(:groupheader:)(:Summary: Useful and recommended software:) OK, I use [[Wikipedia:Windows_7|W7]] 64 bit and because I don't have the time I used to have to fiddle (I was an [[OS2|OS/2]] user (now [[http://ecomstation.com/|ecomstation]]) for 10 years). KiwiWiki is served from [[http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/default.mspx|WHS]] using [[http://www.iis.net/|IIS]]. <:vspace> I'm enthusiastic about [[http://openstandards.net/|open standards]] and the [[open source|open source and free software]] available and share my picks with you. <:vspace> (:table style="width:100%;":) (:cellnr:) [[#applications]] !!! Applications !!!! Browsers and email * [[http://google.com/chrome|Chrome]] broswer * [[http://opera.com/|Opera]] browser * [[http://mozilla.com/firefox/|Firefox]] browser * [[http://mozilla.com/thunderbird/|Thunderbird]] email <:vspace> !!!! Office * [[http://www.libreoffice.org/|LibreOffice]] writer, presentations, graphics, spreadsheet, database <:vspace> !!!! Media %rfloat%[[http://videolan.org/vlc|Attach:Aotearoa.HomePage/GetVLC_110.png"Get VLC media player"]] * [[http://videolan.org/vlc/|VLC]] media player * [[http://www.mplayerhq.hu/ | MPlayer]] media player %rfloat%[[http://playoff.org|Attach:play_ogg_small.png"Play Ogg"]] * [[http://www.freac.org/|Fre:ac]] CD ripper, audio encoder and converter * [[http://www.atunes.org/ | aTunes]] full-featured audio player and manager * [[http://www.jajuk.info/index.php/|Jajuk]] advanced jukebox * [[http://melloware.com/products/jukes/index.html | Jukes]] music organiser and player * [[http://www.getmiro.com/ | Miro Music and Video player]] * [[http://getsongbird.com/ | Songbird Media player]] * [[http://mrbass.org/dvdrip/|DVD Decrypter]] & [[http://autogk.me.uk/|Auto Gordian Knot]] * [[http://handbrake.fr/ | Handbrake]] video transcoder * [[http://infrarecorder.org/ | InfraRecorder]] free CD/DVD burning solution * [[http://www.pdfforge.org/ | PDF creator]] * [[http://www.faststone.org/ | Faststone image viewer]] * [[http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/ice/ | Image composite editor]] * [[http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/ | Avidemux]] video editor <:vspace> (:cell:) [[#tools]] !!! Tools %rfloat height=60px%[[http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.7.7.html|Attach:Notepad_plus_plus.png"syntax highlighting editor"]] * [[http://notepad-plus-plus.org/|Notepad ++]] syntax highlighting editor %rfloat%[[http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/|Attach:Aotearoa.HomePage/fz.gif"FileZilla"]] * [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/|FileZilla]] ftp client and server %rfloat%[[http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/|Attach:puttyico.gif"Putty Telnet/SSH Client"]] * [[http://chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/|Putty]] Telnet/SSH Client * [[http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/|Win Merge]] file and directory comparison * [[http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/|KDiff3]] file and directory compare and merge %rfloat%[[http://freedownloadmanager.org/|Attach:fdm_05.gif"Free Download Manager"]] * [[http://freedownloadmanager.org/|Free Download Manager]] * [[http://www.httrack.com/ | HTTtrack website copier]] * [[http://den4b.com/|ReNamer]] rule based file renaming * [[http://getgreenshot.org/ | Greenshot]] screenshot * [[http://sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ | EdifTool]] by Phil Harvey * [[http://openproj.org/openproj|OpenProj]] project management * [[http://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/|HxD - Freeware Hex Editor and Disk Editor]] * [[http://posterazor.sourceforge.net/|PosterRazor]] * [[http://synergy-foss.org/ | Synergy]] mouse keyboard sharing * [[http://code.google.com/p/namebench/ | Namebench]] DNS benchmark * [[http://dualmonitortool.sourceforge.net/ | Dual monitor tools]] <:vspace> * [[http://.softpointer.com/AudioShell.htm | Audio shell]], [[http://softpointer.com/AudioFilesIndexer.htm | Audio files GDS indexer]] <:vspace> * [[http://wiki.panotools.org/ | Panorama tools]] <:vspace> (:include Kidz/HomePage#kidsprogramming#kidsprogrammingend:) * [[http://norvig.com/21-days.html | teach yourself programming in ten years]] (:tableend:) >>rframe smaller noframe<< !!! Wiki articles -< [[Attach:The world according to Wiki.pdf | The world according to Wiki]] -< [[Attach:Wiki technology