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YUMI v0.0.9.6 Updated

Checker on 21 May 2013
  • 1MB (uncompressed)
  • Suggested by Midas

YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Installer) can be used to create a multi-boot USB flash drive containing multiple operating systems, antivirus utilities, disc cloning, diagnostic tools, and more. Aside from a few distributions, all files are stored within the Multiboot folder, making for a nicely organized Multiboot Drive that can still be used for other storage purposes. YUMI uses syslinux to boot extracted distributions stored on the USB device, and reverts to using grub to Boot Multiple ISO files from USB, if necessary.

YUMI works much like Universal USB Installer, except it can be used to install more than one distribution to run from your USB. Distributions can also be uninstalled.

Category:
System Requirements: WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Wine
Writes settings to: None
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware/Open Source
How to extract: Download YUMI-x.x.x.x.exe to a folder of your choice and launch.
Similar/alternative apps: Universal USB Installer
What's new?
  • Updated to support Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu Gnome 13.04, Debain Live 7, and Linux Mint 15.
  • Fix TAILS time zone, and G4L config.
Latest comments
webfork on 2013-02-16 03:10

Tested out the other day to get both DBAN and then Knoppix on a USB drive and it worked very well. I was initially annoyed that the tool wasn't automatically downloading and writing: I had to let it launch a web browser to download the ISO, then direct the tool where to get it, and then start creating a USB boot drive. However, I couldn't think of a way this could be done automatically without getting on my nerves (what do you do with the ISO after it's burned - delete it? how?).

I've tested a few other programs but the sheer number and categories of free distributions was reason enough to keep this handy. Wow.

Midas on 2013-02-16 16:40

I use YUMI in conjunction with 'Command Prompt Here' and 'WGET for Windows'...

If I don't already have the relevant ISO file, I let YUMI open the respective download page, find the download link, and right-click to copy it;

Then I right-click the folder where I launched YUMI from (but any folder will work) to open a local command console and simply write "wget " and right-click again to paste the download link -- WGET will proceed to download really fast (no GUI overhead) and is intelligent enough to follow Sourceforge mirror redirectors, for example...

Point YUMI to the downloaded file and let it do its thing; when done, just delete the file if you have no use for it.

Final note: to have WGET available system wide, put the exe somewhere in your path (%WINDIR% is the easiest); options can easily be set with a 'wget.ini' placed alongside.

http://www.petri.co.il/add_command_prompt_here_shortcut_to_windows_explorer.htm
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/27778-open-command-window-here.html
http://users.ugent.be/~bpuype/wget/

wolfyreload on 2013-04-16 15:19

I've been using this instead of Unetbootin and LinuxLive USB Creator (LiLi) for the last 6 months or so. Not as pretty at LiLi but its fantastic being able to easily add multiple Linux distros and even Windows Installs onto a single flash drive.

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SynWrite v5.5.400 Updated

Checker on 21 May 2013
  • 22MB (uncompressed)
  • Suggested by Mat030

SynWrite is a powerful tabbed source code and web development editor. This feature-rich program includes syntax highlighting for many languages, code folding, tree structure, project management, FTP/SFTP client, keyboard macros, spell checking, customizable hotkeys, etc.

Category:
System Requirements: Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Mozilla Public License
How to extract:
  1. Download the RAR package and extract to a folder of your choice.
  2. Create a file called Portable.ini in the application folder.
  3. Launch Syn.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: Notepad++ RJ TextEd PSPad Programmer's Notepad
What's new? Added:
  • customizable user toolbars (3 of them). See "Options -- Customize toolbars" and "View -- Toolbars" submenu.
  • option "Editor 2 -- Draw current column margin"
  • option "Editor carets -- Caret width" (seen in NP++)
  • commands "View -- Fold level -- N" (seen in Sublime)
  • toolbar buttons "Comment/Uncomment lines" enabled for HTML/CSS (they call same cmd "Toggle stream comment")
  • external tools: "File name"/"Initial dir" fields handle {SynDir} {SynIniDir} macros
Fixes:
  • Bugs fixed
Latest comments
hamasaki on 2013-04-24 07:20

Excellent text editor. Loads fast like NPP and has many enhancements not found in NPP. Doesn`t seem quite as feature packed as RJTextEd, which is possibly in the top 5 free editors.

