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  • Interesting Windows programs

    Interesting Windows programs

    (Note September 7 2025 – content moved to the page
    https://www.ttcs.tt/interesting-windows-programs

  • What software is in your closet?

    What software is in your closet?

    software boxes of Intellicad 98, OS/2 Warp v4, Corel WordPerfect Office 2000 for Linux, Corel WordPerfect 8, Star Trek: TNG Interactive Technical Manual, Command and Conquer Yuri's Revenge

    De-cluttering my room and looking at some of the software’s I’ve used in the past with a look to clear up some space.

    Any memories for anyone? 🙂

  • TTCS OSSWIN DVD 0.8.9, collection of Free & Open Source Software for Windows available for download

    ttcs-osswin-dvd-0.8.9

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) is pleased to announce the availability of the TTCS OSSWIN DVD v0.8.9 as a free download on July 1 2013.

    The TTCS OSSWIN DVD is a collection of nearly 100 Free and Open Source Software for home and business (i.e. any) users using the Microsoft Windows 8/7/Vista/XP operating systems.

    You can use your web browser to read detailed information about each program in this compilation : what the program does, its key features, useful related websites, view a screenshot, find links to the program’s website and to download/install the program from the TTCS OSSWIN DVD. The web-based interface allows you to quickly browse the variety of software organised into various categories.

    How to download the TTCS OSSWIN DVD

    Download the TTCS OSSWIN DVD 0.8.9 at Ge.tt

    MD5, SHA1, SHA-256 checksum of the TTCS OSSWIN DVD 0.8.9

    • Date created : July 1 2013
    • File name : ttcs_osswin_dvd_v0.8.9.iso
    • File size : 1.78 GB (1,917,534,208 bytes)
    • MD5 checksum : fcdd2119 d4321cce b1bf9264 7ab68cde / fcdd2119d4321cceb1bf92647ab68cde
    • SHA-1 : d65e67fe 63acf880 bde497b4 1dd9dbe2 be4c438f / d65e67fe63acf880bde497b41dd9dbe2be4c438f
    • SHA-256 : 602fe02d 6f5adcb5 d6ab8904 3beedae1 0ad94d1f 195c04d4 41a3bc0c 299ac1e2 / 602fe02d6f5adcb5d6ab89043beedae10ad94d1f195c04d441a3bc0c299ac1e2

    Changes from v0.8.8 :

    • removed: Pengupop
    • updated: LibreOffice, Notepad++, Sumatra PDF, Tomboy, Stellarium, Enigma, Battle for Wesnoth, Portable Puzzle Collection, Sokoban YASC, GIMP, Blender, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, FileZilla, Halite, HTTrack Website Copier, Miranda IM, XAMPP, VideoLAN, PDFCreator, ClamWin Free AntiVirus, UltraVNC, KeePass, Run With Parameters

    Use a program like VisualHash or WinHasher to hash your downloaded file to see if it matches the hashes here. If your downloaded file hash is different, then your downloaded file is different from the file the TTCS has published.

    List of software included on the TTCS OSSWIN DVD

     

  • Interesting Mac OS X Programs

    Interesting Mac OS X Programs

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  • Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player April 9 2013

    Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player April 9 2013

    According to the latest Adobe Security Bulletin dated April 9 2013, Adobe has released an updated version of its Adobe Flash Player on various platforms, specifically:

    • Adobe Flash Player 11.6.602.180 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh
    • Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.275  and earlier versions for Linux

    The vulnerabilities in versions of Adobe Flash before April 9 2013 could allow for execution of unwanted code (typically malware), without your consent just by visiting a website with malicious Flash applications or video (SWF). Therefore, you should update your Adobe Flash Player to the latest version to close this loophole.

    To determine what version of the Adobe Flash player you have on your system, visit http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

    To download the latest version of Adobe Flash Player, visit
    http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html.

    Windows users should note that the Flash Player in their Microsoft Internet Explorer browser and the one in web browsers like Opera, Mozilla Firefox and Safari are separate installs. You should install and update both versions of Adobe Flash.

    Google Chrome browser users has Adobe Flash Player built-in and users should update the Google Chrome browser to the latest version. See http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95414 on how to do so.

     

  • Security update for Adobe Flash Player (APSB11-12)

    Security update for Adobe Flash Player (APSB11-12)

    Adobe has updated its Adobe Flash Player to version 10.3.181.14 to address a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player v10.2.159.1 and earlier versions (Adobe Flash Player v10.2.154.28 and earlier for Chrome users) for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris and Adobe Flash Player 10.2.157.51 and earlier
    versions for Android.

    You can read the Adobe Security bulletin at
    http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-12.html

    To determine what version of the Flash player you have on your system, visit http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
    and to install the latest Flash player go to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

    Windows users should note that the Flash Player in their Microsoft Internet Explorer browser and the one in web browsers like Opera, Mozilla Firefox and Safari are separate installs. You should install and update both versions, by visiting http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ in Internet Explorer and then with your other web browsers.

    Google Chrome browser users has Adobe Flash Player built-in and users should update the Google Chrome browser to the latest version. See http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95414 on how to do so.

    Android users, To verify the version of Adobe Flash Player for Android, go to Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Adobe Flash Player 10.x .
    Android users can update can update to Adobe Flash Player 10.3.185.21 by browsing to the Android Marketplace on an Android phone

  • Announcing TTCS FSWIN CD – Free Software for Windows CD available for download

    TTCS FSWIN CDThe Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS ; http://ttcsweb.org/) announces the availability of the TTCS FSWIN CD (http://ttcsweb.org/fswin-cd), a collection of Free Software for Windows, for download.

