Useful Utilities

ellevie · Unread post by **ellevie** » 22 Oct 2009, 18:52

From time to time people mention computer based utilities which I find useful as I'm sure do many of you.

Here is a very useful utility called JDiskReport which I find extremely useful. If you're trying to find out exactly where all your valuable disk space has disappeared this is just what you need. When installed, if you right click on any directory it will give you the option of displaying the size of the various subdirectories underneath it in the form of a pie-chart. Clicking on any of the segments representing a directory in the chart produces a new chart showing the size distribution of that particular directory. I used to spend ages doing this kind of thing manually.

The program is free and has no advertising or other nasties included as far as I'm aware. It can be downloaded here,
http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/index.html

Unread post by **myglaren** » 22 Oct 2009, 20:07

Useful looking tool there ellevie.
A very similar one is part of the system tools in Linux.
Not often needed but very handy when you do.

ellevie · Unread post by **ellevie** » 22 Oct 2009, 20:39

What's the one on Linux called ?
I intend to have a go at Ubuntu now that I have a more powerful machine hooked up to my aging laptop.
JDisReport is also available in Java and Mac Os X.

Unread post by **myglaren** » 22 Oct 2009, 21:21

Something very pedestrian IIRC - not on the Linux machine right now but will boot it in a while and check.

New version of Ubuntu out next week

Unread post by **myglaren** » 23 Oct 2009, 17:25

Unable to find it, not on the current system by the looks of it, must have discarded it with the last update. Rarely looked at it anyway.
Will continue to try and find it but several hours searching haven't thrown anything up.

ellevie · Unread post by **ellevie** » 23 Oct 2009, 19:37

Thanks for looking anyway. I seem to spend half my life searching for thing I have lost myself !

Unread post by **myglaren** » 23 Oct 2009, 19:52

Here it is

Scroll down to "Disc Usage Analyser".

Typical that Google found it where I couldn't. Not on the Ubuntu machine again but will have a proper look and post a screenshot if I find it, the one in the article doesn't bear more than a superficial resemblance to mine.

ellevie · Unread post by **ellevie** » 24 Oct 2009, 06:35

Thanks for that. I'll look forward to doing a "compare and contrast" when I get Ubuntu going.

ellevie · Unread post by **ellevie** » 26 Mar 2010, 09:40

Quite some time ago Jim asked if there was a suitable freeware tool to crop and resize JPG images and after some discussion the general consensus favoured IrFanView.

Here is an alternative French based offering called PhotoFiltre which has a similar small size and efficiency but is primarily intended for photographic post processing.

You are not expected to make a donation to the author as there is a professional version available.

It is available here http://photofiltre.free.fr/