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| ====== Links to my favorite tools (or the ones I hate the less !) ====== | ====== Links to my favorite tools (or the ones I hate the less !) ====== | ||
| - | ^ Description ^ Windows ^ Linux ^ Solaris ^ Windows Mobile 6 ^ Comments ^ | + | ===== My favorite tools ===== |
| - | | Agenda | {{http://www.mozilla.org/images/sunbird_logo-50.png?25x25}}[[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/|Sunbird]] or Lightning (//currently, I prefer Sunbird//), [[http://www.google.com/calendar|{{http://calendar.google.com/googlecalendar/images/calendar_sm2_fr.gif?70}}]] (on the web) ||| - | Nothing really great :-( | | + | |
| - | | Backup | [[http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm|Cobian Backup]] or scripts with xcopy | scripts with tar or rsync || [[http://www.spritesoftware.com/|Sprite backup]] (not free) | | | + | |
| - | | Blog | [[http://www.dotclear.net/|DotClear]] (to install on a web server) |||| | | + | |
| - | | Bug Tracker | [[http://www.mantisbt.org/|{{http://www.mantisbt.org/images/mantis_logo_button.gif|Mantis}}]] or {{http://www.bugzilla.org/img/buggie.png?25}}[[http://www.bugzilla.org/|Bugzilla]] |||| | | + | |
| - | | CMS | [[http://www.joomla.org/|{{http://www.joomla.org/templates/joomla08/images/joomla_download_banner.png}}]] Joomla ||| - | Versions I have tried are heavy and bugged, but there's an active community and it's very customizable | | + | |
| - | | Compression | {{http://www.7-zip.org/7ziplogo.png?25}}[[http://www.7-zip.org/]] | bzip, gzip, tar || - | | | + | |
| - | | Development in C | [[http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/|Visual Studio Express]] (//quite handy//), [[http://www.eclipse.org/|Eclipse]] (//very heavy//) | [[http://www.eclipse.org/|Eclipse]] (//very heavy//), [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/|Emacs]] || - | Of course, text editors such as {{http://www.pspad.com/banners/pspad_7.png}}[[http://www.pspad.com|PSPad]], {{http://www.contexteditor.org/images/logo.gif?25}}[[http://www.contexteditor.org|ConTEXT]], Emacs (//I'm an Emacs fan !//) are possible too ! Actually, I mostly use PSPad or Emacs. | | + | |
| - | | Development in Java | [[http://www.eclipse.org/|Eclipse]] (//very heavy//), {{http://www.jedit.org/images/logo64.png?50}}[[http://www.jedit.org|jEdit]] ||| - | Of course, using text editors is possible too ! | | + | |
| - | | Download Manager | [[http://www.downthemall.net/|DownThemAll]] (Firefox add-on) ||| - | | | + | |
| - | | Disk encryption | [[http://www.truecrypt.org|TrueCrypt]] (supports full disk encryption) | [[http://www.arg0.net/encfs|EncFS]] (handy to backup, but security level might not suit all situations + said to have issues concerning NFS) or [[http://www.truecrypt.org|TrueCrypt]] (requires newer kernels). See also [[http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/|dm-crypt]] | //ZFS Encryption ?// | | | | + | |
| - | | File encryption | {{http://www.gpg4win.org/pix/logo.png?50}}[[http://www.gpg4win.org/|GPG4Win]] | [[http://www.gnupg.org|{{http://www.gnupg.org/share/logo-gnupg-light-purple-bg.png?50}}]] | [[http://www.blastwave.org/packages.php/gnupg|CSWgnupg]] | - | | | + | |
| - | | FTP Client | {{http://www.filezilla.fr/images/filezilla.png?25}}[[http://www.filezilla.fr/|FileZilla]] or [[http://fireftp.mozdev.org/|FireFTP]] (Firefox add-on) | gftp ([[http://gftp.seul.org/|home]]) || - | | | + | |
| - | | Groupware | | [[http://obm.org|OBM]] (//I haven't tried it yet//) | ? | - | | | + | |
| - | | Google Talk | {{http://www.google.com/talk/images/talk_logo.gif?50}}[[http://www.google.com/talk/|Google talk]] | Use google talk's widget (in [[http://www.netvibes.com|Netvibes]], or in [[http://www.gmail.com|Gmail]]) || [[http://www.gotalkmobile.com/|GoTalkMobile]] 3 | | | + | |
| - | | Image editor | {{http://www.gimp.org/images/news-icons/release-stable.png}}[[http://www.gimp.org/|The GIMP]] || [[http://www.blastwave.org/packages.php/gimp|CSWgimp]] | - | Open source alternative to Photoshop | | + | |
| - | | Image viewer | [[http://pagesperso-orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/frdownload.html|XnView]] or Nikon View | | [[http://pagesperso-orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/frdownload.html|XnView]] | - | XnView is available for plenty of platforms. | | + | |
| - | | Mail Client | {{http://www.mozilla.org/images/product-thunderbird-50.png?25x25}}[[http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/|Thunderbird]] | Icedove | [[http://www.blastwave.org/packages.php/thunderbird|CSWthunderbird]] | - | Thunderbird's not perfect, but it's the best I know of | | + | |
| - | | Mail encryption | [[http://enigmail.mozdev.org/|Enigmail]] (Firefox add-on) ||| - | Requires GnuPG | | + | |
| - | | Mobile - PC Sync | ActiveSync, [[http://www.finchsync.com/|FinchSync]] | [[http://www.finchsync.com/|FinchSync]] ||| [[http://www.finchsync.com/|FinchSync]] is Java/HTTP based. Other solutions such as SynCE are said to work, but I haven't tried them. | | + | |
