Softwares

Notepad has been an excellent lightweight tool since the beginning of Windows. But lately, it hasn’t changed much to match the new Fluent Design language of Windows 10. However, there are some excellent third-party alternatives to Notepad. Since version 2004 (the May 2020 Update) of Windows 10, we have been able to uninstall Notepad easily. So you can get rid of Notepad altogether if you are satisfied with the following third-party alternatives: ...

Since the mainstream launch of Wayland with GNOME, people have faced problems using xclip, mainly because xclip is designed to work with the X11 clipboard. Fortunately, xclip has an option to overcome this problem. Just use xclip -selection c instead of xclip. This option emulates the Ctrl + Shift + C action. For easier use, you can set up an alias by adding the following line to your .bashrc or .zshrc file. ...

Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code has proven to be the dark horse of code editors. Don’t be put off by the Microsoft name: it is completely free, open source, and MIT-licensed. Despite being late to the party, it has attracted plenty of users. The reason is its excellent balance of speed, features, and hackability. ...

Windows Ink Workspace is a great addition to Windows 10. Thanks to this tool, annotating has never been easier. However, Windows 7 still has a rock-solid position in the market. Besides corporate users, many personal users, including my relatives, still use Windows 7. When I use their PCs, the only way to create a screen sketch is to take a screenshot in Paint and draw on it using Paint. This method is not bad, but it doesn’t fit smoothly into my workflow, mainly because it involves too many clicks. ...