Survey time

best OS:
best browser:
best media player:
best music player:
best security related program:
best anonymity related program:
best programming language:
best torrent client:
best messaging client:
best technology related website:

best OS: out of the ones I've used, Linux Mint, but I'm on Windows 10 right now
best browser: Firefox
best media player: mpc (baka) or mpv
best music player: foobar2k or Musicbee
best security related program: Malwarebytes, not being a fucking idiot
best anonymity related program: nordVPN, privacytools.io has some good resources
best programming language: Python (stay mad)
best torrent client: qBittorrent
best messaging client: pidgin or hexchat
best technology related website: anything but Sup Forums

emacs

got rid of best because I don't have the experience to judge that, so I'm just putting the things I use

OS: win7
browser: chrome
media player: MPC-HC
music player: mediamonkey / FB2k
security related program: MSE
anonymity related program: don't actually use any
programming language: python
torrent client: uTorrent
messaging client: whatever the person I'm messaging uses
technology related website: dunno

OS: Gentoo GNU+Linux
Brower: Icecat
Media player: MPV
Music pl: mpd+ncmpcpp
security: hardended
anonymity: VPN
proglang: scheme
torrent: Transmission
msgcli: Sup Forums
techsite: llainchan

FF
mpc/mpv
spotify
common sense
VPN
C
qBittorrent
Hexchat
Lainchan

best OS:
TempleOS
best browser:
Internet explorer
best media player:
Windows media player
best music player:
iTunes
best security related program:
WannaCry
best anonymity related program:
Google Chrome
best programming language:
Assembly
best torrent client:
Utorrent
best messaging client:
SMS
best technology related website:
Sup Forums Sup Forums

best OS:macos but xubuntu comes close
best browser:chromium
best media player:mpv/iina
best music player:mpd with any nice client
best security related program: encryption and backups
best programming language:haskell
best torrent client:transmission
best messaging client:dont use any good ones
best technology related website: not here ò_ó

best OS: Plan9
best browser: Servo
best media player: MPV
best music player: MPD
best security related program: Erh... Linux?
best anonymity related program: What the fuck? Panopticlick?
best programming language: Depends on what you want to do. Rust and Idris are interesting.
best torrent client: rtorrent
best messaging client: I don't know. I use weechat.
best technology related website: lobste.rs I guess.

>best OS:
custom built OS with hardened Linux kernel
>best browser:
custom built fork of Firefox esr
>best media player:
custom patched mpv
>best music player:
custom patched ncmpcpp with moar visualizations like falling snow, rippling mesh (yeah it sounds shit but well..)
>best security related program:
??
>best anonymity related program:
Anonymity is in fact a practice achieved through a combination of various tools and measures rather than one single click software.
>best programming language:
C, lisp
>best torrent client:
custom patched transmission
>best messaging client:
burner phone
>best technology related website:
None. Everything is shit now a days. Occasionally Sup Forums, although I browser arxiv.org idk if it counts.

>>best programming language:
>C
Come on user, let's stop the memes. We both know C has a shitload of problems.

best OS: windows 10
best browser: internet explorer
best media player: windows media player
best music player: windows media player
best security related program: mcafee
best anonymity related program: cyberghost free vpn
best programming language: visual basic
best torrent client: latest µtorrent
best messaging client: facebook messenger
best technology related website: reddit, 9gag

I have a feeling that you love rust, don't you? baka senpai

best OS: Arch Linux
best browser: Chromium
best media player: mpv
best music player: Spotify
best security related program: iptables
best anonymity related program: tor
best programming language: C++
best torrent client: transmission
best messaging client: Signal
best technology related website: Sup Forums

I don't love Rust (but I find it interesting, even though I never bothered learning it) but can't you admit that no namespaces, header files, terrible dependency management and the shitty type system is something that a shitload of languages have already solved?
I loved C, it's the language I know the best, but claiming it's the best language is clearly dishonest in my opinion.

