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Dopamine is an elegant audio player which tries to make organizing and listening to music as simple and pretty as possible. This version is written using Electron, Angular and Typescript and works on Windows, Linux and Mac.
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HandBrake is a tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs.
Convert video from nearly any format Free and Open Source Built-in Device Presets
Get started with HandBrake in seconds by choosing a profile optimized for your device, or choose a universal profile for standard or high quality conversions. Simple, easy, fast. For those that want more choice, tweak many basic and advanced options to improve your encodes.
Supported Input Sources:
Handbrake can process most common multimedia files and any DVD or BluRay sources that do not contain any kind of copy protection.
Outputs:
File Containers: .MP4(.M4V) and .MKV Video Encoders: H.265 (x265 and QuickSync), H.264(x264 and QuickSync), H.265 MPEG-4 and MPEG-2, VP8, VP9 and Theora Audio Encoders: AAC / HE-AAC, MP3, Flac, AC3, or Vorbis Audio Pass-thru: AC-3, E-AC3, DTS, DTS-HD, TrueHD, AAC and MP3 tracks Even more features:
Title / chapter and range selection Batch Scan and Queueing of encodes Chapter Markers Subtitles (VobSub, Closed Captions CEA-608, SSA, SRT) Constant Quality or Average Bitrate Video Encoding Support for VFR and CFR Video Filters: Deinterlacing, Decomb, Denoise, Detelecine, Deblock, Grayscale, Cropping and scaling Live Static and Video Preview- Free
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Kudu is a free system maintenance suite. It includes over 15 powerful tools to clean, optimize, and protect you. Open source, no ads, no bloatware.
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Pinta is a free, open-source program for drawing and image editing. It combines intuitive tools with powerful features, making it easy to create, enhance, and manipulate images. Whether you're sketching or retouching photos, Pinta keeps things simple without sacrificing functionality.
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BriskPlayer is a lightweight, open-source audio player built from the classic discontinued CoolPlayer. It supports a wide range of formats including MP3, FLAC, OGG Vorbis, Opus, AAC (mp4), and WAV, with additional coverage through winamp input plugin compatibility. BriskPlayer features a simple skinnable interface with an advanced playlist editor, and an 8 band equalizer. It also includes quality-of-life features like ID3 tag support, ReplayGain, file renamer, and an MP3 to WAV converter, Discord Rich Presence, and a gettext translation engine so you can have your player in the language you speak, all while maintaining the small footprint and fast performance.
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UniGetUI offers a graphical interface tailored for software management. It supports multiple package managers, including Winget, Scoop, Chocolatey, and others, allowing users to install, remove, or update software more conveniently.
What is UniGetUI?
UniGetUI is a user-friendly tool that allows users to manage software installations and updates without the need to interact with the Command Line. This simplifies the process and makes it accessible to a wider range of users.
UniGetUI's software catalog is extensive, featuring over 10,000 software packages across the three supported package managers. You are free to search for and explore the programs you need.
Real World Use Case
A friend of ours recommended this app after he tried to install Telegram from the Microsoft Store for a client, but it kept prompting him to log in with an MS Account. This utility can force-install it without an account. It even has a search feature on the top left; click on Discover to search for any app.
Sort Of Portable
The installer lets you install it or a portable version, but the portable version still requires Visual C++ dependencies, so it's not really portable. If you try to run it on a computer without them, you will get a myriad of missing Visual C++ libraries.
Using UniGetUI
Upon launching UniGetUI for the first time, users can select their preferred package managers. Winget and Chocolatey are enabled by default, but Scoop, a package manager geared towards more experienced users, can also be enabled.
Once you have selected a software package for installation, UniGetUI offers two options: the software can handle the installation automatically, or users can opt for the
Interactive Installation method for a more hands-on approach. Additionally, users may choose to skip the hash check, which can expedite the download process.
Can Scan Installed Programs for Updates
UniGetUI also includes a Software Updates utility that scans installed programs and alerts users to available updates, enabling efficient updates to multiple applications simultaneously.
