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(on Wikipedia)
https://steamcommunity.com/
https://store.steampowered.com/
A games/software distribution platform.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html?no_ab=1 [ 1 ] was https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?no_ab=1
- Properly named Adobe Flash Player
- /tag/flash-software
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Software > Web browsers >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
A web browser and feed reader.
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Originally called Phoenix, then Firebird.
- Yes, I used it way back then.
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Shares some code with Thunderbird
TODO – add any notes and make a more complete review
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(on Wikipedia)
Chocolatey: claws-mail
https://www.claws-mail.org/ (on Windows)
A light and capable email client.
POP3, POP before SMTP, APOP, IMAP4rev1, IMAP over SSH, IMAP CAPABILITY, mh, SMTP, SMTP AUTH, NNTP, SSL/TLS, full OpenPGP support, external editors, filtering, muliple identities. Good multilanguage and character set support.
- Uses the MH Message Handling System.
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Can import the Mbox format.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://audacious-media-player.org/
An audio player which can deal with many formats.
I keep this around because it can handle oldschool formats quite well (Commodore 64‘s SID, .mod, etc.). See Oldschool music.
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See also:
TODO – add my notes, and scripts
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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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https://www.karenware.com/powertools/karens-replicator-backup-utility
A straightforward mirroring tool, with scheduling, exclusion and other useful features.
Instead of fucking around with some sort of special utility, Karen’s Replicator just does the job. I believe this was my first introduction to her software.
Abandoned:
- 2011-04-12 – The author is deceased
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2022-07-10 – Joe Winett has stopped maintenance.
