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I'm not sure if it's because I'm older or because I'm just more experienced with technology but it's gotten a lot easier for me to find programs I actually enjoy using and find helpful. Here's a list of programs I use pretty often.
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Most things here are free and open source software. I'll maybe include some guides later if there are some neat functions that require a bit more explaining.
A truly insanely versatile notetaking app. It's described as a "knowledge base", which is accurate. You can compare it to Evernote or Joplin but with easier linking between notes and MORE. There are a billion diffrent plugins that can add a whole lot to your note-taking experience - they're the reason Obsidian is my main note app now. Notes are formatted using Markdown so all your notes are locally stored text files, but can be synced through a ton of different methods (I use Syncthing). Download the Primary theme for it, it's great for readability. Check it out.
My main ebook manager. It's the best. You can edit, convert, sort, read, share, and backup your books like a personal library. The DeDRM add-on can be used to remove DRM from your ebooks, whichis extremely handy if you've got Kindle ebooks but no Kindle, or if you've got some library ebooks you wanna keep forever.
You can technically access your library from mobile browsers and there's a paid Android app called Calibre Companion for easy wireless syncing. You can also sync your books to ereaders.
Basically an RSS reader for tons of different feeds - it can scan social media feeds, Tiddlywikis, and more without you needing to hunt down the specific feed link. You can sort your feeds by what is most important to you and under different categories. You won't be reading full article previews, just the titles, so it's all at a glance.
If you don't care for Fraidycat's unique take on the feed aggregator, then RSS Guard is great if you just need a regular RSS reader. Has the features you'd need in any other feed reader, but with some extra compatibility with online feed services like The Old Reader, Fresh RSS, and some other stuff. You get the offline experience but still can sync to an online service. What's not to love?
My current client for browsing Geminispace. It's very simple but provides a decent amount of customization for the visual experience. There's also a lot of functions like bookmarks, history, and an identity manager - some of the usual stuff you might get from the average web browser. It has full unicode support and allows use of ANSI escape codes for coloring text. Also! Audio playback and inline image support! It's a delight to use.
A fork of the Librefox project - modified Firefox with increased security/privacy features. Comes with uBlock Origin pre-installde. It's a bit of a pain to use at times because many features need workarounds or are just blocked, but if you're a privacy nut, it's great for daily use. I recommend using it with Multi-Account Containers, Facebook Container, NoScript, and Dark Reader add-ons.
My favorite password manager of all time. It's very secure and (thankfully) and extensions for tons of different browsers. You can store login info, card info, ID info, you can use it as an authenticator, and generate secure passwords with it. The fact that it's so ubiquitous across platforms makes it a must-have.
An alternative to Bitwarden as it's an offline password manager. It supports encryption and allows you to generate passwords based on given parameters. If you're a REALLY big security head, this is probaby more for you. There are forks/alternate clients for other platforms, but I'll just link the original.
A peer-to-peer file sharing software mainly centering around music, but you can find movies and ebooks there too sometimes. Great if you love love love FLACs. It's very easy to use, athough there's a very weird culture within the community. You can customize user info and chat with other users, which is cool and all, but uhh... Always check user info before downloading, and make sure you share your files too, or expect people to wish ruin upon your bloodline. Anyways, it's very convenient. I prefer the SoulseekQt client, but there's also Nicotine+ which is open source and actively supported.
A classic music player with support for a ton of different audio file formats. There's tons of neat skins, visualizations, plugins. It can also stream audio from internet radios (Shoutcast supported), manage podcast subscriptions, rip CDs, and can also playvideos. There are no official versions for other operating systems, but Webamp is an alternative for Linux or Mac users. There's also Qmmp I guess, but it sucks.
I linked it this way because Nullsoft's official site is a pain to scroll through.
This is another audio player that's pretty customizable through "components" and skins, also supports a ton of different audio formats. Also can be used to rip CDs. I personally find it pretty difficult to use, but I was using it for a bit and it had some style. It's better for music management than Winamp, which I primarily use for listening over anything else.
A package manager for Windows. Install programs from the command line using "choco install [program]" It's that easy. This makes my life a lot easer when I'm setting up a new system and need to install most of my daily drivers. I know I'm a Linux user and all, but once you start installing programs through CLI, you never wanna go back.
A file syncing program that allows you to sync selected folders between two authorized computers. Each computer has it's own ID, and both computers need to confirm trust before syncing anything. It's crazy secure. It works locally AND remotely, so you can sync files from a home server/computer to your laptop while it's at Starbucks, all without any extra hassle. It's a great utility, especially when you don't wanna pay a fee to sync your files on a specific service (looking at you, Obsidian Sync).
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Since you made it to the bottom of the page, here's a little bit more info on my setup.
My main unit these days is the communal desktop built by my roommates for gaming. Yes, we brought back family computers. Not sure about all the parts, but you got the usual gamer brands like ROG and a NVidia GeForce RTX graphics card. Don't know the number and don't care.
Sometimes I use my MSI gaming laptop that runs Windows and Debian for coding and writing on the go.
We also own a NAS that I'm in charge of maintaining that stores music, movies, photos, and our collective Calibre library.
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