GPT4All

gpt4all: an ecosystem of open-source chatbots trained on a massive collections of clean assistant data including code, stories and dialogue

GPT4All

A free-to-use, locally running, privacy-aware chatbot. No GPU or internet required.

How GPT4All Works

GPT4All is an ecosystem to train and deploy powerful and customized large language models that run locally on consumer grade CPUs.

The goal is simple - be the best instruction tuned assistant-style language model that any person or enterprise can freely use, distribute and build on.

A GPT4All model is a 3GB - 8GB file that you can download and plug into the GPT4All open-source ecosystem software. Nomic AI supports and maintains this software ecosystem to enforce quality and security alongside spearheading the effort to allow any person or enterprise to easily train and deploy their own on-edge large language models.

https://gpt4all.io/index.html

https://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all

Colossal Chat

ColossalChat is an open-source project that allows you to clone AI models using a complete RLHF (Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback) pipeline. 

It is a completely open-source project comprising the bilingual dataset, training code, demo, and 4-bit quantized inference. All the components will help you create a customized chatbot cheaper and faster.

https://github.com/hpcaitech/ColossalAI

Bing AI

Discover the wonder of AI-powered search.

Ask, find, and create anything using everyday language.

Turn your ideas into images:

Can’t find the image you’re looking for? Create it now in chat, with the new Bing’s AI-powered Image Creator. Search, chat, and create, all in one place.

Refine your search:

Search for anything. Ask follow-up questions. Make refinements in chat. 

Hone in your search and get the answers you're looking for.

Get Summarized answers:

There is no need to get overwhelmed sifting through search results. Bing distills the latest information from across the web to summarize and cite answers to your question. And with a prompt, it can even display the answer in a way that meets your unique needs — whether that is using bullet points or words a five-year-old will understand.

Create and compose:

Sometimes you need more than an answer — you need inspiration. Whether you're writing an email, bedtime story or meal plan, there's no need to fear getting started. You provide your ideas. Bing comes back with drafts to consider.

Microsoft Edge is the best browser for the new Bing experiences:

The new Bing is built-in wherever you search in Microsoft Edge, including the sidebar. Get answers, explore citations, and chat side-by-side as you browse. Get creative inspiration and the right tone with Compose wherever you write online. Just click the Bing icon in your sidebar.

Bring Bing on the go:

With the new Bing app, you can search and chat with Bing anytime, anywhere. Ask Bing anything you want, from trivia questions to creating images. Like a friend, Bing will give you quick and helpful answers, along with suggestions for what to do next. You can even use voice to search or chat, and your history and preferences will sync across all your devices.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/bing?form=MA13FJ

https://www.bing.com/?/ai

Book Finder

Find books with just one search

Since 1997, BookFinder has made it easy to find any book at the best price. 

Whether you want the cheapest reading copy or a specific collectible edition, with BookFinder, you'll find just the right book. 

BookFinder.com searches the inventories of over 100,000 booksellers worldwide, accessing millions of books in just one simple step.

BookFinder.com is a one-stop ecommerce search engine that searches over 150 million books for sale—new, used, rare, out-of-print, and textbooks. 

We save you time and money by searching every major catalog online, and letting you know which booksellers are offering the best prices and selection. 

When you find a book you like, you can buy it directly from the original seller; we never charge a markup.

The BookFinder.com website is part of the BookFinder.com/JustBooks network, produced by a team of high-tech librarians and programmers based in Berkeley, California, and Düsseldorf, Germany. 

We are heavy readers, and buy several dozen books every year using our own search engine. 

We enjoy advocating for a strong, diverse, bookselling industry.

BookFinder.com was launched in 1997 by then-19-year-old UC Berkeley undergraduate Anirvan Chatterjee (personal website). 

Over the years, both users and the press have discovered why we are one of the most useful resources for bibliophiles online. 

Whether you collect rare books or buy cheap paperbacks to read on the train, we think you will appreciate our breadth, precision, and unbiased results.

Our searchable inventory

150+ million books for sale

new, used, rare, out-of-print, textbooks

books from booksellers in 50+ countries

books written in English, French, German, Italian, and Dutch

Our global network of book search engines

BookFinder.com (1997)

JustBooks.de (2006)

JustBooks.co.uk (2006)

JustBooks.fr (2007)

JustBooks.nl (2007)

Old Book Depot

Buy Used Books, Old Books and New Books:

OldBookDepot is bookstore for buying used books, secondhand books, old books in India. Old Book Depot offers lowest price in India for used books with free shipping.

https://oldbookdepot.in/

NEDCC Preservation Leaflets

NEDCC’s Preservation Leaflets:

https://www.nedcc.org/free-resources/preservation-leaflets/overview

Library of Congress : Rare Books

The unique materials of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, now totaling over 800,000 items, include books, broadsides, pamphlets, theater playbills, prints, posters, photographs, and medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. At the center is Thomas Jefferson's book collection, which was sold to Congress in 1815.

https://www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/

Indian Culture : Rare Books

Recognizing the ongoing need to position itself for the digital future, Indian Culture is an initiative by the Ministry of Culture. A platform that hosts data of cultural relevance from various repositories and institutions all over India.

