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(on Wikipedia)
https://dosemu.sourceforge.net/
A DOS emulator.
open-source software
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https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Isohybrid
Though it can do other stuff, I use this to edit ISO images meant to be burned to a CD or DVD, to make them appropriate for copying to, and booting from, a USB stick.
Phenomenal. I wish I knew about this a long time ago. I’ve ignored many Linux distributions because of the very issue this tool solves.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
A ubiquitous byte-copying tool.
I use this for copying disks, partitions and ISOs.
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Part of GNU’s “coreutils”
https://www.jwz.org/hacks/youtubedown
Given a YouTube or Vimeo URL, downloads the underlying video file, with a sensible file name. It downloads the highest resolution version of the video available: first it tries HD MP4, then regular MP4, then WebM, and finally FLV. It also works on playlists, and works as a bookmarklet to download the video you’re watching.
I liked it well enough.
TODO – make a proper page
TODO – add my notes
Software >
was https://archive.codeplex.com/?p=hddguardian
A windows GUI which uses the smartctl backend.
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Abandoned – Website gone, archive gone.
TODO – add my notes
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Storage > Software > smartmontools >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.smartmontools.org/
A HDD health program.
I find it essential. I think.
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This is part of the smartmontools suite.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://winscp.net/eng/index.php
An SFTP, FTP, WebDAV and SCP client.
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Windows Secure Copy
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(on Wikipedia)
https://github.com/greenshot/greenshot/releases
https://getgreenshot.org/
A screenshot software tool.
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Generally unnecessary now that Windows Snip (
Win-shift-s) works well.
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https://mion.yosei.fi/BES/ [ 1 ] was http://mion.faireal.net/BES/ [ 2 ] was floral-magician.marybell.info/BES/
(source code)
Throttles CPU usage. Good for grinding applications to a halt, for testing, or to make sure that CPU-hogging applications don’t shit all over your computer.
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