Yes I know we're living in 2018, but I still thought it was interesting, I discovered a few new apps. If you look at the list, do you guys perhaps have certain recommendations? https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2487049,00.asp
Not a very good list of software, in my opinion. They come up with a list of the best free software of 2017, at the start of the year and a number of the recommendations are very old and not relevant to Windows 10. Comodo Programs Manager does support any OS later than Windows 7. It is possible to get it to run on Windows 8.x and 10, but by default it won't even install. Free Driver Scout has not been updated since 2014 and seems not be able to find driver updates on Windows 10 systems. As well as this, the installer will install unwanted extras, unless you pay very close attention. Windows Movie Maker also has not been updated since 2014 and was not included with Windows 10. Anyway, here is some (mostly free) software I recommend, which PC Mag did not list: Anti-Malware Malwarbytes Zemana AntiMalware Winja (VirusTotal scanner) Back-Up AOMEI Backupper pCloud Drive Clean-up/Maintenance Kerish Doctor Wise Disk Cleaner Media Player SPlayer Software/Driver Updates FlashGet Software Update Pro (Glarysoft) Wise Driver Care DriverToolkit Windows Enhancers StartIsBack++
It is very odd indeed, nowadays we have free versions of Kaspersky, Bitdefender, Avira which for years have scored significantly better than Avast and AVG (same company now) in most independent tests, and they still get 2 out 3 recommendations from PC Mag…
Best freeware - every one knows the built-in Windows Magnifier sucks. Not user friendly and you can't make it full-screen to read tiny e-book print. OneLoupe Magnifier, a portable freeware available in both 32 and 64 versions, is just the ticket to make small print legible. Download it here: http://www.softwareok.com/?Microsoft/OneLoupe Good for aging eyes and makes reading comfortable again.
To clarify, the article was written in February 2017, but I just recently noticed it. I did see some interesting apps that I didn't know about. But it also depends on taste, none of the apps that you mentioned is my cup of tea.
BTW, a new list has been released (best software from 2020) and I thought it was interesting that Shade Sandbox was mentioned and not Sandboxie, what a joke! I'm not saying that Shade is bad software or anything, but I think we can all agree that Sandboxie is more advanced. https://www.pcmag.com/news/best-free-software
