Favourite Apps

Share our favourite applications and games

  • Panel/Taskbar

    I am always using tint2. But recently, I found that tint2 is frequently crashed. As a result, I decided to find an alternative. There are 2 alternatives that I am trying. xfce4-panel and lxpanel. Comparing these two, I personally prefer xfce4-panel comparing to lxpanel. The main reason is that I can drag-and-drop the target window… Continue reading

  • Replace volumeicon to pa-applet

    Recently I found that volumeicon startup doesn’t use correct device. So, I changed to pa-applet. Continue reading

  • Brave vs Vivaldi

    I am trying to switch from Brave browser to Vivaldi. Those online review articles that compare both browsers are too surface. There are several things I need to highlight, however these issues may be caused by extensions I am installing. Vivaldi issues: Brave issue(s): Other issues on Vivaldi I not yet discover. For performance-wise, I… Continue reading

  • Text Editors

    Text Editors

    My favourite code editor for my works is Emacs. But Emacs is slower to start compare to other lightweight text editors, such as Mousepad, Gedit, Featherpad, etc, because it involves a lot of plugins/packages. I always need text editor for some quick and temporary notetaking. Atom is not a good solution to me, because it… Continue reading

  • NewPipe

    There is a very interesting Android app, NewPipe. It is not available from Play Store. But we can get it from F-Droid. The best feature is that, we can play YouTube playlist on background! Yes, meaning we can build our best playlist, then play the songs using PipeWire in background. Moreover, it is ads free.… Continue reading

    ,

  • Librera Reader

    In order to find an ads free app, I will prefer to use F-Droid instead of Google Play. Recently, I downloaded a PDF of Stubium Biblicum （思高） Chinese Bible, with 7000 pages. I found that most of the PDF reader fail to read any page immediately. Only Dropbox built-in PDF viewer can do it. At… Continue reading

  • Calibre E-Book Viewer

    Calibre is a great tool to create ebooks such as EPUB format. I sometimes convert ODT format to EPUB format so that I can read some documents on my Android phone, using FBReader. Recently I downloaded some PDF ebooks. And when trying to read from laptop, it causes eyestrain. Unlike journal articles, a journal article… Continue reading

  • mpv

    mpv is super powerful multimedia player. Though I use SMPlayer sometimes, SMPlayer can either use mplayer or mpv as its multimedia engine. I found a useful usage of mpv, that’s to play YouTube playlist through command-line, without opening the video or through web browser. To invoke a YouTube playlist, we must make sure the playlist… Continue reading

  • Two healthy software

    I am using two software to make my working experience healthier, since I sit in front of computer everyday and whole day. Redshift or f.lux – Protecting eyes Workrave – Avoiding Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) Continue reading

  • Brave browser in iPhone

    In my previous post, I mentioned about running Firefox in Android, that allows adblock. However, Firefox in iPhone (iOS) doesn’t allow install adblock extension. So, I tried an alternative solution, and found Brave browser. Brave has built-in adblock. It helps browsing experience more focus. However, if using Brave, there is a weird behaviour when the… Continue reading