Sam's Information

Monday, November 2, 2026

Smart Launcher is a launcher for Android that has a free version available.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ginlemon.flowerfree

https://www.androidpolice.com/android-launcher-nobody-talks-about-that-actually-beats-the-giants/

https://www.androidpolice.com/android-launcher-alternatives-hyperion-made-phone-faster/

Sideload Launcher is a free launcher for Android TV.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.tv.sideloadlauncher

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-tv-sideload-launcher-3716555/

https://www.androidpolice.com/minimalistic-launcher-saved-me-from-google-tvs-bloated-ad-filled-home-screen/

System Informer is a multi-purpose tool that monitors system resources and can detect malware.

https://github.com/winsiderss/systeminformer

https://www.howtogeek.com/these-open-source-apps-do-what-windows-should-have-built-into-the-os-years-ago/

Flow Launcher is a free launcher and file search utility for Windows.

https://www.flowlauncher.com/

https://www.howtogeek.com/open-source-windows-launcher-beats-microsofts-new-start-menu/

Ripgrep is a line-oriented search tool that recursively searches the current directory for a regex pattern.

https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/

https://www.howtogeek.com/stop-using-the-grep-command/

OmnySSH is a free SSH/file transfer client.

https://github.com/timhartmann7/omnyssh

https://www.howtogeek.com/ive-used-putty-for-years-but-this-open-source-ssh-app-replaced-my-3-tool-setup/

Destroy Any Website is an on-line game that allows any web site to be virtually damaged.

https://destroy.spritefusion.com/

TenBlueLinks is a method to filter Google searches to remove AI summaries.

https://tenbluelinks.org/

Fort Firewall is a open-source firewall for the Windows platform.

https://github.com/tnodir/fort

https://www.howtogeek.com/these-open-source-firewalls-do-what-windows-defender-cant-and-theyre-free/

NOVA is an open source video player for Android. It can be used on Android TV as well.

https://github.com/nova-video-player/aos-AVP

https://www.howtogeek.com/my-favorite-fire-tv-app-has-nothing-to-do-with-streaming/