Is GEGeek Tech Toolkit 7.9 good and Legitimate

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Hello team can someone help and tell me if GEGeek Tech Toolkit 7.9 is a Legitimate application to use on a clients computer. I hate to think that it like Hirens Boot CD full of pirated staff.
What other alternatives are there and have propper free applications and tools.
 
Yes it is a legit piece of software.

The author refuses to use or have installed any pirated software.

There are countless other alternatives you can use.
 
I've used it for a bit, since version 8.4. Like Cadishead said, its all legal software. The author really seems to work at making sure he stays legit with all the license agreements if they change ever. I've been very impressed with him.

In my experience, its also been really solid. The author also is really good about addressing problems people have with it. While the initial download is pretty small, running the updates for all the programs the it includes for the first time takes a bit. It's almost 5 GB's. Oh, and version 10 just got released. I got the email about it but haven't updated yet. For the most part that and TechWARU are what I use on my tech drives, and that usually covers me.
 
Cadishead Computers said:
Yes it is a legit piece of software.

The author refuses to use or have installed any pirated software.
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Are you sure about this? I'm pretty sure out of all 430+ applications, the author is breaking a few EULAs by setting up a paywall to access other developers free software.
 
OTS said:
Are you sure about this? I'm pretty sure out of all 430+ applications, the author is breaking a few EULAs by setting up a paywall to access other developers free software.
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I can't say for 100% certainty that the author is not breaking any EULA's. But the author is a member of Technibble.

If you have any concerns over this, can I suggest you speak to him. @GEGeek.
 
OTS said:
Are you sure about this? I'm pretty sure out of all 430+ applications, the author is breaking a few EULAs by setting up a paywall to access other developers free software.
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As far as I can tell your not paying for the software, your paying for his time that he puts into collecting and updating the software list.
He deserves to be paid for the time he puts into it.
 
Tom_Sand said:
He deserves to be paid for the time he puts into it.
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I couldn't agree more.

He's assembled a very nifty app that compiles a ton of software very nicely, but that doesn't change the fact that the donation is mandatory in order to access software that others have created; Hence, a "paywall." This may conflict with some EULAs as stated before; unless he either read them all and verified that a mandatory donation was within the parameters the developers felt was acceptable as a means of distribution, or he has set up an agreement with the developers and they all get a cut (which would resemble more closely the "Donationware" model he states the paywall is).

Don't get me wrong, his website and app are great resources. However, the paywall he has put up along with calling it "Donationware" does raise an eyebrow.
 
Great program! I been using it for awhile, even while it used to be free. Now while he does accept donations it is well worth. It is constantly kept up to date.
 
OTS said:
Are you sure about this? I'm pretty sure out of all 430+ applications, the author is breaking a few EULAs by setting up a paywall to access other developers free software.
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Yes, I'm sure. He's charging you for the work he does in putting this package together - adding menus, auto-updater etc. etc. He does not charge you for software at all. If you come to me tomorrow and ask me to download Kingsoft office, burn it to a CD and make an autorun.inf for it then I'll charge you for doing so - not for the software but for the effort.
 
seedubya said:
Yes, I'm sure. He's charging you for the work he does in putting this package together - adding menus, auto-updater etc. etc. He does not charge you for software at all. If you come to me tomorrow and ask me to download Kingsoft office, burn it to a CD and make an autorun.inf for it then I'll charge you for doing so - not for the software but for the effort.
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Yep. Similar logic that many Linux providers use. If you want a disk with a distro you are paying for their T&M to produce the disk.
 
Mercenary Roadie said:
How is something a donation when the word mandatory is placed in front of it?
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I can't find where it says mandatory donation. It does say "Donationware" and to please send a "reasonable" donation and he will send you a link to the toolkit. The toolkit he has put together and frequently updates is an aggregate of all the tools freely available on the internet for download and ready to use with ketarin setup to update the files.

Now, anybody is welcome to go to each and every site and download all the programs and put together a ketarin profile and build your own toolkit as well put together as his.

Personally I don't understand why anybody would be complaining about this. Like others have said you are paying for his time and "materials" which in this case means covering his costs for the web server to run his equally awesome website and to serve up the downloads.
 
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