I am in the proces of radically switching all my applications, email and apps to private ones and want to share that with everybody cause we live in a information war where we all have to fight to get the truth out as most if not all of our MSM channels are compromised... These are the ones i use and tested so it's not a complete list but merely what i know...choose for yourself!
Most software is free, as i prefer up but there are also some paid applications because they are proven to be as some of the best...
I am not allowed to recommend it, so i don't recommend looking in the P2P section to find software, video's or other "interesting" things....just not saying...... {;-))
Open source social networking service
Minds is a free and open source distributed social networking service that uses the block-chain to reward the community with ERC20 tokens. Users can use their tokens to promote their content or to crowdfund other users through monthly subscriptions to their exclusive content and services.
The Minds founder has gone to great lengths to ensure his site doesn't appear partisan, especially as other alternative social networks, like Gab, have become plainly aligned with the far-right. Ottman stresses that Minds has been supported and used by people of every political ideology. His focus is ensuring that Minds and platforms like it succeed, just as Wikipedia beat out proprietary encyclopedias.
Social Network focused on privacy
MeWe is an American online social media and social networking service owned by Sgrouples, a company based in Culver City, California. It was founded by Mark Weinstein in 2012. The service touts its commitment to user privacy and control as its outstanding feature.
Grow Your Online Courses
Imagine a world filled with millions of independent, vibrant networks mastering something interesting together.
Mighty Networks powers brands and businesses that bring people together via online courses, paid memberships, events, content, and community–all under your brand, instantly available natively on every platform. We serve the rapidly growing world of “creators with a purpose” in the emerging category called The Passion Economy.
Your online courses are simply more valuable to everyone when you build them on a Mighty Network
So we reimagined what a browser should be.
It begins with giving you back power. Get unmatched speed, security and privacy by blocking trackers. Earn rewards by opting into our privacy-respecting ads and help give publishers back their fair share of Internet revenue.
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/03/03/brave-top-browser-privacy-study/
Free and sync's to Android and apple too + includes PW generator!
Private plugins to sync,save and share your bookmarks (if needed)!
xBrowserSync is a free and open-source alternative to browser sync services offered by Google, Mozilla, Opera and others, that respects your privacy and gives you complete anonymity (check out the website for more info).
Nice plugin for Brave (Chrome) to download any video on any site! (incl YT). After installing don't forget to install the script from here
Browse Privately | Explore Freely
Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.
New P2P based browser...in early phase but looks promising!
Brave (Chrome) plugin to control your browser with mouse gestures!
Browser Privacy Test!
You are being watched. Private and state-sponsored organizations are monitoring and recording your online activities. PrivacyTools provides services, tools and knowledge to protect your privacy against global mass surveillance.
Photo-editing (*Photoshop replacer)
Photo-viewer & editor
Screenshots
Reduce screen brightness (lower then normally possible!):
Reduce Eyestrain
Complete Video Studio - Use any audio / video format
Being based on the powerful FFmpeg libraries, Kdenlive can use almost any audio and video formats directly without the need to convert or re-encode your clips.
Through the MLT framework, Kdenlive integrates many plugin effects for video and sound processing or creation. Furthermore Kdenlive brings a powerful titling tool, a DVD authoring (menus) solution, and can then be used as a complete studio for video creation.
HandBrake is a tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs.
Reasons you’ll love HandBrake:
Convert video from nearly any format
Free and Open Source
Multi-Platform (Windows, Mac and Linux)
The simplest way to keep notes.
Light, clean, and free. Simplenote is now available for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, and the web.
(Instead of Skype)
Simple, secure group video + communications that work over rural 3G and challenging networks – whether it’s the Space Station or a Syrian refugee camp!
Instead of WhatsApp
Telegram is a cloud-based mobile and desktop messaging app with a focus on security and speed.
Private sms
Say "hello" to a different messaging experience. An unexpected focus on privacy, combined with all of the features you expect.
(used by Edward Snowden :-))
A New Kind of Instant Messaging
With the rise of government monitoring programs, qTox provides an easy to use application that allows you to connect with friends and family without anyone else listening in. While other big-name services require you to pay for features, qTox is totally free, and comes without advertising.
Surf the Web Ad-Free and Safely. Shield up!
AdGuard is the best way to get rid of intrusive ads and online tracking, and to protect your computer from malware. Make your web surfing faster, safer and more comfortable with AdGuard!
AdGuard for Android
AdGuard for Android is an ideal solution for Android mobile devices. In contrast to other ad blockers, AdGuard doesn't require root access and it provides a broad spectrum of features: filtering in apps, apps management and much more.
AdGuard for Windows
AdGuard for Windows is not just another ad blocker, it is a multipurpose tool that combines all necessary features for the best web experience. It blocks ads and dangerous websites, speeds up page loading and protects your children when they are online
AdGuard for Mac
Unlike other ad blockers, AdGuard is designed with macOS specifics in mind. It not only provides defense against ads in Safari and other browsers, but it also protects you from tracking, phishing, and fraud
AND CHECK OUT THIS AMAZING FEATURE!!!
AdGuard Home is a network-wide software for blocking ads & tracking. After you set it up, it’ll cover ALL your home devices, and you don’t need any client-side software for that. With the rise of Internet-Of-Things and connected devices, it becomes more and more important to be able to control your whole network.
Browse the web privately as it was meant to be
Your online privacy is under attack.
Windscribe sets you free.
