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Only one I can think of that hasn't already been mentioned: rsync
that one [piece of] software that you are using
Zero-k, the successor to the Total Annihilation game from 1998.
I used emacs today, in bash, with a host of other commands like xargs and sort. None of it was fucking Systemd related, like systemctl, nor raging because network manager took a nap on my server, so it was a great day.
I'd probably say Steam or VLC player.
It was Trello until December. Enshitification.
7zip or Steam now
Oh, dear. Trello enshittified? :( I thought it was really cool when we used it for a project at work back in ... oh, maybe 2016? Way too long ago.
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AdGuard lifetime membership in 2017 for Android.
Best. App. Ever.
I still love Illustrator and Fusion360. I've been using AI since 1995! When F360 came out solidworks was at its lowest for reliability and I was constantly losing work. They cost money but the revenue both provide me makes those costs a rounding error at most.
Papyrus on my android. It's not even in the playstore anymore, but i keep -and backup- apk's. It's just the simplest notes app, without any markup. It saves as simple text files.
I just open it, jot something down, and leave it. Saves automatically. It might be way more than 10 years even, 15 plus years?
I have a Andoku, a sodoku game that was open source and had the perfect setup options for selecting and placing numbers.
It got sold, and new devs immediately added ads and broke everything. I think it's some sodoku 3 with subscription options now. Been running it since probably 2013ish.
My SO and I play as a team across dinning tables in restraunts while we wait for waiters or food or whatever.
Sublime Text. Used it to write web a year or two before VS Code was released (2015). I never started with VS Code because of that and still use Sublime Text for anything that does not require an IDE.
This is an unregistered copy of Sublime Text. Purchase a license to support continued development and to get rid of this message.
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Fellow sublime enjoyer! Used it for typesetting LaTeX since 2014
Had to say goodbye because of leaving Windows but Bulk Rename Utility was a tool that never let me down.
I know it's a Google product! But I've been using the android Gboard keyboard on my phone for about as long as android phones have been a thing. The slide typing has always been great. I've tried many other keyboards because, y'know, Google, but I've not found any as good.
jasc paintshop pro 7.0
xnview
vim
fvwm
seamonkey
midnight commander
Upvote for xnview, have you tried the MP version, or whatever it is. I think I run that now, but I have both installed still.
I actually just removed an old portable version that was just living rent free in my portable apps folder for years.
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Blender. It's been almost 20 years now since I started working with it, and the time I spent learning it was worth every minute. It is an incredibly powerful tool.
Unpopular opinion here: YouTube
Note: Been using it through my Brave browser and also without any account. Hence, why I'm still loving it
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I wish my answer was wobbly windows. But I'll go with Emacs and eclipse.
Blender3D. My first use of Blender was... I think... Version 2.49b. The UI was... Quite something back then.
- winrar
- truecrypt
there's probably more, but most of it is pretty common these days or has already been mentioned.
Truecrypt has known vulnerabilities, meaning that your data may not be as safe as you think it is.
Veracrypt is the modern fork of Truecrypt.
You can upgrade your old data using a legacy version of Veracrypt: https://veracrypt.io/en/Converting%20TrueCrypt%20volumes%20and%20partitions.html
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There are plenty of answers in this thread that lists applications that have kept being updated over the years, which I don't know if it is a valid answer, it depends on the definition of the question, and how you interpret the software of Theseus.
I am going to be semi pedantic, no binary updates but config updates and compabillity layers are ok.
I still play Unreal Tournament 2004, I have three copies, one on CD, one on Steam and one on GOG, it is an awesome game, that even has an official native Linux version with an installer on the CD.
It is fantastically fun, well balanced and just amazing.
You have to edit the config files to support modern resolutions, and make it connect to the community master server, but that is a one time change and then you can just start blasting.
The game is available on Archive.org.
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