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If this is a repost I apologize #laptopstudy.com
Aug 27, 2017 3:07 PM
TheWalkingDaleFace
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If this is a repost I apologize #laptopstudy.com
Acmer77
Some of these are old and/or have much better alternatives. At least half should still be valid for everyone though.
TheRealFireFrenzy
@OP You forgot ninite
MouseBalls
*irfanview
Satsuz
It was a really terrible misspelling, it made me concerned.
Retsam19
If you haven't tried "Mind Maps" it sounds weird, but it basically replaced standard notes for me in college. (I use XMind, cross-platform)
Fastkoala
Bubbl.us is another great mindmapping website.
RubelliteFae
.
forgivemekidunzipspants
Or you can use piratebay like everyone else
Nikolai5
A lot of open source software is better than paid alternatives anyway. So why even bother doing that.
WhoDidYouExpect
Autodesk. Even if you're not a design student, get it. Three YEAR free trial with a student email address. It's awesome and easy to learn.
BushBakedBeams
justcallmeheyyou
Storage: Mega.co.nz (50gb of free online storage)
SpecialProjectY
Acrobat Reader for .PDF?
skyshadow
Edge is actually amazing on W10 for pdfs
liipski
80% are bad design and hard use apps
cardboardunderwear
Snipping tool is a life changer and included with Windows. Incredible useful to take snips of screens, doodle on it, and drop in an email
SKELETONMAAAN
Try ShareX
MarvelousTermites
Or Greenshot
ThrowMamaFromTheTrain
SnagIt is better.
TheMountaineer
Snagit is good. We use GreenShot a lot at my work. Overloaded keybinds, decent editor abilities.
ThrowMamaFromTheTrain
I'll check that out today.
TheMountaineer
We use greenshot a lot at my work. I stand by it! http://getgreenshot.org/
LadyShanna
Don't forget krita
Sirak001
Every software is free, if you are a pirate
rokhar
Yar har fiddle de dee
imasleepykitty
I love flux, takes out the blue light so I don't get headaches as much. Even downloaded it on all the computers at work.
PizzaSlutForever
I forgot all about it even though I have similar on my phone and tablet. I'm putting it on my office computer tomorrow!
DoctorDoomTootsAsHePleases
Fav and forget. See you next semester!
LittleDoveFlight
Me too
Sitraka
Hey wait i still have some motiva...ok next semester
skyshadow
This list is actually pretty bad. No MPC-HC, Atom, Sublime, ShareX, and why the fuck is adobe acrobat there? Also n++ is aging unfavorably.
skyshadow
And VCD is like 8 years old without updates already. To be fair CD/DVDs are dead.
OmegaZen
Literally don't need 90% of these unless for some specific purpose.
VoidofStatic
Yup
CrayonFox
avira? only going to slow down your computer, and can't do anything windows in-built defense doesn't already do.
Molotovbliss
stuffinator
Use greenshot instead of snipping tool. It has a built-in "upload to imgur" function and can capture the mouse cursor in it's location.
TheDudeOrHisDudeness
Fuck adobe, get sumatraPDF. It's leightweight and intuitive, not to mention faster. It also opens pdfs in read-only mode, which is 1/2
RubelliteFae
.
TheDudeOrHisDudeness
awesome if you use things like Latex (with pdf output). Pdf gets refreshed while opened. No need to close, then build, then open again
doctormellow
Can you edit pdfs with sumetra or the other one?
TheDudeOrHisDudeness
Not with sumatra. It's just lightweight reader.
iseepotato
Or Foxit Reader
astralfields
Foxit has ads.
kgbofficer
Just uncheck this box http://imgur.com/B2nXkzE.jpg
thetruejoz
PDF xChange is also very good, free licence for personal use, lightweight too, has plugins for web browsers.
ZLOK
Fuck SumatraPDF, Firefox and Chrome both natively open PDFs.
ThelTGuy
Good luck form filling in those
ZLOK
I don't understand why I need luck. I have a keyboard.
BadgemanBrown
Visio .... for students???? On a budget????
kgbofficer
https://products.office.com/en-us/student/office-in-education - Enter your .edu email and you may get the entire suite for free
dreikommavierzehn
Depending on the contract your uni has, MS offers almost all their software for free for students. Been using VS Enterprise during my study
mrputter
Amen to that. One of my fave quick-n-dirty free replacements is Dia - started as a Visio clone. Development stopped a few years back... 1/2
mrputter
...and so it's a bit light on the features and has a few weird bugs, but still totally usable, and free. http://dia-installer.de/ 2/2
JuanMoreNight
It also annoyed me that draw.io was not listed as an alternative but in a completely different section
neutronfish
Actually, yeah. There's a site ran by MSFT called Dreamspark where you can download it with a valid .edu email.
darsfog
If your school has signed up for it, AND why your at it, pick up Office from there too.
ThrowMamaFromTheTrain
It's Microsoft Imagine now and your school has to create an account for you.