Includes Uninstall Option As Well
To uninstall programs, users can navigate to the Installed Packages interface and select the applications they wish to remove. UniGetUI streamlines this process, making it quicker and easier for users to manage their installed software. -
The Immortals of Terra: A Perry Rhodan Adventure takes place in "Perryversum", a huge science-fiction world conceived in 1960 and developed through 2400 printed novellas.
The main character is Perry Rhodan, immortal emperor of the earth, played in 3rd person. The game starts in 4394 AD when Mondra Diamond, Perry's girlfriend, is abducted by minions of an unknown enemy during a fierce galactic attack on The Residence, the headquarters of the immortals. Determined to get to the bottom of the incident, Perry sets himself on uncovering the evil schemes of the mysterious opponent and freeing Mondra from his clutches.
The game is a classic point-and-click adventure, featuring 2D backgrounds and pixel-shaded 3D characters. It features an interactive, iconic inventory system which contains not only collected items but also story related concepts (persons of interest, objects learned about or seen). These icons can be used during conversations as well as part of puzzle solving.
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Over the Hedge is based on the movie with the same name. Verne and his woodland family wake-up from their winter slumber to find an ominous green wall in neck of the woods. In their amazement to find out what this endless wall is about, RJ the raccoon is more than happy to help them. The woodland friends have never seen humans before so RJ is eager to show them what humans have to offer. RJ is quick to show them the valuable treasures humans - stockpiles of food.
Playing as RJ, Verne, Hammy, or Stella you go on missions to get FOOD. You also of course want to take back your neighborhood but that pesky Rancho Camelot Estates Homeowners Association President, Gladys Sharpe, is dead set on getting rid of you. She hires Dwayne the exterminator to use his tactics and gadgets to get rid of the likes of you.
Play by yourself or have a friend jump in and help at anytime to get the FOOD!!! There are dozens of puzzles and mini-games to keep you entertained. -
Death Road is an incredibly dynamic and strongly addictive racing game set in the distant future. Players compete, using futuristic vehicles on specially designed tracks, armed with a wide array of lethal weapons ranging from standard laser guns to rocket launchers. There is not only an entire single player campaign but also a number of different modes for everyone to enjoy. The game contains single player campaign, 6 quick race game types and will let the player race with friends in multiplayer mode. Throughout the game, players will be awarded with special achievements for epic feats.
How to play Death Road Windows
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The game is multilingual, it has 6 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish & Russian. You can select the language by running ChangeLanguage.bat
It is recommend to run the game directly from DeathRoad.exe file in game folder, because NoCD for the game works unstable. If the game doesn't run or closes right after the start - add DeathRoad.exe to the exceptions of DEP (Data Execution Prevention): Go to Control Panel -> System Properties -> Advanced System Settings. From the System Properties dialog, select Settings. Select the Data Execution Prevention tab. Select "Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select". Click Add and use the browse feature to show the path to the program executable you want to exclude, in that case DeathRoad.exe inside the game folder. Here's the guide with pictures
The game has a lot of issues on Windows XP, it is recommend to install the game on Windows 7 or newer OS
Bloom effect in the game may cause freezes/lags on some video cards. Unfortunately, Bloom cannot be disabled in game settings
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Winaero Tweaker is a freeware app created by myself, Sergey Tkachenko. It is an all-in-one application that comes with dozens of options for fine-grained tuning of various Windows settings and features.
It also includes most options which were available in free standalone apps at Winaero.com and extends them as much as possible.
This web site is a new home for the app. It is ads-free, scripts-free, and web tracking-free.
Winaero Tweaker comes with plenty of features and tweaks. To name a few of them:
Shortcut tools that you can use
To launch an app as Administrator without a UAC confirmation.
To directly open any Control Panel applet or system folder.
To directly open any Settings page.
To create shortcuts to the classic Shut Down Windows dialog (Alt+F4), and Safe Mode.
