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Keeping up with the latest and greatest utilities is an impossible task. We highlight a handful of our current favorites tools for everything from audio tweaks to wrestling with Windows settings - there’s bound to be something here you didn’t know you needed!

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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:03 Audio Tools
3:36 Windows Utilities
6:19 Bootable Tools
10:54 Outro

[LinusTechTips]

Do you have an essential tool that not enough people know about? Let us know!

[Lakeside_Flower]

Please make more content like this. This stuff is so much more applicable to me than many of the other video topics. Techquickie would be perfect for content like this.

[ham]

Everyone else is already saying it but PLEASE keep making videos like this!!! Literally every single one of these tools are S TIER!!!!

[lego_minifig]

Void tools “everything” needs to be on this list. It’s far better than the search tool in windows and after it builds its database then the searches are instantaneous. It’s one of the first things I install on every windows installation. You never need to worry about where you saved your files again.

[michaelpainter]

LOVE having an ACTUAL tech tips video! Yes, I love the tech news content, the reviews, the builds, etc. but this video was definitely high on useful/utility vs just entertainment.

[chikaBurton]

Ventoy tip: it can also boot your VM images (in VHD format) directly from USB onto bare metal, so you can have your personal portable OS on it.

[thystleuk]

Quick note on VoiceMeeter, please be careful when setting it up, keep your volume low and headphones OFF while setting up routing. It is easy to accidentally create an infinite feedback loop within it, and it can be super loud, enough to damage your hearing. Great tool, but it's very flexible and doesn't always safeguard against this, so play it safe until you're familiar with how it works!

Regards, a sound engineer who got blasted with high frequency feedback the first time she used VM and almost sh*t the bed! 😂

[ProtoFalcon]

Used Chocolatey for months now, and had no idea how powerful and useful it is. And Ventoy is EXACTLY what I needed. Thanks, LTT!

[MrAndrija]

In case no one has said it, Medicat USB loved the mention and added a small *tasteful* image of Linus on their site. Also thanks for a bunch of these tools especially Ventoy, by god I need that.

[levoniust]

More, I want MORE! Please make these software videos a regular reoccurring topic. I feel like I am solidly on top of the consumer grade hardware on the market, but when it comes to software I feel like a foreigner. I only recently discovered wiz tree and I absolutely love it compared to the old winterstadt. Thanks for the great work!

[Jeffmylife]

I would LOVE to see more content like this. These tools are all incredibly useful and I could see myself using them day-to-day. Thank you! Could be cool to see this for more specific niches like media editing (image, video, audio), security, networking, etc

[UA_GecK]

As IT specialist I never heard about Ventoy and Medicat. That tools are gorgeous! Please, make more videos like this.

[GileadMaerlyn]

6:40 Glad to see Ventoy here.
Been using it for ~2 years, it's so convenient and so easy to use, I love it.

[rubiksfaq]

To add to Linus’ last tool, there’s a GUI based version of that program called HFS or HTTP File Server by Rejetto that works a lot like this but has features like a password feature, logging, and is pretty easy to use; used it for many years and I highly recommend it

[pjf]

All the NirSoft utilities are so incredibly useful. They deserve a Nobel prize.

[compthing]

man have i not saved a video from this channel in so long but this one is definitely heading into my playlist. I thought i had it all but nope; some excellent compilation by you guys. Literally every one of these tools is a must have.

[AlTheEngineer]

This is certainly a video to bookmark. Thank you Linus, very informative and extremely useful. Need to do a part 2! I feel like there is a lot more to cover in this area.

[AaronMcHale]

Worth noting that Winget now comes built in to Windows. It basically does what Chocolatey does, but it also lets you install apps which are on the MS Store.

[RMED]

If you want an easy way to sync your phone to PC (contacts, sharing files, sharing the clipboard, SMS messages etc..) a good choice would be KDE connect. It's available on windows, Linux and android (also IOS with some restrictions).
Plugins can be selectively enabled and disabled for security and privacy purposes. I find this to be mile ahead of the 'My phone' app and it is very useful

[taronzgaming]

These kind of videos are why I'm subbed. The assorted shenanigans are fun, but these are genuinely super helpful.