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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 !) ======
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 +===== My favorite tools =====
^ Agenda ^^^^^^ ^ Agenda ^^^^^^
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^ Description ^ Windows ^ Linux ^ Solaris ^ WinCE ^ Comments ^ ^ 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://www.google.com/calendar|Google Calendar]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | [[http://mobile.google.com/calendar/index.html|{{playground: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://kurlo.com|Kurlo]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | Java-based address book. //I haven't tried it //. No synchronization with Plaxo, Thunderbird etc. | +| [[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 |
-| Lightning | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | Same as Sunbird, but integrated to Thunderbird | +
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-| [[http://www.fonlow.com/OpenContacts/index.htm|Open Contacts]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | | Absolutely ugly interface, but it works pretty well. Imports Thunderbird address books + said to be usable with SyncML | +
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-| [[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/|Sunbird]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | Standalone Mozilla application. There's a plugin to read/write to Google Calendars | +
^ Backup ^^^^^^ ^ Backup ^^^^^^
- +| [[http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm|Cobian Backup]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | | 
-| [[http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm|Cobian Backup]] | {{playground: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|}} | | | | | 
-| hand made scripts using tar, rsync... | | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{playground: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. |
-| hand made scripts using xcopy... | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | | | +
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-| Sprite Backup | | | | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | Performs an entire system backup. Commercial. | +
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-| [[http://www.pocketpcfreeware.com/fr/index.php?soft=1543|WM5torage]] | | | | {{playground: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 ^^^^^^ ^ Blog ^^^^^^
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| [[http://www.dotclear.net/|DotClear]] | | | | | Installs on a web server | | [[http://www.dotclear.net/|DotClear]] | | | | | Installs on a web server |
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^ Bug Tracker ^^^^^^ ^ Bug Tracker ^^^^^^
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| [[http://www.mantisbt.org/|Mantis]] | | | | | I've never installed it, only used it | | [[http://www.mantisbt.org/|Mantis]] | | | | | I've never installed it, only used it |
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| [[http://www.bugzilla.org/|Bugzilla]] | | | | | I've never installed it, only used it | | [[http://www.bugzilla.org/|Bugzilla]] | | | | | I've never installed it, only used it |
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^ CMS ^^^^^^ ^ CMS ^^^^^^
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| [[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 | | [[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 |
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^ Compression ^^^^^^ ^ Compression ^^^^^^
- +| [[http://www.7-zip.org/|7Zip]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | | Supports .gz, .bz2 etc | 
-| [[http://www.7-zip.org/|7Zip]] | {{playground: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|}} | |
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-| bzip, gzip, zip | | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | |  +
^ Development in C ^^^^^^ ^ Development in C ^^^^^^
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^ Description ^ Windows ^ Linux ^ Solaris ^ WinCE ^ Comments ^ ^ 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.microsoft.com/express/vc/|Visual Studio Express]] | {{playground: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.eclipse.org/|Eclipse]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | Very heavy but powerful. There's an extension for C | +| [[http://www.contexteditor.org|ConTEXT]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | | |
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-| [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/|Emacs]]{{playground:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | On Windows, use Cygwin to get it. Of course, other text editors such as PSPad are possible too. | +
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-| [[http://www.contexteditor.org|ConTEXT]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | | | +
^ Development in Java ^^^^^^ ^ 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.eclipse.org/|Eclipse]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{playground: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.// |
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-| [[http://www.jedit.org|jEdit]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | | //Actually, I've never really used it for long.// | +
^ Download Manager ^^^^^^ ^ 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 |
-| [[http://www.downthemall.net/|DownThemAll]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | This is a Firefox add-on | +
^ Disk encryption ^^^^^^ ^ 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.truecrypt.org|TrueCrypt]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{playground: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.arg0.net/encfs|EncFS]] | | {{playground: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.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://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/|dm-crypt]] | | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | | +| [[http://opensolaris.org/os/project/zfs-crypto/|ZFS Encryption]] | | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | Not mature |
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-| [[http://www.securitybox.net/eng/products/disk.php|Security Box Disk]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | | Commercial but nice | +
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-| [[http://www.pgp.com/products/desktop/professional/pgpwholedisk.html|PGP Disk]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | | | Commercial but nice | +
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-| [[http://opensolaris.org/os/project/zfs-crypto/|ZFS Encryption]] | | | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | | Not mature | +
^ Diagrams and flowcharts ^^^^^^ ^ 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.gnome.org/projects/dia/|Dia]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png|}} | {{playground: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 |
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-| [[http://www.koffice.org/kivio/|Kivio]] | | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | KDE's Visio | +
