November 26th, 2008
What's on my Thanksgiving/Holiday disks
Many of you have asked me what applications I’ll be putting on my Thanksgiving/Holiday disks.
Here’s a quick rundown:
- Ubuntu 8.10 - http://www.ubuntu.com/
- Kubuntu 8.10 - http://www.kubuntu.org/
- 7-Zip - http://www.7-zip.org/
- Memtest86 - http://www.memtest86.com/
- Ultimate Boot CD - http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
- Exact Audio Copy - http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
- Handbrake - http://handbrake.fr/
- PasswordSafe - http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/
- HashCalc - http://www.slavasoft.com/hashcalc/
- RivaTuner - http://www.guru3d.com/rivatuner/
- VLC - https://videolan.org/vlc/
- MagicDisc - http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-overview.htm
- CDBurnerXP - http://cdburnerxp.se/
- Eraser - http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/
- GIMP - http://www.gimp.org/
- CPU-Z - http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
- GPU-Z - http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
- Frink - http://futureboy.homeip.net/frinkdocs/
- Foxit Reader - http://foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
- Disk CheckUp - http://www.passmark.com/products/diskcheckup.htm
- Link to Firefox download - http://www.getfirefox.com
- Gparted LiveCD - http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php (thanks Pjotr!)
- Parted Magic LiveCD - http://partedmagic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=43&Itemid=59 (thanks Pjotr!)
- Links to Google apps (thanks bhaydama!)
- Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ (thanks KeeBaud!)
- HD Tune - http://www.hdtune.com/ (thanks KeeBaud!)
- Notepad++ - http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/ (thanks KeeBaud!)
- Roadkil’s Unstoppable Copier - http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=29 (thanks KeeBaud!)
- FileZilla - http://filezilla-project.org/ (thanks KeeBaud!)
- NetMeter - http://www.metal-machine.de/readerror/ (thanks KeeBaud!)
- Irfanview - http://www.irfanview.com/ (thanks KeeBaud!)
- UNetbootin - http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ (thanks Pjotr!)
- OpenOffice.org 3.0 - http://www.openoffice.org/
Note: Some of you think that I’m just dumping these stuff on people without instructions. That’s not the case as I povide an overview for everything I include.
UPDATE: How the heck did I forget OpenOffice off the list?!?!!!
So, what have I missed?
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