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General Software Discussion / Re: How to watch folders and perform certain actions automatically?

« Last post by Tuxman on March 27, 2010, 12:07 AM »

Tuxman, in that list of 5 programs, it looks to me like #1 (Unpacker) will do what you are asking.

-superboyac (March 26, 2010, 11:53 PM)

The ability to watch folders was not clear from the list, excusez moi.  
Gotta play a bit with the listed applications.

(The Unpacker even seems to be able to automatically delete files, hmm... but it lacks .7z support. )

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to watch folders and perform certain actions automatically?

« Last post by Tuxman on March 26, 2010, 11:18 PM »

Ah, looks more like what I was looking for. (Although the weird looking GUI is rather... weird.)
Does it support .7z?

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to watch folders and perform certain actions automatically?

« Last post by Tuxman on March 26, 2010, 10:18 PM »

I never did it, but I would like to know if there exists such an application. 
I see that I was not precise enough: I look for something that actually watches folders (checks them in certain intervals) and extracts any new archives.

 

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General Software Discussion / How to watch folders and perform certain actions automatically?

« Last post by Tuxman on March 26, 2010, 07:42 PM »

Hmm, I hope someone here has a clue:
I usually download archive files into a certain directory. Now it is quite much work to unpack them manually and delete the archive files. What would be the easiest way to automate this?

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General Software Discussion / Re: updating Firefox plugins sucks!

« Last post by Tuxman on March 26, 2010, 07:37 PM »

I auto-update add-ons. Concerning actual plugins I don't really care; the Java plugin is not installed, Flash is blocked by default, so there is not much of a chance I will ever become infected through some plugin hole.

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Finished Programs / Re: Salatschleuder english

« Last post by Tuxman on March 21, 2010, 06:58 PM »

Makes me curious, is "Salatschleuder" an English word that has been all jumbled up? If it's not an English word, what language is it and what does it mean?

-Deozaan (March 21, 2010, 05:27 PM)

It is a German compound of Salat (salad) and Schleuder (centrifuge). The English term is "salad spinner".

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What's the Best? / Re: Best file archiver/compresser

« Last post by Tuxman on March 18, 2010, 06:50 PM »

Hm, it can't cut video files yet. 

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What's the Best? / Re: Best file archiver/compresser

« Last post by Tuxman on March 18, 2010, 05:49 PM »

With the Windows 7 integration, modern ribbon GUI interface, quick file preview, etc. it just makes every other archiver on the market seem primitive by comparison.

-Innuendo (March 18, 2010, 02:53 PM)

Hmm, PA was fine while it was free. Anyway, ribbons for an archiver? So how many functions do you need in an archiver's toolbar?  

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Living Room / Re: Return of the Commodore computer name?

« Last post by Tuxman on March 17, 2010, 08:13 PM »

I actually think it will be a flop anyway. Commodore is a feeling, not just a name.

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Living Room / Re: Return of the Commodore computer name?

« Last post by Tuxman on March 17, 2010, 06:53 PM »

Hmm, I thought the Commodore company was closed years ago?

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What's the Best? / Re: Best file archiver/compresser

« Last post by Tuxman on March 16, 2010, 05:30 PM »

Non-pirates seldomly need .rar support.

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What's the Best? / Re: Best file archiver/compresser

« Last post by Tuxman on March 16, 2010, 01:28 PM »

.rar is not a common format unless the user is a software pirate on Windows. 

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Living Room / Re: Donationcoder: How did you find it + What has your experience been like so far.

« Last post by Tuxman on March 16, 2010, 10:19 AM »

I think it was the Process Tamer, at least I can remember it being my first DC licensed app.

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What's the Best? / Re: Best file archiver/compresser

« Last post by Tuxman on March 16, 2010, 09:58 AM »

7Zip on Windows is also a rare case - unless you know it.

-Bamse (March 16, 2010, 09:55 AM)

Most archivers for Windows support it, and there is almost no chance to have a Windows user without any WinRAR, 7zip or anything.

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What's the Best? / Re: Best file archiver/compresser

« Last post by Tuxman on March 16, 2010, 07:57 AM »

Still it is a rather rare case.

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What's the Best? / Re: Best file archiver/compresser

« Last post by Tuxman on March 16, 2010, 04:17 AM »

Packing files for redistribution is also a question of the supported platforms. Neither PAQ nor 7zip are actually an option, .7z on Linux is still quite unusual.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Return of the Son of the best *free* Windows Text Editor

« Last post by Tuxman on March 14, 2010, 05:20 PM »

For me, PSPad had some serious performance problems (just like Slickedit, which has fine config abilities indeed). I wonder why.

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What's the Best? / Re: Best file archiver/compresser

« Last post by Tuxman on March 13, 2010, 09:16 PM »

Recent 7-zip builds with LZMA2 compression introduce an improved multi-media compression algorithm. 
(Although, obviously, PAQ is still the leading format. Too bad it is not widely supported yet.)

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Living Room / Re: Speaking Of: Torrent Sites

« Last post by Tuxman on March 11, 2010, 10:15 AM »

Not pay to play.

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Living Room / Re: Speaking Of: Torrent Sites

« Last post by Tuxman on March 10, 2010, 10:33 PM »

eMule uses servers (quite deprecated now) or the decentralized KAD network, no servers, trackers or seed files are required. 100% P2P. While the server thing was based on old eDonkey2000 protocol, KAD is something like Overnet was. But heavily modernized. (And it relies on spreading, not on fast uploading.)
Which technical part should I explain?

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Living Room / Re: Speaking Of: Torrent Sites

« Last post by Tuxman on March 10, 2010, 10:21 PM »

Given that we only speak about legal contents, I'd still prefer eMule. BitTorrent is made for fast distribution, not for wide spreading, so a file usually dies within a few days; not a good thing if I as, let's say, a singer want to become more popular or something.
(It is also easier to handle; you don't have to create a new "seed file" or something first.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Return of the Son of the best *free* Windows Text Editor

« Last post by Tuxman on March 10, 2010, 06:43 PM »

Bill Joy himself claims he wrote vi for a very different era, one with only 300 bps of bandwidth.

-ajp (March 10, 2010, 01:11 PM)

Now how is a text editor related to bandwidth?
edit: nvm, just read it.

But in our multi-MBit days, it is still not a bad idea to use lightweight software. It hasn't become worse over all the years. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Virtual Desktops For Windows 7

« Last post by Tuxman on March 09, 2010, 10:06 AM »

Hmm, I'm sure the Actual Window Manager does (a new version is out AFAICS), but it is still payware. Not eye-candy, anyway.

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Living Room / Re: Desktop Icons

« Last post by Tuxman on March 09, 2010, 10:05 AM »

Stardock's Fences will hide desktop icons (among other things) via a keyboard shortcut. There's a Pro and a Free edition, but the free edition will do what you are asking.

-Innuendo (February 24, 2010, 05:45 PM)

Fences also enables you to selectively exclude icons from being hidden. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Return of the Son of the best *free* Windows Text Editor

« Last post by Tuxman on March 09, 2010, 07:06 AM »

Whuile searching for a text editor replacement, Crimson Editor was the only thing I found that was free and had colum editing mode.

-Daleus (March 09, 2010, 06:59 AM)

Vim is also free and can edit text in columns.