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Electron-based presentation software, program first mentioned in our list of freeware presentation software . FreeShow is a free and open-source presentation program that makes it easy to show text on a big screen. It supports stage display, remote control, media, and many other advanced features. I...

Old thread update : this appears to have been folded into a service called Mirrored.to. While they have an upload tool, I'm not clear on whether it's similar to the program Midas originally posted about: https://www.mirrored.to/p/upload-tools Also, here's a Ghacks post about MirrorCreator from earl...

Old thread update:

Site offline. I couldn't find a copy of their last freeware v0.9.2. Site Archive.org link: https://web.archive.org/web/20150426045 ... om/intype/

Update:

Version 8.0.0 is out with some amazing additions, including search, metadata, ocr, tons of formats, documentation, and more.

https://www.digikam.org/news/2023-04-16 ... ouncement/

Interesting news: the most recent version of GPG4win integrated Okular: The GnuPG Edition of Okular is optimized to be lightweight and to provide as little attack surface as possible. It does not support any active content like JavaScript or media files in PDF documents. It should therefore be more ...

Microsoft OneNote: Although you noted that the Android app might not be as simple to use as you'd like, it's important to note that Microsoft OneNote is a potent note-taking programme that can sync notes without any problems between devices. To quickly take notes, you can add a widget to your Andro...

Update: CLaunch now at 4.04 ... update came out a little less than a year ago: https://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA01835 ... ry_cl.html

If I'd given it some thought, this is definitely something I would have asked for. A sane update manager for Windows. Great suggestion.

Update: still in development as of May of this year, now at v.1.31

Homepage is still talking about portability and being self-contained, so that's nice to see.

BloodFeastMan wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 4:34 am Excellent critiques, and there is now a "light" version at the Sourceforge site which uses only AES-256 and eliminates the after-encryption dialogs.

Very cool, thanks

Kyle_Katarn wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 1:47 pm Didn't know this one, thanks for sharing. Is it better than SUMo when it comes to update / programme detection ?

I haven't tested the program yet but definitely will compare them when I do.

An open source SUMO alternative UpdateHub is an app that simplifies updating software on your computer or mobile device. A user-friendly interface allows you to quickly check for and install available updates for your operating system and applications. Keep your device running smoothly and securely....

VPN access in Windows sandbox So in this thread I mention a few tricks around configuring the Windows sandbox, including turning off network/internet access. Unfortunately, I hit a lot of confusion recently when I was trying to enable access and it still wouldn't work. As it turns out, you cannot u...

Update: still in development as of May of this year at v.1.11.4 - https://www.freeplane.org/info/history/history_en.txt

Update: v2.6.1 is out as of a few days ago. Changelog is a little light on details but mentions some optimizations: https://sourceforge.net/p/azip/news/