The Indian Culture Portal is a part of the National Virtual Library of India project, funded by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The portal has been created and developed by the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Data has been provided by organisations of the Ministry of Culture.

https://indianculture.gov.in/rarebooks

Rare Book Society of India

The Rare Book Society of India was the first of its kind when it was founded in October 2009. It is a virtual space for rare book collectors and history enthusiasts to read, discuss, rediscover and download lost books.

Importantly, it aims to highlight the understanding that there is always more than one truth in history! Sourcing from digital libraries such as The Internet Archive, Google Books, Wikipedia and the online collections of various museums around the world, RBSI has curated these rare books and images, and presented them in a context that gives them relevance and shows each piece as a part of a grander whole.

Despite being an ancient literary civilization and having one of the largest literary treasures of hand-written and printed material, India does not have a single Society for rare book collectors. This is an attempt to create a forum where those elusive connoisseurs come together to discuss and share their knowledge on Indian rare books. RBSI showcases rare Indian books, prints and art, that have been digitized, with the purpose of bringing these lost words to life. Through this open virtual platform, members of RBSI can create a digital collection of rare and valuable books by downloading the digitised books that are made available here. What started of as a group for rare book collectors has now transformed into a forum for history enthusiasts, scholars and of course the silent curious. Discussions and comments range from sanguine to educative to irreverent, all providing for an interesting cerebral buzz, every day of the week.

Many of these books might be considered to be history, opinion or plain propaganda - but the aim is to show that there is no wasteful source in the study of history, and there is only an added perspective. More importantly, by reading more than one version of a historical event at this site we begin to understand that there is more than one truth in history, and that in order to learn history, one must also first learn to unlearn.

All material posted on this site are sourced from the public domain and Rare Book Society of India explicitly states that it does not hold copyrights on any of this material.

https://www.rarebooksocietyofindia.org/

Microsoft - Jugalbandi

https://news.microsoft.com/en-in/features/with-help-from-next-generation-ai-indian-villagers-gain-easier-access-to-government-services/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saibala/2023/05/31/microsoft-has-launched-jugalbandi-a-new-generative-ai-app-for-india/?sh=569634fb3b38

Splash

SPLASH OVERVIEW:

The smoothest Video Player you have ever seen

The only player you will ever need. 

Stunning video quality thanks to advanced engine. 

Video conversion optimized for social media. 

Innovative and fully customizable user interface. 

In one word - Splash.

FEATURES:

Support for 4K video playback

Export and upload your recordings to YouTube™

Support for AMD APP acceleration

Support for NVIDIA NVENC

Support for Intel® Quick Sync Video

Support for Full AVCHD format support

1. Designed and optimized for HD!

Play and convert all your High Definition movies and camcorder clips, incredibly fast, smooth and without problems. You don't need any additional codecs. Download, install, watch, convert and share. It takes about one second to start application and High Definition video playback!

2. Converting videos with style!

Enjoy the ultimate performance and stylish user interface. Select one of many predefined profiles and push a button to export your clips easily and fast to popular formats, your favorite multimedia devices, Facebook or YouTube™. Save energy and time choosing optimized and hardware accelerated video exporting with Splash!

3. Picture2 - stunning video quality!

Advanced picture post-processing engine, delivering stunning video quality. Watch standard and high definition videos like never before, enjoy smooth motion, crisp details and vivid colors. Download Splash now and use Demo Mode to see the difference!

4. Ultra responsive, stylish and innovative User Interface

Splash is compact, stylish, user friendly and incredibly fast! Discover Smart Seek, advanced seek mode designed to find specific movie scenes without interrupting video playback. Splash provides the best user experience for video files playback. Designed to enjoy multimedia the proper way.

5. Customize User Interface colors with Splash themes

With Splash themes you can change Splash User Interface color to match your preferences, your Windows desktop wallpaper or your current mood! You can select one of the predefined Splash themes with a simple option available in Splash general settings.

6. Enjoy the best Digital Television quality with Splash

Watch high quality DVB-T television with pleasure. With user friendly interface and the ultimate video decoding performance Splash provides easy navigation and fast channel zapping. Rediscover standard television with high quality and power saving image post-processing technologies.

