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Kubernetes
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Open Source
Kubernetes is free and open source.
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Cannot define containers through the Docker CLI
Kubernetes was not written for docker clustering alone. It uses a different API, configuration and different YAML definitions. So you can't use the Docker CLI or Docker Compose to define your containers. Everything has to be done from scratch.
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Built on several years of experience with containers
Kubernetes was built on top of several years of experience from Google working on containers in production. It's a little opinionated on how containers should work and behave, but if used correctly it can help you achieve fault-tolerant systems.
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Windows restrictions
Windows compatibility rules, the host OS version must match the container base image OS version. Only Windows containers with Windows Server 2019 are supported. Also other restrictions are present.
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Fault tolerant
Almost everything in Kubernetes is designed to handle if parts of it fail or if your service crashed for whatever reason. So it's particularly adapted if you've a cluster (even a very small one).
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If used on an existing system, some re-organizing may be needed
Because of how opinionated Kubernetes is, it may be necessary to change some things if you decide to use Kubernetes as an orchestration tool in an existing application.
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Works well with modern operating systems
Kubernetes works very well with modern environments (such as CoreOS or Red Hat Atomc) which offer lightweight computing nodes that you don't have to manage, since they are managed for you.
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Sometimes Pods refuse to (re)start automatically
It happens that a Pod needs a manual kick before it runs properly, especially if you're near full utilisation of your machine resources. Sometimes it is just a long delay.
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Supported on several PaaS
Kubernetes is currently supported by Google Compute Engine, Rackspace, Microsoft Azure, and vSphere. Work is being done to support Kubernetes on OpenShift and CloudFoundry.
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Easy to do grouping tasks
Kubernetes uses labels which are key-value pairs that are attached to objects, usually pods. They are used to specify the characteristics of an object like the version, tier, etc. Labels are used to identify objects or groups of objects according to different characteristics that they may have, for example they can be used to identify all the pods that are included in the backend tier. Through labels it's easier to do grouping tasks for pods or containers, like moving pods to different groups or assigning them to load-balanced groups.
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Great starting point for beginners
Kubernetes great for beginners who are just starting to work on clustering. It's probably the quickest and easiest way to start experimenting and learning cluster oriented development.
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Virtual Box
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Compatible with Many Operating Systems
It works for Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, and many others.
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Lacks video performance
Virtualbox has a hard cap of 256MB of video memory. This could make newer operating systems run slower.
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Beginner friendly
A virtual machine can be set up in minutes if a ISO file to load is already available.
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Minimal CPU customization
You can only enable/disable certain features. You cannot cap the speed of the CPU, which is required to run systems such as Windows 95.
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Works well and fast for Windows host and Linux guest
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Free and open source
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Many free images available
Though most are linux flavors at https://virtualboxes.org/ Oracle's virtualbox site has others.
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Can do snapshots
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A lot of customization
VirtualBox has multiple virtualization options. Each one may be tailored to the guest operating system’s needs. This makes it especially good on virtualizing older systems, such as DOS, obscure distros, etc.
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TeraCopy
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Sometimes clashes with 7 zip
From my experience, TeraCopy does not do well in conjunction with 7zips. It seems to error on some systems when you do a drag-and-drop extract.
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Faster file deletion
It deletes files much much faster than built in Windows file manager.
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Can check files for copy errors
TeraCopy can automatically check/verify the copied files for errors, by calculating their CRC or other checksum/hash value.
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Seamless shell integration
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Skips badly copied files
TeraCopy skips badly copied files during the copying process, and then displays them at the end of the transfer "Verify" with checksum/hash, so you can see which files to re-copy. See also, OpenHashTab for Windows and DeadHash for Windows, Linux, Android.
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Platforms:
Windows, Mac
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WizTree
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Exceptionally fast for NTFS drives
Because it reads the master file table (MFT) directly from NTFS file system.
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Intended for NTFS only
It'll work with any other file system but with the same speed as any generic space analyzer.
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Free
There is no limitation to using it.