| - | | Network sniffer | [[http://www.wireshark.org/|Wireshark]] ||| - | Ex ethereal | | + | |
| - | | Password safe | {{http://keepass.info/images/plockb75.gif?25}}[[http://keepass.info/|KeePass Password Safe]] or {{http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/images/pwsafe_logo.gif?25}}[[http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/|Password Safe]] | [[http://www.keepassx.org/|KeePassX]] (may be difficult to install on some systems) or {{http://www.fpx.de/fp/Software/Gorilla/pics/gorilla-logo.jpg?50}}[[http://www.fpx.de/fp/Software/Gorilla/|Password Gorilla]] (Tcl/tk interface: it works but it's ugly) | [[http://www.fpx.de/fp/Software/Gorilla/|Password Gorilla]] (Tcl/tk interface: it works but it's ugly) | {{http://keepass.info/images/plockb75.gif?25}}[[http://keepass.info/|KeePass Password Safe]] | KeePass can read PasswordSafe databases | | + | |
| - | | PDF Viewer | {{https://www.foxitsoftware.com/img/icon_getreader.gif}}[[http://www.foxitsoftware.com/|Foxit Reader]] (smaller than Acrobat Reader) | Acrobat Reader | [[http://www.blastwave.org/packages.php/evince|evince]] (also PS viewer) | | | | + | |
| - | | Project Management | [[http://www.openworkbench.org|Open Workbench]] (//I haven't tried it yet, but it's meant to be an open source alternative to Microsoft Project//) | | | | | | + | |
| - | | Remote Desktop Control | {{http://www.tightvnc.com/tightvnc-logo.jpg?25}}[[http://www.tightvnc.com/|Tight VNC]] or [[http://www.radmin.fr/|Radmin]] (not free) | {{http://www.tightvnc.com/tightvnc-logo.jpg?25}}[[http://www.tightvnc.com/|Tight VNC]] | | | | | + | |
| - | | Social Network | [[http://www.plaxo.com|{{http://www.plaxo.com/corp/img/logo.gif}}]] [[http://www.linkedin.com|{{http://static.linkedin.com/img/pic/pic_logo_119x32.gif}}]] ||| - | Plaxo supports professional and personal profiles, whereas LinkedIn is dedicated to professional links. | | + | |
| - | | Skype | {{http://c.skype.com/i/images/logos/skype_logo.png?50}}[[http://www.skype.com|Skype]] || ? | [[http://www.skype.com/intl/fr/download/skype/windowsmobile/|{{http://c.skype.com/i/images/logos/skype_logo.png?50}}]] | | | + | |
| - | | Slides | [[http://www.openoffice.org/|Open Office]] Impress || Star Office | PowerPoint Mobile | Open source alternative to Power Point. Able to read/write .ppt | | + | |
| - | | SSH Client | [[http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html|PuTTY]] or Cygwin/ssh | ssh || [[http://www.pocketputty.net/|Pocket PuTTY]] | | | + | |
| - | | System cloning | [[http://www.clonezilla.org/|Clonezilla]] (Live CD) ||| - | This is the free alternative to Ghost, but I find it difficult to re-use the clones ! | | + | |
| - | | System rescue | [[http://www.sysresccd.org/|System Rescue CD]] (Live CD) ||| - | I love it. Even offers a graphic environment. Useful to check, repair partitions. | | + | |
| - | | Text editor | {{http://www.pspad.com/banners/pspad_7.png}}[[http://www.pspad.com|PSPad]], [[http://www.gena01.com/win32pad/|Win32Pad]], {{http://www.contexteditor.org/images/logo.gif?25}}[[http://www.contexteditor.org|ConTEXT]], Emacs over {{http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-icon.gif}}[[http://www.cygwin.com|Cygwin]] | [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/|Emacs]] | [[http://www.blastwave.org/packages.php/emacs|Emacs]] | | Good replacement to Microsoft's notepad | | + | |
| - | | Versioning system | [[http://subversion.tigris.org/|Subversion]] with [[http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/|TortoiseSVN]] | Subversion or CVS || - | | | + | |
| - | | Virtual machine | {{http://www.virtualbox.org/graphics/vbox_logo2_gradient.png?25}}[[http://www.virtualbox.org/|VirtualBox]] (nice, but several bugs) or [[http://www.vmware.com|VMWare Player]] (free versions have a few limitations) | Not tried, but there's plenty: [[http://www.vmware.com|VMWare]], [[http://www.virtualbox.org|VirtualBox]], [[http://bellard.org/qemu/|Qemu]], UML... | [[http://www.virtualbox.org/|VirtualBox]] (currently, USB not implemented) | | | | + | |
| - | | VoIP client | [[http://www.skype.com/|{{http://c.skype.com/i/images/logos/skype_logo.png?50}}]] | | | {{http://www.go-sip.com/img/logo.gif?50}}[[http://www.go-sip.com/|GoSIP]] (slow on my HTC Touch) | | | + | |
| - | | Web browser | {{http://www.mozilla.org/images/product-firefox-50.png?25x25}}[[http://www.mozilla.com|Firefox]] | [[http://www.geticeweasel.org/|Iceweasel]] | [[http://www.blastwave.org/packages.php/firefox|CSWfirefox]] | [[http://www.operamini.com/|Opera Mini]] | | | + | |
| - | | Web editor | [[http://www.kompozer.net/|KompoZer]] || | | FrontPage = **berk**, KompoZer = ex Nvu. | | + | |
| - | | Wiki | {{http://www.dokuwiki.org/_media/wiki:dokuwiki-128.png?25}}[[http://www.dokuwiki.org|DokuWiki]] ||| - | Does not require a MySQL database | | + | |
| - | | Word editor | [[http://www.openoffice.org/|Open Office]] Writer (open source alternative to Word. Able to read/write .doc) || Star Office | Word Mobile | | | + | |
| - | | X server | [[http://x.cygwin.com/|Cygwin-X]] (open source) | native || | | | + | |
