Text To Speech

• TTS Tool – free
• Natural Readers

Torrents

• The Pirate Bay
• Concen
• Kickasstorrents

Movies

• High Def Digest

Police State

• Electronic Frontier Foundation
  • Atlas of Surveillance

 

Laptops

• Framework
• System76
• Netbooknews.com
• Notebookcheck.net

Programming

Python

• https://www.learnpython.org

PHP

LMS

• Experience API – TinCan
• TraxLRS – Learning Record Store
• TinCan API with iSpring software

Moodle

• Moodle via Git
• Moodle Development

Video Editing Notes

• Extracting/Transcoding/Adding Video Streams Using FFmpeg

Security

• privacytools.io
• The Privacy Site – VPN comparisons
• AirVPN
• Tails

Network

• DNS Checker – check DNS propagation
• Freenom
• NameCheap

Domains

• Epik
• Namecheap
• Spaceship
• TLD-List

• FreeCSS
• Learn CSS Layout
• TutorialsPoint learn MySQL
• MySQL Reference ManualMySQL Workbench Manual
• 4 Different HTML/CSS Layout Techniques to Create a Site
• MaxDesign Free CSS layouts

Music

• SynthFont
• Coolsoft Virtual MIDI synth

Software

• The Pirate Bay
• TorrentReactor
• Disable WGA 1
• Disable using Trixie
• Craig Peacock’s Windows CE pages
• DivX Project
• MyDivX
• Nicky Pages’ Digital Solutions
• DivX Software
• FlaskMPEG
• VCDHelper.com
• VCDGuide.com
• VisionVids.com – music videos
• VirtualDub
• WinAmp
• http://www.everwicked.com/
• http://www.dvdrhelp.com/
• DVD Box Office
• Express.com
• DVD Review
• SourceForge
• DynDNS
• GUI Gallery
• Gallery

• codex.gallery2.org
• Privacy Software
  • Retroshare
  • TrueCrypt

Windows Open Source software
Tablet PC

• The Student Tablet PC
• Toshiba Portege M400 status

Open Source Software

• Scribus – desktop publishing
• Font Forge – font editor
• Inkscape – vector drawing
• DVD Styler – DVD authoring
• Rosegarden – MIDI editor
• XnView – like ACDSee
• MediaWiki – used in WikiPedia
• TTCSweb OSS
• FullSync – to sync music
• ID3TagIt
• Restoration – undelete files from WinXP
• FreeUndelete
• Chandler – calendaring app
• KeyNote
• HTTrack website copier
• Commercial software and their own source alternatives
• DeltaCopy – RSync for Windows
• Potrace – vector tracing software
• TweakUI

Hardware

Distributed File System

• OpenNAS
• Distributed File Systems

Readings

• MaximumPC
• Ziff Davis Net
• PC Magazine
• InfoWorld
• ComputerWorld
• Byte
• MacWorld
• MacWeek
• MacUser
• PC Computing
• Windows Magazine
• CNET
• Builder.com
• CMP TechWeb
• CMP TV
• Microsoft  what were you hoping to do today?
• CDR FAQ
• Technology Review
• Government Computer News
• Slashdot.org
• Digg.com
• TwitTV
• ExtremeTech
• GizModo
• Engadget
• TechRadar
• TechCrunch
• ArsTechnica
• LifeHacker

E-Mail

• SPF
• MXTookbox
  • Supertool
• DMARC generator
  • Dmarcly
    • SPF / DKIM / DMARC Checker
  • EasyDMARC.com

Useful Open Source Software

Audio

• CueTools
• Audacity
• MediaMonkey
• Ardour – Digital audio workstation opensource

CD Burning

Desktop Publishing

• Calibre – open source eBook utility
• Scribus

File Sharing

• Onion
• TorBrowser

GPS

• GPS Visualizer – converters

Graphics

• Gimp
• Greenshot
• Hugin – panoramas
• IrfanView – free but not open source
• InkScape
• Krita
• LazPaint – made with FreePascal – keeps vector text
• Paint.net
• RawTherapee
• Scribus
• XNViewMP

Mapping

Music

• MusicBee – like MediaMonkey
• Foobar2000
• AIMP
• XMPlay
• MediaMonkey

Network

• JDownloader.org
• HTTrack Website Copier
• Open Video Downloader – great program for downloading videos from YouTube and similar places.  Nice GUI.  Also called YouTube-DL-GUI.
• SSL Server Test
• SyncThing – replacement for ResilioSync – like DropBox for syncing cross platform.
• UpTimeRobot
• WinMTR Free Network Diagnostic Tool

DNS Services

• OpenNIC Project

Operating System

• Open Shell Menu

Productivity

• LibreOffice
• OpenOffice
• Dia
• Freemind

PDF

• FreePDF – no crapware
• Crack My PDF
• FreeMyPDF

Router Software

• Tomato
• Linksys WRT54G series

Security

Security Camera

• Blue Iris
• DorGem
• Security cam poller
• Various method of powering Security Cameras
• ZoneMinder

Security Software

• Blackbird – Windows privacy
• Canon Hack Development Kit
• Logitech Alert
• O&O ShutUp 10
• Veracrypt

Text Editing

• jed
• tilde

Utilities

• Everything – search for files on network shares and locally
• MaxLauncher – alternative to FSL Launcher
• Q-Dir – portable app that augments Windows Explorer
• Duplicati
• CloneZilla
• RescueZilla
• RedoRescue
• Greenshot
• Open Shell Menu
• Recuva
• CC Cleaner
• WPD – block Windows telemetry

Video Editing

• AVI Demux
• Handbrake
• KDenLive – cross platform video editing
• LosslessCut – for editing H265 captures
• MKV Toolnix
• Open Shot
• Open Broadcasting Software (OBS)
• Open Video Downloader – great program for downloading videos from YouTube and similar places.  Nice GUI.  Also called YouTube-DL-GUI.
• StaxRip

Video

• Videohelp.com
• MKV – Matroska container
• AVI.NET
• LightWorks OpenShot Video Editor
• StaxRip – encodes h265

Video Players

• PotPlayer
• VLC

Hardware

Ethernet

• T568B color for ethernet
• iPerf

Hard Drives

• Disk Prices

Fun and Cool Sites

Wallpapers

• geekwallpapers.com
• www.amiga-look.org

Emulation

Computers

• Amiga Workbench Simulator:  https://taws.ch/WB.html
• Windows 3.1: https://classicreload.com/win3x-windo…
• Windows 3.1 with CD-ROM: https://www.pcjs.org/blog/2019/05/31/
• Macintosh System 7: https://archive.org/details/mac_MacOS..
• Windows 95: https://www.pcjs.org/blog/2015/09/21/
• OS/2: https://www.pcjs.org/blog/2015/12/27/
• Windows 93: http://www.windows93.net/
• Atari ST: https://jamesfriend.com.au/pce-js/ata…
• Windows 1.0: https://www.pcjs.org/software/pcx86/s…
• EmuOS: https://emupedia.net/beta/emuos/

Emulation Websites

• Classic Reload

Commodore 64

• Ankman.de SID music
• C-64 Forever
• C64 SID Music
• c64.com
• C-64 Wiki
• CCS 64
• gamebase64.com
• Lemon64
• SIDPlay – can mute voices
  • SIDPlay for Windows – older version mutes voices
• SID Hacker
• The Almighty C-64
• The C-64 Scene Database
• VICE
• Zophar’s Domain C64 music