    Free Software is software that meets the Free Software Foundation’s (FSF) definition :
    http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html ;

    The impetus for the TTCS FSWIN CD came from a request from someone from Free Software Foundation Europe (FSF Europe) (http://www.fsfe.org/) currently co-organising Software Freedom Day 2010 (SFD ; http://softwarefreedomday.org/) and was looking for a Free Software for windows CD for SFD teams to use and distribute to the public.

    While the TTCS has a TTCS OSSWIN CD, a collection of Free and Open Source Software for Windows
    (https://www.ttcs.tt/osswin-cd/) ; not all open source software meets the Free Software definition.
    A list of software licenses that meets the FSF’s definition of Free Software and those that do not can be found at
    http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html

    Hence the creation of the TTCS FSWIN CD since nearly all of the software on the TTCS OSSWIN CD matched the FSF’s definition of Free Software.

    What was done :

    • All of the licenses for all 92 programs on the TTCS OSSWIN CD were examined. A short list of programs that didn’t meet the FSF definition of Free Software was determined.
    • For those programs, Free Software equivalents were located, documented and added to the TTCS FSWIN CD webpages.
    • All of the program descriptions for the TTCS OSSWIN CD was updated to mention Free Software instead of just Open Source and used to provide the web based documentation for the TTCS FSWIN CD.
    • Webpages and program were assembled together to finalise an ISO of the TTCS FSWIN CD.

    Short sentences on what was done, but *lots* of hours involved 🙂

    The result is the TTCS FSWIN CD – Free Software for Windows is available for download thanks to a mirror provided by the FSF Europe.

    Details about the TTCS FSWIN CD, including the download mirror can be found at http://www.ttcsweb.org/fswin-cd/ .

    The TTCS will continue to maintain the TTCS OSSWIN CD, in addition to the TTCS FSWIN CD. With our experience of developing multiple versions of CDs, we are looking to develop a TTCS OSSWIN DVD and a TTCS OSSMAC
    CD and/or DVD in the near future.

    Regards,

    Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://ttcsweb.org/ ;
    http://fb.me/ttcsweb ; http://twitter.com/ttcs
    “networking local computer users!”

  • TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.99c available for download

    The TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.99c (a CD of open source software for Windows) is available for download.

    TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.99c Changelog :

    • Date created : July 27th, 2009
    • File name : ttcs_osswin_cd_v1.99c.iso
    • File size : 698 MB (732,170,240 bytes)
    • MD5 checksum : c323fc85d82ef26612942664d9b9ed4b / c323fc85 d82ef266 12942664 d9b9ed4b
    • SHA-1 : c3c81687 f2b146da abe64ed7 1718c590 941e04fe
    • SHA-256 : 84f04bf9 fcf2ba08 ee03ca45 bfff454f 22f78541 06bec39f 09795497 b6cc7c53

    Changes from v1.99a

    • removed : Neverball, Enigma
    • updated : Notepad2, Sumatra PDF, WinMerge, TuxPaint, Tux Typing 2, Celestia, Childsplay, Portable Puzzle Collection, Sokoban YASC, Blender, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Filezilla, Halite, HTTrack Website Copier, Miranda IM, VideoLAN, ClamWin AntiVirus, UltraVNC, Truecrypt, KeePass
    A detailed list of the software and versions on the TTCS OSSWIN CD can be found at https://www.ttcs.tt/osswin-cd/#softwareoncd
    Two more games removed to cater for the increased file sizes of Celestia and the TuxPaint stamp collection.  Goodness, and Software Freedom Day 2009 is just around the corner, if a v2.0 is to appear before then.

  • Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows Server 2008 SP2 released

    Microsoft has releases Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 for download.

    Download :

    The 32 bit versions of Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 are combined in one standalone installer. Likewise for the 64 bit versions of Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2.

    Read more at Vista Service Pack 2 at Microsoft TechNet . You must have Vista SP1 installed in order to install Vista SP2

    Read more about Windows Server 2008 SP2 at Microsoft TechNet.

    More details about Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 at the Windows blog .

    (Hat Tip : OSnews.com)

  • TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.99a released

    The TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.99a (a CD of open source software for Windows) is available for download.

    Changelog :

    • Date created : May 17th, 2009
    • File name : ttcs_osswin_cd_v1.99a.iso
    • File size : 695 MB (728,850,432 bytes)
    • MD5 checksum : 35d478553621b9691e1235b0bfb04eb9 / 35d47855 3621b969 1e1235b0 bfb04eb9
    • SHA-1 : 1a5b2452 b646f16d 1561e45b c3b77812 5406ee50
    • SHA-256 : 3733e730 138a5c61 b1a72972 aadf2d91 fd87436e 3dc59b1e abf40256 c9d85d86

    Changes from v1.98b

    • removed : SuperTux, CrackAttack, tsWebeditor
    • updated : OpenOffice.org, Treeline, Maxima, Portable Puzzle Collection, Sokoban YASC, Dia, Mozilla Firefox, Filezilla, Miranda IM, XAMPP Lite, Hmailserver, PDFCreator, ClamWin AntiVirus, UltraVNC, Truecrypt, AutoHotkey

    What happened to v1.99? It was released, but before the changelog and website was updated, it was discovered that some of the webpages were not included. So if you managed to download v1.99, my apologies.

    Three more programs were removed to cater for the increased size of OpenOffice.org v3.1.0. A reminder to work on the webpage interface before 2.00 is released.