Software Tips, Tricks, Gripes and Info
Check out my Free / Open Source software resources page.
Text editors
You can't have too many ways to edit your files.
Emacs
The Ultimate programmable editor
Warning: lisp will corrupt your mind. There is no way
around this.
-
The
Emacs manual at Polaris.net
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One of my triumphs over
Emacs
Other editors
- NEdit
- GRASP text editor
-
vi
keys
-
If you don't know how to use vi (a Unix-based text editor),
don't try. Unless you read this first.
- mutt -- my favourite e-mail client
- PuTTY
- Telnet, SSH, etc. A client for 'doze. PuTTY is cool.
- Better Telnet
- It's a GPLed telnet client for Macs
- ... and MacSSH has SSH hacked in
- Galeon
- The GNOME web browser
iCab- A web browser
- The Ximian Connector
- Another combo app, supporting the MS-Exchange protocol
- Trillian
- My favourite multi-medium Instant Message client
- Centericq
- A console-based multi-IM client
- Miranda
- An open-source multi-IM client
- Gaim
- An open-source AIM clone with multi-protocol support
- Adium
- A 3rd-party AIM client
- Kopete
- Another IM client
- Clients supporting the Jabber protocol
- Evolution
Network server and infrastructure software
- Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control
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The Web Information Gateway
- A groupware app that started out as an webmail package
Office and workflow software
- Keynote from Apple
- Replace your crappy presentation app.
- The Jarte Word Processor
- ThinkFree Office
- OpenOffice.org
Information access and management software
- yBook
- Simon Haynes' info reader with a book-like GUI
Software for Palms, etc.
- Tao Group
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"Creating a strategic framework of world-class software for
networked digital appliances."
Music software
The following are all music programs for the Mac:
- Reason (now ported to MacOS X)
- Cubase
- DP3
These are Linux community projects that can probably be built for any
platform:
- xmms
- mplayer
- totem-gstreamer
- gxine
How to find useful software
- Shareware Junkies
- Shareware reviewed by Real PeopleTM
- GNUWin II
- TheOpenCD
- Free software for 'doze.
- VersionTracker.com
- Tracks over 30,000 MS Windows, Mac and Palm OS applications
Info about file formats, MIME types, software compatibility, etc
- techtarget.com's
list of file formats
- File types and stuff at wotsit.org
- List of file extensions
- New magic numbers for Microsoft document files
Software and service businesses
- CyberKnights
- Stairways
- Peter Lewis' business
- Starfish
- Craig Richmond's Unix solutions operation
Alastair Irvine
Last modified: Sun Jun 26 21:42:27 WST 2005