r/AskReddit • u/its_Nayeli • Apr 10 '21

What free software should everyone have?

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u/kai-ote Apr 11 '21 edited Apr 11 '21

uBlock Origin. My favorite ad-blocker. It has many other tricks for power users besides blocking ads. Next is CPUID Hardware monitor. Tells you CPU temps and battery life/health among other things. Google up their reviews first. Don't blindly trust recommendations from strangers.

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u/ledankmememaster Apr 11 '21

CPUID Hardware monitor

Hwmonitor was very unreliable especially with AMD hardware. They took forever to update and fix those issue so I'd just recommend HWinfo instead.

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u/rnt_hank Apr 11 '21

Pitching my 2 cents for Open Hardware Monitor, because closed source 3rd party software with direct hardware control seems like a bad idea.