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TortoiseCVS
TortoiseCVS is a CVS client for Microsoft Windows released under the GNU General Public License. Unlike most CVS tools, it integrates into Windows' shell by adding entries in the contextual menu of the file explorer. Therefore, it does not run in its own window. Moreover, it adds icons to files and directories controlled by CVS, giving additional information to the user without having to run a full-scale stand-alone application.
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UltraDefrag is a disk defragmentation utility for Microsoft Windows. Prior to version 8.0.0 it was released under the GNU General Public License.
Calmira
Calmira (originally released as Calmira II) is an alternative shell for Windows 3.1x that replaces its shell with one resembling that of Windows 95. The original version of Calmira was developed by Li-Hsin Huang. Released under the GNU GPL, it has received a number of forks over the years by other developers seeking to update its functionality.
Allegiance
2000 video game
Windows Console
infrastructure for console applications in Microsoft Windows
User Mode Driver Framework
The Current UMDF version is UMDF2.0 released with Windows Driver Kit(WDK) 8.1 and can be run in Windows 8.1
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CrystalDiskMark is an open source disk drive benchmark tool for Microsoft Windows from Crystal Dew World. Based on Microsoft's MIT-licensed Diskspd tool, this graphical benchmark is commonly used for testing the performance of solid-state storage. It works by reading and writing through the filesystem in a volume-dependent way. It generates read/write speeds in sequential and random positions with varying numbers of queues and threads. Solid-state drives tend to excel at random IO, as unlike hard drives, they do not need to seek for the specific position to read from or write to.
Sterling
fractal-generating computer program
Open Live Writer
desktop app for developing and publishing blog posts
Open Shell
software that restores several Windows user interface (Shell) features
ILWIS
Integrated Land and Water Information System (ILWIS) is a geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing software for both vector and raster processing. Its features include digitizing, editing, analysis and display of data, and production of quality maps. ILWIS was initially developed and distributed by ITC Enschede (International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation) in the Netherlands for use by its researchers and students. Since 1 July 2007, it has been released as free software under the terms of the GPL-2.0-only license. Having been used by many students,
Apophysis
open source fractal flame editor and renderer
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JkDefrag is a free open-source disk defragmenting utility computer program for Windows. It was developed by Jeroen Kessels (initials "JK", hence the name) beginning in 2004 and was released under the GNU General Public License. Since version 4 of 2008, much changed from previous versions, JkDefrag was renamed MyDefrag by its developer; earlier JkDefrag versions continued to be available. MyDefrag, which was closed source freeware, was discontinued, with the last version being v4.3.1, file date 21 May 2010; for several years the MyDefrag website has been a redirect to the still-existing JkDefra
GoodbyeDPI
GoodbyeDPI is a free and open-source software tool for bypassing deep packet inspection (DPI) systems and Internet censorship. It was created by Russian developer ValdikSS in 2016 and is distributed under the Apache License via GitHub.
Kernel-Mode Driver Framework
driver framework by Microsoft
Quake Army Knife
3D asset developing program
Universal USB Installer
Bootable USB flash drive creation software
ConEmu
ConEmu (short for Console emulator) is a free and open-source tabbed terminal emulator for Windows. ConEmu presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with tabs and a status bar. It also provides emulation for ANSI escape codes for color, bypassing the capabilities of the standard Windows Console Host to provide 256 and 24-bit color in Windows.