What open source software do you use?
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So, Paul Watson's question earlier, about whether to work on a closed-source or an open-source project got me wondering: what open source software do you use, and what do you use it for? I'm hoping that by asking these questions I might be able to find out about other great open source software... and maybe make other people aware of free (as in beer, or as in speech) software. Spreading the word: can't be a bad thing, eh? I use: Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org, FreePOPs, EAC + LAME + FLAC + Mareo, Freemind, KeePass Password Safe, ... Cheers, Jon
I use regularly PHP, MySQL, and Firefox. For me, I care about the product more than the money/license - unless one is just unaffordable and/or the license prevents me from doing what I need. For instance, Photoshop is waaaaaay better than the GIMP, but PHP beats the hell out of classic ASP (yeah I know of ASP.NET, this is just an example). My decision to use Photoshop and PHP had nothing to do with it being closed or open source, it was about functionality. [edit] Oh yeah, also Apache, Apache modules, and FreeBSD. [/edit] Jeremy Falcon -- modified at 9:40 Tuesday 13th September, 2005
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So, Paul Watson's question earlier, about whether to work on a closed-source or an open-source project got me wondering: what open source software do you use, and what do you use it for? I'm hoping that by asking these questions I might be able to find out about other great open source software... and maybe make other people aware of free (as in beer, or as in speech) software. Spreading the word: can't be a bad thing, eh? I use: Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org, FreePOPs, EAC + LAME + FLAC + Mareo, Freemind, KeePass Password Safe, ... Cheers, Jon
Firefox, RSS Bandit are the two main open-source apps that I use. I also use MyXaml but I've bought a commercial licence for that. Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]
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So, Paul Watson's question earlier, about whether to work on a closed-source or an open-source project got me wondering: what open source software do you use, and what do you use it for? I'm hoping that by asking these questions I might be able to find out about other great open source software... and maybe make other people aware of free (as in beer, or as in speech) software. Spreading the word: can't be a bad thing, eh? I use: Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org, FreePOPs, EAC + LAME + FLAC + Mareo, Freemind, KeePass Password Safe, ... Cheers, Jon
Firefox (plus many extensions), Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org, Ruby, Rails, MySQL, FileZilla, eXodus, Ubuntu, Subversion, TortoiseSVN, PuTTY. Like Michael though I use all of these apps because they are the best option, not for religious reasons. They all run on Windows XP in my case. The hosting, where most of my work lives, is TextDrive which is pretty much runs 100% open source software. PHP, Free BSD etc. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Colib and WebTwoZero. K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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So, Paul Watson's question earlier, about whether to work on a closed-source or an open-source project got me wondering: what open source software do you use, and what do you use it for? I'm hoping that by asking these questions I might be able to find out about other great open source software... and maybe make other people aware of free (as in beer, or as in speech) software. Spreading the word: can't be a bad thing, eh? I use: Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org, FreePOPs, EAC + LAME + FLAC + Mareo, Freemind, KeePass Password Safe, ... Cheers, Jon
Firefox, ArgoUML, Eclipse, GIMP, Azzurri Clay and Indy Sockets
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So, Paul Watson's question earlier, about whether to work on a closed-source or an open-source project got me wondering: what open source software do you use, and what do you use it for? I'm hoping that by asking these questions I might be able to find out about other great open source software... and maybe make other people aware of free (as in beer, or as in speech) software. Spreading the word: can't be a bad thing, eh? I use: Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org, FreePOPs, EAC + LAME + FLAC + Mareo, Freemind, KeePass Password Safe, ... Cheers, Jon
FireFox Thunderbird FileZilla TortoiseSVN Subversion FreeBSD PHP MySQL Apache WinSCP PuTTY ToDoList Community Server Paint.NET Used to use, but not so much anymore: Linux Perl Jon Sagara As you may presently yourself be fully made aware of, my grammar sucks. Sagara.org | Blog | My Articles J.O.N.S.A.G.A.R.A.: Journeying Operational Neohuman Skilled in Assassination, Galactic Analysis and Rational Astrophysics