^ File encryption ^^^^^^ ^ File encryption ^^^^^^
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^ Description ^ Windows ^ Linux ^ Solaris ^ WinCE ^ Comments ^ ^ 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.gnupg.org|GnuPG]] | [[http://www.gpg4win.org/|{{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}}]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} |  [[http://www.blastwave.org/packages.php/gnupg|{{playground: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 |
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-| [[http://www.pgp.com/products/desktop/professional/pgpwholedisk.html|PGP Disk]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | Commercial but nice | +
^ File Explorer ^^^^^^ ^ File Explorer ^^^^^^
- +| [[http://www.ghisler.com/pocketpc.htm|Total Commander]] | | | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | Allows edition of files in EEPROM. |
-| [[http://www.ghisler.com/pocketpc.htm|Total Commander]] | | | | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | Allows edition of files in EEPROM. | +
^ FTP Client ^^^^^^ ^ FTP Client ^^^^^^
- +| [[http://www.filezilla.fr/|FileZilla]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | 
-| [[http://www.filezilla.fr/|FileZilla]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground: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}} | | |
-| [[http://fireftp.mozdev.org/|FireFTP]]{{playground:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Firefox add-on |  +
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-| [[http://gftp.seul.org/|Gftp]] | | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | +
^ Groupware ^^^^^^ ^ Groupware ^^^^^^
- +| [[http://obm.org|OBM]] | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | //I haven't tried it yet// |
-| [[http://obm.org|OBM]] | | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | //I haven't tried it yet// | +
^ Image Editor ^^^^^^ ^ 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. |
-| [[http://www.gimp.org/|The GIMP]]{{playground:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}}  | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Supports Wacom Tablets. This is //the// alternative to Photoshop. | +
^ Image Viewer ^^^^^^ ^ 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. | 
-| [[http://pagesperso-orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/frdownload.html|XnView]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground: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. |
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-| NikonView | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | Free with my camera. Quite good, and not too heavy. |  +
^ Instant Messaging ^^^^^^ ^ Instant Messaging ^^^^^^
- +| [[http://www.google.com/talk/|Google talk]]{{:tools:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | | 
-| [[http://www.google.com/talk/|Google talk]]{{playground:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{playground: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.netvibes.com|Netvibes]] google talk widget | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | A bit buggy | +| [[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.// |
-| [[http://www.gmail.com|Gmail]]'s widget | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | +
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-| [[http://www.gotalkmobile.com/|GoTalkMobile]] 3 | | | | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | Google Talk for Pocket PC | +
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-| [[http://www.pidgin.im/|Pidgin]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Multi-protocol IM. Supports Google Talk. //I've only tried it on Solaris, where it works fine.// | +
^ Mail Client ^^^^^^ ^ 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). |
-| [[http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/|Thunderbird]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground: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 ^^^^^^ ^ 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. |
-| [[http://enigmail.mozdev.org/|Enigmail]]{{playground:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} |  {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | This is a Thunderbird add-on. It requires GnuPG. | +
^ Mobile synchronization ^^^^^^ ^ 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... | 
-| ActiveSync | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | {{playground: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 |
-| [[http://www.finchsync.com/|FinchSync]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | Java/HTTP based. It will only synchronize a few things such as address books | +
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-| [[http://rareedge.com/gmobilesync/|GMobileSync]] | | | | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | Synchronizes Google Calendar <-> Mobile | +
^ Music player ^^^^^^ ^ Music player ^^^^^^
- +| Amarok | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | 
-| Amarok | | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground: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. |
-| iTunes | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | Honestly, I barely know how to use it. I don't play music on my PC very often. | +
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-| Windows Media Player | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | I don't use it much either. Synchronization with mobile devices is a bit complicated. | +
^ Network sniffer ^^^^^^ ^ Network sniffer ^^^^^^
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^ Description ^ Windows ^ Linux ^ Solaris ^ WinCE ^ Comments ^ ^ 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 |
-| [[http://www.wireshark.org/|Wireshark]]{{playground:16-heart-red-m.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Ex Ethereal | +
^ Password safe ^^^^^^ ^ 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 :=) | 
-| Bruce Schneier's [[http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/|Password Safe]] | {{playground: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://keepass.info/|KeePass Password Safe]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | It's possible to import/export Password Safe databases using an extension. | +| [[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 |
-| [[http://www.keepassx.org/|KeePassX]] | | {{playground: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 :-( | +
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-| [[http://www.fpx.de/fp/Software/Gorilla/|Password Gorilla]] | | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground: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. | +
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-| [[http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=1163|Password Safe]] | | | | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | A Password Safe port to Pocket PC | +
^ PDF Viewer ^^^^^^ ^ PDF Viewer ^^^^^^
- +| Acrobat Reader | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | Heavy | 
-| Acrobat Reader | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground: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 | 
