I like Paint.NET. It’s easy to use for simple image edits.
Factorio
Age of Empires 1 is old enough, but does one “use” it?
It’s got a unique co-op feature where you actally control the same people and can divide tasks (not like other RTS where you can play in a team but still need to do everything yourself, with any resource sharing being a manual (or even taxed) action in a menu somewhere), so my gf and I are sticking with this game. I think it’s the only game we’ve been playing consistently for our 10 years together. Crap, did I say playing? I meant using! It’s a relationship tool. Try it today! xD
I think StarCraft has Archon mode that functions the same way. Another tool in the toolbox.
WinAMP
termux
mIRC (or for you guys, any IRC client). Not as vibrent as in the old days and some missing functions in comparison to modern clients such as Discord and many more.
KDE.
It’s the only one I have used more than 10 years and loved the entire time. Everything else has been replaced, not loved or not used for 10 years.
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.
KiCAD for 10 years now. Leaps and bounds better than then!
Steam 15 years or so
VLC since windows XP
Firefox since then also
Arduino for quick things for 12 years about
Discord since 2016 (and now looking to change)
Caustic 3 on my mobile.
I’ve still not found a better android DAW. (Anyone have suggestions? )
I don’t think any software I regularly used has changed since 2016( lemmy being an obvious exception. Rip reddit). Maybe home assistant. Not sure when that started. Most used: Obviously gnu+Linux+gnome. Gimp, beersmith, sabnzdb, deluge, plex. Vscode, Firefox. I’m sure many others
Blender3D. My first use of Blender was… I think… Version 2.49b. The UI was… Quite something back then.
Plex+Sonarr+Radarr. Netflix raising subscription rates again? Yarrr, not my concern. Studios locking away their content behind exclusivity agreements? Yarrr. “This program is not available in your country”? YARRR!
Yup. Got my lifetime PlexPass on sale like a decade ago, and it has easily paid for itself a hundred times over. I also run Jellyfin because I prefer the UI, but the security vulnerabilities (and lack of a native TV app on my mother-in-law’s TV) mean it isn’t really suitable for external access. So it’s Plex for the friends and family, and Jellyfin for me. Luckily, they both happily run side-by-side.
I wish my answer was wobbly windows. But I’ll go with Emacs and eclipse.
Kind of niche but Guitar Pro. Not sure what the newer versions are like but the one I have is great for composing and arrangement.