DarkUranium
It was MSDNAA before it was Dreamspeak. I wonder what the next name is gonna be.
Hrafna55
Just go all the way and use Linux. A lot of the above are originally Linux programs, like Blender, Openshot, GIMP, Gnu CASH.
SalmonSushee
I'd switch any day if it wasn't for the lack of game support.
Hrafna55
My steam library is 144 games, 71 of which I can play in Linux.
SalmonSushee
The big deal for me is League of Legends. Couldn't live without it.
cogs
And Linux is still less than 3% total market share, counting all front end flavors, workstation and server. I use it but I'm also realistic.
Hrafna55
Desktop 2-3% yes. Server no. https://www.wired.com/2016/08/linux-took-web-now-taking-world Just one article of many
Hrafna55
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems#Public_servers_on_the_Internet
Hrafna55
Of course we are mostly talking web facing servers here but thinking of where I work I would say Linux servers are about 15% of the estate.
Bajskorv
Sublime or atom is miles better then vscode imho
lordofcrappymemes
What about normal Visual Studio?
Denvercoder09
Does it have that auto complete or intellasense?
Bajskorv
There are plugins for that! atom has Great usermade plugins
SomeDetroitGuy
Sounds like a "no" to me. Does it have an in-window console?
Bajskorv
Again, there is a package for that
rendombeastly
I'll add a couple more, wolframalpha.com for math, gyazo for screenshots, github for online code backups and stackoverflow for all coding
MagpieNI
Personally I prefer lightshot for screenshots on account of the nicer URLs.
dreikommavierzehn
WA blocks most useful features behind a paywall now. Github only offers to host OpenSource project for free.
ComradePutinCCCP1917
Students have free unlimited private repositories
dreikommavierzehn
How could I have missed that? I checked Github twice for that in the past. Thanks :)
CheddarIsBeddar
Thiiiiiis, GitHub has code examples for every API and protocol anyone has ever heard of. Priceless.
TheLoneHusky
Also Atom for coding
ComradePutinCCCP1917
What kind of barbarian uses atom? If you're programming use either Jetbrain's IDEs or a terminal editor. All free for students ofc.
blooregardqkazoo
Why would I want an anti-firewall?
AustrayaMate
No Oasis reference?
TonyStarkWantsOne
To help you study
ArtArchive
To prevent your auntie from hacking your computer.
bantambasher135
It's an antivirus/firewall. Some of these a completely wrong or misrepresented.
FailSpy
Hijacking this comment to point out that ZoneAlarm has been seemingly abandoned. Would recommend COMODO or some other active firewall.
gerf
Schools often block ports associated with file sharing.
DustingIsForFools
Since when is MS Visio free? I don't recall MS ever giving anything away for free.
Ricker270
I know right?
somethingdark
I got it for free through MSDNAA when I was a computer science student.
kgbofficer
https://products.office.com/en-us/student/office-in-education - Enter your .edu email and you may get the entire suite for free
dreikommavierzehn
I got Win8, Win10, Visio, Notes Prof., VS Enterprise 2015&2017 for free via Dreamspark / MS Imagine. They also offer Office2015/2017 if >
dreikommavierzehn
your uni's IT doesn't suck. Ours at least got us a discounted edition of Office365.
ThrowMamaFromTheTrain
We got that plus VMWare and others
glassweaver
Visio? Free? Whoever made this list is either retarded or thinks everything on the pirate Bay is "free." Also PDFcreator comes with adware.
ThrowMamaFromTheTrain
I got Visio free through Purdue as a student.
glassweaver
Your license is included in your tuition cost. Microsoft discounts, but does not give Visio away to education like they do office .
ThrowMamaFromTheTrain
All I know is I got it for frrr through Microsoft Imagine and still use it and I'm in grad school now.
glassweaver
That's incredible and checks out. Back when Imagine was Dreamspark (no long ago) Visio was not part of the offering. Thank you for the info!
ThrowMamaFromTheTrain
That's right. It was not back then. They made the switch to imagine in my senior yr of UG
kgbofficer
https://products.office.com/en-us/student/office-in-education - Enter your .edu email and you may get the entire suite for free
glassweaver
Office suite, yes. Visio, no. But that is still an amazing offer that deserves a post of it's own.
CharlieTangoRomeo
We had visio for one of our classes last semester, same with Photoshop, now because we don't have a class that specificly requires them >
glassweaver
If you're a student and not making money with the apps, I'd advocate pirating them. MS & the SBA go after businesses - not students.
CharlieTangoRomeo
< the licenses are no longer available, which tbh is a pain in the ass when you're doing a project that requires both
Angatita
Btw @OP don't use GIMP anymore. It hasn't been updated since 2015 and the software is extremely buggy. Alternatives that are good are:
SalmonSushee
I used GIMP before school supplied me with Adobe suite and I found it could do everything I wanted...
