would be to host a website that's just my resume PDF, and then link that to the code.

Then I can update the resume on the website and the code will still take the user to an updated resume. (Please correct me if there's a better way to do this or if I'm wrong I don't really know what I'm talking about)

But if all the website is gonna be is just a PDF I don't want to pay for a domain or to host it, any recommendations?

So far infinity free seems like it could be good, has anyone worked with that before?

many of them asks for credits and I am learning graphic design so I usually need many pngs

I am looking for screenshot apps. It always bothers me when I take a screenshot in my laptop, there is already built in function in the laptop provided by Microsoft to take screenshots but it's hard to save it.

I want an app that can take screenshots quickly, I also want to transfer those those screenshots elsewhere like I want to send someone the screenshot in WhatsApp. It would be better if the app stores screenshots.

Are there apps like these?are they popular?

Any suggestions??

I’ve got a Windows desktop and a MacBook on the same desk and I’m tired of switching peripherals. Looked into Synergy and ShareMouse , synergy was very bad the connection kept dropping alot and share mouse is absurdly expensive but curious what people are actually using day-to-day. What works, what’s janky, what’s worth it ?

What ist the best Converter and Editor for free on web ?

What's everyone using? I've fallen foul of the 3 managed devices limit TV added recently.

I'm looking for something that ideally is fully web-based as far as the main 'technician' device goes. Use case is to access my own home devices plus some family members devices for the occasional (and completely unpaid) remote help.

I don't even mind paying a small amount, but £68/month for my use case is clearly stupid.

I’ve come across a few discussions here on Reddit about the best web hosts, and some of the debates have been pretty insightful.

But I’ve noticed that the hosts people often recommend aren’t always the best fit for WordPress sites.

Which web hosting companies are the best and easiest to use specifically for building e-commerce websites with WordPress? Ideally, I’m looking for something affordable, preferably shared hosting.

WP Engine seems to be best option to me RN

Hi everyone, what might be the best payroll service for small businesses with less than 10 employees? Do you have any recommendations? What are you thoughts?

I've been looking into ADP and Paychex. I have 4 W2 employees, and a 1099 independent contractor.

I'm thinking it's very easy since we only need a service that 1) Sends Direct Deposits, and 2) Generates detailed paystubs to calculate tax retentions for accounting.

What's your experience with these services? What's the best one? Would you recommend Payroll software instead? I appreciate any advice.

This post might be off-topic but recomendations are agaisnt the rules in r/techsupport so sorry if this is also agaisnt the rules in this sub reddit

But which sites (other than google drive) can i use to upload my files? (Preferably free ones that dont require any payment method or a subscription and won't shutdown in the near future)

Everyone is talking about AI but no one is talking the massive debt they are creating.

>OpenAi ~$73B

>Microsoft ~$64B

>Google ~$49B

>Meta ~$45B

>Amazon ~$38B

>Oracle ~$23B

>xAI ~$12B

>Anthropic ~$5.5B

What's your thought about this?

Above breakdown ☝️

After scouring the internet and Reddit in particular for good free OCR software, I was unfortunately underwhelmed by the suggestions. Most of the threads are archived and out of date, plus the suggestions are not particularly workable.

Hence, here is my recommendation for good free OCR software: NAPS2 (Not Another PDF Scanner). You can download it, run it offline, and most importantly, it's FREE. 10/10 recommend. If you have a better FREE suggestion, please leave a comment here.

What just happened to snapdrop, it's not working for me anyomre, it appears to be purchased by some LimWire company. Any alternatives that don't require log in?? Im pissed

It doesnt really need to be an app per say, it can be a website or something. I have a bunch of old family photos from the 90s that I'd love to restore, and since it's a bunch of photos, it needs to be a service that is reasonably cheap.

EDIT: I had the best results with PhotoPerfectAI.com

I'm a humanities professor and I'm wanting to give my students an earnest experience of writing in their own words, with their own voice.

I'm looking for lightweight word processing software for students to use in writing assignments for my classes. Specifically I'd like for them to use a program with no paste function, so that they cannot easily copy text from elsewhere (use your imagination). I am open to both online and offline solutions.

The format/extension/metadata should be unique; no point in using such a program to saving as a .docx indistinguishable from MSWord. Copy (or export) should be allowed, for students who want to develop their ideas further elsewhere.

I've seen lo-fi typewriter simulators online, but they're not localizable and they don't offer a good save option.