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Multiple view such as tree view, tree map, extension view, file view
Unlike other similar apps, which usually only offer single view, this app offers multiple views.
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Handles "hard linked" files correctly - doesn't count them more than once
WizTree is faster and much more accurate than all the others as it properly handles hard linked files (doesn't count them more than once) so the total allocated size reported by WizTree will actually match the space used on the drive as reported by Windows.
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Platforms:
Windows
Interface:
GUI
Treemap:
Yes
Path exclusion:
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Process Hacker
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See programs with active network connections
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It might be a little intimidating for some users
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Real-time information on disk access
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Can be set as your default task manager
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10x more detail and information about usage of PC resources and processes
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Detailed overview of system activity with highlighting
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Can create, edit and control services
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Can track which processes are using a file
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Open source
You can find the code here.
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View detailed stack traces with kernel-mode
Supports WOW64 and .NET.
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Graphs and statistics to quickly track down resource hogs and runaway processes
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Conda
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Doesn't have everything
Conda is relatively new and has a smaller user-base, so the set of packages available is limited.
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Binary installs
They are fast and reliable as they do not need to compile before installation.
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No way to resume downloads
Any download that is canceled or interrupted will have to be started over from the beginning as there is no built in solution for resuming downloads.
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Allows for multiple environments
It is great for developers since you can easily switch between complete environments with different versions of packages, for testing and development.
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Installs huge collection of default unneeded libraries
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Open source
Conda is open source and on Github, so if you see something wrong you can fix it and submit a patch.
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Flatpak
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Cross-distribution
You can install flatpak packages on any distro you want.
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Bloated
Due to the way Flatpack handles packaging, this can lead to a large cache being created which quickly inflates to unreasonable sizes. Not only this, but using flatpack requires a large chunk of space to be reserved for it's own file hierarchy.
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fast
searching, installing and updating are faster than others in my experience
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Difficult to export packages
It is difficult and convoluted to export installed packages and move to another system.
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Doesn't bog system down like snaps.
Plus it's not proprietary.
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Doesn't work well with CLI programs
Invoking CLI programs can be a pain. From the weird reverse DNS package names to difficulty in easily managing container environment.
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Application sandboxing
All applications are limited to a set of predefined permissions, enhancing privacy and security.
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A well-written documentation
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Flexible runtime management
You can install a lot of runtimes for different apps, making applications a lot more compatible while still allowing some applications to share their runtimes.
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Default Repository:
FlatHub.org
Initial Maintainer:
Alex Larsson
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Rancher
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Web GUI cluster management
Intuitive and easy to use web gui.
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Mult-environment cluster system
Cattle (Rancher default) Swarm Kubernetes Mesos
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Service catalog is easy
Rancher provides a catalog of application templates that make it easy to deploy complex stacks. Rancher certified catalog Community service catalog
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Self-service application stack for self-monitoring
Great contributions from the co community who build the service stack catalog. One of them is the "Prometheus" template which deploys a collection of containers for monitoring a platform. It's capable of querying all aspects of your environment with some nice pre-built dashboards.
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Access control polices
Detailed role-based access control policies can be defined independently for each cluster.
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HovText
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Trusted signed executable and open source
HovText has existed for 20 years and has always been open source.
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Remove formatting from text copied
Copying text from the internet or from Office applications most often will include styles and formatting when pasting, but HovText can remove all this formatting, so only the raw unformatted cleartext will be pasted - this is a life-saver :-)
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Keeps the most used clipboard entries at top
Most recent entries copied/pasted are available from a top-down principle.
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Trim whitespaces and empty new-lines on copied text
When marking text with the mouse, it often adds a whitespace at the beginning or the end of the text or there are some empty lines above or below that gets copied too, but HovText has an option to remove whitespaces at beginning and end - very useful.
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Intuitive, fast and modern UI for finding previous copied texts or images
When viewing the list of previous copied clipboards, then it is easy to find the relevant text or image you need.
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Fully user configurable
All hotkeys can be configured and all layout, style and screen display can be tweaked, so there is a chance you can have it setup as you want.