To remove or customize the shortcut arrow overlay icon.
To remove the " - shortcut" suffix.
To remove blue arrows from compressed files.
Manage Windows apps and features.
Restore classic Windows Photos Viewer to use it instead of Photos.
Restore the classic sound volume pop-up slider.
Permanently disable Windows Telemetry and Data Collection.
Permanently disable Windows Defender.
Permanently disable Windows Update.
Disable ads and unwanted app installation (Candy Crush Soda Saga, etc).
Enable the built-in Administrator account.
Enable automatic Registry backup.
Change drag-n-drop sensitivity.
Disable Action Center and notifications.
Reset icon cache.
Reset all Group Policy options at once.
Networking options
Change the RDP port.
Make mapped drives accessible for elevated apps.
Tune up Windows appearance
Customize folders in This PC.
Customize entries in Navigation Pane in File Explorer (in the left pane).
Rename and change the icon for the Quick Access entry.
Increase the taskbar transparency level.
Show time seconds in the taskbar clock.
Disable blur for the sign-in screen.
Customize fonts, and the Alt+Tab dialog appearance.
Change the title bar color for inactive windows.
Context menus
Add handy context menus using a huge set of presets, e.g. to switch a Power Plan with one click, open a Command Prompt, add a Settings cascading menu - plenty of them.
Hide default entries from the context menu, e.g. Edit with Photos, Edit with Paint 3D, etc.
Add 'Run as Administrator' to VBS, MSI, CMD and BAT files.
Change the default app for the Edit context menu entry for images.
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Updates the body type selector to Male / Female, as it was in the original game in all available localizations.
To install, simply put "bodytype_P.pak" inside the "Oblivion Remastered\OblivionRemastered\Content\Paks\~mods" folder, if you do not have this folder you can create it.- Free
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ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical adventure and role-playing games, provided you already have their data files. The clever part about this: ScummVM just replaces the executables shipped with the games, allowing you to play them on systems for which they were never designed! ScummVM is a complete rewrite of these games' executables and is not an emulator.
ScummVM supports a huge library of adventures with over 250 games in total. It supports many classics published by legendary studios like LucasArts, Sierra On-Line, Revolution Software, Cyan, Inc. and Westwood Studios. Next to ground-breaking titles like the Monkey Island series, Broken Sword, Myst, Blade Runner and countless other games you will find some really obscure adventures and truly hidden gems to explore.
You can find a full list with details on which games are supported and how well on the compatibility page. ScummVM is continually improving. Among the systems on which you can play those games are Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, PS Vita, Switch, Dreamcast, AmigaOS, Atari/FreeMiNT, RISC OS, Haiku, PSP, PS3, Maemo, GCW Zero and many more...
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Real-time strategy game, similar to Warcraft II or Age of Kings in gameplay, but with text-only mission briefings. Features a 20 mission campaign, 3 races (European, Asian, and Arabian) and an extensive tutorial, as well as multiplayer support and a comprehensive mission and campaign editor.
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A portable setup for Zen Browser to run directly from a USB drive or any other folder on Windows. This repository includes a batch script to launch the browser in portable mode, ensuring that all data is stored locally within the portable setup.
Features
Fully portable Zen Browser. Stores all user data (profiles, settings, history) in the Data directory. No installation required. Works seamlessly on any Windows and Linux machine. Browser Features
Compact mode Split views Sidebars Privacy Focused Firefox based means that you can use your Mozilla account for sync. All credit goes to Wysh3 for making this.
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Enjoy one of the best, fastest and secure browsers in a portable way. Just unpack and run, no install necessary. Use it on a USB-stick or portable harddrive. All settings are saved within the portable folder.
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The Bible tells us that God created Adam as an image of himself - that is not true. It is also not true that Adam was the first thinking being to walk upon the earth. In the beginning was the Firstborn. The Firstborn was a true image of God. Perfect to the core, a creature with no sex, neither dark nor light and both beautiful and terrible to behold. God feared his creation and left it unfinished, banishing it to the Abyss and created Adam instead with all his flaws.
