Good PAID Software -- Your Favorites

[the.weavster]

30 years working with SCO, Redhat, Centos, and some dabbleing in Ubuntu + Debian, so I think I'm qualified to say Linux just doesn't cut it, when it comes to simplicity and user friendliness.

All my experience with Linux and I was still too intimidated to attempt an install of PureBasic on any flavor of Linux

[Randy Walker]

If you're looking for great paid software, I highly recommend FileLocator Pro by Mythicsoft. It's a powerful tool that can index all sorts of files, including PureBasic files, making it incredibly versatile. I use it to search through a file structure with over 500,000 files, and it almost always finds what I need in just seconds.

What really stands out is how helpful and efficient it is—I have it set up to automatically reindex every day, so my searches are always up-to-date. The license cost is very reasonable, especially considering how much time and frustration it saves me. Honestly, it's the best money I spent last year. Highly recommended!

https://www.mythicsoft.com/filelocatorpro/

Sounds like MS stole code from the "everything" app that does the same thing you describe for absolutely free:
https://www.voidtools.com/
But Never wait for reindexing.

Maybe take a look at my freeware list and save some bucks:
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[Randy Walker]

30 years working with SCO, Redhat, Centos, and some dabbleing in Ubuntu + Debian, so I think I'm qualified to say Linux just doesn't cut it, when it comes to simplicity and user friendliness.

All my experience with Linux and I was still too intimidated to attempt an install of PureBasic on any flavor of Linux

That's right. I supposed you have a yum install command line for that? Phffff, I think not. Moot point with Linux and associated head banging all behind me now.

[Marc56us]

If you're looking for great paid software, I highly recommend FileLocator Pro by Mythicsoft.
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Sounds like MS stole code from the "everything" app that does the same thing you describe for absolutely free:
https://www.voidtools.com/

SE does not index content of files unlike other products (including Windows search, which does this by default, unless you re-parameterize and ask for reindexing only (very time-consuming).

https://www.voidtools.com/faq/
Does Everything search file contents?
Yes, "Everything" can search file content with the content: search function.
File content is not indexed, searching content is slow.

But since we usually search by name, date, size, SE is faster. Some file managers now use it as an option for fast searching (i.e. TC, DO, ...).

SE = Search Everything
TC = Total Commander
DO = Directory Opus

[Randy Walker]

SE does not index content of files unlike other products (including Windows search, which does this by default, unless you re-parameterize and ask for reindexing only (very time-consuming).

SE = Search Everything
TC = Total Commander
DO = Directory Opus

Where did "Search Everything" come in? I was referring to just plain "Everything".
Anyway, when I need to search for text in a file (or files), I use freeware "AstroGrep" for Windows. Fast, simple and thorough, to even drill down into sub-folders: https://astrogrep.sourceforge.net/

[Randy Walker]

Android is based on Linux, the number of android users is probably more than the number of Windows users.

Just a BTW -- you forgot to mention Linux, MAC, Iphone along with android are all derivatives of Unix in some fashion form or manner.

[Marc56us]

Where did "Search Everything" come in? I was referring to just plain "Everything".

Many of those who have been using it for years (it's been around for over 20 years) call it “Search Everything” “Search Everything Engine”, but yes, his real name is “Everything” by Voidtools.

[Randy Walker]

Where did "Search Everything" come in? I was referring to just plain "Everything".

Many of those who have been using it for years (it's been around for over 20 years) call it “Search Everything” “Search Everything Engine”, but yes, his real name is “Everything” by Voidtools.

Alrighty then. I had no idea it was around that long or went by another name.
Thanks for clarification

[normeus]

I have many free hex viewers but I love V fileviewer because it is fast and you can view large chunks of files with many many options. Multiple gig files are no match for it.
https://fileviewer.com/

PDFtk Pro by PDF labs is a nice addition to any PDF user it has many options and at $3.99 USD ( as of Jan, 2025) it is a bargain
https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-pro/

Norm

[Piero]

I probably forgot the wonderful Amadeus Lite (Mac): you can open MP4 (video) files, apply audio adjustments, close, and get your movie better…

Even better is Amadeus Pro, Apple unfortunately lost me as a Mac user after the complete and utter neglect of their screen reader, but back when I used it for everything Amadeus Pro was the only audio editor I used.

