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Useful Software - davidf - 04-25-2013 Here is a small list of useful free software. Anyone else have software they think is awesome and is their go-to software? All of this software is cross-platform and will run on Windows, Linux, or Mac. OS = Open Source FC = Free Commercial --------------------- 3D Modeling: Sketchup - (FC) - http://www.sketchup.com/ (fast 3D sketches) FreeCAD - (OS) - http://www.freecadweb.org/ (parametric modeling) OpenSCAD - (OS) - http://www.openscad.org/ (programmatic modeling) Electronics Design: KiCad - (OS) - http://www.kicad-pcb.org/ (schematic capture and PCB layout) LTSpice - (FC) - http://www.linear.com/designtools/software/ (SPICE circuit simulation) Mathematics: Scilab - (OS) - http://www.scilab.org/ (numerical computation and simulation similar to MATLAB) Maxima - (OS) - http://maxima.sourceforge.net/ (computer algebra system) SciPy/PyLab - (OS) - http://www.scipy.org/ (numerical computation in Python) Virtualization: VirtualBox - (OS) - https://www.virtualbox.org/ (like VMWare or Parallels) Graphics: Inkscape - (OS) - http://inkscape.org/ (vector drawing) GIMP - (OS) - http://www.gimp.org/ (photo editing and drawing) Picasa - (FC) - http://picasa.google.com/ (photo library) Note-Taking and Learning: Anki - (OS) - http://ankisrs.net/ (memorization software) Evernote - (FC) - http://evernote.com/ (cloud-based note application) Freemind - (OS) - http://freemind.sourceforge.net/ (brainstorming) Text Editors: Notepad++ - (OS) - http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ (awesome source code editor) Video Editing: HandBrake - (OS) - http://handbrake.fr/ (for converting various video formats) RE: Useful Software - nbouscal - 04-26-2013 Text editor: Vim Version control: Git Terminal emulator: iTerm2 (OS X), xterm (Linux) Shell: zsh Window manager: xmonad (Linux) Web development tools: CodeKit $ (OS X), Compass $ (OS X) FTP: Transmit $ (OS X), FileZilla (Linux) Media: VLC Everything without a $ is open source iirc. The $ ones are relatively inexpensive and worth the price if you use them very often at all. I'll add more stuff to this list later as I think of it. RE: Useful Software - markspend01 - 08-05-2013 Hey Guys nice info about the info of softwares.For knowing more about that must visit that url: reallyusefulsoftware.net/ |