Here is a list of visual of the desktops background I used and am using right now and also few live screenshots.
Now, on top of those backgrounds those are the software I am using :
Symbols
- €=donated
- W=worked
- $=wants to donate
- C=active in the community
Offline Apps
- gVim (€) (learning notes)
- (Bash) shell (learning notes)
- 7zip
- SpaceMonger
- VideoLAN client aka VLC
WinAmp- VLC Player Shortcuts | How to operate / control the VLC player with keyboard shortcuts? NetguruOnline
- http://wiki.videolan.org/Transcode
- used through it's HTTP interface with Vimperator
- Graphviz (learning notes)
- mostly used through Cookbook:pmGraphViz
- focusing now mainly on Processing
- TypeFaster Typing Tutor
- last training : end of May 2010 (previous usage was months ago)
- add estimated typing speed, consider visual of results over time like Exercises
- GnuPG
- Gpg4win Secure E-Mail and File Encryption using GnuPG for Windows
- OpenOffice
- Audacity
- Inkscape (used for Design)
- Blender (used for Design)
- TheGimp
- Crontab thanks to pycron on Windows, cron on Debian
Network Apps
- AWS (learning notes)
- AutoHotKey ... (learning notes)
- rssnotifier (learning notes)
- ITR (Internet Traffic Report)
- UnixTools
- wget
putty- replaced by PuTTY Tray, an improved version of PuTTY (Win32) featuring URL hyperlinking
- uTorrent (+ Web UI)
Azureus - irssi
ChatZilla(learning notes)- bitlebee_typing_notice
- bitlebee (learning notes)
- GNU screen (learning notes)
- twirssi
- OpenDNS Updater
- FileZilla
- nmap
- Tor
- FreeNet (W)
- Firefox (my Keywords)
- Vimperator (€ C) (learning notes)
- gmperator.js
- FireGPG
- ShiftSpace (learning notes)
- AdBlockPlus
- Gmail notifier
- BugMeNot
- NoScript allows JavaScript, Java and Flash and other plugins to be executed only by trusted web sites of your choice
- disable the "automatic reload" option
- GreaseMonkey
- mouseless-autoscroll autoscroll without using your hands (keep them for the coffee cup ;) (W)
- increase BASE_TIME=5; to 6 previously before April 2010
- QSS - add IMDB & Rottentomatoes scores (W)
- Google Adsebse Remove and Sponsored Links Removal Script
- mouseless-autoscroll autoscroll without using your hands (keep them for the coffee cup ;) (W)
- Stylish
- Tab Utilities
- used mainly to lock/faviconize this website and Seedea EntryPoint
- to dev for FF ecosystem see https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/developers https://jetpack.mozillalabs.com/ etc
- before looking for plugin search in http://kb.mozillazine.org/ to see if you can't simply use a variable in about:config
- Vimperator (€ C) (learning notes)
- lighttpd (learning notes)
- DynDNS Updater
- and the more general DNS page
Online Apps
- Seedea.org (W C) obviously :D
- Prototype/Scriptaculous (learning notes)
- Programming, Processing, ...
- Wikipedia.org cf my edits in English and in French (C)
- pmWiki (this very wiki data structure) (€ C) (learning notes)
- see also the more general Wikis
- bitlbee.org
Meebo.com
Online Apps (non-free)
Currently in the process to migrate to OpenServices/SaaS thanks to the movement lead by autonomo.us.
- mind42.com
- del.icio.us
- Bloglines.com (example of direct link)
- potentially moving to TinyTinyRSS
- Mail.google.com
Docs.google.com- Twitter (learning notes)
Online communities
- CouchSurfing (€ W C)
- TextbookTorrents.com ($ C)
- TheVault.bz (€ C)
- BitMe.org (€ C)
- NewMixes.net ($)
- Blinkenshell.org ($ C)
- DeviantArt (C)
TopRadio.org
Tools Im still discovering (no serious use)
- proper Revision Control System (RCS), see Programming#RCS
- using Fossil
- MySQL
- SHOW DATABASES; SHOW TABLES; ...
