Speaking of Open Source: M$ has some

Hi All,

Some of these look interesting:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/289...-codeplex.html

-T

In article , lid, T says...

Hi All,

Some of these look interesting:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/289...-codeplex.html

-T

Good stuff, cheers.

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Duncan.

On 03/17/2015 12:01 AM, Dave Doe wrote:
In article , lid, T says...

Hi All,

Some of these look interesting:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/289...-codeplex.html

-T

Good stuff, cheers.


Hi Dave,

This one looks interesting:
Windows USB/DVD Download tool
http://wudt.codeplex.com/

Allows you to create DVD's and Flash Drives from ISO's.
(I use Fedora Live USB Creator and K3B, but if I was
ever stuck on a Windows only machine, this might come
in real handy.)


This one helps you create True Crypt volumes:
VeraCrypt
https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/

But no LUKS support. Dang!

-T

T wrote:
On 03/17/2015 12:01 AM, Dave Doe wrote:
In article , lid, T says...

Hi All,

Some of these look interesting:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/289...-codeplex.html


-T

Good stuff, cheers.


Hi Dave,

This one looks interesting:
Windows USB/DVD Download tool
http://wudt.codeplex.com/

Allows you to create DVD's and Flash Drives from ISO's.
(I use Fedora Live USB Creator and K3B, but if I was
ever stuck on a Windows only machine, this might come
in real handy.)

That was on the MicrosoftStore site for the last couple
of years. It's not exactly new. I've used that a number
of times, to install Previews.

I would still be careful to scan anything you get
from that site. Just because Microsoft's name somehow
got associated with it, doesn't tell us anything about
how well run it is, whether there are safety issues.
The fact it has 400,000 projects on it, should
be a warning in itself. You can't handle that sort
of volume, by actually reviewing the contents. It
would take an army of (paid) people. And you know
that army is not present. Security would be by
people flagging stuff from the outside (by which
time it's too late). Use your normal level of
caution.

Paul

On 03/17/2015 02:17 AM, Paul wrote:
T wrote:
On 03/17/2015 12:01 AM, Dave Doe wrote:
In article , lid, T says...

Hi All,

Some of these look interesting:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/289...-codeplex.html


-T

Good stuff, cheers.


Hi Dave,

This one looks interesting:
Windows USB/DVD Download tool
http://wudt.codeplex.com/

Allows you to create DVD's and Flash Drives from ISO's.
(I use Fedora Live USB Creator and K3B, but if I was
ever stuck on a Windows only machine, this might come
in real handy.)

That was on the MicrosoftStore site for the last couple
of years. It's not exactly new. I've used that a number
of times, to install Previews.

I would still be careful to scan anything you get
from that site. Just because Microsoft's name somehow
got associated with it, doesn't tell us anything about
how well run it is, whether there are safety issues.
The fact it has 400,000 projects on it, should
be a warning in itself. You can't handle that sort
of volume, by actually reviewing the contents. It
would take an army of (paid) people. And you know
that army is not present. Security would be by
people flagging stuff from the outside (by which
time it's too late). Use your normal level of
caution.

Paul

Good point