But the Firstborn had already touched the Earth. Leaving behind a taint so powerful that even God's expulsion couldn't keep it from breaking through into the mortal world to reclaim it's birthright. In a remote desert in the Middle East the Earth was wounded. Eon after eon the Firstborn continued to fester, breaking down the fabric of reality as human civilization flourished around it.
According to an ancient prophecy the Firstborn will successfully break through into the mortal world seven times. Bringing with it diseases, corruption and perversity until seven mystics come and sacrifice themselves to drive it back into the abyss. This has already happened six times. Now once again the ground under the city called Al-Khali trembles as the Firstborn enters the world one last time to either be defeated in a last battle or find eternal freedom.
During the centuries every civilization made sure that those seven mystics would stand ready to defeat the Firstborn and this hasn't changed. Known as the Jericho Squad they are now called to Al-Kahli. The city in which one travels further back in time as he ventures deeper into its heart until he reaches the beginning of all.
The game is a pretty straight-forward First Person Shooter but every one of the seven members of the Jericho Squad has different abilities and uses different weapons. While Cpt. Devin Ross uses the Patrioteer (a combination of shotgun and assault rifle) and is besides Father Paul Rawlings the only member of the team that can heal wounded teammates, Sgt. Wilhelmina "Billie" Church is more of a samurai. She uses a Nodachi as a melee-weapon and a rapid-fire sub-machine gun in addition to Blood magic which allows her to summon either a Blood or a Fire Ward.
Although your teammates do a pretty good job on their own, later on you have the ability to take over one of them and do whatever you want to do yourself. The squad is also divided into two teams which you can give the orders "Hold" or "Follow" which comes in handy if you position one team to cover your six and take the rest with you into the fight.
The health system is somewhat similar to games like Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas or Call of Duty. This means that there are no health packs scattered around. When you're hit you have to search for cover to regenerate. If you are hurt badly enough you'll go to the ground but as mentioned Ross and Rawlings can bring you back to life. The game only ends if you can't be healed fast enough or both Ross and Rawlings are dead.
As the name suggests, Clive Barker, the maker of the Hellraiser movies, had great influence in the making of the whole game including art-direction and background story but Clive Barker's Jericho is not the successor to Clive Barker's Undying.
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The Lord of the Rings: Conquest puts the player right in the middle of the most famous battle of the Third Age including the assaults on Helm's Deep and Gondor and the battle at the Black Gate. In two campaigns the player either fights for the forces of good or the forces of evil and leads them to victory.
Similar to Star Wars: Battlefront, the player can choose from up to four classes and looks him over the shoulder while moving him over the battlefield: The warrior rushes into the crowd and fights his enemy up close and has the ability to unleash powerful combos. The mage is more focused on protecting his friends from incoming fire or healing them but has also access to a shock wave and a powerful lightning strike. The scout on the other hand turns invisible and kills even the most powerful enemy with a small stab in the back or attaches a bomb to an enemy and sends him back to his friends. The last is the Archer who prefers to stay in the back unleashing a rain of fire or poison arrows on the enemy. But each of the classes requires energy to perform the more powerful attacks which is gained by simply killing enemies.
Besides the usual weaponry a class carries like swords or daggers, the player can also find and use catapults stationed on the battlefield or get on the back of a horse to get the advantage and thin the enemy horde just by sprinting through it.
After choosing a class, the player is dropped at the first spawn point of the current map and is then required to help his allies to help fulfill different objectives depending on the game mode and map. These can range from capturing and defending positions to killing the enemy hero. While in single player the heroes on both sides are called when needed and fit the current map (like the Gandalf and the Balrog in the Mines of Moria), in multiplayer the best player of one team is automatically chosen once his team has reached a certain percentage of points needed to win.