Angatita
It could. But if you try it now you'll see it's ridiculously buggy. Can't even draw a straight line without it spazzing all over. Krita is
Angatita
MUCH better. I like FireAlpaca because it has a line smoothing/stabilizing feature (I do a lot of line art)
RubelliteFae
Gimp is a pain in the ass. Been using PS for too long. pixlr.com/editor is a decent free approximate. No selection feathering, though :/
Angatita
Try Krita. There's a ton of brush and editing options. It also is able to upload and utilize all the PS brush sets available.
Rycuda
GIMP 2.9.6 was released 4 days ago... it's a huge and still very active project.
Angatita
Well when I was looking for a program end of 2016 start of 2017 it hadn't been updated since Jan of 2015.
Angatita
Krita and FireAlpaca (aka Medibang) I've used both of those in addition to Gimp and they both blow Gimp out of the water.
Angatita
(Used gimp back in its prime btw)
serenityfast
Since when is OBS a media player, and why is XviD listed and not the actual best media player: MPC-HC?
Counterfit
You spelled mpv wrong
serenityfast
mpv is a fine cross-platform program, but on Windows you really can't beat MPC-HC for performance.
SalmonSushee
I don't know why people hate on VLC. It even comes with a Christmas hat!
serenityfast
Because it's a buggy, slow piece of crap, that just forked mplayer code over a decade ago and promptly took a crap all over it.
serenityfast
Seriously, VLC barely even manages base-level H/W acceleration anymore, awful for laptop battery life for instance.
5NoteHalf
I've found it'll play old security footage for my clients when nothing else will.
serenityfast
Try MPC-HC. Seriously, you may be surprised.
5NoteHalf
I'll definitely give it a go! (Though I've no intention of kicking VLC out of my toolbox. It's been WAY too awesomely useful.)
OmgOptimized
Do not use use OpenOffice anymore. LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice and it's much better nowadays. And it is supported, as opposed to OO.
BenjamanFranklin
They are also updating it soon for more compatibility.
ServantOfTheGodEmperorOfUsersub
Thanks
kgbofficer
Microsoft also has it's office suite online similar to Google Docs that's free for everyone to use too
DarthSutekh
Agreed. I have used LibreOffice for two years now. It is great!
Spidey209
someone mentions OO.O and all the MS bots come out of the woodwork!
PirateRubberDuck
I got a full version of Microsoft office 2016 free for being a student.
PirateRubberDuck
Which is convenient as I had problems with having a later version at home as they had at college. Pain to remember to change the file type.
ThrowMamaFromTheTrain
Ditto. Then I bought Project for $10
Eichimaru
How?
topherrobin
check microsoft's site. you can get free or discounted windows also if you use a .edu email address
kgbofficer
Microsoft has free 360 for Uni students if you have .edu; otherwise it has the web version and mobile versions for free for everyone
technicalfool
If you're in a recognised institution, Microsoft (and Autodesk) will let you register for free software. Drug dealer business model.
x420x
Dont forget pornhub
solhan2020
See. This is why I love Imgur. Somebody always says something crazy af????????????????????
svenerikmarklund
Dude, have you experienced 4chan?
solhan2020
No but I am now???? thanks for the tip!
deadman320
arch4ngel
TBLOP.
SatoriEnlightenment
Beeg?
Faslow
Aaaaand that is why, students, we use eraser. ????
bjuttejuppe
Got Keepass though
zebouncyhaus
Nailed it
BlueManticore
Spankbang all the way
Axewhipe
No one forgets @pornhub
mcpaddy23
Not in college but thanks for the reminder, knew I didn't feel balanced for some reason today...
sweetpotato21
Stress management 101
SometimesIdontwanttolaugh
Mockingbirb
I was looking for this
v3rmilion
Ah, the procrastination category. Steam and Pornhub. Bethesda is having a big sale too. Pick up quake and doom for two bucks and forget work
MGSman
They are having a sale! Thanks for letting me know! Off to check that category off my list
CatDickTiny
And this
v
darkhavana0512
TheWalkingDaleFace
TheNewestTubeGuy
bigfish821
Sarcasticbombastic
Alvi123
bigfish821
earthbndmissfit
I'm more an X-Videos fan
ZanarkandAbes
tonystankisajerk
Maybe but there is nothing like pornhub comments
KernalMustard
If you want questionable content and a virus go ahead
desperateenuf
shitty quality videos. I've seen a video there where a guy tortures and kills a girl.
AgolfHiller
There's also thing like Fuq
KeepingRepostStatsBusy
Beeg
SilverWingsofMorning
i like gayforit.eu the best
namastaythefuckaway
Thristen
Woah, suddenly soccer video games just got interesting!
SilverWingsofMorning
i have never seen that before
TurboUnicorn3000
Efukt is the best
JimJonesKoolAidSurvivor
Best comments around on efukt
TheBitcherThreeMilfCunt
Yespornplease
QTpatoot
Is that real? It's so polite.