Digit GeekWelcome to Digit’s “e” DVD. Instead of limiting ourselves to physical media, we’re attempting to curate the best content from the WWW for you, and give it to you in monthly instalments. By the 15th of every month there will be a new e-DVD made available to buyers / subscribers of the Digit Magazine, so watch our homepage for updates.
While most of the following is content for your PCs, if you’re reading this from a mobile, scroll to the Mobile section to get some interesting downloads, apps and games, all recommended by Team Digit.
As always, remember to send us feedback about this exercise, and suggestions on how we can improve.
Featured Distros
- MX Linux: The features that make it better than any other distro out there are its stability and user friendly design. Using Linux for the first time? Use this!
- Debian : The age old warrior that still works like a champ, and has one of the most expansive library of packages for the users to choose from.
- Solus: One of the most calming distros of all, naturally built to have a minimal aesthetic, and have a great selection of features that are of great use for developers.
- Linux Mint: A trusty old distro that will never let you down, no matter whatever kind of a workflow you have.
- Pop! OS: The go to distro for creators of the world, who like working with Linux. Give it a try if you are a creative professional, and who knows you might become a Pop! person.
- Fedora: Another feature rich distro, with different versions fulfill all your software needs.
Essentials
- 7Zip: Do not want to pay for Winrar? Use 7-Zip. 7-Zip is free archiving software with open source. Most of the code is under the GNU LGPL license. Some parts of the code are under the BSD 3-clause License. Also there is unRAR license restriction for some parts of the code.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader: To open all those PDF files. Well-rounded PDF reader that provides cloud sharing, carefully selected text reading options and a couple of handy editing features.
- Avidemux: This is an easy to use tool that you can use to quickly cut and edit videos, without any fancy interface or extras. Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.
- Calibre: Calibre is a powerful and easy to use e-book manager. It’ll allow you to do nearly everything and it takes things a step beyond normal e-book software. It’s also completely free and open source and great for both casual users and computer experts.
- Chrome: Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser developed by Google.
- CPU-Z: View detailed information on your PC’s CPU, memory, mainboard, caches, graphics, and more, with the help of an app that also works as a benchmark tool.
- Deluge: Deluge is a lightweight, Free Software, cross-platform BitTorrent client.
- Discord: All-in-one voice and text chat for gamers that’s free, secure, and works on both your desktop and phone. Stop paying for TeamSpeak servers and hassling with Skype. Simplify your life.
- EasyBCD: A powerful bootloader/modification tool that enables you to run multiple operating systems on the same computer, as well as reset the BCD configuration or recreate and repair boot files.
- FFmpeg: A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.
- File Splitter and Joiner: A simple yet efficient software solution that helps you split and join files, calculate the MD5 signature and encrypt data if necessary.
- Firefox: Mozilla Firefox is a free Web browser. Firefox is created by a global non-profit dedicated to putting individuals in control online.
- Foxit Reader: View, edit or create PDF files with this rich-featured application, which also offers support for drawing tools, signatures, full screen mode and more.
- Free Download Manager: It is a powerful modern download accelerator and organizer.
- Free OCR: Scan images or PDF files and extract the text the contain, exporting it to editable form, so you can work with it immediately after.
- Handbrake: HandBrake is a tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs.
- HDD Low Level Format Tool: Utility for low-level hard disk drive formatting, with support for SATA, IDE or SCSI hard disks, as well as removable drives of any size.
- IrfanView: IrfanView is an image viewer, editor, organiser and converter program for Microsoft Windows.
- K-Lite Codec Pack: Already contains everything you need to play all common audio and video file formats, along with ACM and VFW codecs for transcoding and editing. Bundled with Windows Media Player Classic.
- LibreOffice: Complex productivity suite which enables you to create text document, spreadsheets and presentations, manage databases and draw, and offers compatibility with other major office suites.
- Mouse Recorder Premium: Record the execution of repetitive tasks and automate them, to spare yourself the effort on a regular basis, by using a user-friendly and efficient application.
