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There are times I have specific requirements, and I look for software that can do something specific. I typically ask Google writing in combinations of keywords, and yet sometimes I don't find all the softwares that can do that requirement. Is there any better way? Or maybe there's a whole site built to search and find software based on the task it does.
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To some extent, that is what freshmeat.net does. | ||||
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You need a site that categorizes software, like FileHippo or Betanews. Betanews has a pretty good sorting system, you can filter out freeware/shareware, or PC/MAC/Linux software. | |||
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Cnet's Download.com has a whole section with the best apps for the job, although it may not be exhaustive. Its categorized so you should be able to drill-down to find what you want. | |||
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I try to Google anyway, but tweaking search terms in such a way that I'll find forum posts mentioning a program. If you want to search into a program search engine you can still use Google, but let it search on that site alone But if I can't find it in five minutes, I'll often give up (temporarily) because I'm probably using ineffective search terms. However, the biggest problem I have finding apps people request here is that they sometimes ask for the impossible, not the unfindable... | |||
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Snapfiles and Fileforum is where I usually turn to when looking for software. Snapfile especially has a very good search function. | |||
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You can also try Sourceforge. There is plenty of categorized open-source software there. | |||
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I search on forums (e.g. http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ ). That leads me to threads where people were discussing similar problems/functions and usually get several suggestions. | |||
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Most of the time I just go to Synaptic Package Manager and hunt around there for a while. | |||
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