Open Source Software

Open Source Logo I am a great advocate of Open Source Software and I would like to do whatever I can to promote it's use.

Over time I will add listings and articles of some of the software I have come accross and found useful.

My OpenSource Toolkit without which I just can't get going:

Tuxpaint (keeps the kids busy, so I can get to work
OpenOffice - so I can read documents on Linux and Windows and it doesn't cost a penny (aidcop)
Vim - so editing code is the same in Linux and Windows
FreeMind - so I can study anywhere
Irfanview - Not open source and unfortunately only runs on Windows, but it is really handy and does all the basic image manipulation in no time at all
The Gimp - if you really need to something weird and wonderful with those images
PDFCreator - for creating pdfs under M$
FileZilla - Windows ftp client that gives no problems
WinSCP - so you don't have to retype the scp command 10 times before getting it right
putty - when you're stuck to a M$ machine and you need to get something done, somewhere else with something that works!
NSIS - create installers for your apps under Windows
Launch4J - to create an .exe for your Java programs for the poor folk who need to run Windows

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