Debian Stable
MPV
Clementine
KVM/QEMU, Firejail, dm-crypt via LUKS
OpenVPN
C, Python
Deluge
Skype
Ars Technica

best OS: all of them are shit
best browser: all of them are shit
best media player: one that plays videos
best music player: one that plays music
best security related program: all of them are shit. rely on compartmentalization
best anonymity related program: tor
best programming language: Common Lisp
best torrent client: qBittorrent does the job
best messaging client:
best technology related website:

best OS: Arch Linux
best browser: Iridium
best media player: MPC-HC
best music player: Foobar
best security related program: iptables+common sense
best anonymity related program: VPN
best programming language: python
best torrent client: rtorrent
best messaging client: no the best but I use google hangouts
best technology related website: Sup Forums :^)

>best OS:
FreeBSD
>best browser:
Firefox
>best media player:
mpv
>best music player:
cmus
>best security related program:
radare2
>best anonymity related program:
i2p
>best programming language:
Go
>best torrent client:
rtorrent
>best messaging client:
weechat
>best technology related website:
none

best OS: Debian GNU/Linux
best browser: Chromium, w3m
best media player: mplayer, mpv
best music player: mpd + ncmpcpp + PulseAudio
best security related program: cryptsetup
best anonymity related program: tor
best programming language: Depends
best torrent client: rtrorrent
best messaging client: irssi
best technology related website: heise.de/newsticker

>best OS:
Ubuntu 16.04.2
>best browser:
Chrome
>best media player:
VLC
>best music player:
Spotify
>best security related program:
Common Sense 2017
>best anonymity related program:
TOR
>best programming language:
Python for real work, Lua for memes
>best torrent client:
Transmission
>best messaging client:
Telegram
>best technology related website:
Hackernews

best OS: ubuntu
best browser: firefox/chromium before botnet
best media player: vlc
best music player: vlc
best security related program: malwarebytes
best anonymity related program: privacytools.io
best programming language: C and Python
best torrent client: dont have any
best messaging client: wire
best technology related website: Sup Forums

>best OS:
gentoo
>best browser:
qutebrowser
>best media player:
mpv
>best music player:
mpd+ncmpcpp
>best security related program:
privoxy
>best anonymity related program:
-
>best programming language:
lisp
>best torrent client:
-
>best messaging client:
irssi
>best technology related website:
lainchan

>lisp
Guess how I know you've never programmed in "lisp"?

>Guess how I know you've never programmed in "lisp"?
Because I didn't explicitly specify that I slightly prefer Common Lisp over the other dialects?

>best OS: Slackware
>best browser: Chromium
>best media player: MPV
>best music player: Foobar2000
>best security related program: Full encryption
>best anonymity related program: no
>best programming language: C
>best torrent client: rtorrent
>best messaging client: signal
>best technology related website: Could be Sup Forums but most of the time its not

Exactly. Better luck next time.

best OS: Xubuntu
best browser: Firefox
best media player: mpv
best music player: mpv
best security related program: none
best anonymity related program: none
best programming language: Python
best torrent client: Transmission
best messaging client: Telegram
best technology related website: Sup Forums and HackerNews

Unironically Gentoo
Firefox if you've got even a half-decent computer because of the features and addons, Chrom* if you've got a POS from the early 00s
mpv
mpv
gpg
torify
Python
Transmission
HexChat
I don't want Sup Forums there

grrrrr

>best OS:
OpenBSD
best browser:
Opera 12
best media player:
mpv
best music player:
mpd+ncmpcpp
best programming language:
Fortran 77
best torrent client:
Transmission
best messaging client:
SMS

>best OS: Mint
>best browser: Firefox
>best media player: Dragon Player
>best music player: VLC
>best security related program: encryption
>best anonymity related program: IPVanish
>best programming language: C#
>best torrent client: Deluge
>best messaging client: IRC ( Irssi )
>best technology related website: Sup Forums

>best OS: *bsd or plan9. But as a gamefag I use arch.
>best browser: WebKit is bet render but all of its browsers suck so some gecko based browser. Like Firefox or seamonkey
>best media player: mpv
>best music player: none, all suck mpc+ncmpcpp is least shit
>best security related program: not being retarded
>best anonymity related program: tor/VPN/not being retarded
>best programming language:lisp,c,c++ in that order. C++ sucks but has very clear usefulness
>best torrent client: tranmission
>best messaging client:weechat
>best technology related website:all suck.

>fortran 77
I would roast you, but you have the best taste in browsers. how do you like vivaldi? I've been enjoying it so far

>best OS:
Depends on user's needs
OpenSUSE or any decent GNU/Linux (desktop)
SailfishOS and Android (mobile)
>best browser:
Firefox Nightly (PC)
Brave (Android)
>best media player:
MPV/Bomi
VLC
>best music player:
Clementine
>best security related program:
Firewall + Common sense
>best anonymity related program:
any encrypted network, Tor, I2P, GNUnet
>best programming language:
Rust, C, C++
>best torrent client:
rtorrent, qbittorrent
>best messaging client:
Wire
>best technology related website:
none

best OS: Ubuntu LTS
best browser: Vivaldi
best media player: VLC
best music player: DeaDBeeF (linux) or Foobar2k (windows)
best security related program: none
best anonymity related program: Tor
best programming language: Lua
best torrent client: qBittorrent
best messaging client: none
best technology related website: != 4ch Sup Forums