The multiplayer mode also allows up to four players to play together through the campaigns and features three additional game modes: In "Conquest", similar to Battlefield 2142, the goal is to capture flag points on the map in a pre-determined order and once all points are held by one team, the game is over. In "Team-Deathmatch" the team with the most kills wins the game and "Find the Ring" is a "Capture the Flag"-variant featuring the one ring instead of a flag.
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On New Year's Eve 1958 Hyman Roth not only celebrated his birthday, he also celebrated the successful expansion of the Corleone family, successfully lead by Don Michael Corleone for fifteen years now, into Cuba. But the celebrations did not last long when suddenly "la revolucion" started and all hell breaks loose. Michael and Hyman manage to escape with most of the other family members but Aldo Trapani (the main protagonist in The Godfather) gets killed - just in time for five new families to threaten the Corleone family's control over New York, Florida and Las Vegas. As one of Aldo Trapani's closest soldiers, the player jumps into the role of Dominic to help Michael and the Corleone family win the war as well as to build a family of his now.
Looking over Dominic's shoulder, the player moves freely through three cities depicting a New York, Florida and Cuba from the late '50s/early '60s traveling between them by airplane. Connected by the main storyline, the main goal of Dominic is to grow his family and destroy the other five families. This is done in two main steps: Taking over businesses and killing so-called "Made Man". Taking over a business is done the same way as in the predecessor: Enter the shop/joint/factory/construction site, fight through the enemy guards and find the person with the Godfather-sign over his head. That is the one the player needs to threaten until he gives up his resistance and pays his dues to Dominic from now on instead of the other family.
Each business owner has his own weak spot as well as a breaking point. A weak spot ranges from destroying inventory to punching him or her in the face, and gives a 25% bonus on the monetary outcome. But if the player pressures the owner to much, he either dies from the torture or reaches his breaking point. Then he gets aggressive, cannot be intimidated anymore and attacks without mercy. Is the intimidation successful however, the player gets a one-time cash advance and gains money from the joint every day. In addition there are several rackets combined in a crime ring. Once the player controls it, he immediately gains a bonus until he loses one of the rackets in the crime ring. This goes for his enemy as well. When the player takes over a business of a crime ring, the bonuses like bullet-proof vests for all family members or brass knuckles for higher melee damage are instantly removed. That's why the enemy families do not just sit by and let Dominic take their businesses one by one. So the player has to hire guards to protect the businesses. In case of an attack, he can also send one of his soldiers to help in the defense.
This soldier or so-called "Made Man", is initially discovered and invited by the player to join his family while hanging out at the various safe houses and rackets. Each of them has a specialization. While one might be good at planting bombs, the other is a safe cracker very useful to rob banks and loot all the various safes in the city to get an achievement. As the player progresses through the game, he cannot only hire more family members, but can also promote a few of his soldiers. This allows them to learn a second and even third profession on top of their initial one. It is also possible to upgrade certain skills like Survival (stay longer conscious once out of health) of a family member, in return for hard-earned cash. When a made man is downed by enemy fire, he does not immediately get transferred to the next hospital or police station. Instead there is a time window in which everyone can revive the other with a shot of adrenaline. If it's too late, the player respawns at the hospital/police station and loses some money while his made man is out of the picture for a certain amount of time. This is also true for the player if he has a medic on his team, otherwise he goes directly to jail or the hospital.
The amount of time it takes them to get back on your side can be reduced by using favors. Favors are handed out by random people with a sign over their head on the streets and by high-ranking officials. Both give the player a mission which can involve killing or beating someone up, blowing a business (even one of the player's) to hell or something similar. The difference is, that the favor of an official can be saved for later like immediately rebuilding a bombed business. Favors of random people instead come in the form of money rewards or kill conditions.
Kill conditions are needed to get an enemy made man. Just shooting them only puts them in the hospital. To take them permanently out the picture, the player needs to make an example of the man by fulfilling the kill condition. Shoving a made man from the roof of a building, putting a bullet between his eyes and such are examples for such kill conditions. Once all made men of a family have been eliminated forever, the player can deal the final blow to the rival family: killing their Don and blowing up their compound. All while dealing with the police that hunts you down just for forgetting to silence a witness of a crime.
