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GTorrentViewer is a GTK2-based viewer and editor for BitTorrent meta files. It is able to retrieve information from trackers, check files, show detailed information, and modify .torrent files without having to start downloading.

The purpose of GTorrentViewer is to give the ability to see and modify all the possible information from .torrent files without having to start downloading and the ability to see in real time the current number of seeds and peers on the torrent, so you will always know the status before start the download.

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Mythryl

2010-11-22

abandoned, commandline software, dead, freeware, HOWTO, Linux software, loved, macOS software, Mythryl, open-source software, programming languages, reviews, software, software with Git repositories, Windows software

Software > Programming >

was mythryl.org
https://github.com/mythryl/mythryl

A programming language which resurrects and improves upon SML/NJ to create the first production-ready mathematically-provable language.

Had incredible potential; I was highly interested in this and its abandonment was the final nail in the coffin for my desire to program.

Abandoned – The author Cynbe ru Taren (Jeffrey Prothero) died, the community evaporated, and a resulting foundation was later abandoned by his widow.

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Bitnami

2010-11-13

Apache, bundled server software, internet software, MediaWiki, MySQL, PHP, PHP software, reviews, Ruby software, software, todo, zombie

more possibly coming later

Software > Bundled server software >

(on Wikipedia)
MediaWiki: https://bitnami.com/stack/mediawiki
https://bitnami.com/

I would NEVER EVER recommend regular humans go anywhere near running raw server software on their desktop. It’s a horror – I mean truly a horror unlike any you’ve ever imagined – to get that shit to work, to lock it down and to keep it running. If for some reason you did want to run a server, use a proper server distribution. A branch will eventually crop up for Unity Linux I’m sure, but there are Linux and BSD distributions which excel at this task.

So for us regular humans, a LAMP (software bundle) is the best thing to use. This is a collection of all the necessary tools which have been pre-configured to cooperate and bundled together in one .. much easier to use package. This concept has become wildly improved over the years, and I’ve used a bunch of different packages.

my old bitnami scripts
Very zombie: I have an ancient LAMPP I use for an archived MediaWiki reference.
Now owned by VMWare

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Ogre.rb

2010-11-11

freeware, glances, GUI software, open-source software, Ruby software, software, utilities

Software > Ruby >
Ruby mentoring > Ruby mentoring tools > (Multimedia development frameworks)

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.ogre3d.org/
https://web.archive.org/web/20160603060922/http://ogrerb.rubyforge.org/

As 3D rendering engine that abstracts from the underlying system libraries, like Direct3D and OpenGL.

Ogre.rb wraps the main OGRE Rendering Engine, giving access to it from Ruby.

OGRE = Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine

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Gosu

2010-11-10

commandline software, freeware, glances, open-source software, programming, Ruby GUI tookits, Ruby software, Ruby toolkits, software

Software > Ruby > Ruby GUI toolkits >

https://www.libgosu.org/

A Ruby GUI toolkit.

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Clean Slate

2010-10-31

archivism, dead, glances, GUI software, payware, projects, proprietary software, security, software, utilities, Windows software, Windows XP software

Software (Security) > Steady State >

https://www.fortresgrand.com/products/cls/cls.htm

A steady state-type program. Discards unwanted user changes at log off or reboot and has easy application-blocking.

I was exploring security on Windows XP and wanted a state-freezing system, so I can make dangerous changes and easily roll back. I purchased Clean Slate, played with it, was unimpressed and abandoned it. I don’t know what’s changed since those days, but this is a very complex and powerful program and I bet I could have put it to better use.

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