Ketarin 0.9.9.21http://ketarin.canneverbe.com/
As a tech guy, I get lots of requests for house calls, and I have a trusty USB key loaded up with software ready to go and fix all those issues that everyone seems to run into...
So, a few weeks ago, I took notice of a Lifehacker article about Ketarin (and darn it, I missed the original Rarst.net article here), an install package updater.
Ketarin is a program that will download your favorite applications to a USB drive or other folder structure - but that's not all. It will also check to find updated versions of the applications you configure so you can be sure that you have the latest copy of CCleaner, VNC, or what-have-you.
Ketarin is a definite must-have for anyone who carries a drive filled with software at the ready for any support call.
Using Ketarin is very simple - especially if you are using a built-in feature which pulls your favorite apps directly from filehippo.com. You can also set it to pull applications from other sites using some of the built-in variables.
You can tweak your settings to allow more than 2 (default) downloads at a time, and also some other general options (proxy, update at app startup, etc.). Also, you can enter a command to run after your application download - for example, perhaps you want to unzip a downloaded file...
This app is a wonderful idea, and it really is a time-saver for those of us who keep a repository for our house calls.
You can also export your settings so you can share your favorite apps with others (needless to say, there is an import function). Ketarin can operate via command line, and as mentioned before, does support a variety of specialized variables. Certainly a very powerful app wrapped up in this tiny package.
4 comments:
Heh, as usual. I find and post about nice app, ghacks posts next day, lifehacker posts forty days later... Guess whom people read. :)
D'oh! I missed your article...(but I credited you) admittedly, I've been bad about checking blogs recently.
I'll be sure to keep more up to date. Yours is one of the more intelligently written blogs out there that I have in my reader.
I was not really asking for a link (I am very grateful for being on your blogrol!), just making a joke on small blog/large blog issue. :)
On topic. It seems plenty of people don't get Ketarin and how it is different from usual software updaters. Guess they hadn't experienced horror of being restrained, dragged somewhere to weird-looking PC and told "Fix this. Now!". :)
Any chance of exporting or listing your app list?
Judging from the screenshot, you look to have a pretty decent list. Plus, I'm feeling particularly lazy today.
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