There’s a lot of software about to choose from! I’ve used so many different programs and operating systems over the years that it’s hard to remember the name of every product. Unfortunately Google search results are now polluted with adware and or freemium products and often the best tools are free and open source. This is my list of software I use (and recommend).
eBook Related
| Name | Description | URL(s) |
| Calibre | Enables one to manage an ebook collection. Useful plugin(s): De-DRM_tools (ref) | https://calibre-ebook.com dedrm.com |
Emulation
| Name | Description | URL(s) |
| WinUAE Amiga emulator | Best for PC & Advanced Users (ref) | https://www.winuae.net |
| FS-UAE Amiga emulator | Best for Games and Ease of Use (ref) | https://fs-uae.net |
| Blue Stacks | Android emulation for MS Windows – particularly useful for games. | https://www.bluestacks.com |
| v86 | v86 emulates an x86-compatible CPU and hardware. Machine code is translated to WebAssembly modules at runtime in order to achieve decent performance. | https://copy.sh/v86 https://github.com/copy/v86 |
Media Acquisition
| Name | Description | URL(s) |
| Sonarr | Sonarr is a PVR for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It can monitor multiple RSS feeds for new episodes of your favorite shows and will grab, sort and rename them. It can also be configured to automatically upgrade the quality of files already downloaded when a better quality format becomes available. | https://www.rapidseedbox.com/blog/ultimate-guide-to-sonarr https://github.com/Sonarr/Sonarr |
Media Playing
| Name | Description | URL(s) |
| Jellyfin | Alternative to Plex Media server but focus on simplcity and not streaming sevices. | https://jellyfin.org |
| Plex Media Server | Comprehensive entertainment platform. Run a local network media server and stream music, movies, TV etc. to other devices such as TV, Xbox, a tablet or phone. Proprietary though and cutoff support for plugins. WebTools-NG still works though. | https://www.plex.tv |
Media Utilities
| Distribution | Description | URL(s) |
| ShareX | Can record partial ro full screen captures and videos, GIFs. | https://getsharex.com |
Linux Distributions
| Distribution | Comments | Device(s) Used On |
| Ubuntu | The easiest distro to use as a Windows user. | Desktop |
| CentOS | The best distro for a server | Web Server |
| Damn Small Linux | ||