as a collaborative tool.pdf | Wiki technology as a collaborative tool]] -< [[Attach:Using Wikis in software development.pdf | Using Wikis in software development]] -< [[Attach:Wiki a speedy tool to manage projects.pdf | Wiki: a speedy tool to manage projects]] -< [[http://viktoria.se/~dixi/publ/dsiris04.pdf | Intranets and organisational culture]] -< [[http://viktoria.se/~dixi/publ/ecis_80.pdf | How intranets differ from the web:[[<]]Organisational culture's effect on technology]] >>frame<< !!! Tips * [[http://tweakguides.com/ | TweakGuides]] >><< (:table:) (:cellnr:) [[#security]] !!! Security [[#antivirus]] * [[http://grisoft.com/doc/products-avg-anti-virus-free-edition/|AVG anti virus]] [-free version-] * [[http://avast.com/eng/free_software.html|Avast anti virus]] [-free home edition-] * [[http://www.free-av.com/en/products/1/avira_antivir_personal__free_antivirus.html | Avira AntiVir personal]] * [[http://www.microsoft.com/en-nz/security_essentials/default.aspx|Microsoft Security Essentials]] [[#firewall]] * [[http://zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload2.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=NZ&lang=en|Zonealarm firewall]] [-free version-] * [[http://tallemu.com/free-firewall-protection-software.html | Online Amor]] [-free personal firewall-] * [[http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/download_firewall.html | Comodo Firewall Pro]] [-free-] [[#antispyware]] * [[http://microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx | Windows Defender]] [-free-] * [[http://ossec.net/ | Host-based Intrusion Detection System]] [-open source-] * [[http://www.privoxy.org/ | Privoxy]] filtering web proxy * [[http://www.tripwire.org/ | Tripwire]] intrusion detection <:vspace> [[#cleaning]] !!! Cleaning * [[http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/ | PC decrapifier]] * [[http://www.ccleaner.com/ | CCleaner]] (:cell:) [[#system]] !!! System * [[http://httpd.apache.org/|Apache httpd server]] * [[http://3sp.com/showSslExplorerCommunity.do?referrer=sslexplorer|SSL Explorer]] * [[http://openvpn.net/|Open VPN]] * [[http://php.net/|PHP]] scripting language * [[https://pmwiki.org|PmWiki]] content management system * [[http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/|Ultra VNC]] * [[http://www.fusioninventory.org | Network Inventory]] <:vspace> * [[http://ispfind.co.nz|ISP find]] * [[http://pricespy.co.nz|Price spy]] <:vspace> * [[http://chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html|How to report bugs effectively]] * [[http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html|How to ask questions the smart way]] * [[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375/ | How to ask a question]] * [[http://albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html | Core Rules of Netiquette]] <:vspace> * [[http://cpuid.com/pcwizard.php|PC wizard]] (:tableend:) (:div class="rfloat frame noprint" style="font-size:x-small;" :) [[Attach:pmm2tb.zip | PMMail to Thunderbird convertor]] -< by Robert Dahlem v1.3 (:divend:) ---- !!! Not yet tried (:table:) (:cellnr:) * [[http://ocsinventory-ng.org/ | OCS Inventory NG]] * [[http://openmedia.co.nz/|Open media]] * [[http://freepascal.org/|Free Pascal]] * [[http://bloodshed.net/devpascal.html|Pascal IDE]] * [[http://gallery.menalto.com/|Gallery]] * [[http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/|Bluefish]] editor * [[http://codeblocks.org/|Code::Blocks]] IDE * [[http://jedit.org/|JEdit]] (:cell:) * [[http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/WebTestHome.html|Web app testing]] * [[http://openqa.org/|Open QA]] web testing * [[http://www.freedos.org/|Free DOS]] * [[http://dosbox.org/|DOS Box]] * [[http://talend.com/|Talend]] open source ETL * [[http://m0n0.ch//|M0n0wall]] firewall * [[http://daemon-tools.cc/ | Daemon tools]] * [[http://thefreecountry.com/ | Free Programmers', Webmasters' and Security Resources]] (:cell:) * [[http://getpaint.net/ | Paint.net]] * [[http://irfanview.com/ | Irfan view]] * [[http://autohotkey.com/|Auto hot key]] * [[http://windirstat.info/ | WinDirStat]] Windows directory statistics [[http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/treemap-history/|treemap]] * [[http://allwaysync.com/ | Allway sync]] * [[http://pfsense.com/|pfSense]] firewall * [[http://utorrent.com/ | &micro;Torrent]] * [[http://dvdflick.net/ | DVD Flick]] (:tableend:)(:groupfooter:) <:block>