Xah Lee, 2009-08-08, 2009-09-30
This page lists some useful software for Mac and Windows that i personally use.
| ◇ | Mac | Windows | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| emacs editor. | Carbon Emacs | ErgoEmacs | I live in emacs. |
| Computer languages | Pyhton, PHP, Perl, Ocaml, Java | With Windows, i'm now open to the study of Visual Basic and F#. | |
| Unix utils | built-in | Cygwin, PuTTY | In particular, i need: find, grep, xargs, tar, gzip, awk. Not installed by cygwin default: imagemagick, optipng/pngcrush, ssh/sftp (openssh), rsync, unison, curl, wget, w3m, aspell, zip/unzip. |
| Browsers | Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari. | (yes, i need them all for web dev.) Firefox add-ons: Web Developer, Html Validator, Flashblock, Undo Closed Tabs Button, Screengrab, StumbleUpon, Cooliris. | |
| Math software | GeoGebra, Mathematica, and others. | ◇ | |
| Keyboard macros | Quicksilver | Autohotkey | And a Microsoft keyboard. |
| Instant Messaging | Adium, Colloquy | Pidgin | For voice and video chat: Skype. |
| Image and drawing apps | Gimp and Inkscape | ◇ | |
| Misc | Second Life, GoogleEarth, OpenOffice. | ◇ | |
| Music Player | iTune | My music collection is 20 GB (not GiB). 50% are ripped from CDs i bought in the 1990s, and as 320kbps mp3. | |
| Movie player | VLC and QuickTime | ◇ | |
| Slide Show Viewer | GraphicConverter | Irfanview, Xnview | For viewing my 30k porn image collection (5.7 GB (not GiB)). |
| filesharing | Vuze or μTorrent | ◇ | |
| dedicated ftp client | FileZilla or FireFTP | Usuallly i use emacs for ftp. | |
All the above are free, except Mathematica.
Data recovery. Recuva
see: Great Math Programs
Inno Setup. (create installers)
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