Additional software I've installed on my work laptop

Last updated: 2024-08-23 21:18

These manage to get around our security blocking.

• Firefox - Plus the uBlock Origin plugin.

• OneCommander - Fantastic for grouping folders from all sorts of places - Teams, network drives, OneDrive - and using aliases so they make sense to me (without affecting the owner's naming). The search is much nicer and quicker than File Explorer, and keyboard shortcuts and dual panes are super useful.

• Obsidian - I've been chopping and changing my task management and note taking apps, but for now this is my choice. I've installed the Tasks and TimeStamper community plugins only. I had a pretty good workflow happening with OneNote, but the weird abilities like being able to click anywhere and start typing in that spot is pretty annoying. Simplicity has been my goal lately and Obsidian is doing the trick.

• Greenshot - Nice snipping tool. Quick shortcuts, and editor is fantastic for simple markup.

• Password Safe - Simple password manager. I used to use this for personal use too, syncing the files with work/personal OneDrives but I've recently moved to Bitwarden for personal use so I no longer do the syncing, but have kept the old Password Safe .safe file on my work computer where I keep adding work related passwords.

• Kate text editor - I don't need this very often, but it's useful if I'm drilling into some data. I used to have Notepad++ but my permissions to update it eventually got blocked, so Kate it is.