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Software I Use

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September 5, 2017, 12:09(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Moved here: https://www.tweakhound.com/2021/08/30/software-i-use-2021-edition/

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware, How-To's, Software, This Site

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  1. joel cohen says

    September 5, 2017, 13:06(EDT) at 13:06

    i’m surprised you don’t use “sandboxie” virtual window for browsers and malwarebytes (paid).

    • Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) says

      September 5, 2017, 13:27(EDT) at 13:27

      Never really felt the need. My sandbox is my Linux VM. From what I remember, both these products cause a performance hit?

  2. jo says

    September 5, 2017, 13:32(EDT) at 13:32

    hi,
    nice list, You might be interested in some of the programs I use in addition to your list:

    sumatra pdf: very lite pdf reader, Adobe Acrobat is very haevy. https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader.html

    WSCC -Windows System Control Center: nirsoft+sysinternals in In one package,portable. update the supported utilities automatically.
    http://www.kls-soft.com/wscc

    feren os-Heavy I candy linux, look like win10/7/xp…nice but heavy compared to other Linux distributions
    ferenos.weebly.com

    Process Hacker- I like it more then Process Explore
    http://processhacker.sourceforge.net

    • Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) says

      September 5, 2017, 15:50(EDT) at 15:50

      When you say “heavy” what do you mean? Large file? Large memory use? Slow?

  3. Nicholas says

    September 6, 2017, 03:37(EDT) at 03:37

    I like Musicbee.

  4. Nicholas says

    September 6, 2017, 03:39(EDT) at 03:39

    Also I’m pretty sure I did Blu Ray in VLC once. I think I used a plugin.

    • Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) says

      September 6, 2017, 06:52(EDT) at 06:52

      https://vlc-bluray.whoknowsmy.name/
      Never got it to work.

  5. jo says

    September 7, 2017, 11:03(EDT) at 11:03

    3 gb file,

    System Requirements for feren OS from: http://ferenos.weebly.com/get-it.html

    1-2GB RAM (4GB recommended for a comfortable usage).
    20+GB of disk space (50+GB recommended).
    64 Bit Architecture

    “heavy”…

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