TODO – make a proper page
(on Wikipedia)
https://handbrake.fr/
DVD ripping and video format conversio. Awesome for converting between video formats (transcoding).
Linux software
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Ruby > Ruby web programming > Mongrel
(on Wikipedia)
https://rubygems.org/gems/mongrel
This seems to only be for Rails.. I don’t understand it and there is no newbie-friendly documentation to explain the basics.
Reportedly faster/cooler than WEBrick.
(was on Wikipedia, deleted)
https://www.debugmode.com/wink/
Flash movie capturer. Works PERFECTLY, but has no audio support under Linux.
Works perfectly under both Windows and Linux. Godlike.
They abandoned Linux support for newer versions. Linux can’t record audio. =(
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Abandoned by the original author. Reportedly taken over by a company, but was never updated; flagging as abandoned.
TODO – add my notes, and scripts
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(on Wikipedia)
Chocolatey: imagemagick
https://imagemagick.org/script/index.php
ImageMagick is a software suite to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images.
It’s pretty fucking magickal.
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TODO – I didn’t note the actual commands I use
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https://sourceforge.net/projects/notecase/
A cross-platform hierarchical note-taking program.
Seems fair, but I’m using it like I would use multiple files opened with Kate.
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abandoned
- Replaced by https://www.notecasepro.com/ (which has a free mode)
TODO – add my notes, and scripts
(on Wikipedia)
https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes
A program for identifying (and optionally deleting) duplicate files residing within specified directories.
An essential part of my toolkit, giving me detailed information on the tangled mess that are my archives.
See also:
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(on Wikipedia)
Chocolatey: vlc
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
The king of video players.
On Windows, this is especially-king because the user doesn’t have to figure out and download various shady codecs.
- Properly titled VLC media player.
- Alternative, on Windows 10, for audio: Audacious
- VLC alternate audio track from a separate file
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Can play various Oldschool music formats.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://bochs.sourceforge.io/
A total-platform emulator, primarily used for building and debugging operating systems.
Doesn’t utilize any host CPU virtualization features, therefore is slower than most virtualization.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.frostwire.com/
A BitTorrent client.
I used to love it, but it gave up Gnutella functionality so it’s useless. I wonder if old versions are still good..
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It was originally a fork of LimeWire
2009-04-15 – DO NOT USE THIS – it does not properly mirror!
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/
File synchronizer.
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Unison File Synchronizer
