Free software that doesn’t suck
Over the years I have found a bunch of free utilities and applications that I have made a part of the standard setup on any computer that I use frequantly. These applications are all free, and most are open source.
Some are for Windows, some for Linux, still others are for both.
From time to time I will share some of that free software here. My criteria are that the software must be 1) free, 2) virus/spyware free and 3) that it not suck.
First up: ImgBurn (Windows)
ImgBurn, according to its developer, is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit! I started using it several years ago when I was on a road trip for work and had a new laptop upon which I had not had a chance to install a retail CD burning program such as Nero or Roxio. (Roxio sucks, by the way)
One of the IT people at the customer site I was at recommended this app, and I downloaded it and tried it. While it doesn’t have all the features of the retail apps, it is just the thing for burning or copying CD’s or DVD’s, saving existing discs to ISO files, burning ISO files to disc, etc.
To this day it is the only CD application I have found that can burn and verify CD’s and ISO’s created by and for the Unisys MCP file system. Doing that is no small feat!
So, if you find yourself on a compiuter that didn’t come with a retail or OEM CD burning program, download and install ImgBurn. It will do just what you need!
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