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ghostscript logo

Software >

(on Wikipedia)
Chocolatey: Ghostscript
https://ghostscript.com/

A suite of software for dealing with PDFs.

It’s a requirement for other software, and I only care about actually using it for repairing PDFs.



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Expose Noisy Tabs image

Software >
Pale Moon > Pale Moon extensions >

was https://github.com/wsdfhjxc/expose-noisy-tabs, but I found a copy at https://github.com/adisib/expose-noisy-tabs
https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/expose-noisy-tabs/

Adds an icon to tabs to indicate which emanates sound and allow one to easily mute them.

  • 2019-01-15 – Obsoleted when its functionality was implemented in Pale Moon 28.3.0.
  • 2018-03-31 – 1.1.0

Disgaea-cover-image.jpg

Entertainment > Games > PlayStation 2 >

(on Wikipedia)
Steam: Disgaea PC
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380520/
also was atlus.com/dis/
https://www.nisamerica.com/games/disgaea-1-complete

A tactics game so good it’s worth buying a PlayStation 2 for. It got released on Steam so it’s a game so good it’s worth buying a PC for. :)



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Software > Scanners >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.hamrick.com/

It really looks great.

VueScan supports the CanoScan LiDE 120, which I tested it with.

It watermarks what it scans, unless you buy it. It’s not worth $50 for something decent, because my scanner cost that. $100 to get OCR cooked-in also isn’t worth it.

Soon to be renamed System Informer

Process Hacker logo

Software >

https://github.com/winsiderss/systeminformer
https://processhacker.sourceforge.io/

A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware.



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Process Lasso image

Software >

(on Wikipedia)
https://bitsum.com/processlasso-docs/

A host of features to manage processes, such as changing CPU priority. It has lots of automated magic for system happiness. I use it for its control of the CPU’s power profile, making this the equivalent of Linux‘s cpufrequtils.

Highly recommended.



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