ITT: software that never failed you

ITT: software that never failed you

  1. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous
    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      it failed me, couldnt burn discs

      ironically it couldnt save itself

      >Error: Audio streams not allowed
      HAHAHAHAH guess it's no ubuntu webm for homosexualmods then

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        PIECE OF SHIT KEEPS CRASHING AND DUMPING CORE AND BREAKING EXTENSIONS
        [...]
        VLC DOESNT BUFFER SUBS MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO WATCH ANIME NOT FROM MY SSD. I HATE VLC SO MUCH FOR MAKING ME TOUCH THAT OBNOXIOUS RETARDED GARBAGE CALLED MPV
        [...]
        JUST FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WINSHIT AND LINSUCKS IS THAT WHEN THE FORMER BREAKS YOU HAVE TO RESTART THE PC, REINSTALL THE DRIVERS, PERFORM ANCIENT PAGAN RITUALS WHILE EDITING ELDRITCH REGISTRY ENTRIES UNTIL INEVITABLY YOU HAVE TO REINSTALL WINDOWS, BUY A NEW COMPUTER, AND EVENTUALLY SUICIDE SO YOU CAN REINCARNATE AS A FLAWLESS BEING THAT CAN LOOK UP TO THE SKY WITHOUT SUCCUMBING TO THE TERROR AT THE SIGHT OF THE COLOR BLUE

        skill issue

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      PIECE OF SHIT KEEPS CRASHING AND DUMPING CORE AND BREAKING EXTENSIONS

      7zip
      vlc
      fraps

      VLC DOESNT BUFFER SUBS MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO WATCH ANIME NOT FROM MY SSD. I HATE VLC SO MUCH FOR MAKING ME TOUCH THAT OBNOXIOUS RETARDED GARBAGE CALLED MPV

      JUST FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WINSHIT AND LINSUCKS IS THAT WHEN THE FORMER BREAKS YOU HAVE TO RESTART THE PC, REINSTALL THE DRIVERS, PERFORM ANCIENT PAGAN RITUALS WHILE EDITING ELDRITCH REGISTRY ENTRIES UNTIL INEVITABLY YOU HAVE TO REINSTALL WINDOWS, BUY A NEW COMPUTER, AND EVENTUALLY SUICIDE SO YOU CAN REINCARNATE AS A FLAWLESS BEING THAT CAN LOOK UP TO THE SKY WITHOUT SUCCUMBING TO THE TERROR AT THE SIGHT OF THE COLOR BLUE

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >be this freetard filtered this fucking hard by windows
        >absolutely unrelated, honest: too stupid to turn off caps lock

  2. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous
    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      This. Let me take full advantage of my 32GB Live USB drive. Bretty gud.

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      piece of shit fucked up my secure boot keys. pass.

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Filtered. If you don't know what you're doing, best to stick to Etcher.

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Lol nope. This one has destroyed 2 of my USB drives on two different occasions.

        Wut. I'd love to hear this story

        • 4 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          There's no story.

          Just destroyed 2 of my older USB drives. Both times trying to put windows iso on it. One was Windows 10 iso, that was few years back. Another was Windows 11 iso few months ago.

          No I did not "forget" that it had destroyed earlier USBs, I merely thought the problem might have been fixed or that it was just a bad luck at the time. I was wrong.

          Also, its not the same computer either, its an entirely different computer.

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >secure boot
        you asked for it

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Lol nope. This one has destroyed 2 of my USB drives on two different occasions.

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      some windows images arent compatible. Although I don't blame ventoy for this.

      Also for some reason I cant resize the main partition on a ventoy drives for some reason on gparted in case I need some persistence. I cant tell whos at fault there tho, I just use a .ventoyignore and store my shit in a folder in the main partition.

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >third-part software
      lol

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        it's made by a chinese dev, but despite how cheap it looks, it works very well
        it's a no-brainer if you have a flash drive large enough for multiple things, why spend time flashing different images as you need them with rufus when you can just throw them all on at once and pick what you want to boot from a menu?

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      the amount of USBs this shit freed up for me is insane

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Doesn't play nice on some older machines and MacBooks in my experience.

