Do you know of any obscure useful websites?

FireTower@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 604 points –

SEO has essentially destroyed search engines, what are some very useful websites that you might not get given by Google?

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https://favicon.io/favicon-converter/ - Convert an image to a favicon file in many formats.

https://ninite.com/ - Easiest way to set up a new Windows PC with the latest common applications without toolbars, prompts, or anything like that. Not necessarily obscure but I like to peddle it.

https://www.printablepaper.net/ - Need a check register? Graph paper? Lined paper? College ruled or wide ruled? Dot paper? Calendars? If it's on paper, chances are you can find it and print it here.

https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/ - Need a good bedtime story? This site is best read right before falling asleep.

FYI: Ninite has largely been superseded by Chocolatey

Chocolatey isn't really made for the DIYer setting up their computer for a one-off install - for that I always recommend Ninite. Chocolatey is useful for enterprises and advanced DIYers though.

idk, it's just one line to install every program you need and has a LOT more selection.

Ninite has like 20 programs to choose from, whereas Chocolatey has official and community repositories which are enabled by default and contain (as of writing this) 9872 programs. You don't need to be a master hacker to use chocolatey. It's literally one powershell command to install it, and then:

> choco install libreoffice

And to update existing programs (something which ninite can't do)

> choco update

I agree that Ninite might be useful for your 64yr old grandma who only uses Google Chrome and gets the spooks when she sees the command-line, but chocolatey is the go-to tool if you've got any needs more advanced than that.

Another FYI: winget is usable if you wish to use a native solution. It has its shortcomings over choco, but usable.

MS learn page

Winget is the best thing added to the windows ecosystem in a long time. I just wish it worked out of the box on Server :(

Though isnt chocolatey a paid service? Ninite is free...

https://realfavicongenerator.net/

It's very magical in that it creates a favicon for a website for nearly all major platforms and includes the manifests. You literally drag and drop and you got a pro configuration for free.

It's great for developing for mobile apps, web, and PWAs all at once.