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Portable and no installation needed
Fast, light, no installation process and no registration needed - just "click and use".
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Save clipboards on computer
The clipboards can be saved to local computer, so it can be reused after a computer shutdown.
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Platforms:
Windows 7/8/10/11
Initial Release:
2004-02-24
Newest Release:
2024-02-02
Approximate Size:
2.7MB
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Rapid environment editor
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Warnings
Displays wrong entries in red, e.g. paths that do no longer exist.
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Simple
Some may not consider it a "power" user tool.
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Easy
Editing of Windows environment variables is easy, splits long lines.
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Resolve variables values, make easy a refactoring of PATH by extracting different elements in their own new variable
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Convert variables between verbatim and expandable
Windows supports referencing variables within variables, but only if they're marked in the registry as expandable, and conversion between the two types is exposed in the context menu for each variable.
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Greenshot (for Windows)
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Scrolling window capture is only working in Internet Explorer
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Free and open source
Greenshot is licensed under GPL with source code available on BitBucket.
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This version only works on Windows, not Linux nor Mac
However, the same author now has a separate version of Greenshot for iOS, which is available (for a small fee) in the Mac App Store at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/greenshot/id1103915944
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Freezes screen when you capture
When you enter a capture mode, the screen content is preserved as it was when you started capturing.
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Allows annotating, highlighting and obfuscating screenshots
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Can capture an entire webpage
Instead of just capturing the visible portion of the page, this tool can capture all of the page in one image by scrolling through the page, taking images at set points and then stitching the images together.
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Can be quickly invoked with the print screen button
Pressing the print screen button will allow you to select the captured area.
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Selecting custom rectangle is the default
Easy to use selection tool with a magnifier to select only the part of the screen that you need.
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Classic UI design makes it easy to use.
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Listary
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It's also a launcher
Once you find the file you need, you can launch it or use custom actions.
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Search as you type everywhere
You can start typing on the desktop or any folders and it'll just search for you.
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Supports other explorers
It supports not only Windows Explorer but also XYplorer, Directory Opus, Total Commander and all the other explorer alternatives.
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Platforms:
Windows
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FreeFileSync
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It supports multiple protocols
It will work with MTP, FTP, SFTP, FTPS, and more.
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Does not preserve folder timestamps when copying
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It can copy locked files
It supports Volume Shadow Copy Service, meaning that it can copy files even if they are in use or otherwise locked.
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Memory hog
It runs a little slow on computers who don't have much RAM available.
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Cross-platform
It runs on Windows, Linux and MacOS.
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Limited built in history
The program only remembers the latest set of folders you synced, so you have to save your syncs or create batch files.
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Portable version available
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A little intimidating for novices
If you never ran a file syncing software, this can be a little tricky to configure as your first one.
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It is quite performant
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No backup encryption
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Google Drive support
FreeFileSync provides direct access to Google Drive, no additional software is needed.
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It doesn't run on older Linux systems
It's dependencies don't allow it to run on older systems.
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Completely free
Source code releases are provided under GPLv2.
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It supports realtime sync
It can be configured to constantly monitor two folders for changes and sync them instantly when a change is detected.
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It lets you program batch scripts
You can program your own jobs for execution as a script.
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It supports case sensitive synchronization
For Unix-like systems.
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It supports long file paths
It can copy files and folders with more than 260 characters in their paths.
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It supports versioning
Versioning is keeping multiple instances of the modifications of your files.
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It can sync both local disks and network shares
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Platforms:
Windows, Mac, Linux
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GPL-3.0-only
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One Commander
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Free
Free for non commercial use.
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Folders cannot be sorted by size
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Simple and fast
Fast search and filter.
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Cannot access Android device connected by USB
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Miller columns
Like Finder from macOS.
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Cannot access Android device by FTP
And can never will as this is clarified by developer that this feature will never be added.
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Multi tab support
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It doesn't have UNDO function
Very important. When you work with valuable data files, this function can't be ommited.
