Recommendations
This is software that I've used for many years,
that I encourage you to use.
Most of it is open source,
and can be downloaded online for free.
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Recommendations This is software that I've used for many years, Most of it is open source, | |
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| Software Recommendations | |||
 | Required Files | Contains several .dll .ocx and .vbx files required to run such programs as Nornpose, BobCob, COSA, GenCompare & Wolfing Control Monitor | ? |
 | Cygnus | A highly useful hex editor, useful for editing GEN, SFC or EXP files. Especially .sfc as no programs have been created for this specific task. | SoftCircuits Programming |
| Recommended Multimedia Software | |||
 | Audacity | This is an open-source sound file editor, which supports .wav files. Useful for making sound files for your cobs. | Audacity Team |
 | PaintShop Pro | An excellent program for editing images, for breeds, cobs, or websites. Also good for non-Creatures related stuff, I guess. Older versions are just as good, I've been using 9 for years. | Jasc Software |
 | Libre Office | This is an open source alternative office suite that I have been using for quite a while, it's free and compatible with Microsoft products. It is based on Open Office, which is also good. | LibreOffice |
| Recommended Interweb Software | |||
 | Brave | This is my main current browser, it has built in ad blockers, private searching and vpn. | Brendan Eich |
 | Chrome | This is one of current browsers, it is pretty nifty. I also use it for email and cloud storage. | |
 | Opera | This is open source. It has a built-in adblocker which speeds your surfing speed by up to three times. Note that the adblocker is turned off by default. | Opera Software AS |
 | Firefox | An amazingly stable and elegant program for surfing the net. It's open source, so it's free to download and use. | Mozilla |
 | KompoZer | A robust and useful WYSIWYG .htm editor, that is open source. I switched to this from Frontpage Editor, and I'm glad I did. Note that it struggles with tables containing hundreds of elements, so occasionally it's useful to edit them with Libre Office. | |
 | File Zilla | A
free FTP (File Transfer Protocol) application, which is what I
use to upload my website updates. It is very easy to use without bells and whistles. | Tim Kosse |
| Recommended Archive Software | |||
 | 7-Zip | Free program for opening compressed file formats such as arj, iso, rar and zip. This is what I'm generally using nowadays | Igor Pavlov |
 | Extract Now | Free program for opening .sit compressed files for Mac. | Nathan Moinvaziri |
 | Universal Extractor | Extracts many kinds of archives including self-extracting .exe and .sit files | J. Breland |
 | WinRAR | Essential program for opening .rar compressed files. | Eugene Roshal |
| WinZip | Essential program for opening .zip compressed files, although unrequired for later versions of Windows. | Phil Katz & Mansfield Software Group |