Star Dock software Bundle

Humble Bundle have a great collection of Star Dock software on sale right now, including Groupy, Fences, Start10, etc.

https://www.humblebundle.com/software/best-of-stardock-software

Conversation 11 comments

  • cfxram

    19 March, 2020 - 10:02 pm

    <p>Ha. I was just about to post about this. The entire batch of software can be had for $15 and a portion goes to the charities of Girls Inc, and Girls Who Code. Of course you can always choose a different charity. </p>

  • james_b

    19 March, 2020 - 10:51 pm

    <p>But why? Completely unnecessary with Windows 10.</p>

    • wright_is

      Premium Member
      20 March, 2020 - 4:21 am

      <blockquote><em><a href="#532495">In reply to James_B:</a></em></blockquote><p>Yes. I looked down the list, there wasn't anything that I'd call useful or essential in the list.</p><p>It is a nice bundle if you like adding furry dice to your PC.</p><p>A couple of visual effects nabbed from 2003 era Linux that still haven't made it to Windows, but long since out of fashion again on Linux.</p>

    • Paul Thurrott

      Premium Member
      20 March, 2020 - 8:44 am

      Everyone has different wants/needs.

    • hrlngrv

      Premium Member
      24 March, 2020 - 5:15 pm

      <p><a href="https://www.thurrott.com/forums/general-discussion/uncategorized/thread/star-dock-software-bundle#532495&quot; target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><em>In reply to James_B:</em></a></p><p>Some people REALLY want more old-school Start menus. Some people want tabbed applications. Some people may even want what Fences provides. Also, FWIW, I have 2 family members who rely on ObjectDock to ween themselves from their Mac addictions.</p><p>Finally, Window Blinds serves the same purpose in Windows 10 that it has for decades: there's no bundled theme creation tool in Windows. Useful? No. Neither are custom automobile paint jobs, yet there are people who pay for them.</p><p>There will always be die-hard tinkerers, and StarDock is their friend. It's not for everyone, but for the few it serves it's darned good they exist.</p>

      • Paul Thurrott

        Premium Member
        25 March, 2020 - 8:43 am

        Agree.

  • crunchyfrog

    24 March, 2020 - 12:01 pm

    <p>Wait, StarDock is still alive? Is that still a thing?</p>

    • hrlngrv

      Premium Member
      24 March, 2020 - 5:07 pm

      <p><a href="https://www.thurrott.com/forums/general-discussion/uncategorized/thread/star-dock-software-bundle#533481&quot; target="_blank"><em>In reply to crunchyfrog:</em></a></p><p>On one level, funny. Sarcasm.</p><p>On another, yup, lots of Windows 10 users who just don't like the Windows 10 UI. Also, it seems StarDock's Groupy will be the exclusive way ever to get tabbed applications.</p><p>On a third, credit to MSFT for still allowing Windows to be customized in this way.</p>

      • simont

        Premium Member
        25 March, 2020 - 8:21 am

        <blockquote><em><a href="#533607">In reply to hrlngrv:</a></em></blockquote><p>Groupy is a great app. Well worth the money</p>

  • rvanallen

    Premium Member
    25 March, 2020 - 2:08 pm

    <p>I still use StarDock Fences. Keeps my Desktop clean and it just works.</p>

  • JimP

    06 April, 2020 - 10:07 am

    <p>I use Groupy and Fences. Fences works fine, but beware of Groupy: it is very buggy.</p>

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