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2006-10-13, 12:49 AM #1
Taskbar Shuffle!
http://www.freewebs.com/nerdcave/taskbarshuffle.htm


Like tabs in firefox, this program lets you move around the taskbar tab of your programs in windows! So far ive found it pretty helpful!
[01:52] <~Nikumubeki> Because it's MBEGGAR BEGS LIKE A BEGONI.
2006-10-13, 1:03 AM #2
Oh sweet! I've been wishing I could do that since Windows 95.
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2006-10-13, 6:00 AM #3
Same.

Here's mine:
http://www.irfanview.com/
http://www.ntwind.com/software/taskswitchxp.html
http://www.ntwind.com/software/winsnap.html
http://www.punksoftware.com/ubericon
http://www.crystalxp.net/galerie/en.id.551.htm

2006-10-13, 6:10 AM #4
http://www.flyingmeat.com/voodoopad/
"If you watch television news, you will know less about the world than if you just drink gin straight out of the bottle."
--Garrison Keillor
2006-10-13, 6:57 AM #5
EasyCleaner - Nice tool for cleaning windows registry
EndItAll 2 - Shut off all programs NOW. Not free anymore. .(
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Was cheated out of marriage by sugarless
2006-10-13, 6:58 AM #6
TinyResMeter
  • Allows you to monitor your system's condition.

AWC (Automatic Wallpaper Changer)
  • Give it a directory, and it'll shuffle through the images in there for wallpapers for a time interval you set.

Unlocker
  • If you've ever gotten those "cannot delete, file is in use by another program", this tells you what programs are holding onto that file and gives you ways to kill it.

ISO Recorder
  • Allows you to burn ISOs to CDs

MultiMon
  • Adds a (does not extend Windows') taskbar to other monitors.
the idiot is the person who follows the idiot and your not following me your insulting me your following the path of a idiot so that makes you the idiot - LC Tusken
2006-10-13, 8:52 AM #7
pwgen
and of course opera
2006-10-13, 8:57 AM #8
Development:
Emulation:
Games:
Graphics:
Internet:
Maintenance:
Media:
Tweaking:
Misc:
  • Google Pack (Under Vista, run Opera in XPSP2 compatibility mode (won't work in IE, and it seems to go into an infinite loop on Mozilla browsers.) to get Google Pack to download, run installer in XPSP2 compatibility mode to install. DON'T USE Google Desktop Sidebar, as it does not work right in Vista.)

2006-10-13, 6:21 PM #9
Didnt we just have one of these?

Geeze, I dont know. memtest86+? Knoppix? Debian??

Yeah, Ive got nothing.
And when the moment is right, I'm gonna fly a kite.
2006-10-13, 6:50 PM #10
Pretty much what The_MAZZter said.
Code to the left of him, code to the right of him, code in front of him compil'd and thundered. Programm'd at with shot and $SHELL. Boldly he typed and well. Into the jaws of C. Into the mouth of PERL. Debug'd the 0x258.
2006-10-13, 6:56 PM #11
Joytokey

Let's you assign your joypad buttons to key presses (multiple or single) or mouse movements and clicks.
It's useful for when you have a game that either doesnt use joypads or doesn't recognize your joypad.
It's also useful for making an analog stick control the mouse.
Also you can turn your controller into a remote control for winamp and the like.

I've found heaps of uses for this, you just have to apply enough thought to it =]
You can't judge a book by it's file size
2006-10-13, 8:05 PM #12
Scribus - Almost as good as adobe indesign, and the price is right.

Gimp - Almost as good as adobe photoshop, and the price is right.

Knoppix (Good rescue cd, and imo, works good as an installed debian-based system.

SuperTux - addictive super mario-esque game good for staving off boredom

Gnome Blackjack -- too bad this hasn't been ported to windows, as far as I know

Openoffice, 1.0 was good, 2.0 made it even better
2006-10-13, 9:59 PM #13
Don't think anyone's mentioned PowerMenu yet. Yup.
2006-10-13, 10:06 PM #14
I've recently discovered Notepad2. I've always liked the Scintilla component for text editors. It's used in editors such as SciTE and Notepad++. SciTE is too minimal and a pain in the *** to configure. Notepad++ is bloated with a poor interface, ugly icons and a useless syntax designer that crashes. Notepad2, also using Scintilla, follows more the minimal philosophy of Notepad but adds usable, no-bloat features and has a clean interface. Way faster than the others, too.
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2006-10-13, 10:22 PM #15
Whoops, yeah I forgot OpenOffice... and Office 2007 beta (though it's not free anymore--costs $1.59 per product now--so I won't add it).