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      this shit has failed me countless times

      much better

  3. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous
    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >randomly crashes on any newer system
      >hundreds of bugs that were never fixed

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        And yet it never failed to entertain me.

  4. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    7zip
    vlc
    fraps

  5. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Almost every piece of software I've ever written myself. I still use software I wrote in like 2015. Remember LULZ, if you want it done right, do it yourself.

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >LULZ
      >Successfully making software
      Anon, you're forgetting that 99% of people here are larpers who don't know a thing about writing software.

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Because you need to be a coodemonkey to be on a techboard?

  6. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous
    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >$FAILURE has never failed me

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Came here to post this. It's amazing how reliable Windows is when it's not running on some 15 year old dumpster-dive, and you don't Dunning-Kruger out and check every box when you run your install-time memescript.

  7. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    alas, rufus has failed me a couple of times

  8. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >download a release build instead of a git build
    >it just werks

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      ffmpeg is the single most important piece of software in human history. this isn't up for debate.

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        someone should make an os that uses ffmpeg for literally everything

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      The creator of this is french? I had no idea, between this and VLC what's up with frogs and video.

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        The guy is a literal programming monster, he also worked on QEMU

        • 4 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          I'd love to watch how people like him work

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      ffmpeg is so obvious is almost doesn't need mention

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      this shit is so absurdly powerful and useful that it's a bit ridiculous

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Is there a striking difference between release builds and those git master builds that come out almost every day?
      I always go for gyan's release builds (now 6.0) and I've very rarely had problems, but I'm not exactly a power user either

  9. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    If you're actually using bootable USB sticks all the time it's worth it to get an USB disc image emulator from IODD
    More reliable, better compatibility, faster and has a hell of a lot more features

  10. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    7zip
    vlc
    notepad++
    rdp

  11. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous
  12. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >ITT: software that never failed you
    Stylish

  13. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >picrel

    xterm may not be the best terminal emulator in current year, but never has it ever let me down.

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      > xfce4
      > vim
      > weechat
      > git

      i just migrated to it for supporting sixel. based.

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        if git has never fucked you in the ass then you don't use it enough

        • 4 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          I keep sufficient bare repo copies because I knew it would fuck me in the ass eventually so I made myself copies of my ass to fall back on

        • 4 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          every time it caused me a hard time, it itself contained the solution. e.g. cherrypicking.
          i would not call that getting fucked in the ass.

        • 4 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          git reflog pardons all sins

          • 4 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            some good mentions ITT, also
            >xmplay
            >truecrypt

            >git reflog
            saved my ass once or twice. underrated command.

            • 4 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              protracker

              xmplay chad. the greatest music player.

            • 4 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              protracker

              xmplay chad. the greatest music player.

              Damn, I thought I'd never see another XMPlay user here. Been using it for over 20 years now

              • 4 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                not him but it's also my go-to music player on windows

              • 4 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                same. back in the day, I've been using it because it was less bloated than WinAmp. now, I am using it because it just works, and there's no reason to switch.

              • 4 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                > it just works
                This. Also, the developer is a pretty cool guy, actually talks and listens to his users and fixes bugs in the blink of an eye.

  14. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    It was there for me when I was a kid shelling into multi user dungeons. It was there for me when I needed to connect to my school's ancient Unix system to compile code for a class. It was there for me when I needed to debug a container at work. It's there for me when I need to install things on my home server. I know it's probably ridiculous to use an ancient Windows-only GUI to ssh, but for me it's PuTTY. I've never had to think of another way to do it because PuTTY has never failed me.

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      anything from Nirsoft

      based 00s experience

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      What do you mean by "multi user dungeon"?

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous
      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        zoom zoom

        • 4 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Yes, but its not my fault. Please allow me to become better.

          • 4 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            has the knowledge on how to use wiki been lost among zoomers too? anyway, you're not missing much. it was okayish in the first couple years of the Internet, but I can't imagine anyone playing this stuff today.

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Well, you just exposed yourself as to not experiencing online culture in the 90s.

