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Snagit, it's like Windows snipping tool on steroids. I was introduced to it at work and loved it so much I bought a license for my personal computer.
I'm also a huge fan of Dashlane for managing my passwords. It's one of the pricier options, but it works so much better than everything else I've tried (and has a nicer UI, too)
rethink is quite good firewall for phone, it lets you actually control programs internet connections and see where they try to connect. doesnt need root.
Here's a mixture of applications, some for Linux, some for Android, some for both. And some of them might work on other platforms as well, but I'm not sure.
Borg for making backups. For the first glance it could look overwhelming, but after reading through the quick start guide, it's really easy to use.
VeraCrypt for encryption of removable media.
Megalodon as a Mastodon client.
Voyager as a Lemmy client. It has a very weird and unintuitive UI, but there are no ads and the content is well readable, well presented.
OsmAnd for offline navigation. It's especially great for cycling and hiking, as even the most insignificant trails are on the map. It isn't free, but it's cheap.
Thunderbird for emails. Until recently I just used the online interface for my emails, but ever since I got a Proton subscription and multiple aliases with it, I started to use Thunderbird so I can see everything in one place, and also it has advanced filtering capabilities (the best of any email client I've ever used).
Proton Calendar, just for the sake of not to use Google.
Firefox with uBlock Origin. These two together is the bare minimum nowadays if you are thinking about browsing the internet.
VS Code for smaller stuff. Not gonna list my extensions here, but there are a few less known ones that I always install.
Zed is in early development, but if it gets as mature as VS Code, I'll consider using this instead.
JetBrains IDEs for software development. It makes me cry every year when I spend a buttload of money on renewing my license, but for me it's worth it. No other IDE ever made it so easy for me to set up and work with projects.
Dia for UML or database schema diagrams, and bunch of others. Sadly it's a bit outdated, but it's simple and easy to use.
Will put a disclaimer here that it's not going to be for everyone but I use emacs for pretty much everything.
It's a competent code editor with a lot of plugins similar to vscode. It has email, web browsing and IRC built-in out of the box. One of the best of the bundled packages is org-mode which is a fully featured note taking application that can export to HTML and latex. Then there are a wide ecosystem of packages like music players (emms) and visual git interfaces (magit) you can install too. It can even work as a WM!
Before we get into a text editor holy war I still use vim for quick edits.