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software recommendations

QuteBrowser - A keyboard driven web browser for Vim/NeoVim users.
Mozilla Firefox + arkenfox user.js
LibreWolf - Firefox for the privacy conscious, easier than the above recommendation.
MPV - A powerful media player for cool kids.
Music Player Daemon (MPD) - A music player and
library manager with a client/server model.

technology

web minimalism

The 1MB Club - A place to find minimalist websites.
The no-JS Club - Another place to find minimalist websites, this focuses around no JavaScript
Frogfind - A modern search engine for vintage computers. Renders webpages in a minimal format.
wiby.me - Search engine that indexes minimalist websites

useful tools

ifconfig.io - Get your public ip address, user agent and more. Usable from cURL if you want to get your public IP.
cURL - Transfer data via the internet,
useful for downloading and uploading from the command line.
yt-dlp - download Youtube videos from the command line.
pipe-viewer - Watch youtube videos from the command line. Works best in conjunction with yt-dlp and mpv.
archive.org - A good place to find historical media of all kinds.

retro computing

DOSBox-X - An easy to use DOS emulator for many classic PC games.
DOSBox - The most popular DOS emulator, though outdated an not as advanced as DOSBox-X.
86box - A more comprehensive x86 PC emulator.
Great for running Windows 9x or NT
PCem The project from which 86Box was forked, it hasn't seen a release in a while, but from what I understand it's faster on somewhat lower end machines. Use 86Box if you can, as it's the future.

hacker pages

Dennis Ritchie - The inventor of the C programming language.
Brian Kernighan - Primary author of "The C Programming Language" (the K&R book.)
Theo de Raadt - The head of the OpenBSD project since it's inception.
Ian Murdock (archive) - Founder of the Debian GNU/Linux project.
Patrick Volkerding - Founder and only consistent developer of Slackware.

This list is subject to change as I find new things, my opinions change, or I find out something on this list is broken.