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        basically the precursor to what you'd now call an "MMO"
        if you've at least heard of text adventures, think of that, but with multiple players connecting in from the internet or direct dial
        often abbreviated as a MUD

        • 4 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Thats what i thought. It also sounds great.

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      It's also BAR NONE THE BEST serial monitor ever.

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >It was there for me when I was a kid shelling into multi user dungeons.
      I just used SimpleMU with a SOCKS relay (great for getting past those pesky @sitelocks). The rest of your post is spot-on though - PuTTY is pretty fucking lekker.

  15. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    vlc, 7zip, notepad++ and sublime as of late, paint.net, flameshot, everything, qbittorrent

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >paint.net
      Proprietary piece of shit

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        why would I care about that

  16. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    winrar
    notepad

  17. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous
    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Cmake is fucking abomination

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        filtered

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        it is, but it's the best we got. could be worse.

  18. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Name one other operating system you can boot on any x86 computer, from the 1980s to the 2020s

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      This is more down to Intel than anything, but still pretty impressive.

  19. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Made Linux computing a breeze

  20. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    doesn't work for creating a windows bootable usb drive

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Bullshit. I've used it to make a Windows installer drive

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      it is the only way to make bootable windows. maybe I got filtered but I couldn't for the life of me `dd` the windows iso and get it to work, where Linux iso's always worked with dd.
      the Media Creation tool fails if the medium isn't "big enough", even if the iso fits on it multiple times.

  21. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous
    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      > can't sync from one local folder to another local folder
      > devs don't want to implement it either
      Ok, back to rsync

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        it's not what it's designed for, though i do agree that would be a nice addition
        rsync can't replace syncthing, at least not for it's typical use-case, for the specific case of a one-way mirror between two parties, rsync can do that, but syncthing can do two-way sync between an arbitrary number of peers, it can even do syncing between peers that can't see each other directly or aren't online at the same time (a sneakernet)

        • 4 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          syncthing IS powerful, no question. It just didn't align with my needs (yet). I think I'll look into it again some time.

          • 4 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            all good, yes, i'm not suggesting it's a replacement for rsync either, like i still back my vps up with an rsync script
            when you just want non-realtime one-way mirroring of datasets, rsync is usually the best tool for the job, even if syncthing got local folder sync i wouldn't stop using rsync for some things

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        why can't they add something that sounds relatively simple? they could just call rsync in the backend

  22. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    anything from Nirsoft

  23. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    For me, its CHKDSK. Never failed to unfuck a bad situation.

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      CHKDSK? Nice, thanks.

  24. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >Rufus
    Anytime I need it on a machine where I don't have it, I keep needing to remember to download an older build of it because the newer builds keep fucking up making bootable Windows USB's for me

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      I actually had to updoot rufus after a couple of years because Windows started locking my flash drive as Rufus was working on it

  25. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous
    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Came to post this.

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Came to post this.

      does it come with some recovery tools in case of bad sectors, failed drives, partitions and volumes? or is it "just backup bro"?

  26. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Shrugs. It just works.

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Except for the screenshot tool apparently

  27. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous
  28. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    HyperV

  29. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous
  30. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous
  31. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >7zip
    >vim
    >vlc
    >ventoy
    >/dev/tty0

  32. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous
  33. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous
  34. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    [...]

    >India banned VLC.
    why?

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      I'm not kidding, I don't speak chinese, do you speak it?

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        are you a bot?

        • 4 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          You sound like one, I've read this phrase a few times on here. You repeat yourself.
          Why would I be a bot? Do you even know what that is? A bot?

  35. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Totalcmd
    7zip
    IrfanView
    Basically things I used from before I knew English

  36. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous
  37. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous
  38. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    why even bother with etcher (has telemetry lol) or rufus when dd and the copy command exist

  39. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous
  40. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    yea

  41. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous
  42. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    dd

  43. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Deprecated by Ventoy

  44. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Slowview/Brennig's media viewer, later became Ashampoo Photo Commander but i still use Brennig´s 1.4.3 from 2005.
    20+ years of use through win 95/98/XP/2k3/7/10, still the lightest and fastest media viewer i ever used.

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      derp

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