Would be nice to have the default Windows 7 open dialogue when opening files. Unless thats a setting I`m missing. Mind you, NPP does have it for opening files, but not for saving, which is weird.

carbonize on 2013-05-01 20:03

Wish this would store any changes you make to it's highlighting in a separate file so it doesn't get overwritten when you update :|

IanFromBarrie on 2013-05-15 00:12

After playing with SynWrite a bit more, I've found it bogs down when navigating a large (86MB) file, and occasionally hogs the computer. This is on a 2GHz CPU with 1.5 Gig ram, but competitors like PSPad and EditPadLite don't have similar problems.

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WinSCP v5.1.5 Updated

Checker on 19 May 2013

WinSCP is a file transfer client with an available single-window or dual-pane interface. The program supports FTP and secure connections including SSH, SSL/TLS, as well as legacy SCP and has a built-in directory synchronization tool to synchronizes changes between local and remote directories. Also supports proxy, SSH tunnels, and IPv6.

Alternatively, WinSCP Portable is multilingual and supports PuTTY Portable.

Category:
System Requirements: WinAll / Wine
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: GPL
How to extract:
  1. Download the 'Portable' ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Create winscp.ini with the following content:

    [Configuration\Interface]
    RandomSeedFile=.\winscp.rnd
    DDTemporaryDirectory=.\

  3. Launch WinSCP.exe.
What's new?
  • New !P pattern to include process ID into session log path.
  • Logging file timestamps when transferring using SFTP protocol.
  • Workaround for servers that do not acknowledge file transfer.
  • Logging parsed directory listing on Normal logging level (previously on Debug 1 level).
  • Bug fix: Failure when disposing Session of .NET assembly in process running with restricted privileges.
  • Bug fix: open command record in logs with masked-out password did not contain the command name.
  • Bug fix: Pointless attempt to update source file timestamp, when uploading with FTP protocol.
  • Bug fix: Preserve timestamp checkbox was not available for uploads with FTP protocol.
  • Bug fix: Failure when server does not acknowledge file upload with FTP protocol.
  • Bug fix: Failure when creating local directory.
  • Bug fix: When user cancels connection, authentication window is not closed.
  • Bug fix: Build script was not working on 64-bit.
  • Bug fix: Build script was calling non-existing target clean.
  • Bug fix: Taskbar button does not flash, when message pops up, while WinSCP is on background.
  • Bug fix: Custom command pattern !/ had incorrect value when executed on existing secondary shell session just after directory change.
  • Bug fix: Failure when reconnecting session with automatic remote panel refresh enabled.
  • Bug fix: Failure when canceling FTP password prompt.
  • Bug fix: When Change stored password to this one option is checked on password prompt, password is not updated for current session.
  • Bug fix: Mouse range selection does not start from focused file after directory reload.
  • Bug fix: IP address range 172.16-172.31 was not detected as unroutable for FTP passive mode.
  • Bug fix: Remote panel state is lost after closing Console window.
  • Bug fix: Failure when reading file into internal editor.
Latest comments
Ruby on 2011-02-27 11:43

chris: There's no need to copy/move your external program directory within WinSCP directory.
In your settings for external program, simply enter a path without the drive letter:
e.g. \Path\To\Program.exe

abc on 2012-11-08 03:20

@linuxamp I like using Portable Apps because you can update all your apps in a few clicks and if the app is no longer natively portable (or "stealth" for example) the portable apps wrappers would handle that no problem.

rodger123 on 2012-11-09 14:54

works well on XP ,nice one.

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CUETools v2.1.4 New

webfork on 19 May 2013

CUETools helps ensure an album image is preserved accurately by managing lossless audio and CUE sheet format conversion. Since many applications don't keep track of preserving gaps and CUE sheet contents during conversion, or don't support all possible CUE sheet styles, CUETools preserves both with no loss in quality.

For example, foobar2000 loses disc pre-gap information when converting an album image, and doesn't support gaps in appended (noncompliant) CUE sheets.

