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Best free obscure software

Real7ime Converter

Converting realplayer files to AVI files. I have Total Video Converter but it can't handle a lot of the RP, so this free and easy program is a great suppliment. Just drop and drag.

NOTE: It's good to have other conversion programs, because the AVI file this thing creates is HUGE!!
 
AgeGap said:
Not that obscure. Eraser if you are getting rid of your computer. Destroys files.
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The geek way to do this:
  1. Boot a Knoppix CD (or other live CD Linux distro)
  2. Type the following command:
    Code: 
    dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=1M
Overwrites the entire drive with binary zeros. Only the most advanced forensic labs can get to the data after that, and I'm not even sure they can do it with the extremely dense hard drives we have these days.
 
Occasionally I need a window to stay on top of others (usually a browser or a notepad type of window). Several of these don't have the built in functionality of "stay on top of other windows", so use deskpins for when I need this kind of functionality for XP.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/deskpins.html
 
biomorph said:
I've used Editpad for ages, it supports multiple pages.

http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadclassic.html

and Mailwasher email previewer and spam filter at

http://www.firetrust.com/products/mailwasher-pro

For ftp I use FTP Commander which does what I need, at

http://www.internet-soft.com/download.htm

I'm not sure if these are still free tho, but they were when I found them.
I like "mc" for linux too, good prog.
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Not free, no. Says on each of the pages you linked to.
 
moopet said:
This removes duplicate files? I can't find any reference to that feature, and have never noticed it when I've used the product?
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Yes it does.
One of its features for cleaning up your hard drive is by finding duplicates across all hard drives and letting you delete them.
 
TheDaver said:
Oh boy, let's not get into text editors.

I prefer Notepad++.
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emacs. I'm running it under Windows. Which means, from what I read, it's a crippled shadow of what it could be on a Linux machine. And I still prefer it to pspad, which is what I used before.

It's the cursor control commands that make emacs such a wonderful editor for me. ALT-F, CTRL-N, and especially CTRL-S and CTRL-R -- I can't live without them. No more need to constantly reach for the mouse and move and click. In emacs you just hit a few keys and the cursor jumps to precisely where you want it.
 
yairhol said:
Yes it does.
One of its features for cleaning up your hard drive is by finding duplicates across all hard drives and letting you delete them.
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I must be missing something, because the copy I just downloaded doesn't mention this functionality or just do it.
 
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