Useful softwares
On the Internet, there are many programs, some of which are unavoidable.
In this section of the site, you will find several programs, as well as operating systems that we talk about in our various tutorials.
Nevertheless, unlike conventional software download sites, we only refer to those we find really interesting and we are talking about in our tutorials.
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Backup
Backing up your data is very important and for that, there are many free or paid software programs.
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Boot manager
Boot managers make it easy to boot to the device, partition, and OS of your choice.
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Burning
Burning software makes it possible to save your data on CD (even this is rare nowadays), as well as to burn live CDs to repair your computer or Windows or Linux installation CDs.
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Compression and decompression
Compressed files are very present on the web, but some of them can also be used to extract resources from programs (exe files).
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Live CD
Live CDs allow you to boot on an alternative operating system (usually based on Linux or Windows PE) or a menu with different programs. The advantage is that everything happens in the RAM of the computer and that it doesn't require any installation.
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Mail servers
The mail servers allow as their name indicates to send, receive or transfer mails.
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Multimedia
In the multimedia world, there are notably multimedia players and audio or video editing software.
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Network
The network is the basis of the Internet. On the Internet, there are many tools to analyze the network (the data that pass through it, the Wi-Fi networks available near you, ...).
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Operating system
Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X are the 3 most used operating systems, but sometimes you don't have the installation CD for them.
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Plugins
On the Internet, there are many plugins including the famous (but controversial) Flash Player, Java (for multi-platform development), ...
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Security
Protect your computer and data with an anti-virus, anti-malware, automatic disinfection of USB keys, ...
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Text editors
Text editors allow you to open specific types of files, but also offers additional features.
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Various utilities
Thanks to the Internet, you will find many programs that allow you to perform various operations or find out more about your computer.
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Video games
At times, you may need small utilities to run an old video game or to not have to insert the official game CD every time.
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Virtualization
Virtualization makes it possible to virtualize machines by installing the desired OS inside.
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Web
The web is very used at the moment and allows you to dialogue remotely, host its own website, ....
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Web browser
Web browsers make it possible to surf on the web by always offering new features and improved web sites support.
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Web servers
Web servers allow the web to exist by providing access to many websites. But these can also be useful locally.