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PortableAppZ offers portable applications that run from a removable drive on Windows computers without installation, preserving settings on the drive rather than the host. Entries include portable Chrome, Chromium, SRWare Iron, Thunderbird and Opera builds. The site notes turning off User Account Control or running the launcher as admin on Vista and above.
Fossies is a curated repository of selected free and open source software focused mainly on Internet, engineering and science. It lets users view archive contents and browse individual member files, and provides doxygen-generated source code documentation for most packages. It also offers package meta information and license file overviews.
OlderGeeks.com is a free software download site without ads, misleading download links or other annoyances. It states that downloads are clean and the site is supported by donations. It lists software downloads by category and a most-downloaded-files section.
CLI Club is a collection of command-line interface and Ncurses software organized by categories such as communication, media, development, productivity, utilities and files. It includes alternative tools for tasks such as messaging, music, text editing and version control.
FilePuma is a software download site that offers free downloads of the latest software. Listings are organized into categories such as security, browsers, communications, developer tools, graphics design, utilities, and compression and backup.
A homepage with self-made software tools for Windows and DOS. It lists the USB Drive Letter Manager, a COM-port manager, a USB device tree viewer, command-line drive tools, file-copy and comparison tools, system utilities, an audio and video player, a DOS font replacement, and other miscellaneous tools.
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PortableAppZ offers portable applications that run from a removable drive on Windows computers without installation, preserving settings on the drive rather than the host. Entries include portable Chrome, Chromium, SRWare Iron, Thunderbird and Opera builds. The site notes turning off User Account Control or running the launcher as admin on Vista and above.
Fossies is a curated repository of selected free and open source software focused mainly on Internet, engineering and science. It lets users view archive contents and browse individual member files, and provides doxygen-generated source code documentation for most packages. It also offers package meta information and license file overviews.
OlderGeeks.com is a free software download site without ads, misleading download links or other annoyances. It states that downloads are clean and the site is supported by donations. It lists software downloads by category and a most-downloaded-files section.
CLI Club is a collection of command-line interface and Ncurses software organized by categories such as communication, media, development, productivity, utilities and files. It includes alternative tools for tasks such as messaging, music, text editing and version control.
FilePuma is a software download site that offers free downloads of the latest software. Listings are organized into categories such as security, browsers, communications, developer tools, graphics design, utilities, and compression and backup.
A homepage with self-made software tools for Windows and DOS. It lists the USB Drive Letter Manager, a COM-port manager, a USB device tree viewer, command-line drive tools, file-copy and comparison tools, system utilities, an audio and video player, a DOS font replacement, and other miscellaneous tools.