Category:
System Requirements: WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: /Application folder/CUE Tools/ folder
Dependencies: .NET 2.0 Framework, MSVCR90.DLL, MSVCP90.DLL
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the RAR package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Delete the file user_profiles_enabled
  3. Launch CUETools.exe
What's new?
  • CTDB 2.0: now ignoring pregap in parity calculations
  • CTDB 2.0: popular CDs can have twice larger correction files
  • CTDB 2.0: confidence values no longer include AccurateRip data
  • CTDB 2.0: simplified (per-track) verification log
  • CTDB 2.0: faster verification process with less network traffic
  • CUERipper: support for some older drives, like PLEXTOR W1210A
  • CUERipper: support for cover art
  • CUERipper: main window resizable
  • CUERipper: real test&copy mode
  • CUERipper: options dialog
  • Tagging: support for release date, release country, disc subtitle, label, catalog number, comment
  • Local DB: can now refresh folder, removing missing files from database and adding new files.
  • Codecs: LAME encoder updated to use libmp3lame.dll, which is now included in CUETools download (version 3.98.4)
  • Various bug fixes
Latest comments
Midas on 2013-05-17 23:01

FYI, CueTools includes CueRipper which according to Hydrogen Audio is on par with Exact Audio Copy (see http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Comparison_of_CD_rippers).

Being a DotNET app, it is native to both 32 and 64 Windows. Also, there's v2.1.5 Beta available for download at CueTools' site.

ihateyou on 2013-05-18 09:06

I've upgraded a 2.1.4 version to 2.1.5 by overwriting files.

I've lost my program configuration...

ihateyou on 2013-05-18 09:40

I've create a empty file named user_profiles_disabled.
I've backup the CUE TOOLS folder in previous version
I've overwrite all file with new version
I've restired cue tools folder.

Now all ok!

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calibre v0.9.31 Updated

Checker on 17 May 2013

Calibre is an e-book library management application with a variety of useful functions including device-specific e-book conversion, news download and conversion, viewer, and content server for online access to your collection.

The program syncs automatically with many different physical devices including Kindle, Nook, Sony PRS, BeBook, Android, iOS and many more (full list). It supports a variety of e-book formats, including azw, azw1, cbr, cbz, chm, epub, fb2, html, imp, lit, lrf, lrx, mobi, odt, oebzip, opf, pdb, pdf, pml, pmlz, prc, rar, rb, rtf, snb, tpz, txt and zip.

Category:
System Requirements: WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? No
Unicode support: Yes
License: GPL
How to extract: Download the "portable installer" and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch calibre-portable.exe.
What's new? New Features:
  • Book list: Highlight the current cell in the book list, particularly convenient for usage with the keyboard.
  • Allow creation of advanced rules for column icons.
  • Driver for the limited edition SONY PRS-T2N
  • MOBI Input: Add support for MOBI/KF8 files generated with the to be released kindlegen 2.9.
Bug fixes:
  • ToC Editor: Fix incorrect playOrders in the generated toc.ncx when editing the toc in an epub file. This apparently affects FBReader.
  • PDF Input: Fix crashes on some malformed files, by updating the PDF library calibre uses (poppler 0.22.4).
  • PDF Output: Ignore invalid links instead of erroring out on them.
  • MOBI Output: Fix space errorneously being removed when the input document contains a tag with leading space and sub-tags.
  • Search and replace wizard: Fix generated html being slightly different from the actual html in the conversion pipeline for some input formats (mainly HTML, CHM, LIT).
  • Nook Color/Touch driver: Scan for ebooks in the entire main memory, not just under My Files.
New news sources:
  • nrc-next
Improved news sources:
  • Weblogs SL
  • .net magazine
Latest comments
webfork on 2011-11-13 21:48

Softpedia gave it 5/5 http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/linux/calibre-Review-231233.shtml and other reviews have also been very good.

webfork on 2013-02-09 19:23

Ton of features and capabilities. It's nice to see a tool that just doesn't have any comparison to commercial alternatives in terms of overall functionality and flexibility. If you're an active user of almost any eReader, it seems at some point you'll at some point need this program to share, convert, manage, or sync multiple devices.

Hugh0202 on 2013-05-07 20:25

Calibre may be good, but it wants to copy my entire ebook library to another folder/tree! There doesn't seem to be any way to stop this. I also don't see a way for it to add recent acquisitions.

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