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I have to use Windows on my work computer and I am finding it hard to get FOSS applications on Windows that can do stuff like

  1. Record a video (like SimpleVideoRecorder does)
  2. Take a screenshot (there's snip, but it isn't very customizable)
  3. Unzip .zip files

Just the routine things I used to take for granted on Linux, so I was wondering if there was a FOSS app store for Windows

And it would be very helpful if someone could suggest alternative for

  1. SimpleVideoRecorder
  2. Archive Manager

Even the apps I installed for these things either had ads or asked me for payment to record more than 2 minutes of video, I am pretty sure there are FOSS apps to do these things out there, but I don't know where :')

PS: To everyone who has tried to help, thank you very much. I was feeling guilty for not replying to most of you, so I thought I would reply to all of ya, but funnily enough, lemmy had had enough of my gratitude!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Windows comes with pretty good tools for these already.

  1. Game Bar can do this and is built in, or ShareX for short clips

  2. Snipping tool is pretty full featured and built in. ShareX is also good.

  3. Windows handles ZIP natively.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Windows' handling of ZIP files is very poor. I recommend PeaZip or 7zip.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Can't say I've ever had issues, but PeaZip is good and integrates nicely.