Windows Software

This is a list of useful software for Windows. If possible use Ubuntu as operating system!

Disk Management

• MiniTool Partition Wizard, Home Edition - can split partitions, create ext4 partition (free to download, non-OS)

Video Converter

• Free Video Converter
  • Convert video free from to AVI, MP4, WMV, MKV, MPEG, 3GP, DVD, MP3, iPod, iPhone, PSP, Android, rip & burn DVD, convert to Flash FLV & SWF. 200+ Input Formats.
  • You can convert multiple files!
  • Cut, transform (rotate, flip) and join outputs.
  • License: free, not open source
  • Youtube HD Conversion:
    • Convert to MP4 with a new profile:
      • Frame size: 1280x720 , Adjustment: Original
      • Video codec: H.264 , Frame rate: 25 fps, Bitrate: 3000
      • Audio codec: AAC , Original everything else.
    • Experience: Galaxy S2 Video recorded (720p and superfine quality) with size 320MB was reduced to 82MB. (4x less)

Screen Capturing

• PicPick
  • Automate saving multiple screen capturing as files. Just by pressing multiple times "Print".
    • Settings:
      • Change "Capture->Output Type" to "Save To Image File".
      • Activate "Auto Save->Automatically Save Images" and set desired directory.
      • Deactivate (set to None) all under "Hotkeys->Tools" and "Screen Capture->Repeat Last Capture"

PDFs

• List of many good tools: https://www.techsupportalert.com/content/best-free-pdf-tools.htm
  • Unlock online PDF: http://www.freemypdf.com/

Search

• http://www.fileseek.ca/ - Fast and Free File Search, you can search for a text in files.

Windows Commands

• Hibernate at specific time (13:00 = 1PM) (needs administrator permission):
  • at 13:00 shutdown /h