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== WinRAR == | == WinRAR == | ||
| + | A full-featured Windows-compatible GUI-based archive tool able to unpack CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7Z, XZ, Z, etc., archives. A RAR for Android application exists, as does a cross-platform RAR console application for *nix systems. | ||
| + | : [https://rarlab.com/ Product web site], [[Wikipedia:WinRAR]] | ||
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== FCIV == | == FCIV == | ||
| + | An unsupported, Microsoft-supplied, command-line utility that computes MD5 or SHA1 cryptographic hashes for files. | ||
| + | : [https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/841290/availability-and-description-of-the-file-checksum-integrity-verifier-u FCIV page] [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=11533 Download page] | ||
== Path Copy Copy == | == Path Copy Copy == | ||
| + | A Windows Explorer add-on to add file/folder context menu items that copy path(s) in various formats. | ||
| + | : [https://pathcopycopy.github.io/ Path Copy Copy] is a reboot of the now-dead '''Ninotech Path Copy''' utility. [https://github.com/clechasseur/pathcopycopy github sources] | ||
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== KeyPassX == | == KeyPassX == | ||
| + | A cross-platform password manager based on the open source [https://keepass.info/ KeePass Password Safe]. | ||
| + | * Version 1 strains like KeePassX 0.4.4 use local storage only and is preferred here for that reason. | ||
| + | * Version 2 series applications can access password databases over network connections. | ||
| + | A rough comparison of features may be viewed on a related [https://keepass.info/compare.html keepass.info] web-site. | ||
| + | : [https://www.keepassx.org/ KeyPassX home page] | ||
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| + | == [[App-Utility-SSH-Agent|SSH Agent]] == | ||
| + | A utility that holds a decrypted SSH private key in trust for a user to use to automatically authenticate on behalf of a user in the process of establishing SSH-protocol connections (i.e. ssh, scp, sftp, etc.). | ||
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== GVim == | == GVim == | ||
| + | "Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to make creating and changing any kind of text very efficient. It is included as "vi" with most UNIX systems and with Apple OS X." | ||
| + | : [https://www.vim.org/ vim.org web site] | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:08, 5 January 2021
Utility software as classified by freedesktop.org's menu-spec (1.0).
Contents
Accessibility
Archiving
WinRAR
A full-featured Windows-compatible GUI-based archive tool able to unpack CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7Z, XZ, Z, etc., archives. A RAR for Android application exists, as does a cross-platform RAR console application for *nix systems.
Calculator
Clock
File Management
File Tools
FCIV
An unsupported, Microsoft-supplied, command-line utility that computes MD5 or SHA1 cryptographic hashes for files.
Path Copy Copy
A Windows Explorer add-on to add file/folder context menu items that copy path(s) in various formats.
- Path Copy Copy is a reboot of the now-dead Ninotech Path Copy utility. github sources
Security
KeyPassX
A cross-platform password manager based on the open source KeePass Password Safe.
- Version 1 strains like KeePassX 0.4.4 use local storage only and is preferred here for that reason.
- Version 2 series applications can access password databases over network connections.
A rough comparison of features may be viewed on a related keepass.info web-site.
SSH Agent
A utility that holds a decrypted SSH private key in trust for a user to use to automatically authenticate on behalf of a user in the process of establishing SSH-protocol connections (i.e. ssh, scp, sftp, etc.).
Text Editors
GVim
"Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to make creating and changing any kind of text very efficient. It is included as "vi" with most UNIX systems and with Apple OS X."