>best OS: Gentoo
>best browser: Firefox
>best media player: mpv
>best music player: mpd
>best security related program: clamav
>best anonymity related program: openvpn
>best programming language: C
>best torrent client: qbittorent
>best messaging client: weechat
>best technology related website: cyb

>Inferno or plan 9
>Opera 6 or so
>cat
>cat
>security through minimalism
>i2p is pretty neat
>Rc with plan 9 coreutils/environment or inferno
>plan 9's torrent
>telnet
>reddit

best OS: anything not wingdows is acceptable
best browser: firefox
best media player: anything works
best music player: anything works
best security related program: iptables
best anonymity related program: openVPN
best programming language: C
best scripting language: perl cuz fuck python
best torrent client: deluge

underrated

Best OS: Any of the ethical ones allthough I personally prefer parabola GNU+linux-libre

Best Browser: Iceweasel, Icecat, TorBrowser

Best media player: Mpv

Best music player: not sure

Best security related program: Linux-libre-grsec

Best anonymity realted program: Tor

Best programming language: Not sure.

Best torrent client: Qbittorrent

Best tech website: gnu.org infinite chan /tech/ a couple others

>best OS:
Debian GNU/Linux with XFCE
>best browser:
Firefox
>best media player:
VLC
>best music player:
CMUS
>best security related program:
OSSEC, Nixory, Firestarter, and AngryIP Scanner are all good
>best anonymity related program:
Tor and OpenVPN
>best programming language:
C
>best torrent client:
Transmission
>best messaging client:
Atom IRC Client
>best technology related website:
They're all shit

best OS: W7 was aight,
best browser: they're all caught up, simplicity wins
best media player: da tube
best music player: da tube
best security related program: the one that removes itself
best anonymity related program: may as well kill yourself
best programming language: HTML 5.0
best torrent client: uTorrent
best messaging client: iMessage
best technology related website: overclockersclub

>best OS:
Arch linux with i3/mate
>best browser:
Firefox and w3m
>best media player:
>best music player:
Vlc, but I don't care about music on pc
>best security related program:
Didn't bought vpn, scared of free ones
>best anonymity related program:
Tor browser
>best programming language:
Forth followed by CLisp and J
>best torrent client:
Transmission
>best messaging client:
Telegram
>best technology related website:
Lainchan

Ditto

>Best OS:
Probably Gentoo, but i'm a filthy arch user
>Browser:
tor
>media player:
VLC
>music player:
spotify
>Security:
iptables, https everywhere, adblock, disabling flash/java
>anonymity:
tor
>programming:
C or haskell
>tech website:
the register

>best OS: Arch
>best browser: Icecat
>best media player: Kodi
>best music player: moc
>best security related program: gnupg
>best anonymity related program: tor/openvpn
>best programming language: Python
>best torrent client: deluge but I really liked rtorrent but it lacked important functionality.
>best messaging client: Signal or Telegram
>best technology related website: Stack Exchange? Sup Forums? Lainchan has some nice boards too.

>best OS: Linux (aka. GNU+Linux)
>best browser:chromium
>best media player:mpv
>best music player:cmus
>best security related program:a brain
>best anonymity related program:a brain
>best programming language:C
>best torrent client:deluge
>best messaging client:-
>best technology related website:not Sup Forums

best OS: Debian stable server / Arch desktop
best browser: Chromium
best media player: mpv
best music player: Deadbeef
best security related program: Iptables
best anonymity related program: VPN
best programming language: C / Python
best torrent client: Transmission GTK
best messaging client: Pidgin
best technology related website: Sup Forums/g

Win7 and Ubuntu and Android
VLC and Media Player Classic
Foobar
Brain
Brain
Python and C
Qbittorrent
None. Just use Facebook.
Sup Forums

>best OS:
probably Arch, but why should i care
>best browser:
firefox, but it runs like shit on my laptop, so i use chrome for it
>best media player:
i am not doing this with you cunts again
>best music player:
spotify
>best security related program:
umatrix, noscript and shieet
>best anonymity related program:
commercial VPN
>best programming language:
Been using java now for most of my study time, but started learning C++ recreationally and it just feel miles better.
>best torrent client:
Just pick one who isn't botnet. There is literally no difference
>best messaging client:
telegram
>best technology related website:
toms hardware

Kek'd loudly