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So, Paul Watson's question earlier, about whether to work on a closed-source or an open-source project got me wondering: what open source software do you use, and what do you use it for? I'm hoping that by asking these questions I might be able to find out about other great open source software... and maybe make other people aware of free (as in beer, or as in speech) software. Spreading the word: can't be a bad thing, eh? I use: Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org, FreePOPs, EAC + LAME + FLAC + Mareo, Freemind, KeePass Password Safe, ... Cheers, Jon
Firebird[^] is the only open source software I use and it's only because there is no commercial equivalent that meets our requirements for a product we are developing. It's the only serious database product that is commercial friendly licensed, stable, modern and most importantly small enough to distribute over the internet with our app. We actually donated for it because it goes against everything I stand for to not give back to programmers that put effort into producing something of quality. Otherwise we normally avoid open source for components for our commercial software due to: philosophy, the licensing issues and the fact that as a serious software company with many thousands of people relying on our software globally to run their business we need a company we can contact if there is any problem and know that they have a vested interest in fixing that problem. People always say things like "well if you have the source code then there are no worries you can just modify it to fix the problems". Those people have never published any serious level of software, there is just no time to mess about fixing a database driver, you need something that works and can plug in so you can concentrate on what you do best. Or people say things like "well there are literally hundreds of developers all over the world that are working to improve it all the time". That's just complete crap. Every open source project starts out with high hopes and enthusiasm, but human nature quickly takes over and people start to drift off with no real livelihood incentive to keep at it for the long haul. Take a look at all the orphaned projects on sourceforge, it's amazing how many there are. Long lists of bugs or suggestions that are years old and no activity at all. There are very few open source projects that have any kind of long term future and of those that do, most are only there because of the extremist philosophy of the people driving the project. I don't like nor will I support extremist people or their nutty philosophies. (I.E. Richard Stallman etc) Anyone can make really cool flashy unique software, but the real work begins after the release as many of us know and there is no substitute for potential bankruptcy to keep your nose at the grindstone.
"A preoccupation with the next world pretty cle
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So, Paul Watson's question earlier, about whether to work on a closed-source or an open-source project got me wondering: what open source software do you use, and what do you use it for? I'm hoping that by asking these questions I might be able to find out about other great open source software... and maybe make other people aware of free (as in beer, or as in speech) software. Spreading the word: can't be a bad thing, eh? I use: Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org, FreePOPs, EAC + LAME + FLAC + Mareo, Freemind, KeePass Password Safe, ... Cheers, Jon
These days mostly programming tools/libs: - Boost - Perl - gvim In the past: -g++ -DTL -Xerces-C -FreeBSD -Linux -Subversion -Open Office -SQLite -FxCop -NUnit
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So, Paul Watson's question earlier, about whether to work on a closed-source or an open-source project got me wondering: what open source software do you use, and what do you use it for? I'm hoping that by asking these questions I might be able to find out about other great open source software... and maybe make other people aware of free (as in beer, or as in speech) software. Spreading the word: can't be a bad thing, eh? I use: Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org, FreePOPs, EAC + LAME + FLAC + Mareo, Freemind, KeePass Password Safe, ... Cheers, Jon
Apache + php + mysql = Web testing Subversion + TortoiseSVN = source control Boost = c++ library FireFox = browsing WinScp (not sure if this is open) = file transfers Mandrake/Debian/Fedora/FreeBSD = cross platform testing, file servers TodoList = Task management Other Free Stuff I use, that isn't open (I don't think) AVG = virus Google Deskbar = search iTunes = music/podcasts Sygate = firewall (I heard this was recently bought out by Norton) TaskPrompt = reminder service TreeSize = disk usage analyzer WebLog = Web log analyzer Spyware Apps = well, duh WMP = video Outlook Express = e-mail IE = browsing (Windows Update) Adobe Reader = pdf Messenger/mirc = chat Stuff I've bought XP/Nero/Photoshop/Office/VS He is smart. He will make our Windows go.
