{"id":526,"date":"2016-01-15T00:13:07","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T00:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.paranoidprofessor.com\/?page_id=526"},"modified":"2016-05-11T22:17:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T22:17:51","slug":"useful-software","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.paranoidprofessor.com\/index.php\/useful-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Useful software"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are probably thousands if not tens of thousands of useful or even more fantastically useful software packages on the internet. \u00a0I just haven’t had a chance to experience them all – yet. This is a non-comprehensive list of packages that i have happened to run across and had the time to document here.<\/p>\n

The link is provided to help people get the actual software from the source. \u00a0I cannot count the number of times that I have downloaded something and accidentally inherited a new task bar for my browser.<\/p>\n

Putty<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Version<\/td>\n0.66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revision Date<\/td>\n2015-11-07<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
General size<\/td>\n500k<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
License<\/td>\nMIT license<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Homepage<\/td>\nhttp:\/\/www.chiark.greenend.org.uk\/~sgtatham\/putty\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Download<\/td>\nhttp:\/\/www.chiark.greenend.org.uk\/~sgtatham\/putty\/Download<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OS<\/td>\nWindows<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Description<\/td>\nDescription provides secure shell client for windows.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Notepad++<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Version<\/td>\n6.8.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revision Date<\/td>\n2015-12-10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
General size<\/td>\n4mb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
License<\/td>\nGPL\u00a0v2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Homepage<\/td>\nhttps:\/\/notepad-plus-plus.org\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Download<\/td>\nhttps:\/\/notepad-plus-plus.org\/download\/v6.8.8.html<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OS<\/td>\nWindows<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Description<\/td>\nSource code editor supporting several languages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VLC<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Version<\/td>\n2.2.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revision Date<\/td>\n2015-04-16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
General size<\/td>\n28mb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
License<\/td>\nGPL\u00a0v2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Homepage<\/td>\nhttp:\/\/www.videolan.org\/index.html<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Download<\/td>\nhttp:\/\/www.videolan.org\/index.html<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OS<\/td>\nWindows, Mac, Linux, IOS, Android<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Description<\/td>\nFree and open source cross platform media player<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Libreoffice<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Version<\/td>\n5.0.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revision Date<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
General size<\/td>\n250mb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
License<\/td>\nMozilla public license v2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Homepage<\/td>\nhttps:\/\/www.libreoffice.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Download<\/td>\nhttps:\/\/www.libreoffice.org\/download\/libreoffice-fresh\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OS<\/td>\nWindows, OS X, Linux<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Description<\/td>\nOffice productivity software supporting word processing, spreadsheet, presentations, database, formula editor and chart creation tool.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Openoffice<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Version<\/td>\n4.1.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revision Date<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
General size<\/td>\n130mb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
License<\/td>\nApache license 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Homepage<\/td>\nhttp:\/\/www.openoffice.org\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Download<\/td>\nhttp:\/\/www.openoffice.org\/download\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OS<\/td>\nWindows, OS X, Linux<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Description<\/td>\nOffice productivity software supporting word processing, spreadsheet, presentations, database, formula editor and chart creation tool.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Quickhash<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Version<\/td>\n2.6.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revision Date<\/td>\n2015-12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
General size<\/td>\n500k<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
License<\/td>\nGPL v2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Homepage<\/td>\nhttp:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/quickhash<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Download<\/td>\nhttp:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/quickhash\/files\/latest\/download<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OS<\/td>\nWindows, Linux, OS X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Description<\/td>\nA graphic program to calculate\u00a0MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512 hash values.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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veraCrypt<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Version<\/td>\n1.16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revision Date<\/td>\n2015-10-07<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
General size<\/td>\n11mb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
License<\/td>\nApache license v2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Homepage<\/td>\nhttps:\/\/veracrypt.codeplex.com\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Download<\/td>\nhttps:\/\/veracrypt.codeplex.com\/wikipage?title=Downloads<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OS<\/td>\nWindows, Linux, OS X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Description<\/td>\nIt can create a virtual encrypted disk within a file or encrypt a partition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Gimp<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Version<\/td>\n2.8.16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revision Date<\/td>\n2015-11-21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
General size<\/td>\n20mb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
License<\/td>\nGPL v3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Homepage<\/td>\nhttps:\/\/www.gimp.org\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Download<\/td>\nhttps:\/\/www.gimp.org\/downloads\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OS<\/td>\nWindows, Linux, OS X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Description<\/td>\nPhoto editing software. \u00a0This software is sometimes compared to Adobe photoshop.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Firefox<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Version<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revision Date<\/td>\n2016-05-03<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
General size<\/td>\n52mb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
License<\/td>\nMozilla Firefox End User<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Homepage<\/td>\nhttps:\/\/www.gimp.org\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Download<\/td>\nhttps:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/new\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OS<\/td>\nWindows, Linux, OS X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Description<\/td>\nWeb browser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

more coming soon …<\/p>\n

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