Tutanota is the world's most secure email service, easy to use and private by design. Sign up for free to take control of your mailbox.
Tutanota puts you in control of your data.
We're building an internet that protects privacy, starting with email.
We are scientists, engineers, and developers drawn together by a shared vision of protecting civil liberties online. This is why we created ProtonMail, an easy to use secure email service with built-in end-to-end encryption and state of the art security features. Our goal is to build an internet that respects privacy and is secure against cyberattacks.
Keep your private data secure with military grade encryption...
Help make mass surveillance of entire populations uneconomical! We all have a right to privacy, which you can exercise today by encrypting your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary services.
Tired of reinstalling windows? Backup your ENTIRE partition and put it back with a few clicks with Best and Free Backup Software: AOMEI BACKUP!!!
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What is RAMDisk?
RAMDisk is a program that takes a portion of your system memory and uses it as a disk drive. The more RAM your computer has, the larger the RAMDisk you can create.
What is the benefit?
In a word: SPEED! The performance of a RAMDisk, in general, is orders of magnitude faster than other forms of storage media, such as an SSD (up to 100X) and hard drive (up to 200X).
And the lifespan of your HD or SSD!!!
SSD Tweaker Free Edition
Optimize and Restore Performance of your SSD in Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8. The SSD Tweaker has a massive distribution around the world for its simple yet powerful features and interface.
It has been reviewed and recommended by many PC magazines and Tech Websites
The Uninstaller module is Revo Uninstaller Pro’s primary feature for situations when a program won’t uninstall normally or when you have some doubts that a program has not been uninstalled completely.
Also when a program is uninstalled, often times there are multiple files, folders, and/or Registry entries left on your system, which can cause various issues if not removed. This happens more frequently than you might think.
I use Linux for private matters and Windows 7 (adapted and patched) for multimedia. Dual Boot (2 operating systems on 1 pc) is very easy to accomplish, ALWAYS START by installing the windows version you prefer and secondly when done, install Linux. When installing Linux it detects your windows version, all you have to do is point it to the partition (disk-space) where you want to install it so DON'T CHOOSE THE WINDOWS PARTITION!!! cause when you do, it installs Linux OVER windows instead of aside!
I normally start from scratch and when installing Windows i decrease the Windows Partition so the space that's left over is the space you reserve for your Linux install.
Dutch:
Ik zelf gebruik Linux voor privé zaken en windows 7 (aangepast en gepatched) voor multimedia...Dual boot (2 besturingssystemen op 1 pc) is zeer makkelijk te installeren, begin ALTIJD EERST met het installeren van je favoriete Windows-versie en wanneer klaar installeer je Linux...Hij detecteert zelf Windows, je moet zelf alleen de partitie (schijfruimte) aanwijzen die je het beste van tevoren reserveert (dus NIET de Windows partitie kiezen want dan installeert hij hem erover ipv ernaast!!!). Ik begin meestal met een schone lei en maak dan bij het installeren van windows gelijk de windows partitie kleiner waarbij het gedeelte wat je overhoud dus voor Linux installatie is.
Watch movies, series and more for free!
Not only to watch movies but also to unlock all country channels and website's by choosing a corresponding VPN server location and of course to be completely anonymous on the internet which is good for many obvious reasons.
Kodi wants to entertain you
Kodi spawned from the love of media. It is an entertainment hub that brings all your digital media together into a beautiful and user friendly package. It is 100% free and open source, very customisable and runs on a wide variety of devices. It is supported by a dedicated team of volunteers and a huge community.
I highly recommend to first install the latest version from the link above and then install Xanax-Build on top from the link below:
Important!!!How To Install Xanax Kodi Build On Existing Kodi Installation
Don't forget to click on the add-on icon to install community add-ons like Piratebay+ and basically everything that is torrent related ;-)
(supports direct torrent download)
The Mega variant is the largest of the four variants of the codec pack. It provides everything that you need to play all your audio and video files. Additionally, it also contains some ACM/VFW codecs that can be used by video encoding/editing applications.
Free and and (best?) open-source music-player (any plugins you need incl remote control), asio-support,skins etc
Equalizer APO is an open-source graphical equalizer for Microsoft Windows. Equalizer APO was developed by Jonas Thedering and is freely available to download. Equalizer APO packs many awesome features, and it's exceptionally easy to use. Equalizer APO is very lightweight and it uses very minimal system resources; thus, you do not need to worry about CPU usage at all.
Yep, it still exists and is working fine! Has amazing visualizations, plugins, asio-support,skins etc and a media-library with thousands of free internet radio stations.
Online (& offline) music listening platform...free and paid
Spotify Downloader, download your songs, complete albums and playlist from Spotify in any quality desired up until raw WAV (Highly recommended!)
Spotify Downloader, download your songs, complete albums and playlist from Spotify in any quality desired up until raw WAV (Highly recommended!)
*Deezer i don't recommend as it isn't (much)cheaper then Spotify and doesn't go beyond 392 mp3 quality so that doesn't cut it for me....
Direct Connect allows you to share files over the Internet without restrictions or limits. The client is completely free of advertisements and has a nice, easy to use interface. Firewall and router support is integrated and it is easy and convenient to use functionality like multi-hub connections, auto-connections and resuming of downloads.
DC++ is a highly ranked piece of software among the projects hosted at Sourceforge. With more than fifty million downloads, new users continue to find benefits from the software every day.
I'll keep this blog updated!
Have fun with your new freedom!