PowerMenu reminds me of this app: http://www.chime.tv/products/glass2k.shtml

Which is nice but it's just another little app like UberIcon and Taskbar Shuffle that adds a systray icon and a small number of useful features that other similar programs offer, but there's no one program that offers all of them. Other apps in this category include allSnap (http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~iheckman/allsnap/), D-Color XP (http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/DColor-XP-Download-21009.html), VisualTaskTip (http://www.visualtasktips.com/), and VisualTooltip (http://chsalmon.club.fr/indexEng.html).

2006-10-13, 11:44 PM #16
Power Menu is pretty nice; "adds "Always On Top", "Minimize To Tray", "Priority" and "Transparency" sub menus to all top level system menus."
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2006-10-13, 11:48 PM #17
oh yes, Powermenu rocks!
You can't judge a book by it's file size
2006-10-14, 12:48 PM #18
MediaCoder
2006-10-14, 1:12 PM #19
That joystick to button thing is pretty sweet. I have my gamepad set up for browsing teh webs now
2006-10-14, 2:45 PM #20
OpenOffice - Basically, a free form of and compatible with file types of M$ Office
2006-10-14, 3:05 PM #21
Bash: It can be useful, at times.
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2006-10-14, 4:36 PM #22


If you have money to spend, I find Mathematica, Matlab, and Photoshop to be excellent programs as well, though Photoshop doesn't run well under superior operating systems. :P
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2006-10-14, 6:51 PM #23
Malus, you forgot about Kate and Kontact... ;)


(and, of course, Konqueror, *the* file manager...)
And when the moment is right, I'm gonna fly a kite.
2006-10-15, 1:11 AM #24
Originally posted by Pagewizard_YKS:
Gimp - Almost as good as adobe photoshop, and the price is right.


Not really.
2006-10-15, 1:20 AM #25
Originally posted by gothicX:
Not really.

The price is right, but yes, no where near as good.
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2006-10-15, 7:45 AM #26
GIMP crashed my computer when I tried to install it, never worked well. Thankfully Photoshop fixed itself after a few days.
$do || ! $do ; try
try: command not found
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2006-10-15, 8:24 AM #27
Originally posted by Emon:
The price is right, but yes, no where near as good.


Why do you say that?
2006-10-15, 8:32 AM #28
Because it's fact.
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2006-10-15, 8:36 AM #29
Yeah, saying GIMP is as good as photoshop is like saying a Geo Metro is as good as a Ferrari.

I mean, they both drive you places.
"If you watch television news, you will know less about the world than if you just drink gin straight out of the bottle."
--Garrison Keillor
2006-10-15, 9:55 AM #30
Originally posted by gbk:
Malus, you forgot about Kate and Kontact... ;)

I don't use either. I memorize all appointments, meetings, things to do, etc. I write all of my code in nvi. Once in a while, I will write something quick in Kate, but not often.

Originally posted by gbk:
(and, of course, Konqueror, *the* file manager...)

I do most of my file management in the terminal, but Konqueror is a fine file manager. If I'm organizing pictures or movies, its nice to have the preview instead of just a file name.
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2006-10-15, 11:32 AM #31
I actually prefer Konqueror as a browser over Firefox. Too bad I can't use it. I can't wait until I get all the parts to build a computer that can run KDE reasonably.
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2006-10-15, 11:48 AM #32
Originally posted by Malus:
I don't use either. [...] I write all of my code in nvi. Once in a while, I will write something quick in Kate, but not often.


KIO-slaves are the best thing since breathable atmosphere. Being able to open a file over fish (~sftp), modify it, and save it directly back kicks *soo* much ***...
And when the moment is right, I'm gonna fly a kite.
2006-10-15, 5:48 PM #33
Originally posted by gbk:
KIO-slaves are the best thing since breathable atmosphere. Being able to open a file over fish (~sftp), modify it, and save it directly back kicks *soo* much ***...

Eh, it is just as easy for me to SSH into the box and edit the file. I don't usually SSH into a box just to edit one file, so it doesn't matter much to me.
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2006-10-15, 5:57 PM #34
[URL=TVU player]http://www.tvunetworks.com/downloads/index.htm[/URL]

Let's you watch TV on the computer for free. Comes in handy at work.
2006-10-15, 7:15 PM #35
Originally posted by Malus:
Eh, it is just as easy for me to SSH into the box and edit the file. I don't usually SSH into a box just to edit one file, so it doesn't matter much to me.


Yeah, I just SSH to my server and do my editing in nano.

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