techWednesday, October 13, 2004
Here is some junk I discovered
A bunch of random junk.
QuickTime and RealPlayer Alternatives: Don't use those annoying players anymore. Get some alternatives from this site.
Mplayer: This is an opensource media player which will play any format video, but probably isn't as user friendly as the above ones. It's open source. If you don't like the windows version from mplayerhq.hu, then you can just do a google search for other windows builds of it. There are some with nice GUI's.
1-4a Rename: an intelligent file renaming program. Fix all those bad/inconsistent mp3 filenames - And other filetypes as well (jpg's, etc)
HooverDesk: A windows desktop replacement - there are alternatives to the MS Windows look and feel.
RegSeeker: A nice windows registry editor/checker/etc. From the HoverDesk People - also with other freeware on the same page.
Adobe Reader Speed-Up: Tired of waiting for Acrobat Reader to load - this'll speed things up.
None of these things are open source as far as I know, but they're all usefull and free little programs. Most of them are found in the October '04 issue of PC World
QuickTime and RealPlayer Alternatives: Don't use those annoying players anymore. Get some alternatives from this site.
Mplayer: This is an opensource media player which will play any format video, but probably isn't as user friendly as the above ones. It's open source. If you don't like the windows version from mplayerhq.hu, then you can just do a google search for other windows builds of it. There are some with nice GUI's.
1-4a Rename: an intelligent file renaming program. Fix all those bad/inconsistent mp3 filenames - And other filetypes as well (jpg's, etc)
HooverDesk: A windows desktop replacement - there are alternatives to the MS Windows look and feel.
RegSeeker: A nice windows registry editor/checker/etc. From the HoverDesk People - also with other freeware on the same page.
Adobe Reader Speed-Up: Tired of waiting for Acrobat Reader to load - this'll speed things up.
None of these things are open source as far as I know, but they're all usefull and free little programs. Most of them are found in the October '04 issue of PC World