- Notepad++: A source code and text editor for all programmers that comes with support for various languages, providing a wide range of productivity tools to ease their work.
- Opera: Try the Opera browser with a free VPN, fast ad blocker, Web 3 support and get more control of your browsing experience.
- PeaZip: PeaZip is free file archiver utility, based on Open Source technologies of 7-Zip, p7zip, FreeArc, PAQ, and PEA projects.
- Power Defragmenter: Take advantage of the power packed in this lightweight utility that is able to flawlessly perform a defragmentation process on your files and disk drives.
- Q-Dir: Choosing to manually clean your computer or sort out files of various types can be a pain and a time-consuming process. However, it all becomes a lot easier with the help of specialized applications such as Q-Dir. It gives you the possibility to manage files and folders from a single window, for a more practical approach on file management.
- qBittorrent: The qBittorrent project aims to provide an open-source software alternative to µTorrent.
- Skype: Skype is one of the best voice over IP services and instant messaging clients that comes bundled with a powerful set of calling, video, messaging and sharing capabilities.
- SpeedFan: View and tweak settings for your computer’s fan speed, voltage and chip temperature using this lightweight utility with support for log files.
- SpeedRunner: A powerful, yet highly intuitive multi-thread file manager that helps users get a clear overview of the files types they have in each folder.
- TeamViewer: The new standard for remote control and remote support.
- Universal Media Server: A highly configurable media server that supports devices which have received the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) certification.
- VirtualBox: VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.
- Vivaldi: We live in our browsers. Choose one that has the features you need, a style that fits and values you can stand by.
- VLC: VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
- Winamp: After a leaked version of Winamp 5.8 appeared on the Internet, the team decided to make a version available for everyone. This is not an ongoing project, but there is news expected from Winamp in the future.
Best software of the year
- Shotcut: Shotcut is a robust video editor that includes audio and webcam capture, colour, text, noise, and counter generators, support for various picture formats, EDL output, and much more. It’s an excellent application for editing audio and video files, and it’s available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
- LivelyWallpaper: Lively Wallpaper is a free software design programme that allows users to add live wallpapers to their computers to make them seem more dynamic and fun.
- TaskbarX: TaskbarX emulates the look and feel of the original Windows dock. When an icon is added or deleted from the taskbar, it will shift to the centre or a user-defined position.
- Encrypto: Encrypto lets you encrypt files before sending them to friends or coworkers. Drop a file into Encrypto, set a password, and then send it with added security.
- OBS Studio: OBS Studio is a free, open-source, and cross-platform screencasting and streaming app.
- Drawboard PDF: Drawboard PDF is a versatile, PDF reader, annotator, and editor optimized for Windows tablets and touch screens.
- Vivaldi: We live in our browsers. Choose one that has the features you need, a style that fits and values you can stand by.
- 7Zip: Do not want to pay for Winrar? Use 7-Zip. 7-Zip is free archiving software with open source. Most of the code is under the GNU LGPL license. Some parts of the code are under the BSD 3-clause License. Also there is unRAR license restriction for some parts of the code.
- File Splitter and Joiner: A simple yet efficient software solution that helps you split and join files, calculate the MD5 signature and encrypt data if necessary. http://www.hjsplit.org/windows/
- qBittorrent: The qBittorrent project aims to provide an open-source software alternative to µTorrent.
- Parsec: Parsec connects you to your PC so you can access important projects, your games, or play together with friends
- RetroArch: Retroarch is a modular emulator frontend, that allows the user to emulate a variety of consoles, by allowing them to add ‘cores’.
- Blender: Blender is a free and open-source 3D computer graphics software suite that may be used to make animated films, visual effects, art, 3D printed models, motion graphics, interactive 3D apps, virtual reality, and computer games.
- Bitwarden: Bitwarden is a free and open-source password management service that stores sensitive information such as website credentials in an encrypted vault.
- Onion Share: OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network.