The game also features a multiplayer mode that ties in with the single player campaign. Upon entering the multiplayer mode, the player chooses one of his family members he has hired in single-player and takes on his role. During his participation in the four game modes Team Deathmatch, Demolition Assault (blow up three objects in enemy territory), FireStarter (torch barrels, gas and propane tanks to rack up scoring multiplicators), Safecracker (bust a safe and hold the position for more points), the player then earns honor points for his family member. These are used in single player to buy a new weapon license for that soldier, which allows him to use the higher level weapons the player finds scattered around the city and can be handed to him.
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As the name suggests, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight, is that year's version of the popular simulator from Microsoft and celebrates 100 years of flight. Flight Simulator 2004 includes 9 historical aircraft such as the Wright Flyer from 1903, DC-3, Vickers Vimy, Curtiss Jenny and the Ryan NVP 'Spirit of St. Louis’ that you can pilot and new challenges centered around the historical aircraft. It includes a new help system called 'Learning Center' and an improved ATC, and a new dynamic weather system. The GPS systems in Flight Simulator 2004 have been completely overhaulled and are now based on real world Garmin 500/295 GPS systems.
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Strong Tracking Protection
By default, Floorp includes a robust tracking blocker, protecting users from a variety of malicious trackers lurking on the web. Additionally, it provides fingerprinting protection.
Flexible Layout
Floorp's layout customization is unlimited. Move the tab bar to the bottom of the window, hide the title bar, and more. Create your own Floorp.
Customizable Design
In addition to the usual Firefox theme customization, Floorp allows you to switch between five different interface designs, including OS-specific themes.
Regular Updates
Floorp is based on Firefox ESR. Floorp will be updated every 4 weeks, with security updates provided before each Firefox release.
No User Tracking
We don't collect personal information from users. We don't track users. We don't sell user data. We have no affiliation with any advertising companies.
Powered by Open Source
Floorp's source code is entirely open, allowing anyone to view it and contribute to the project. Not only is the browser itself open source, but the build environment is as well.
Dual Sidebar
Are you not satisfied with just one sidebar? Want to open your website in the sidebar? Floorp features a built-in sidebar that can display a web panel and browser management tools for a comfortable browsing experience.
A sidebar for busy people! Check everything from bookmarks and history to websites!
Flexible Toolbar & Tab Bar
Organize your web browsing with Tree Style Tabs! Use them as a vertical tabs, or combine them both for ultimate flexibility. Customize your bookmarks bar and more to create the perfect browsing experience. Floorp empowers everyone to personalize their browser, from beginners to CSS experts. Choose from a variety of themes or craft your own with custom CSS!
Caring about the User and the Web
Floorp does not track users and only blocks malicious tracking on websites. With Floorp you can build an internet that benefits both websites and users.
Blocking only harmful trackers by listening to the opinions of both website owners who make a living from advertising and users who want to protect their privacy, why not use Floorp in finding a better internet?
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This version leans more towards Pony for more overall variety, but maintains the realistic quality.
Samplers:
DPM++ SDE DPM++ 2S a Karras DPM++ SDE Karras DPM++ 2M SDE Karras DPM++ 2M SDE Exponential DPM2 a DPM++ 2S a DPM++ 3M * I DO NOT recommend the use of the following samplers (weak detail):
Euler a Euler
Steps: 20 - 30 CFG: 6-7 Clip Skip: 2 Resolution: I have been using 1280x768 | 768x1280 I recommend using female/male instead of woman/man Positive:
score_9, score_8_up, score_7_up, BREAK
Negative:
score_1, score_2, score_3
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Chromium is an Open Source web browser project from which Google Chrome draws its source code. Available for Windows, Linux, and Mac.
It was designed to provide a safer, faster, and more stable way to experience the web for all users.
