Newly-Installed Software on MBA M1

After watching a few videos on recommendations of free Mac software, I decided to download and install the following:

• Seashore - image/photo editor
• COT, or CotEditor - text editor that has sone coding capability (more advanced than TextEdit)
• CloudClip Manager - clipboard managing app
• AlDente Free - battery management app

I also saw the recommendation to install/use VLC, which was the very first software I installed on the MBA.

I will also be installing Audacity, as soon as they compile the software for Apple silicon, although I also have the option to use the Intel version, which would be translated by Rosetta.  Also, of all the software I installed, Audacity was the only one that I couldn't find at the App Store.  I got it at Mac | Audacity ® (audacityteam.org).

I may also install LibreOffice, which I use on my gaming PC (not sure how large the install for Macs).  For now, I'll rely upon Google's office suite of tools.

Of the bulleted software above, I'm running AlDente Free in the background and have the charge limit set to 80%.  When I installed it, my battery was at 100%, so I discharged it with AlDente to 80%.  I'll evaluate this software for maybe 6 months and if I like the results, I'll purchase the Pro version of AlDente.  And, up above, I lied. I said that Audacity was the only software I got from outside of the App Store, but AlDente was another I had to directly download from the author's GitHub.