Throughout my blogging years and web experiences Filezilla has been of great use. The Filezilla client allows transfering of files through FTP, FTPS, and SFTP. Actually, you can also delete files on your server or rename them.
It runs nicely on Windows, Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, and you can run it through a USB drive with Portable Apps.
If you prefer to run something similar on your Firefox, you may also try out FireFTP.
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Launchy, our favorite application launcher which we’ve reviewed beforehas now been made to work with Linux!
The list of plug-inshas increased a lot since our last review making Launchy an even cooler application.
Download the application for Windows or Linux here.
Duplicate files finder will help you get rid of duplicate files clogging your hard drive. This program runs on Windows, Linux, and since it supports Unix it may work on MacOS X. Any one willing to make this confirmation?
The program is very simple to use:
choose the directory you want to sweep; see the list of duplicates and where each file is stored; remove the duplicates you choose and create symbolic links when needed to fill file dependencies.
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Nowadays it is rare for me to go one week without discovering a new site and having to create a test account. I still remember the late 90s when I had to remember at most just a couple of different email passwords and usernames. Now I have a myriad of information I need to memorize (like it’ll actually all fit in my brain).
Keepass is my solution for this information overload.
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Windows users are quite familiar with the need to defrag the hard drive every once in a while. It is specially important if you’re moving large files (like movies), installing, and removing programs. Linux though doesn’t have to worry much about this.
In the open source world, you can also find a very nice tool that will help keep your windows running smoother. JKDefragis a pretty small, nice, and effective, defrag utility program.
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Get rid of WinZip, WinRAR, and stick with 7-zip. Why?
7-zip is pretty much the only file archiver you’ll need, it works with several formats such as: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, MSI, WIM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS. This is an utility I install on every computer I can.
Once installed, you will have a menu of options available when you use your mouse right-click on top of any file.
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