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So, Paul Watson's question earlier, about whether to work on a closed-source or an open-source project got me wondering: what open source software do you use, and what do you use it for? I'm hoping that by asking these questions I might be able to find out about other great open source software... and maybe make other people aware of free (as in beer, or as in speech) software. Spreading the word: can't be a bad thing, eh? I use: Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org, FreePOPs, EAC + LAME + FLAC + Mareo, Freemind, KeePass Password Safe, ... Cheers, Jon
Firefox and Thunderbird GIMP (off-and-on) 7-Zip Filezilla Other: SQLite WTL wxWidgets Opps - failed to include: Jive (Jabber Server) Exodus IM Client
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So, Paul Watson's question earlier, about whether to work on a closed-source or an open-source project got me wondering: what open source software do you use, and what do you use it for? I'm hoping that by asking these questions I might be able to find out about other great open source software... and maybe make other people aware of free (as in beer, or as in speech) software. Spreading the word: can't be a bad thing, eh? I use: Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org, FreePOPs, EAC + LAME + FLAC + Mareo, Freemind, KeePass Password Safe, ... Cheers, Jon
Miranda IM for instant messaging: The basic application works great, and with a bunch of plugins, it fits all my needs almost perfectly. TortoiseSVN for source control, as it doesn't require me to set up a server. Firefox for browsing. It crashes about once or twice every two weeks, but there is simply no alternative in terms of security and tabbed browsing (now if only Microsoft would integrate Visual Studio's "tabbing" into IE...). Thunderbird for E-Mail. I have some issues with it (sometimes I can't delete messages, and message filters don't work well with the "new mail" notifications), but it still does the job. I used the GraphViz visualization tools once, and they are quite nice for drawing large tree-like structures automatically. I would use them again when there is a need. I'm currently getting used to writing documents with LaTeX; at least, it's easier than I expected :) I am currently forced to use Dia for UML in one project, and it is the worst application I have seen for years. Crashes at least twice every hour, and the UI is an ugly mess of not-implemented-here.
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So, Paul Watson's question earlier, about whether to work on a closed-source or an open-source project got me wondering: what open source software do you use, and what do you use it for? I'm hoping that by asking these questions I might be able to find out about other great open source software... and maybe make other people aware of free (as in beer, or as in speech) software. Spreading the word: can't be a bad thing, eh? I use: Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org, FreePOPs, EAC + LAME + FLAC + Mareo, Freemind, KeePass Password Safe, ... Cheers, Jon
- KeePass Password Safe[^]- an excellent password tool by our fellow CPian Dominik Reichl. :) - OpenOffice - GIMP (though I use PaintShop Pro at home, and would prefer Photoshop but that's just way too expensive for my occasional use) - Subversion + TortoiseSVN for version control - TortoiseCVS for the same purpose - sometimes MySQL and PostgreSQL, in addition to MSSQL 2000 - RSS Bandit to read my favorite feeds - Mozilla Thunderbird at home for email - FileZilla for FTP, occasionally And that's about everything I guess. Rado
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So, Paul Watson's question earlier, about whether to work on a closed-source or an open-source project got me wondering: what open source software do you use, and what do you use it for? I'm hoping that by asking these questions I might be able to find out about other great open source software... and maybe make other people aware of free (as in beer, or as in speech) software. Spreading the word: can't be a bad thing, eh? I use: Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org, FreePOPs, EAC + LAME + FLAC + Mareo, Freemind, KeePass Password Safe, ... Cheers, Jon
Firefox, OpenOffice, DevC++, wxWidgets, OpenAL, Mandrake, GIMP, LAME, Ogg Vorbis, Xitami and a whole bunch of other stuff I can't remember right now.. I prefer open source apps, because then it all makes sense. If nobody is using open source what good is it for?? And I'm quite the opposite of 'rich', or even 'average', so I can't afford everything, plus the fact that commercial products often do not offer as much as they cost.. But hey, that's why we have open source: so the commercial app makers would be afraid and constantly improve their products :laugh: --- http://sprdsoft.cmar-net.org - We Sprd You Softly Our site features contents and several images. All of this is very weird. http://sprd.12.forumer.com Our forum features..err..nothing. You're welcome to contribute. In the end, war is not about who's right, it's about who's left.
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So, Paul Watson's question earlier, about whether to work on a closed-source or an open-source project got me wondering: what open source software do you use, and what do you use it for? I'm hoping that by asking these questions I might be able to find out about other great open source software... and maybe make other people aware of free (as in beer, or as in speech) software. Spreading the word: can't be a bad thing, eh? I use: Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org, FreePOPs, EAC + LAME + FLAC + Mareo, Freemind, KeePass Password Safe, ... Cheers, Jon
Hmmm... I've just noticed that all of the apps on my Windows machine is closed source. Including the free ones.
