Links to software sites, shareware, freeware and programs which I use regularly.
This might be considered as a sort of advertisement, but I only list software that
I can truely recommend and all that without any financial profit for myself.
Most of the software is for Win32 platforms.
It is a sad fact that links especially to smaller software companies or
private authors often change. If one of the links below should not work for
you, please drop me a note and I'll try to locate the new address. Or perhaps
you already found the new place on the web - please let me know as well!
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CopyTo
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a nice, small and cheap synchronizing and backup utitlity |
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PropertiesPlus |
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some additional functionality for the Windows Explorer, like changing attributes to a group of files... |
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JSPager
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Did you ever feel that your single desktop under Windows was too small?
Ever been jealous about the X-Window system with multiple desktops?
-> try this freeware!!! |
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JSTime
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You need a clock on your desktop, but your taskbar is filled with icons like mine?
-> get rid of the stinky Windows' clock and use this one instead! |
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FilZip
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A freeware alternative to other programs for handling compressed file archives. Supports .ace, .arc. arj, .cab, .gz, .lha, .jar, .rar, .tar and of course .zip. If you get a bad conscience because the program is for free you are asked for a donation by the author... |
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WinHex
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This hexadecimal editor allows you to inspect unknown file formats, analyze binary data structures change and repair disk drives and much more. |
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AntiVir
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Protect your system against virus attacks. This virus detector is free! |
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FinePrint
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Print multiple pages onto a single sheet of paper, adjust margins, use watermarks and foormarks on your printed documents. It is used as a standard Windows printer and redirects the output to any other Windows printer or into a file. |
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| Internet and Web Editing |
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Copernic
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With more and more information and an increasing number of sites, the internet gets bigger and bigger.
Which search engine is best?
Where do I look for "xyz"?
This program simultaneously queries the major search engines and presents the results in a clear list. |
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HomeSite
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THE web editor |
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FirstPage
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a nice freeware HTML editor, almost as good as HomeSite at no cost |
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The Proxomitron
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Pop-up windows and banners are annoying. This little program runs in the background on your computer and cleans up the incoming data...
It also guards against certain hacker attacks and best of all it is fully configurable. |
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ZoneAlarm
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Why would you need a firewall?
Well if you are using a dial-up connection to the internet you probaly don't. However in times when cable modems,
DSL and other broadband services spread increasingly with more and more computers running 24 hours a day like mine it is good to protect yourself, your system and your data from
outside attacs.
Until I installed ZoneAlarm myself I had no idea how many pathetic hackers actually were running port scans and trying to get inforamtion out of my computer! |
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Opera
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the third modern web browser - and the one closest to the standards |
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Netscape |
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not only a web browser, but also a mail and news program, HTML editor....
You can choose between the version 4.7x which is not complying to all standards or the version 6 which is somewhat slow... |
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IExplorer |
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too many badly designed web sites force you to use the Internet Explorer... |
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WS-FTP
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a nice FTP client |
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XThinPro
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An XWindows server to be run under Win32. |
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| Graphics |
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Thumbs Plus
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Originally an image database with an increasing range of image processing possibilities.
With the current version 4.50
and the next version 5.0 under beta-testing it offers even more features.
Among others you can create thumbnailed web pages, convert and resize a batch of images, stamp copyright marks and you have a large number of
database tools for assigning keywords and user defined fields to images, import digital camera EXIF information into the database, search for database contents and image similarity... |
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ULead SmartSaver
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As a freestanding Windows application and PhotoShop-compatible plugin, this utility lets you interactively control the settings for JPEG and GIF file saves. This way you can choose between size and quality as you like...
Version 2 which I'm using often comes on third-party CDs. |
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The Panorama Factory
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A nice tool to stitch panoram images together!
The older version 1.6 is freeware. |
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Paintshop Pro
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This powerful image processing software really is a great tool. Some older versions are available as shareware. |
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Photoimpact
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Another great piece of image processing software. The functionality of the ULead SmartSavers is already built-in into the save dialogs. |
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POV-Ray
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The Persistence of Vision raytracer lets you program any scene in a C-like language and then translates your code to impressive 3D images and/or animations. It is used for artistic as well as scientific applications. |
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ACDSee
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Once I thought it to be the best image browser but that was before I got to know ThumbsPlus! |
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| Textprocessing |
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WinEdt
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a versatile Windows text editor, especially suited for LaTeX documents. I personally use it for all kinds of ASCII files like program source code, batch files, scripts - and of course for TeX documents. |
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MikTeX |
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yet another LaTeX distribution |
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LaTeX |
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Still the best text processing and layout system available when it comes to scientific typesetting |
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| Electronics |
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EAGLE |
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A CAD layout tool for printed circuit boards. The freeware version allows for boards with two layers and a maximum size of 80mm x 100mm. It also contains a schematic editor. |
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PSpice A/D |
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The well-known (and expensive) electronics simulator PSpice has a free evaluation and student version. |
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XCircuit
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Originating from the Unix world this CAD program for schematics produces the finest output I know. In order to run it under Windows you need an XWindows server like XThinPro, Exceed, XWin32 on your system. |
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| Science |
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HomePlanet |
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A nice program to show the position of stars and planets, trace satellites and view the earth globe from outer space. |
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SETI at Home |
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Let your computer search for extrateresital life when the screen saver is active or when you don't use it anyway. |
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