7. Support for all major subtitles formats and easy navigation

Splash supports all popular subtitles formats including internal and external file formats. Loading subtitles with Splash is extremely easy and with a few simple options you can quickly adjust subtitles font type, font size, color and position.

8. Enjoy the ultimate performance!

Take advantage of the latest hardware acceleration technologies to save your time and reduce power consumption. Splash combines all the latest technologies including NVIDIA® NVENC, AMD APP and Intel® Quick Sync Video with hardware accelerated video decoding to boost exporting process even more!

9. Splash - the best player for your HD camcorder clips!

Splash supports AVCHD™ format. Rediscover High Definition quality with Splash and state-of-the-art Picture2 technology! Watch your 20/24/25/30p clips smooth like never before with Motion2 technology.

10. High quality video scaling

Convert your videos with advanced video preprocessing technologies. Splash high quality scaling keeps your videos sharp and clean every time you export your original video to lower or higher resolutions. The technology is optimized for multicore CPUs to provide an excellent performance.

11. Featuring Mirillis Codecs

Ultra fast audio and video decoders designed for your multi-core processor and graphics card hardware acceleration (GPU). Choose our optimized low power consumption technologies, save your mobile PC batteries, money and the environment. You don't need any additional codecs to play the best quality videos now!

12. Save energy with Splash!

Think green! Save energy, save your money and enjoy longer video playback on batteries with the ultimate Splash video playback and converting performance. Use Splash with the latest NVIDIA®, AMD and Intel® hardware accelerated video decoding and encoding technologies to reduce your PC power consumption.

https://mirillis.com/free-hd-video-player

Blender

Free Software Never Looked This Awesome

Rendering

Create jaw-dropping renders thanks to Cycles, high-end production path tracer.

Modeling

Sculpting, retopology, modeling, curves. Blender’s modeling toolset is extensive.

Sculpting

Digital sculpting tools provide the power and flexibility required in several stages of the digital production pipeline.

Animation & Rigging

Designed for animation, Blender is being used for award-winning shorts and feature films.

Story Artist

Push the boundaries of Story Art and by drawing in a 3D environment.

VFX

From camera and object motion tracking to masking and compositing, you can “fix it in post”.

Simulation

Featuring industry-standards libraries like Bullet and MantaFlow, Blender offers powerful simulation tools.

Pipeline

Integration with multiple pipeline tools is pivotal in many productions.

Video Editing

The Video Editor offers a range of basic yet very efficient tools.

Scripting

Featuring an extensive Python API, every tool is available for scripting and customization.

Interface

Because of its custom architecture, Blender’s UI, window layout and shortcuts can be fully customized.

https://www.blender.org

mpv

mpv is a free (as in freedom) media player for the command line. It supports a wide variety of media file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.

Scripting

Powerful scripting capabilities can make the player do almost anything. There is a large selection of user scripts on the wiki.

On Screen Controller

While mpv strives for minimalism and provides no real GUI, it has a small controller on top of the video for basic control.

High quality video output

mpv has an OpenGL, Vulkan, and D3D11 based video output that is capable of many features loved by videophiles, such as video scaling with popular high quality algorithms, color management, frame timing, interpolation, HDR, and more.

GPU video decoding

mpv can leverage most hardware decoding APIs on all platforms. Hardware decoding can be enabled at runtime on demand.

Embeddable

A straightforward C API was designed from the ground up to make mpv usable as a library and facilitate easy integration into other applications.

https://mpv.io/

https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv

Medicat USB

Medicat is a bootable utility tool allowing users to analyze and troubleshoot a PC. You can use this utility to test your hardware, rest the forgotten password, and clean a corrupted computer. If you want to create the Medicat USB drive but don’t know how to do so, this article will guide you. In this article, we will be discussing the step-by-step process to help create Medicat USB drive. 

User Friendly UI

Automatically Download The Latest Version Of Medicat USB

Optionally Format Your USB

Download Via Google Drive OR Torrent

Automatically Extract Via 7Zip (included)

FEATURES:

Password Removal Tools

Ransomware Recovery

Partitioning And Disk Utilities

Backup and Data Recovery

https://medicatusb.com/

https://github.com/mon5termatt/medicat_installer

RMPrepUSB

RMPrepUSB is a Windows 32-bit utility to partition and format a drive (especially USB drives).

Install/repair boot code

Clear write-protect\read-only drive flags

Sector editor

SD cards can be up to 10% faster (when formatted as FAT32)

Test for ‘Fake’ size drives

Fix various USB boot issues

Run a 32-bit MBR Emulator to boot from a USB drive (QEMU) with full write access

Includes the command line utility RMPartUSB.exe

https://rmprepusb.com/