tech-stuff

Tech tips & suggestions

1. foss is free and open source. Most suggestions are open-source but not all and not all closed source apps are marked as closed source. Why? because I'm lazy.
2. instead of youtube links I've shared invidious links try out other invidious instances if the one I shared doesn't work.
3. Check web archive is any website is down but avoid downloading old un-updated software though.
4. The internet is a wonderful resource if you need something or come across a problem there is a high likelihood that you might find what you are looking for albeit you need to know where and what exactly to look for and also we assume the solution already exists on the net (or exists at all). If you come across a problem look it up. This compilation is intended to make things easier for others and share what I have learnt.
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Main Navigation: (You can also navigate within this page using the the table of contents icon on the left side of readme and also do the same in the below pages as they have their own table of contents)

App recommendations

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/App%20recommendations.md#app-recommendations

Backing Up Data

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/Backing%20up%20data.md#backing-up-data

Bypass Paywalls

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/Bypass%20paywalls.md#bypass-paywalls

Command Line Interface

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/CLI%20Command%20line%20interface%20tips.md#cli-command-line-interface-tips

Disk Encryption

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/Disk%20Encryption.md#disk-encryption

Change Icons in Windows

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/Icons%20change.md#to-change-icons-of-files

Linux

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/Linux.md#linux

List of Apps and compilations

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/Lists%20of%20Apps%20and%20Compilations.md#lists-of-apps-and-compilations

Malware Prevention

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/Malware%20Prevention.md#malware-prevention

Markdown

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/Markdown.md#markdown

metadata

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/Metadata.md#metadata

Miscellaneous

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/Misc.md#misc

Optical Character Recognition (readable and searchable pdfs)

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/OCR%20optical%20character%20recognition.md#ocr-optical-character-recognition

Online Web Services & Cool Websites

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/Online%20web%20services%20%26%20cool%20websites.md#online-web-services--cool-websites

Piracy

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/Piracy.md#piracy

Privacy & Security

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/Privacy%20%26%20Security.md#privacy--security

Resources related to search queries on goodle and duck duck go

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/Resources%20related%20to%20search%20engines%20and%20advanced%20search%20queries.md#resources-related-to-search-engines-and-advanced-search-queries

Shortcuts and Cheat Sheets

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/Shortcuts%20%26%20Cheat%20sheet%20compilation.md#shortcuts--cheat-sheet-compilation

Tech Tips

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/Tech%20tips.md#tech-tips

Secure Browser (Tor)

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/Tor%20Browser.md#tor-browser

Video Conferencin: Jitsi A cool alternative to gmeet and zoom

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/Video%20Conferencing%20A%20really%20cool%20FOSS%20alternative%20to%20zoom%20%26%20gmeet.md#video-conferencing-a-really-cool-foss-alternative-to-zoom--gmeet

Virtualization: Try out new Operating systems without messing with your hard disk partition

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/Virtualization.md#virtualization

Download YouTube Videos easily

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/YT%20DL%20DLP.md#yt-dlp

Convert Videos and Audio formats and more

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/ffmpeg%20tips.md#ffmpeg-tips

Identifying and Downloading Fonts

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/font%20tips.md#font-tips

How to read news from many sources in one app

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/rss.md#really-simple-syndicationrss-feeds

YouTube alternatives ad free with more features

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/youtube%20alternatives%20and%20tips.md#youtube-alternatives-and-tips

Browser Extensions

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/browser%20extensions.md#browser-extensions

Miscellaneous Guides & Tutorials

https://github.com/Purple-Jack/tech-stuff/blob/main/Miscellaneous%20Guides%20%26%20Tutorials.md#miscellaneous-guides--tutorials