Chromium is a tabbed window manager or shell for the internet rather than a browser application. The project has avoided putting unnecessary things into the User Interface to make a more intuitive, user-friendly experience.
The tab is the equivalent of a desktop application's title bar; the frame containing the tabs is a convenient mechanism for managing groups of those applications. In the future, there may be other tab types that do not host the standard browser toolbar.
Chromium is a speedy and efficient browser that uses search as its primary form of navigation. This process simplifies the way you access personal content and the web. It also offers enhanced functionality through HTML 5, offline modes, background processing, notifications, and more.
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Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer) makes your files and folder easy to manage. It provides fast and easy access to your hard disks, network folders, USB-Sticks, floppy disks and other storage devices. The 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Q-Dir are included and the correct one automatically used.
Key features in the alternative File-Explorer
File management in 4-window with tabs Folder size with extra information Color filter for files and folders Classic and modern address bar Directory structure with visible tree branches Print what you see in Explorer Views Based on the MS Windows OS File Manager Full Unicode Support Other options and specifications
Save folder combinations as favorites Moving and copying the data via "drag and drop" Mark selected folders and files Small program great in file management improved quad explorer file preview Multilingual Low System Resource usage Freeware ... and much more -
Many free and Open Source text editors are available, but some are simple, some are complex, and some fill a niche. Few, however, cross over into doing it all with a very usable interface.
When you first start up Kate, you will see it's not rocket science. You're presented with a simple interface that lets you start typing immediately. However, as your eyes move around, you will notice various settings in a few different places around the edges as well as a ribbon-style toolbar at the top. You know you're onto something different here at this point.
Kate has a split-mode window feature that can be used horizontally or vertically. It can also have multiple sessions and supports plug-ins. It also has encoding support, the ability to open files on a network, and is scriptable. Bookmarks are available for all your documents, and line numbers are always visible. The bookmarks are always to the side and can pop out and back as needed. It has highlighting support for specific words and over 250 languages. Of course, it also has on-the-fly spell-checking and search and replace functions.
Programmers will appreciate scriptable auto-indentation, smart comment and uncomment handling, auto-completion with argument hints, and rectangular block selection mode.
Finally, what would all of these features be without a backup? You can always save at any time, but Kate can also swap files to recover data on system crash and features a undo/redo system.
Kate has all the features that you might find with a professional text editor at any price.
View and edit multiple documents at the same time by splitting horizontally and vertically the window A lot of plug-ins: Embedded terminal, SQL plug-in, build plug-in, GDB plug-in, Replace in Files, and more Multi-document interface (MDI) Session support Encoding support (Unicode and lots of others) Bi-directional text rendering support Line-ending support (Windows, Unix, Mac), including auto-detection Network transparency (open remote files) Extensible through scripting Bookmarking system (also supported: breakpoints etc.) Scroll bar marks Line modification indicators Line numbers Code folding Highlighting support for over 300 languages Bracket matching Smart on-the-fly spell checking Highlighting of selected words Scriptable auto-indentation Smart comment and uncomment handling Auto-completion with argument hints Vi input mode Rectangular block selection mode And more... -
Windows 11 Debloater is another customization option that allows advanced users to disable/enable various Windows 11 features by generating and running a PowerShell script.
Windows 11 Debloater is portable, making it an excellent asset for those that work on multiple machines. The UI is tab-based and groups points of interest for quick access.
You can use EZ Debloater (first tab on UI) to easily debloat, select what you want from the many options, or choose a preset first from ‘Debloat Preset’ to create the ultimate PowerShell script to debloat Microsoft Windows 11. Create your radio buttons preset. You can run the script directly from the program. This option also includes disabling Cortana background apps and disabling Microsoft Edge as the default PDF app.
For those using Windows 10, Windows 10 Debloater from the same author is also available.
It is always advised when performing actions like those included in Windows 11 Debloater; you should create a restore point and backup your data just in case you run into an issue.
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