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First up, we have RealVNC.
VNC itself is a protocol for remotely accessing and controlling computers - be it over your
home network or over the internet.
RealVNC is a great option for managing and controlling your systems remotely.
They offer some professional-level versions of their tools - which add more enterprise-level
management for IT professionals and the like but they also offer a basic free version which
works great for power-users at home.
I use it to manage my servers and other desktops from anywhere in the world - with multiple
layers of password protection and security in place to prevent tampering.
It’s insanely responsive and provides a high quality render of the desktop without
the video desktop driver issues I have with Windows RDP or the security issues of TeamViewer.
And it runs on Linux.
Win, win win, for me!
Taking screenshots is something I do many, many times almost every day.
For that, I need a super convenient tool that still delivers high quality shots and some
good options.
The perfect balance I have found is with Lightshot.
Lightshot is incredibly easy to use, and fast.
Requiring at most one extra click past hitting PrintScreen to upload, save, or copy a screenshot.
It’s got a built-in editor which allows you to adjust the size of the screenshot or
draw, highlight, type on it, and so on quickly and easily.
Or you can have it automatically upload the screenshot to share online.
I use this daily, it’s a key part of my workflow.
Lightshot is available for Windows and Mac, with browser extensions also available.
As someone who regularly builds and manages multiple beefy computers at a time, monitoring
system temperatures is of the upmost importance.
For that, I use CoreTemp.
CoreTemp is a great program that monitors your system voltages and temperatures.
It lets you keep an eye on how hot your processor is running.
It also lets you minimize it to the system tray and just shows the temperature readouts
in the tray.
It’s pretty handy and is important when you’re constantly pushing your processor
to its limits.
The next program is pretty important for us night owls, but also the bane of my existence
as someone who randomly needs to record my screen for videos.
F.lux automatically adjusts your screen’s color brightness throughout the day - primarily
reducing its blue light - to prevent eye strain and keep you working late into the hours of
the night without issue.
I used to use the “gamer glasses” for this, but now I just rely on F.lux.
The problem is, this is a system-wide change, and not something inherent to your monitor
- though some monitors have begun experimenting with this kind of feature - so when I go to
record my screen and forget to disable F.lux, the footage has a reddish hue to it which
I can’t really fix.
But it’s great and quick to set up.
Lastly, we have JDownloader 2 - also available on a wide variety of operating systems.
This is a fantastic download tool for downloading from typical file sharing websites, media
streaming sites, and so on.
This is easy to pull images, videos, sound files, or full open directory downloads just
by copying the URL.
It also has some other great features which I can’t discuss here...
And that’s it for this installment.
(Haha… pun…)
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