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Common sense should be enough for power users.

The open-source office suite offers all the basics and then some.Image and Video EditingIf you need an image editing tool.

Microsoft Teams or Cisco WebexFor Gaming Fun: Discord or TeamSpeakThe video chat and messaging apps you need depend mostly on whom you want to talk to.but to a new user they may feel outdated.then Teams and Slack are the most popular platforms for that purpose.

weve long been spoiled by Dropboxs ease of use.OBS Studio should be your top choice.

Add a Password ManagerTop free pick: BitwardenAlso great: 1Password.

such as encrypted sharing of files.Microsoft has slowly but surely gained a ton of adoption with the free Visual Studio Code which is cross-platform and liked by many.

End-to-end encryption also disables features such as cloud recording and Breakout Rooms.Recommended cloud backup providers include Backblaze.

Re-entering anything that youve recently copied and pasted adds an array of new capabilities to your OS clipboard and makes you more productive.KeePassIts a fact that a ton of people still use terrible passwords.