-| [[http://www.blastwave.org/packages.php/evince|evince]] | | | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Also able to view PS files |  +| gpdf | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Basic. |
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-| [[http://www.foxitsoftware.com/|Foxit Reader]]{{playground:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | Smaller than Acrobat Reader | +
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^ Project Management ^^^^^^ ^ 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// |
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^ Remote Desktop Control ^^^^^^ ^ Remote Desktop Control ^^^^^^
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- +| [[http://www.tightvnc.com/|Tight VNC]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | Free. A few lags. | 
-| [[http://www.tightvnc.com/|Tight VNC]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | Free. A few lags. | +| [[http://www.radmin.fr/|Radmin]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | Commercial, but good. |
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-| [[http://www.radmin.fr/|Radmin]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | Commercial, but good. | +
^ Social Network ^^^^^^ ^ 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.plaxo.com|Plaxo]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground: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 |
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-| [[http://www.linkedin.com|LinkedIn]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Dedicated to professional contacts | +
^ VoIP ^^^^^^ ^ 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.skype.com|Skype]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | {{playground: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 |
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-| [[http://www.go-sip.com/|GoSIP]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | Slow on my HTC Touch | +
^ Slides ^^^^^^ ^ 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 | 
-| LaTeX | | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground: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 | 
-| PowerPoint | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | PowerPoint Mobile for Pocket PCs | +| Star Office | | | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Typically installed on Solaris. Able to read/write .ppt |
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-| [[http://www.openoffice.org/|Open Office]] Impress{{playground:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}}  | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | The open source alternative to Power Point. Able to read/write .ppt | +
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- +| [[http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html|PuTTY]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | | 
-| [[http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html|PuTTY]] | {{playground: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. |
-| ssh | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Use Cygwin to get ssh on Windows | +
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-| [[http://www.pocketputty.net/|Pocket PuTTY]] | | |  | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | A port of PuTTY for Pocket PC. | +
^ System cloning ^^^^^^ ^ 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 :-( |
-| [[http://www.clonezilla.org/|Clonezilla]] (LiveCD) | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground: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 ^^^^^^ ^ 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. |
-| [[http://www.sysresccd.org/|System Rescue CD]]{{playground:16-heart-red-m.png|}} (Live CD) |{{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Even offers a graphic environment. Useful to check, repair partitions. | +
^ Text editors ^^^^^^ ^ Text editors ^^^^^^
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- +| [[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.pspad.com|PSPad]]{{playground:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{playground: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. | 
-| [[http://www.gena01.com/win32pad/|Win32Pad]]{{playground:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | A replacement to Windows' notepad. Light, works well, but not meant to be used for development | +| 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]] |
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-| [[http://www.contexteditor.org|ConTEXT]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | Okay. Usable for development. I was a bit disappointed. | +
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^ Versioning system ^^^^^^ ^ 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. | 
-| [[http://subversion.tigris.org/|Subversion]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | An alternative to CVS. Simpler to use. The [[http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/|TortoiseSVN]]{{playground: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 |
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^ Virtual machine ^^^^^^ ^ 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.virtualbox.org/|VirtualBox]] | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground: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) |
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^ Video Editor ^^^^^^ ^ 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://videospin.com/fr/|Video Spin]]{{playground:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{playground: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.// |
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^ Web browser ^^^^^^ ^ 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. | 
-| [[http://www.mozilla.com|Firefox]]{{playground:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} |{{playground: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. | 
-| Internet Explorer | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | On Windows, I simply hate it DELETEME. On Pocket PC, it's okay. | +| 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. |
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^ Web editor ^^^^^^ ^ Web editor ^^^^^^
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- +| [[http://www.kompozer.net/|KompoZer]] | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | Ex N-Vu |
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^ Wiki ^^^^^^ ^ 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 |
-| [[http://www.dokuwiki.org|DokuWiki]]{{playground:16-heart-red-m.png|}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Does not require a MySQL database | +
^ Word editor ^^^^^^ ^ 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.jarte.com/|Jarte]] | {{playground: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 |
-| [[http://www.openoffice.org/|Open Office]] Writer | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | {{playground:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | Open Source alternative to Word.  Able to read/write .doc | +
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^ X server ^^^^^^ ^ X server ^^^^^^
- +| [[http://x.cygwin.com/|Cygwin-X]] (open source) | {{:tools:16-circle-green-check.png}} | | | | |
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