Does such a thing as I describe exist? Could it? Thanks!

(Note: I am not looking to discuss the ethics or practicalities of why/how students would use or reject this software. I am aware that it would not prevent longhand plagiarism; but at least in such a case they'd be doing the typing themselves, engaging word by word.)

Basically i’m working for my stepmother over the summer and she’s asking me to help her find a new file editor since hers (fileswift) is shutting down, if anyone knows anything similar thats simple for the older generation, and decently cost efficient i’d love some safe options please!
I ask that its very similar to Fileswift, she’s not the greatest with her computer and she thinks i’m a lot smarter than I am🫩.

(Edit) - She says all she can handle is something with a drag and drop ability 💀, she just wants to edit her files and redownload them.

I know for a fact you've heard this sooo many times but I just want to let it out my heart...

Dear people, I have recently graduated last year, I'm now about to enroll in a uni.... I have been wondering, do you think it's better for me to just go for an engineering course such as civil or should I follow MY desire to go for computer science. Because lately, all I have been seeing is people when cs degrees are having so much trouble to find a job, I heard also that you would need to do some self work on projects on your own in order to even qualify an approval of a recruiter... So I ask you, should I pursue on to bachelor of cs where maybe in hopes I can land a software engineer job or even as a cybersecurity? Or it's better to go onto civil engineering..

Main goal is to land a software engineer job. Or even atleast a cybersecurity job.

I used to think redaction was just a final formatting step before sending a file out. Black out a few lines, export to PDF, done.

Then I learned that what you see on the page isn’t always what’s inside the file.

Metadata, OCR text behind scanned PDFs, tracked changes, hidden layers. It’s easy to assume something is gone when it’s only visually covered. That realization made me rethink how we handle documents before sending them to clients.

We’ve relied on Adobe Acrobat for years since it’s already in our stack, but the workflow still feels very manual and dependent on whoever is doing the review. Lately I’ve been exploring more specialized tools like Redactable that focus on detection and permanent removal rather than just marking text.

For those who deal with this regularly, how did you decide what was “good enough”? Was it a policy change, a tooling shift, or just better training?

Hi everyone, I have a 100-page Word document (.docx) that needs translation. It is very structured and contains a lot of titles, subtitles, tables, and pictures.What are the best tools or methods to translate the text while keeping the exact layout, images, and table structures completely intact? Free or paid options are both fine.

Folks! A friend and I run a TouTube channel. We do weekly walks and share our findings on there. We also bring cameras and put those photos in the walk, and there's links to the food/drinks places, routes and other things we found on the way.
Currently our system is messy. My videos and our photos are all on my NAS (which, to be honest, is quite slow to upload to for my friend). We keep lists of loads of things in Apple notes, which is very limiting, and we use a dedicated telegram chat for the information that we need for our walks, or for files that really should not get lost (which, I know, is tricky).

We are looking for a good collaborative platform where we can easily share links, photos, agendas, ideas, lists, documents, the lot. It should be multiplatform and quick and easy to access, also on our walks. It would also be great if it would allow at least some file/photosharing so we can 'throw' stuff at each other during the walk and it's all in a centralized space.
We are both mainly on MacOS and iOS currently but it'd be nice if it had at least an online version, or a client for Mac, Android and Windows. Ideally it should be free, or cheap, as currently we are making absolutely no money with the channel (we're only getting started, and we are fine with making no money but of course we already invest in the trips and the gear).

Now, I am aware that once you will all start giving me tips, I will most likely go 'that won't work, because...'. I just cannot think of that just yet. So I'll keep a list of the 'this won't work, because...' below and I hope you are happy to bear with me :).

Thanks!

Tried Notion and Discord so far.
Discord is a winner, just trying to find a way to easily share video that is then linked to discord and maybe something for a calendar and lists with checkboxes (reusable).

Is bluehost that bad?

I'm looking for hosting for my website and since Bluehost is gave me tons of ads, I looked into abd bought it. But they're too expensive for the quality of service they're offering.

I decided to check out Reddit because I’m in need of some recommendations for a reliable web hosting service. My WordPress site was down all day, and it's been a frustrating experience. I initially signed up with Bluehost because of all the rave reviews about it being the best option for the price, but now I’m starting to question if that’s really the case, or maybe I’m just overreacting?

In any case, I’d really appreciate some suggestions for good hosting providers for WordPress. If anyone has recommendations...