The sort of program that once set up, just ticks along without fuss or bother forever.

For me, as I’m replacing the vms today which I set up five years ago and haven’t needed to touch since;

  • HAProxy
  • KeepaliveD

Not easy to learn, but once they’re running, they both go on forever.

    • madthumbs@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19·
      4 个月前

      It ‘was’ uCollage, but whiny, obnoxious, ungrateful LiGNUts ruined it like many other unpaid softwares by driving a critical developer (Ueberzug) to quit or sellout.

      Many LiGNUts probably work for Microsoft, because Microsoft gains when they cause issues, and mislead and lie to people.

    • nfms@lemmy.mlEnglish
      6·
      4 个月前

      My small selfhosted system appreciates this very much. Having Debian as my base OS makes everything easier.

    • JoYo@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      4 个月前

      It’s a blessing and a curse how stable it is. I think less bleeding edge is better but when shit like audio and GPU are fucked they’re pretty much always fucked until dist-upgrade time.

    • Dingaling@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      3·
      4 个月前

      Total agreement. So many unsung heroes involved in Debian. Work has agreed with me - today’s job involved migrating those load balancers to Debian underneath.

  • ElectricMachman@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    11·
    4 个月前

    Syncthing. Absolutely ace bit of software. I remember it being a little questionable in 2013, but today it performs exactly the same task, just more reliably. Love it.

    • Dingaling@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      2·
      4 个月前

      Good shout! I use syncthing myself to sync all my useful stuff between multiple devices seamlessly.

    • JillyB@beehaw.org
      1·
      4 个月前

      Yep I love it. It’s how I keep my password manager synced between devices. It can be finicky to set up but just works without thinking after that.

  • Peasley@lemmy.world
    10·
    4 个月前

    Firefox + uBlock Origin + sponsorblock. Set it and forget it.

    I haven’t seen an advertisement or a sponsored segment on my desktop in over a decade, and same with my phone for several years. I’m astonished how willing most people are to put up with a constant barrage of ads coming from devices they own

      • Prathas@lemmy.zip
        3·
        4 个月前

        That’s literally what I was about to mention as well. I would just suggest that you change the clicking frequency from the default, which is every single ad, to just moderate, so that they don’t detect that you’re clearly sabotaging the system and may otherwise discount your clicks.

        But yeah, be sure to mention that AdNauseam is a uBO fork. There’s literally no reason not to move to it.

  • Quibblekrust@thelemmy.clubEnglish
    91·
    4 个月前

    KCalc. Man, it just computes! It can add, subtract, and even multiply. It’s never given a wrong answer.

      • Quibblekrust@thelemmy.clubEnglish
        21·
        4 个月前

        Just because one thing is better than another doesn’t mean the other isn’t good!

        But thank you for the tip. I actually don’t like KCalc. My post was a joke because I thought the question was kinda dumb.

  • tirateimas@lemmy.pt
    8·
    4 个月前

    So many. So many little utilities that just work. To mention a couple I think no one will mention because they are not sexy: Okular and Ark

    • GatoMoto@lemmy.zip
      5·
      4 个月前

      Big fan of the KDE suite of software. I’ve tried alternatives, but always come back to plasma and associated software

    • Broadfern@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 个月前

      Ark is the best. It can open any type of zipped/compressed file, and it puts even 7zip to shame.

    • Jentu@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      4 个月前

      Rockbox

      I desperately wish my Rockbox consistently worked without crashing or freezing once a week.