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So, Paul Watson's question earlier, about whether to work on a closed-source or an open-source project got me wondering: what open source software do you use, and what do you use it for? I'm hoping that by asking these questions I might be able to find out about other great open source software... and maybe make other people aware of free (as in beer, or as in speech) software. Spreading the word: can't be a bad thing, eh? I use: Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org, FreePOPs, EAC + LAME + FLAC + Mareo, Freemind, KeePass Password Safe, ... Cheers, Jon
RSS Bandit Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton
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So, Paul Watson's question earlier, about whether to work on a closed-source or an open-source project got me wondering: what open source software do you use, and what do you use it for? I'm hoping that by asking these questions I might be able to find out about other great open source software... and maybe make other people aware of free (as in beer, or as in speech) software. Spreading the word: can't be a bad thing, eh? I use: Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org, FreePOPs, EAC + LAME + FLAC + Mareo, Freemind, KeePass Password Safe, ... Cheers, Jon
DotNetNuke - although not as often nor as in-depth as I'd like Nothing else. '--8<------------------------ Ex Datis: Duncan Jones Merrion Computing Ltd
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Firefox and Thunderbird GIMP (off-and-on) 7-Zip Filezilla Other: SQLite WTL wxWidgets Opps - failed to include: Jive (Jabber Server) Exodus IM Client
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Fold with us|Development Blogging|viksoe.dk's site -- modified at 11:45 Tuesday 13th September, 2005Ah yes, SQLite too. Handy little database that. Great for knocking out Ruby on Rails apps too. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Colib and WebTwoZero. K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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So, Paul Watson's question earlier, about whether to work on a closed-source or an open-source project got me wondering: what open source software do you use, and what do you use it for? I'm hoping that by asking these questions I might be able to find out about other great open source software... and maybe make other people aware of free (as in beer, or as in speech) software. Spreading the word: can't be a bad thing, eh? I use: Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org, FreePOPs, EAC + LAME + FLAC + Mareo, Freemind, KeePass Password Safe, ... Cheers, Jon
In no particular order: Firefox Thunderbird RSS Bandit Apache MySql Typo3 WordPress NUnit NDoc DotNetMock Linux Samba Putty Gimp NSIS OpenOffice.org ToDoList :) ... and sure some more that I don't think about it because they only work ... Greets Roland
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So, Paul Watson's question earlier, about whether to work on a closed-source or an open-source project got me wondering: what open source software do you use, and what do you use it for? I'm hoping that by asking these questions I might be able to find out about other great open source software... and maybe make other people aware of free (as in beer, or as in speech) software. Spreading the word: can't be a bad thing, eh? I use: Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org, FreePOPs, EAC + LAME + FLAC + Mareo, Freemind, KeePass Password Safe, ... Cheers, Jon
I use: FireFox, Thunderbid, FireBird (SQL-database), #Develop + NDOC + NUnit, KeePass Password Safe, LAME, 7-Zip ... André 'A programmer ist just a tool which converts caffeine into code'
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Firebird[^] is the only open source software I use and it's only because there is no commercial equivalent that meets our requirements for a product we are developing. It's the only serious database product that is commercial friendly licensed, stable, modern and most importantly small enough to distribute over the internet with our app. We actually donated for it because it goes against everything I stand for to not give back to programmers that put effort into producing something of quality. Otherwise we normally avoid open source for components for our commercial software due to: philosophy, the licensing issues and the fact that as a serious software company with many thousands of people relying on our software globally to run their business we need a company we can contact if there is any problem and know that they have a vested interest in fixing that problem. People always say things like "well if you have the source code then there are no worries you can just modify it to fix the problems". Those people have never published any serious level of software, there is just no time to mess about fixing a database driver, you need something that works and can plug in so you can concentrate on what you do best. Or people say things like "well there are literally hundreds of developers all over the world that are working to improve it all the time". That's just complete crap. Every open source project starts out with high hopes and enthusiasm, but human nature quickly takes over and people start to drift off with no real livelihood incentive to keep at it for the long haul. Take a look at all the orphaned projects on sourceforge, it's amazing how many there are. Long lists of bugs or suggestions that are years old and no activity at all. There are very few open source projects that have any kind of long term future and of those that do, most are only there because of the extremist philosophy of the people driving the project. I don't like nor will I support extremist people or their nutty philosophies. (I.E. Richard Stallman etc) Anyone can make really cool flashy unique software, but the real work begins after the release as many of us know and there is no substitute for potential bankruptcy to keep your nose at the grindstone.
"A preoccupation with the next world pretty cle
Yeah, FireBird is great :cool: 'A programmer ist just a tool which converts caffeine into code'