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Software > Image editors, SVG viewers >
(on Wikipedia)
Chocolatey: gimp
https://www.gimp.org/
An incredibly capable (and therefore very convoluted) image editor.
I use this:
.svg files to .jpg or .png.png files which have transparency, since mspaint.exe can’t do that.Often called “The Gimp”.
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(on Wikipedia)
Chocolatey: 7zip
https://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/7-zip_portable
https://www.7-zip.org/
An archival program.
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Entertainment > Games >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.mobygames.com/game/205/star-control/
https://forums.starcontrol.com/
A basic top-down shooter.
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Software >
A first-person shooter.
This page deals with both the original and various open source efforts.
(on Wikipedia)
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS
https://aros.sourceforge.io/
A cross-platform OS which provides Amiga workbench 3.1 compatibility.
2025-03-18 – Although all the main URLs are dead, the project still seems to be alive.
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Software > Web browsers >
(on Wikipedia)
https://lynx.invisible-island.net/
A console web browser included with most Linux distributions.
It’s shit, though.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/dosbox/
http://www.dosbox.com/
A DOS emulation program.
Absolutely essential for emulating DOS not just within Windows or a traditional Linux environment, but within ARM/Linux as well, for palmtops and phones.
For games I’ve played via it, see /tag/dosbox-games (although the tag is new and not populated well)
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Software >
(on Wikipedia)
A ubiquitous file compression program.
aka Doom II: Hell on Earth
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The last level from Doom 2 has a certain sound which I’ve heard in movies. Perhaps it came from somewhere else, but I’m forever calling it the Doom sound.
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Software > Web browsers >
(on Wikipedia)
git://git.netsurf-browser.org/netsurf.git
https://www.netsurf-browser.org/
Supposedly a light web browser.
