FreewareFiles gone for good?

[Midas]

Going through my somewhat neglected feeds, I noticed that freewarefiles.com hasn't been updating in a while...

A cherished software mirror with quite a few portables, is it yet another victim of the web super-consolidation?

BTW, Softpedia Linux feeds have gone awol, too.

[Cornflower]

It appears the last Wayback Machine successful capture is November 28 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211128234 ... files.com/

I suppose that as long as we use the external downloads, we can use this image, as it seems the internal links are clickable.

[Mixture]

Yes, FreewareFile.com should be considered gone for good. The man responsible for its operation was (?) apparently a one-man company. He died. Here's MajorGeeks.com's announcement.

https://www.majorgeeks.com/news/story/r ... files.html

[Midas]

Dang! Sad news on top. Rest in power, Mr Winborne.

Thanks for the pointers, folks.

[webfork]

Dang! Sad news on top. Rest in power, Mr Winborne.

Thanks for the pointers, folks.

Ouch. Not all heroes wear capes. Ronald will be missed.

[Cornflower]

For years, Ronald's FreewareFiles was second for me only to PortableFreeware. It had more choices because he included non-portable, and it would be the second place to look if I couldn't find it here. He is definitely missed. Blessings to his family.

[Andrew Lee]

I had no idea FreewareFiles was a one-man operation... incredible work..

May he rest in peace.