| + | ^ Agenda ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | ^ Description ^ Windows ^ Linux ^ Solaris ^ WinCE ^ Comments ^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.google.com/calendar|Google Calendar]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | [[http://mobile.google.com/calendar/index.html|{{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}}]] | Web-based service | | ||
| + | | [[http://kurlo.com|Kurlo]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | Java-based address book. //I haven't tried it //. No synchronization with Plaxo, Thunderbird etc. | | ||
| + | | Lightning | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | Same as Sunbird, but integrated to Thunderbird | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.fonlow.com/OpenContacts/index.htm|Open Contacts]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | | Absolutely ugly interface, but it works pretty well. Imports Thunderbird address books + said to be usable with SyncML | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/|Sunbird]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | Standalone Mozilla application. There's a plugin to read/write to Google Calendars | | ||
| + | ^ Backup ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm|Cobian Backup]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | | | ||
| + | | hand made scripts using tar, rsync... | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | | ||
| + | | hand made scripts using xcopy... | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | | | | ||
| + | | Sprite Backup | | | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | Performs an entire system backup. Commercial. | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.pocketpcfreeware.com/fr/index.php?soft=1543|WM5torage]] | | | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | Shows the storage card as an USB device. This device can then be parsed from Windows, Linux or Solaris. | | ||
| + | ^ Blog ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.dotclear.net/|DotClear]] | | | | | Installs on a web server | | ||
| + | ^ Bug Tracker ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.mantisbt.org/|Mantis]] | | | | | I've never installed it, only used it | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.bugzilla.org/|Bugzilla]] | | | | | I've never installed it, only used it | | ||
| + | ^ CMS ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.joomla.org/|Joomla]] | | | | | Installs on a web server. Versions I have tried are heavy and bugged, but there's an active community and it's very customizable | | ||
| + | ^ Compression ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.7-zip.org/|7Zip]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | | Supports .gz, .bz2 etc | | ||
| + | | bzip, gzip, zip | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | ||
| + | ^ Development in C ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | ^ Description ^ Windows ^ Linux ^ Solaris ^ WinCE ^ Comments ^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/|Visual Studio Express]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | | Actually quite handy | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.eclipse.org/|Eclipse]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | Very heavy but powerful. There's an extension for C | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/|Emacs]]{{:tools:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | On Windows, use Cygwin to get it. Of course, other text editors such as PSPad are possible too. | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.contexteditor.org|ConTEXT]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | | | | ||
| + | ^ Development in Java ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.eclipse.org/|Eclipse]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | Very heavy but powerful | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.jedit.org|jEdit]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | | //Actually, I've never really used it for long.// | | ||
| + | ^ Download Manager ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.downthemall.net/|DownThemAll]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | This is a Firefox add-on | | ||
| + | ^ Disk encryption ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.truecrypt.org|TrueCrypt]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | Supports full disk encryption. On Linux, requires a recent kernel. | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.arg0.net/encfs|EncFS]] | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | Extremely handy to backup, but security level might not suit all situations + said to have issues concerning NFS | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/|dm-crypt]] | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.securitybox.net/eng/products/disk.php|Security Box Disk]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | | Commercial but nice | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.pgp.com/products/desktop/professional/pgpwholedisk.html|PGP Disk]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | | Commercial but nice | | ||
