Software >
A GPU stress-tester, important for understanding temperature under full use.
the kit
All posts tagged the kit
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Software >
https://github.com/processhacker2/processhacker2
http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/
A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware.
Software >
https://web.archive.org/web/20131124201616/http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
View/control startup applications.
Small, concise, full-featured and overall incredible. This is an essential part of my toolkit.
Services are not supported.
aka StartupCPL
Problem: A USB stick cannot boot with any of Porteus, the boot-repair LiveUSB, or SystemRescueCD. It used to be bootable with Porteus, and before that it could boot with other Linux LiveUSB distributions.
Solution: unsolved
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinuxLive USB Creator
http://www.linuxliveusb.com/
A tool to put a LiveUSB ISO onto a USB stick.
Simple and does the job.
aka LinuxLive USB Creator
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
A computer cleaning tool.
All magical and stuff. I guess. I don't have a particular need for it, and I don't miss it when it's gone, but it's in my toolkit.
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page on sandisk.com
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/
A USB storage testing application.
If regular formatting doesn't work, this application will do a more low-level format.
This is the official SD card tool for formatting a card.
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A USB storage testing application.
A tiny, portable, storage device speed tester. Created specifically for USB storage.
Very very nice. Easy to use
(Yes, USB storage is that bad with small files)
- (download FlashBench.zip)
Note that this is not https://github.com/bradfa/flashbench
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http://www.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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Linux distributions + Debian >
https://launchpad.net/~yannubuntu/+archive/ubuntu/boot-repair
https://sourceforge.net/p/boot-repair/home
Automagically repairs a boot loader.
This is something I wish I had/knew about a long time ago. I've had bootloader misadventures that really stressed me out.
I'll accept this, even though it uses systemd.
See also the boot-repair bootable ISO
