After my recent dive into Win32 open source software, I was thinking the community might benefit from a list of quality freeware/ open source applications.
As people post good freeware/ open source applications I will update this list. Please only post applications that have a known commercial equivialant.
Crucial 8TB X10 2100 MB/s USB-C (3.2) external SSD is priced lowest ever at just $440 by Sayan Sen External SSDs are great as their portability makes them quite convenient. If you are shopping for one, then Micron has a deal that may just be right for you. The company's Crucial X10 external SSDs are currently on sale for their lowest ever prices (purchase links down below).
What is interesting about the Pro X9 and X10 models is that they are based on TLC or triple-level cell NAND compared to QLC or quad-level on the X6 and X8 external SSDs, making them higher endurance and better for longer sustained reads and writes.
Unfortunately, Crucial does not specifically state the kind of NAND flash the X10 has, though, from its three-year warranty, as opposed to five years on the Pro models, it can be said that the drive is QLC. As such it is not the ideal drive for constant data reads and writes, but you can certainly use it fairly often.
Speaking of reads and writes, Crucial promises up to 2100 MB/s sequential reads. To enable such speeds, the SSD supports USB 3.2 Gen-2 2x2 interface and comes with a Type-C to Type-C USB cable in the box. But it is also backward compatible with USB 3.2 Gen 2/USB 3.2 Gen1/USB 3.1 Gen1/ USB 3.0 (5Gb/s), so this would mean lower speeds.
In terms of durability, the X10 Pro and X9 Pro pack IP65 water and dust resistance, and the firm claims that the drive's drop-proof durability is up to 9.8 feet or about 3 meters.
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After my recent dive into Win32 open source software, I was thinking the community might benefit from a list of quality freeware/ open source applications.
Office Suite: OpenOffice (MS Office)
Photo Editor: The Gimp (Adobe Photoshop)
Browser: Mozilla (Internet Explorer)
Web Server: Apache (IIS)
Remove Access: TightVNC (Remote Desktop)
P2P File Sharing: Gnucleus (KaZaa)
FTP Client: SmartFTP (Any Commercial FTP Client)
TelNet/ SSH Client: Putty (Data transfer)
Compressed file extraction: ExtractNow (Winzip, Winace, Winrar)
Download manager: Star Downloader (Gozilla, Download Accelerator)
Network / System montor: Samurize (DU meter, Sysmeter)
bulletin board:Invision Board (vBulletin)
Compressed File Extraction:UltimateZip (WinZip, WinRAR, WinACE)
Download Manager:NetAnts (GoZilla, DAP)
IRC Client:BersIRC (IRC)
P2P Client:WinMX (Napster)
Anti-Virus:AVG Anti-Virus (Norton AV)
Image Viewer:SlowView (ACDSee)
Picture Editor:20/20 (MS Paint)
Office Suite:SOT Office (MS Office)
Icon Editor:Icon Sushi (Icon Workshop, IconXP)
As people post good freeware/ open source applications I will update this list. Please only post applications that have a known commercial equivialant.
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