| + | | [[http://opensolaris.org/os/project/zfs-crypto/|ZFS Encryption]] | | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | Not mature | | ||
| + | ^ Diagrams and flowcharts ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/|Dia]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.koffice.org/kivio/|Kivio]] | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | KDE's Visio | | ||
| + | ^ File encryption ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | ^ Description ^ Windows ^ Linux ^ Solaris ^ WinCE ^ Comments ^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.gnupg.org|GnuPG]] | [[http://www.gpg4win.org/|{{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}}]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | [[http://www.blastwave.org/packages.php/gnupg|{{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}}]] | | On Windows, the WinPT front-end is quite convenient (though buggy) + GPGee | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.pgp.com/products/desktop/professional/pgpwholedisk.html|PGP Disk]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | Commercial but nice | | ||
| + | ^ File Explorer ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.ghisler.com/pocketpc.htm|Total Commander]] | | | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | Allows edition of files in EEPROM. | | ||
| + | ^ FTP Client ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.filezilla.fr/|FileZilla]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | | ||
| + | | [[http://fireftp.mozdev.org/|FireFTP]]{{:tools:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Firefox add-on | | ||
| + | | [[http://gftp.seul.org/|Gftp]] | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | ||
| + | ^ Groupware ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://obm.org|OBM]] | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | //I haven't tried it yet// | | ||
| + | ^ Image Editor ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.gimp.org/|The GIMP]]{{:tools:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Supports Wacom Tablets. This is //the// alternative to Photoshop. | | ||
| + | ^ Image Viewer ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://pagesperso-orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/frdownload.html|XnView]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Light, and works well. | | ||
| + | | NikonView | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | Free with my camera. Quite good, and not too heavy. | | ||
| + | ^ Instant Messaging ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.google.com/talk/|Google talk]]{{:tools:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.netvibes.com|Netvibes]] google talk widget | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | A bit buggy | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.gmail.com|Gmail]]'s widget | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.gotalkmobile.com/|GoTalkMobile]] 3 | | | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | Google Talk for Pocket PC | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.pidgin.im/|Pidgin]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Multi-protocol IM. Supports Google Talk. //I've only tried it on Solaris, where it works fine.// | | ||
| + | ^ Mail Client ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/|Thunderbird]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | On Linux, the name's //Icedove// (I'm not getting into the details, there is a slight difference with Thunderbird). | | ||
| + | ^ Mail Encryption ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://enigmail.mozdev.org/|Enigmail]]{{:tools:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | This is a Thunderbird add-on. It requires GnuPG. | | ||
| + | ^ Mobile synchronization ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | ActiveSync | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | Actually, I hate it, but I haven't found any open source alternative... | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.finchsync.com/|FinchSync]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | Java/HTTP based. It will only synchronize a few things such as address books | | ||
| + | | [[http://rareedge.com/gmobilesync/|GMobileSync]] | | | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | Synchronizes Google Calendar <-> Mobile | | ||
| + | ^ Music player ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | Amarok | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | ||
| + | | iTunes | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | Honestly, I barely know how to use it. I don't play music on my PC very often. | | ||
| + | | Windows Media Player | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | I don't use it much either. Synchronization with mobile devices is a bit complicated. | | ||
