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

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.

Software for Networks

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

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
"Creating a strategic framework of world-class software for networked digital appliances."

Music software

The following are all music programs for the Mac: These are Linux community projects that can probably be built for any platform:

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