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GetIt combines the power of three Windows apt-style updaters
by Lee Mathews Dec 4th 2008 at 2:00PM
GetIt combines the power of three Windows implementations of the system - AppSnap, AppUpdater, and Win-Get. Once you've got all your engines installed, use Get-it's GUI to set them up (just click the buton) and you're ready to install.
More than four hundred apps are currently supported, including Avast, AVG, CDBurnerXP, Firefox, AutoHotKey, uTorrent, VLC, OpenOffice, and Handbrake.
Applications can be installed a number of ways. When GetIt checks your repositories for updates, it creates installer files in its Install folder. After that, you can:
- Browse to the folder and double-click an installer
- Use the GetIt Gui or command line
- Index the folder and launch installers from Find and Run Robot (or your favorite launcher)
GetIt is a simple, powerful way to download and install tons of great software and keep it up to date on your Windows PC.
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Cristatus said 6:18AM on 12-05-2008
I wonder why I never thought of having such a system in Windows, but it actually makes sense: it puts all the free software that you need into a single source, and then makes it easier to update.
I hope it's well implemented. I may try it out soon.
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Mike said 7:06AM on 12-05-2008
Why are there 2 7-zips? (besides the portable one)
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