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Themes
Light, dark and customizable themes/colours.
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Navigating folders by Ctrl+Tab has considerable delay
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Default file manager setup
Can make it the default file manager such that windows explorer stays out of the way for most of the work.
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Browsing Recycle Bin is very slow
Navigating away from Recycle Bin tab and coming back to it reload the Recycle Bin which is very slow as mentioned. Program has an option to open recycle bin in Windows File Explorer, which suggests that developer is aware that opening Recycle Bin is problematic.
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File previews
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Confusing
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File / folder filters
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Context menu only based on icons
No longer with Onecommander 3.6.43
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Folder views can be saved and applied
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OS:
Windows 10 version 17763.0 or higher
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F.lux
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Can help sleep better
Helps provide better sleep for more energy during the day.
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Takes a while to get used to
After installing F.lux, the screen will look a lot more yellow. This takes about a week to fully get used to. You can ease into it by setting the color temps higher than the recommended defaults.
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Eases eye strain
Decreases color temperature at night, changing the normally fluorescent blue of an LCD monitor to a soft orange. Much easier on the eyes, especially in a low-light environment.
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Subtle transition
The transition from daytime to nighttime color modes takes an hour by default and will detect your current timezone, meaning that it will happen in the background at sunset, often without you noticing.
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yay
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Easy to add features
It's written in Go so it is fairly easy to add features or tweak this amazing tool.
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Written in Go
Running a Go program requires the Go runtime. Go is also a garbage collected language, so the program isn't as responsive as it could be.
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Intuitive CLI
Yay's commands and output make sense for anyone used to the pacman package manager.
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Written in Go
The compiled program is snappy while the source is easy to read.
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Available as a precompiled binary
Both yay and yay-bin are in the AUR, the latter of which doesn't require any dependencies or compilation, making installation and updates quick and painless.
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Yogurt interactive mode
Write package name without keys [yay <packagename>] to enter interactive mode.
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Doesn't rebuild already-installed apps like Trizen
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Sandboxie
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Now free and open source
Continuing forward as Sandboxie-plus while still updating its classic version.
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Windows 10 has Windows Sandbox
Only relevant if using Pro edition of Windows.
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Windows 10/11 Home does not include Sandbox
As that is limited to Pro, this is a great alternative.
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V2 Cloud
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Easy to use
It's fast enough and a user friendly solution to move your operations to a cloud-based computer. This is the company to work with.
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No GPU
If you are looking for a system that has GPU, this solution isn't recommended.
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The customer support services they offer are second to none
Basically, the system has an inbuilt chat window that you can use to interact with tech support and get instant assistance.
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AppImage
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No wayland support
Apps look pretty bad on 4k monitors.
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No integration into the system
Leaves your system untouched.
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No automatic updates
You have to re-download the application to update it.
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Easy to use
Just execute the package to run the software.
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Big file size
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Easy deployment of software
It just works across different distros.
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AutoHotkey
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Easy To Learn but extremely Powerful
Basic Stuff is very easy and even advanced programming is possible, as the language is now able to use objects and classes and has a ton of free libraries and one of the most helpful and friendly communities on the Internet.
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Programming language is primitive
The base syntax, inherited from the first version of AutoIt, is primitive (a bit like an improved batch syntax).
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Powerful
Can interact with any Windows program / dialog / form, filling fields, submitting data, etc., without dependency on the window placement.
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Allows for extremely easy remapping keys and buttons on your keyboard, joystick, and mouse
You can reprogram any key combination, including the Windows key with a syntax like this one: h::msgbox true that automatically remaps the H key to show a message box.
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Can map keys to scripts
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Scripting of common procedures
AHK allows full scripts to be created and used, it is very flexible.
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Helpful forum
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Programming language is easier to learn and to use
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Good help documentation
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C-like syntax
C-like languages dominate the industry, making it easier to switch over to other ones in the C family.
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Fully programmable
With a full programming language powering the hotkeys, including GUIs, it is powerful and flexible.
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Platforms:
Windows
Technology:
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