| + | ^ Network sniffer ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | ^ Description ^ Windows ^ Linux ^ Solaris ^ WinCE ^ Comments ^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.wireshark.org/|Wireshark]]{{:tools:16-heart-red-m.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Ex Ethereal | | ||
| + | ^ Password safe ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | Bruce Schneier's [[http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/|Password Safe]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | The interface is very basic, but it works well. And it's safe :=) | | ||
| + | | [[http://keepass.info/|KeePass Password Safe]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | It's possible to import/export Password Safe databases using an extension. | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.keepassx.org/|KeePassX]] | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | Actually, if you really try, there's a chance this works on Solaris too, but you have to compile it yourself, with Qt etc :-( | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.fpx.de/fp/Software/Gorilla/|Password Gorilla]] | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | The Tcl/Tk interface is just plain ugly, and the application is slow, but it reads/writes Password Safe databases without problem. | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=1163|Password Safe]] | | | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | A Password Safe port to Pocket PC | | ||
| + | ^ PDF Viewer ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | Acrobat Reader | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | Heavy | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.blastwave.org/packages.php/evince|evince]] | | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Also able to view PS files | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.foxitsoftware.com/|Foxit Reader]]{{:tools:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | Smaller than Acrobat Reader | | ||
| + | | gpdf | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Basic. | | ||
| + | ^ Project Management ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.openworkbench.org|Open Workbench]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | //I haven't tried it yet, but it's meant to be an open source alternative to Microsoft Project// | | ||
| + | ^ Remote Desktop Control ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | ^ Description ^ Windows ^ Linux ^ Solaris ^ WinCE ^ Comments ^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.tightvnc.com/|Tight VNC]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | Free. A few lags. | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.radmin.fr/|Radmin]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | Commercial, but good. | | ||
| + | ^ Social Network ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.plaxo.com|Plaxo]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | Web service. Integrates both personal and professional profiles. Synchronizes contacts with Gmail (free), Yahoo (free) and Pocket PCs (pay) | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.linkedin.com|LinkedIn]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Dedicated to professional contacts | | ||
| + | ^ VoIP ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.skype.com|Skype]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | Free but closed source. | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.go-sip.com/|GoSIP]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | Slow on my HTC Touch | | ||
| + | ^ Slides ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | LaTeX | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | I've seen very nice results using the [[http://prosper.sourceforge.net/|Prosper]] package | | ||
| + | | PowerPoint | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | PowerPoint Mobile for Pocket PCs | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.openoffice.org/|Open Office]] Impress{{:tools:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | The open source alternative to Power Point. Able to read/write .ppt | | ||
| + | | Star Office | | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Typically installed on Solaris. Able to read/write .ppt | | ||
| + | ^ SSH Client ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | ^ Description ^ Windows ^ Linux ^ Solaris ^ WinCE ^ Comments ^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html|PuTTY]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | | | ||
| + | | ssh | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Use Cygwin to get ssh on Windows | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.pocketputty.net/|Pocket PuTTY]] | | | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | A port of PuTTY for Pocket PC. | | ||
| + | ^ System cloning ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.clonezilla.org/|Clonezilla]] (LiveCD) | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | A free alternative to Norton Ghost. I must be dumb: I never managed to re-use the clones :-( | | ||