Forgive my ignorance, but are you saying there aren't good accessibility features in mac os anymore?
Anyway I bought Amadeus Pro long time ago, and the license is still valid for the lite version…
If needed, I can now use e.g. XLD, ffmpeg and Ocenaudio (I mean, for "Amadeus Pro stuff")

Anyway, as we both know, it's a Great Editor

[Quin]

Forgive my ignorance, but are you saying there aren't good accessibility features in mac os anymore?

Yes, I am. The last version where VoiceOver, the screen reader, was good was around 10.12. Now if I load a web page, it tells me that Safari is not responding for up to a minute even though it totally is, I can't read terminals, it chokes and dies on any web pages that are more complicated than basic static HTML, trying to go back to my previous place on a web page throws me back to the top, it will just freeze in settings, messages, or any other catalyst apps, and it just keeps getting worse and worse year after year.
It sucks too, because I really want to like the Mac. Touch ID for sudo and etc are really cool. But it's just awful for blind people. But this is getting slightly off topic now

[Piero]

awful for blind people

I was thinking Mac was still good for accessibility stuff, didn't know it was so bad from the point of view (pun intended) of blind ppl
Commercial OSs are getting worse and worse; you can see it even if you are blind!

PS: I'm kind of jealous of you; seems you can do stuff that would be impossible for me to do!

[Quin]

I was thinking Mac was still good for accessibility stuff, didn't know it was so bad from the point of view (pun intended) of blind ppl
Commercial OSs are getting worse and worse; you can see it even if you are blind!

PS: I'm kind of jealous of you; seems you can do stuff that would be impossible for me to do!

Hahahaha, like what, use Windows?
I'm really not impressive.

[Piero]

I'm really not impressive.

It's just your point of view

[tj1010]

https://www.faronics.com/products/deep-freeze/standard
Faronics Deep Freeze. Protected settings that reset every time you reboot the computer. It's been around since the 90s but most people don't know it exists. Pretty much the only security problem it doesn't mitigate is data-theft.. I believe the modern version even sandboxes MBR, VBR, and UEFI interaction even from the kernel..

Yeah Windows Rules, But don't tell the Linux boys that.

Don't talk about this on a Linux forum, you won't have enough knowledge to prove it. It will be a pitiful sight.

Oh, I thought this was the "off topic" forum. My bad.
30 years working with SCO, Redhat, Centos, and some dabbleing in Ubuntu + Debian, so I think I'm qualified to say Linux just doesn't cut it, when it comes to simplicity and user friendliness. Not to mention vast array of software options. Linuxers can't admit it but fact is the world just revolves around Windows. That can't change as long as they insist on keeping it too complicated to operate in the real world.

Hmmm. Is it linuxers or Linuxonians? Ehhh, moot point.

I worked at the Raleigh, NC RH office around 2008, and interned 1998. A guy I knew from 2600 has been there since the mid-nineties. RH 0.9 retail box set from a yard sale was my first time digging deep in to Linux

People's grandmas can't fix package conflicts or read panic logs, and MacOS is too expense, so Windows.. It's a simple cause-effect, and mailing lists and maintainers don't seem to care. Apple and MS can load up the telemetry, because who is going to take their market share?

All the cool reverse engineering and gaming stuff is on Windows. Windows has better out-of-box security too with virtualization and hardened heap-management, then CET, Kernel CET, better adoption of Rust, XFG, DEP, ASLR, KASLR, AuthentiCode/driver-signing.. You need SELinux and AppArmor and gcc flags to do *some* of that on Linux, and most people who swear by Linux can't make an SELInux or even chroot policy to save their lives; much less understand a kernel-panic from a WLAN driver or keep a host up while booting a new kernel without virtualization..

I'd actually enter the debate with AIX for anything not endpoint, and Debian+xfce for endpoints. IBM is anal retentive with code-quality and documentation..