Don’t mistake this for the movie Alien – (1979 movie)
(on Wikipedia)
https://joeyh.name/code/alien/
A tool to convert between package management types.
Mandatory for getting software working which does not have a maintainer for one’s current distribution.
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was http://www.movsd.com/thegun.htm
A notepad.exe replacement in 6,144 bytes.
Particularly notable because its configuration is done through an external program which directly modifies the THEGUN.EXE binary.
I tossed this in with my portable applications. It’s tiny, and I figure it’s one of those “just in case” sort of applications.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.superantispyware.com/
A malware scanner.
Mostly-meh.
It found an Wajam plugin from Magic Camera, presumably installed for either Internet Explorer or Edge.
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Software >
(on Wikipedia)
https://obsproject.com/
I used it for Twitch.
It’s reasonable. I did some pretty fancy things with it, after some fiddling.
The project was abandoned and rewritten as OBS Studio.
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Entertainment > Games + Internet >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.twitch.tv/
A video broadcasting service. It’s generally used for live-streaming gameplay.
The concept of twitch or other video streaming services confused me until I thought a bit more. See Why would live streaming be popular?
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.swagbucks.com/
An personal information collection website which rewards with a trickle of money.
I found surveys which were broken, offers which were suspect, items which wanted my credit card information or to install random software. Overall, the hype that others give this website makes me think less of humanity.
After this glance, I expect I’ll be getting a lot of junk mail. Sigh.
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.iobit.com/en/advancedsystemcarefree.php
One of those “PC problems” programs.
Whatever this is supposed to be, it’s insultingly simplistic and opaque.
TODO – make a proper page
TODO – add my notes
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was https://archive.codeplex.com/?p=hddguardian
A windows GUI which uses the smartctl backend.
Abandoned – Website gone, archive gone.
