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Debianist he Linuxoperatingsystemthatmanyother
distrosare basedon, including Ubuntu.Debian10‘Buster’
comesinachoiceofdesktop environments –GNOME,
Cinnamon,KDE Plasma, LXDE,LXQt, MATE and Xfce
(Ifyou’renot sure which onetogofor,stick with GNOME).
This se cond update to thestable distribution fixesanumber
of secu rity issu es and bugs,and updatessomeofthe
packagesincludedinthe OS.

LINUXDISTRO
Debian 10.2 ‘Buster’
http://www.debian.org
Minrequirements:1GBRAM,10GBharddrive space
File size:2.4GB

Plannyisanexcellent to-domanager that wasdesigned for
iOSand iPadOS but, thanksto Apple’s ProjectCatalyst
(which makesite asierfor developers to port applications to
thedesktop), it’s nowavailable forthe Macaswell. Theapp
includesadaily li st fortoday’s tasks,areview of theprevious
day, deadlinesand reminders ,notes fortasks,rewards,lists,
adarkmode andmore. Youcan access additional features
by upgradingtoPlannyPremiumfor$15 (£11.49) ayear.

TO-DOAPP
Planny3
http://www.kevinreutter.de
Minrequirements:macOS 10.15orlater,64-bitprocessor
File size:7.6MB

BelarcAdvisor
http://www.belarc.com
Minrequirements:Windows 7 /8.1/1 0
Filesize: 1 3.9MB

BelarcAdvisordebutedbackin1 99 6asan
internetsalesprogram,buthassinceevolved
intoapopularandcomprehensivePC-auditing
tool.Thefreeprogramscansyoursystemand
providesanextremelydetailedprofileofallthe
hardwareandsoftwareyouhaveinstalled.Itlists
softwareversionsandlicences,andinstalledand
missingMicrosoftHotfixes,andevenreports
yourIPaddressandWindowsproductkey.Just
runthesoftwareanditwillscanyoursystemand
displayitsfindingsinalocalwebpageinyour
browser,sothat–unlikesimilarauditingtools–
theinformationneverleavesyourPC.

Speccy
ccleaner.com/speccy
Minrequirements:
Windows 7 /8.1/1 0
Filesize: 6 .6MB

We’velongbeenfansof
Speccyandoften
recommendeditasatool
fordiscoveringuseful
informationaboutyour
system.Sadly,itseemsto
havegonethesamewayas
itsbigbrother,CCleaner
–threescannerson
VirusTotalnowdetect
malwareintheprogram
downloadandsomeusers
accuseitoftryingtoinstall
othersoftwareonyourPC.

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