| + | ^ System rescue ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.sysresccd.org/|System Rescue CD]]{{:tools:16-heart-red-m.png|}} (Live CD) |{{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Even offers a graphic environment. Useful to check, repair partitions. | | ||
| + | ^ Text editors ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | ^ Description ^ Windows ^ Linux ^ Solaris ^ WinCE ^ Comments ^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.pspad.com|PSPad]]{{:tools:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | Light, works well. I had a few crashes though. Usable for development. | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.gena01.com/win32pad/|Win32Pad]]{{:tools:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | A replacement to Windows' notepad. Light, works well, but not meant to be used for development | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.contexteditor.org|ConTEXT]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | Okay. Usable for development. I was a bit disappointed. | | ||
| + | | Emacs{{:tools:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Emacs really is more than a //simple text editor//. I {{:tools:16-heart-red-m.png|}} it ! On Windows, use emacs over [[http://www.cygwin.com|Cygwin]] | | ||
| + | ^ Versioning system ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://subversion.tigris.org/|Subversion]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | An alternative to CVS. Simpler to use. The [[http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/|TortoiseSVN]]{{:tools:16-heart-red-m.png|}} extension for Windows is great. | | ||
| + | | CVS | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Complicated but reliable | | ||
| + | ^ Virtual machine ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.virtualbox.org/|VirtualBox]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Open source. Nice, but several limitations and bugs. | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.vmware.com|VMWare]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | //The// reference. But commercial (yet, the VMWare Player is free) | | ||
| + | ^ Video Editor ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://videospin.com/fr/|Video Spin]]{{:tools:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | Very intuitive, but crashes from time to time (fortunately, the recovery procedure works !) and commercial | | ||
| + | | [[http://bellard.org/qemu/|Qemu]] | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | //I haven't tried it.// | | ||
| + | ^ Web browser ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.mozilla.com|Firefox]]{{:tools:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} |{{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Firefox is certainly not perfect, but it's the best (to my opinion) ! For Linux, actually, it's Iceweasel. Crashes from time to time. Memory consuming. | | ||
| + | | Internet Explorer | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | On Windows, I simply hate it DELETEME. On Pocket PC, it's okay. | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.opera.com/|Opera]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | [[http://www.operamini.com/|{{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}}]] | Opera is a famous browser, but without any special reason, I'm not enthusiastic. Opera Mini is an adaptation of Opera for Pocket PC. There's a nice feature to zoom in/out of pages. | | ||
| + | | Lynx | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | This is a text-based browser. Handy when you don't have any windowing system. | | ||
| + | ^ Web editor ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | ^ Description ^ Windows ^ Linux ^ Solaris ^ WinCE ^ Comments ^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.kompozer.net/|KompoZer]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | Ex N-Vu | | ||
| + | ^ Wiki ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.dokuwiki.org|DokuWiki]]{{:tools:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Does not require a MySQL database | | ||
| + | ^ Word editor ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://www.jarte.com/|Jarte]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | //I've just tried it, but it seems very promising, particularly if you just want to edit a few nicely set notes. It reads Word (.doc or .docx) documents if they're not too complicated (no embedded objects). It does not support the Open Office format.// | | ||
| + | | [[http://www.openoffice.org/|Open Office]] Writer | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Open Source alternative to Word. Able to read/write .doc | | ||
| + | | Word | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | On Pocket PC, it's called Word Mobile | | ||
| + | ^ X server ^^^^^^ | ||
| + | | [[http://x.cygwin.com/|Cygwin-X]] (open source) | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | | | ||
(c) A. Apvrille - 2009