- Signal: Signal is a cross-platform centralized encrypted instant messaging service developed by the non-profit Signal Technology Foundation
- Joplin: Joplin is a free and open-source desktop and mobile note-taking application. Joplin’s workflow and featureset is most often compared to Evernote.
- qBittorrent: The qBittorrent project aims to provide an open-source software alternative to µTorrent.
- SpeedFan: View and tweak settings for your computer’s fan speed, voltage and chip temperature using this lightweight utility with support for log files.
- Free OCR: Scan images or PDF files and extract the text the contain, exporting it to editable form, so you can work with it immediately after.
System Tools
- PowerToys: Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity.
- Shutup10: ShutUp 10 provides you complete control over your windows with a simple interface that allows you to choose how protecting your privacy by letting the user determine which privacy violating functions should be disabled.
- Twinkle Tray: Twinkle Tray makes it simple to control the brightness of many displays individually.
- Ear Trumpet: EarTrumpet is a powerful volume control app for Windows
- Rufus: Rufus is a lightweight and quick utility for creating bootable USB devices. It aids in the creation of BIOS and UEFI bootable devices. It aids in the creation of Windows TO Go drives. It supports a variety of discs, formats, and partitions.
- NirSoft: Nirsoft’s WirelessNetView is a simple network monitoring tool that runs in the background on your computer or laptop. It keeps track of what’s going on in the wireless networks surrounding you. It shows data like as the SSID, Average Signal Quality, Detection Counter, and Authentication Algorithm, among other things.
- Ninite: Ninite is a Windows 10 utility tool that lets you install and update all of your apps at once. Each publisher’s official website has a link to download an app. Digital signatures and hashes can also be verified.
- Revo Uninstaller: Revo is a Windows 10 utility app that allows you to effortlessly uninstall and delete unwanted apps and software. It is one of the greatest cool Windows 10 tools for uninstalling several applications in a row. The tool also aids in the removal of garbage files and obsolete programme files. It also gets rid of clingy apps and popular browser add-ons.
- Quicklook: QuickLook enables a very quick preview of file contents by pressing the Spacebar.
- Ueli: Ueli is a keystroke launcher, which means it enables users search their computer for everything from files to emails by pressing one or two keys followed by a search query, similar to how MacOS Spotlight works.
Lectures
- Unsolved Mysteries of the Universe: This talk will go through some of the universe’s most intriguing mysteries, as well as the devices that are now being developed and planned to help us unravel them.
- Why We See What We Do: We believe that vision is fast, real, and uncomplicated because the brain suppresses the intricacy of this processing. Is seeing, however, just an illusion? The act of perceiving and visualisation is discussed in depth in this lecture.
- Life Beyond its Planet of Origin: In this lecture, the possibility for survival, adaptation, and biological evolution of species in the atmosphere and beyond is discussed.
- Neuroimaging in Autism: This talk will focus on early autism research that employs functional magnetic resonance imaging to look into the brain mechanisms that play a role in the typical and atypical development of social perception in autistic children.
- Highlights of Calculus: Highlights of Calculus is a series of short online videos that introduces the basics of calculus—how it works and why it is important.
- Uncertainty, Decision and Climate Change: This lecture discusses organisms’ potential for survival, adaptation and biological evolution in the atmosphere and beyond to outer space.
Free eBooks
- Archaeology, Anthropology and Interstellar Communication: This book draws on current archaeology and anthropology concerns in order to be much better prepared for contact with an extraterrestrial civilisation, should that day ever arrive.
- Introduction to String Field Theory: This book explores some of the early breakthroughs in string field theory. The result of the theory’s findings are presented in a novel way.
- Human Dignity and Bioethics: This book delves into the concept of human dignity, which is useful in bioethics. It gives light on a wide range of bioethical topics, including embryo research and assisted reproduction, biomedical augmentation, and disabled and deathbed care.
- The Feynman Lectures: The Feynman Lectures are one of the most well-known physics lecture series. Anyone with a computer browser and access to the internet can now read a high-quality, up-to-date copy of Feynman’s famed lectures.
