#freeware software

[digitalfossils]

Learning With Your Computer (1986)

[upmala]

i had the stupidest computer problem in which i wanted to show my friends the photos from Scotland, but the combined files from my phone and camera didn’t add up chronologically - because the phone automatically adjusted time zone (a setting which must be enabled, or the microsoft teams app won’t work - an idiocy in its own right), but the camera did not. those familiar with windows may be aware that it’s possible to edit file properties, including Date Taken - sure, it’d be annoying to have to add one hour to several dozen pictures, but we’ve been through worse manual tasks. however, windows will only let you edit the Date part of the Date Taken timestamp.

cue a random answer on a Windows forum, where the original asker replied to their own question after the official representative, as always, failed to be helpful in any way, linked BulkFileEditor, a file editor that literally had “Add + hours” AND supported editing multiple files at once.

the old-fashioned UI took a minute to parse, so used as i was to modern material UI chromium fork apps, but the person behind the program made it very straightforward. only a few minutes later, all the photos were in beautiful chronological order, ready to be viewed on whatever doubtlessly old and sad device my tech-averse partner had at home.

as i was closing all the tabs after this needlessly complicated journey, i noticed that the appropriately 2008 looking website of this programmer (which listed a whole plethora of other small programs) had a Donate button. curious as to how they chose to implement it, i clicked. only two fields: amount and currency. what the heck, this person saved me quite some frustration today. €3. the Donate button led to Paypal - so simple. Nir Sofer, if you read this, i hope you get yourself a little snack.

[aikido7834]

scangrade gifs for the scangrade tag

[fpacatuto]

New ink pen brushes in the FA store

Thin ink pooling pen

Cotton swab ink pooling pen

My tests with them: the think ink pooling pen has its own custom texture with it as well, "Bokoboko2"

Firealpaca (EN) on Twitter: https://x.com/firealpaca_en/status/1723146526573429171?s=20

[nando161mando]

Free Resources

https://www.hackthissite.org/

https://prism-break.org/en/

https://www.shodan.io/

https://www.libreoffice.org/

https://www.openoffice.org/

[highretrogamelord]

Back to the Moon for DOS

[arkhamm]

Does anyone know of a good notes app? Like one that never sends notifications and no ads and doesn't send any info anywhere or connect to the internet in any way. I want the notepad of android. Just something to type into and save it, preferably to a file that could be easily moved to another device. Maybe basic text formatting

[recoiloperated]

I might be odd for this, but the one feature from Windows 11 that I actually liked was the notepad.

Super clean, automatically "soft" saves whenever you close it. Has tabs.

There's no reason it shouldn't run on Windows 10, because Windows 11 is literally Windows 10 with a botched lobotomy and a new set of clothes. But they future lock it to Windows 11.

Anyways-

[rahisaurus]

New RahiTuber update - adding more compatibility and features :D

[echofromthepast]

Retrieve 2024/06/03

[lostjared]

Old Acid Cam video

[arconinternet]

Mac Mania (Classic Mac, various years, collected in 1995/1996/1997)

Mac shareware/freeware/demo discs similar to magazine coverdisks, but sold without magazines. You can download them here, or better yet, run them in Infinite Mac - pick a combination of operating system and, optionally via the Customize button that appears upon mouseover, computer (7.5.3 on Quadra is generally recommended, or 7.5.5 or higher on Power Macintosh 9500 for PPC games/software which will otherwise cause Type -192 errors, but feel free to experiment), then click CD-ROMs at the bottom and, when the emulated Mac has finished starting up, click one of the MacMania discs (under Compilations). Don't worry about filesize - Infinite Mac is clever and downloads parts of the disc on the fly. If you need to change the number of colors, use the colors icon at the lower left to open the colors menu.

Tip: the first disc has the bizarre Mormonoids From the Deep, which uses the ancient WorldBuilder engine and it thus best run on System 7.5.3 on a Mac II (don't worry, it can handle it). It has a shareware system that pretends to be a virus that will random end the game; it can be 'disarmed' by typing 'tx' or 'xt' on the first screen (titled 'OH, NO! IT'S...) and pressing Enter. Also, important commands and be found under the Commands menu. You can also play the game in your browser here with additional sound effects and other early games by the developer, Lamprey Systems (note: collection makes fun of Christianity, and aims to scare normal people, subvert their children and provide solace to the weird).

More tips: If you get a chunk load error, reload the page and try again. Video files will take a while to load, but like all files, will be saved by your browser (and can later be deleted in your browser's settings) so they'll play smoothly afterwards. To get Fawn to show more than a blank white window, follow the instructions in the FAQ (HyperCard is stored in Infinite HD - Multimedia - HyperCard). When done with a disc, just draw it into the Trash to unmount it.

[fpacatuto]

Firealpaca update (Ver 2.11.12) + website

FireAlpaca Ver 2.11.12 + website update

( 2023/11/21 )

Fixed an issue where some data could be corrupted when saving an MDP file in some environments.

You can now edit the canvas while the brush editing dialog is displayed (Windows)

Fixed an issue with the color history check status in the window menu.

Supports clipboard copying of multiple layers (new creation and pasting from the clipboard now support multiple layers)

Fixed an issue where the navigator display would sometimes collapse during time-lapse recording.

The devteam also updated the look of the website! Many helpful links and downloads are more visible now and the site looks more compact. The new site banner features different images and art depending on the topic, and the main page features a video in the background.

[nando161mando]

Great mutual aid office free for your computer or other devices if you are trying to budget and boycott adobe and microsoft products.

[echofromthepast]

Retrieved April 30, 2024

[inspireai]

35 Free and Best Open Source Software for Windows 11 (2024)

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