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/
- SQLite Query Language
- Date And Time Functions
- SELECT
- used in DrumbeatParis#VisitedLinks
- clients
- Command Line Shell For SQLite especially practical for Cognition#AnalysisOfTheUsageHistoriesOfTools
- SQLite Manager in XUL thus usable within Firefox
- SQLiteSpy by Delphi Inspiration with Time Measurement support
- Sqliteman
- PostureMinder uses the webcam to automatically detect and remind whenever one sits in a consistently damaging posture for a long period.
- started the trial professional version as of the 26th of May 2010
- consider visual of results over time like Exercises
- this is already directly provided by PostureMinder statistics pannel
WinSplit Revolution organize open windows by tiling, resizing and positioning them to make the best use of desktop real estate.- does not work properly with one of my main software : Putty and its specific step-by-step resizing
- pycron cron service written in Python converted to an executable with py2exe
- Newsbeuter The Mutt of RSS Feed Readers
- now that Im using PuTTY Tray with URL hyperlinking this should become very interesting to try
- video related
- How to Save Time by Watching Videos at Higher Playback Speeds - good coders code, great reuse Jan 2009
- MySpeed from Enounce Incoproated, Variable Speed Playback of Audio and Video for Flash
- Lignes de temps to analyze, comment and annotate films and any audio/video recordings.
- How to Save Time by Watching Videos at Higher Playback Speeds - good coders code, great reuse Jan 2009
- Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR)
- irssi-otr Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) for the irssi Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client
- Supybot with its ExternalControl plugin for XMLRPC (learning notes)
- AutoHotkey : Free Mouse and Keyboard Macro Program with Hotkeys and AutoText
SwarmPlayer (failed to get it to work behind NAT)- R (tested it to quickly check correlation from data extracted from Semantic DB)
VirtualBox (used to test DamnSmallLinux)WireShark (checked frame from a failing Flashapplication)- Process Explorer v11.21 from Sysinternals (checked memory requirements of Java application)
- Instant Boss time your work/break cycles, reminding you when to work and when to take a break.
- command line parameters : InstantBoss.exe 60 15 3
- eventually try UseFulRest instead
- RescueTime Time Management, Productivity, & Project Tracking Software
- Python (learning notes)
- Wakoopa to potentially manage this list automatically!
- Using Weave and its API
Tools I want to try
- Minbif provide an IRC-friendly instant messaging client
- hollrr.com fun and easy way to keep track of the great new product and services your friends are discovering
- apvlv PDF Viewer behaving like Vim
- zathura is a highly customizable pdf viewer based on the poppler pdf rendering library
- Vimperator for PDF
- equivalent of put.io (remote media center
- Transmission with its Autotrans Firefox add-on
- minimalist browsing
- Surfraw - Shell Users' Revolutionary Front Rage Against the Web command line interface to a variety of popular WWW search engines and other artifacts of power.
- uzbl lightweight webkit browser following the UNIX philosophy - to do one thing and do it well.
- surf a simple web browser based on WebKit/GTK+.
- SpamAssassin Apache Open-Source Spam Filter
- discussion in #spamassassin with jarif
- Iron by SRWare, replacement from Google Chrome, with Vimium
- Lazyread ebook reader, auto-scroller, pager
- last release in 2003
Why did I do this list ?
- to gather notes and improve my learning curves
- to see my evolution from one
solutionto another one - to provide the possibility for others to suggest me better alternatives
- to offer to others the possibility to change their own tools
- to remember that I didn't contribute to some projects
- to be able to reinstall a full system more efficiently
- Allmyapps Application Store to find and install the best applications
- to prepare what I need for my MyServer
- with a more recent MyCloudTransition step
- provide for each tool a feed of the evolution of the comparison between itself and equivalents
- example, put in a sidebox PmFeed of RSS feed of edits from VoIP_software
- see the SemanticWeb tools page
To do
- transform to a proper automated list
- add categories in each page
- add optional sum up
- add donation variable, eventually with amount
- create the pagelist
Note
My notes on Tools gather what I know or want to know. Consequently they are not and will never be complete references. For this, official manuals and online communities provide much better answers.