- Relativity: The Special and General Theory: Dealing with special and general relativity, and the universe as a whole, this book is a unique insight into the thought process of one of the greatest minds in human history: Einstein.
Music Albums
- Random Access Memories by Daft Punk: A funky sonic throwback to sounds from the 70s and 80s, to the diode matrix early days of RAM.
- Ok Computer by Radiohead: The album depicts a world filled with consumerism, social alienation, emotional isolation, and political melancholy; as a result, OK Computer has been credited with foresight into the mood of the twenty-first century.
- Heaven or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins: Shimmery guitar strumming with variety of vocals
- Odyssey by Home: Sound of nostalgia, with glittery synths and pulsing bass
- Skiptracing By Mild High Club: Psychedelic vibes with a slinky beat and a chill basline
- Far From Home by Pastel Beach: Chillwave, lofi-music with compressed drum beats
- ELECTRONIC BROADCAST by ｂｏｄｙｌｉｎｅ: visual signals from the aether.
- Machinekore. by Florida Skyline: A posthumous EP from Sophia, blending EDM, Vaporware and synthwave
- Night Stories by DOOMROAR: Hypnotic synthwave music, energetic yet chill.
- 憂鬱 by 憂鬱: Catchy Drum loops paired with sweet synths with lots of positive sounds
Geeky Soundtracks
- Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous OST:
- Yakuza 0 OST:
- Sunset Overdrive OST:
- Katana Zero OST:
- Doom Eternal OST:
- Cowboy Bebop OST:
Movies
- Night of the Living Dead: In this classic yet still creepy horror film, strangers hold up in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse and battle constant attacks from dead locals who have been brought back to life by mysterious radiation.
- Atom Age Vampire: After a beauty is mangled in a car accident, a researcher uses a treatment he has created to restore her to her former self. However, the treatment comes with a high price
- The Disappearance of Flight 412 : Colonel Pete Moore (Glenn Ford) is commander of the Whitney Radar Test Group, which has been experiencing electrical difficulties aboard its aircraft. To ferret out the problem, he sends a four-man crew on Flight 412. Shortly into the test, the jet picks up three blips on radar, and subsequently, two fighters scramble and mysteriously disappear. At this point, Flight 412 is monitored and forced to land by Digger Control, a top-level, military intelligence group that debunks UFO information. The intrepid colonel, kept in the dark about his crew, decides to investigate the matter himself.
- Charlie Chaplin’s “The Bank” : “The Bank” is one of Charlie Chaplin’s Essanay short comedies featuring Edna Purviance, a star of Silent Hall of Fame.
- Buster Keaton’s “The Play House” : “The Play House” is a short comedy, starring Buster Keaton and featuring Joe Roberts
- Big Bluff: The suave Don Juan Ricardo “Rick” De Villa (John Bromfield) and his married lover Fritzi Darvel would like to take off together, but his lack of money prevents them from doing so. A chance encounter introduces Rick to the young but terminally ill socialite Valerie Bancroft (Martha Vickers), in whom Rick sees the solution to his predicament. Rick sweeps her off her feet and they soon marry, although Valerie’s entourage is suspicious of him. Rick then proceeds to try to bring about Valerie’s demise so he can inherit her wealth and live the good life with Fritzi.
- The Hitch-Hiker : Edmond O’Brien and Frank Lovejoy pick up a hitch-hiker (William Talman) who turns out to be an insane escaped convict.
- Destroy All Planets: Gamera the Flying Turtle falls under the spell of evil aliens, but two children free him and he returns to fight the aliens’ monster, Viras.
- The Martians kidnap Santa Claus because there is nobody on Mars to give their children presents: The Martians kidnap Santa Claus because there is nobody on Mars to give their children presents.
- Silent Night, Bloody Night : A man inherits a mansion which once was a mental home. He visits the place and begins to investigate some crimes that happened in old times, scaring the people living in the region.
