Default Apps 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](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](https://rohitfarmer.com/ham-dash)
- **Logger:** Google Sheet
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