| 1 | Software that doesn't suck |
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| 2 | ========================== |
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| 3 | |
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| 4 | ### General ### |
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| 5 | |
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| 6 | * *Operating System* : [Mac OS X][switch]: heaven, after the purgatory of Linux |
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| 7 | and the hell of Windows. |
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| 8 | * *Browser*: [Firefox][firefox]. On a Mac, [Camino][camino]. |
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| 9 | * *Email*: [GMail][gmail] |
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| 10 | |
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| 11 | ### Development ### |
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| 12 | |
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| 13 | * *Text Editor*: [Textmate][textmate], you have to buy it, but it's worth every |
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| 14 | penny. |
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| 15 | * *Build system*: [cmake][cmake], throw the [autotools][autotools] away. |
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| 16 | * *Source code control system*: ditch CVS for [subversion][subversion]. |
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| 17 | * *Scripting language*: [Ruby][ruby] is Japanese pragmatism (and has a [poignant][poignant] guide). |
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| 18 | * *Java IDE*: [JBuilder][jbuilder] is great software and has a free version. (IMHO better than Eclipse). |
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| 20 | ### Research ### |
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| 21 | |
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| 22 | * *Writing papers*: [LaTeX][latex] |
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| 23 | * *Writing papers & enjoying the process*: [LyX][lyx] |
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| 24 | * *Handsome figures in your papers*: [xfig][xfig] or, better, [jfig][jfig]. |
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| 25 | * *The occasional presentation with many graphical content*: |
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| 26 | [OpenOffice Impress][impress] (using the [OOOlatex plugin][ooolatex]); |
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| 27 | the alternative is PowerPoint with the [TexPoint][texpoint] plugin. |
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| 28 | * *Managing BibTeX*: [jabref][jabref]: multi-platform, for all your bibtex needs. |
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| 29 | * *IEEExplore and BibTeX*: convert citations using [BibConverter][bibconverter]. |
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| 31 | ### Cool websites ### |
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| 32 | |
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| 33 | * *Best website in the world*: [Wikipedia][wikipedia] |
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| 34 | * *Blogs*: [Bloglines][bloglines] |
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| 35 | * *Sharing photos*: [flickr][flickr] exposes an API you can use. |
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| 38 | [firefox]: http://getfirefox.com/ |
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| 39 | [gmail]: http://gmail.com/ |
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| 40 | [bloglines]: http://bloglines.com/ |
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| 41 | [wikipedia]: http://en.wikipedia.org/ |
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| 42 | [ruby]: http://www.ruby-lang.org/ |
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| 43 | [poignant]: http://poignantguide.net/ruby/ |
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| 44 | [webgen]: http://webgen.rubyforge.org/ |
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| 45 | [markdown]: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/ |
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| 46 | [latex]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX |
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| 47 | [lyx]: http://www.lyx.org |
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| 48 | [impress]: http://www.openoffice.org/product/impress.html |
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| 49 | [ooolatex]: http://ooolatex.sourceforge.net/ |
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| 50 | [texpoint]: http://texpoint.necula.org/ |
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| 51 | [jabref]: http://jabref.sourceforge.net/ |
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| 52 | [camino]: http://www.caminobrowser.org/ |
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| 53 | [switch]: http://www.apple.com/getamac/ |
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| 54 | [textmate]: http://www.apple.com/getamac/ |
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| 55 | [cmake]: http://www.cmake.org/ |
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| 56 | [xfig]: http://www.xfig.org/ |
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| 57 | [jfig]: http://tams-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/applets/jfig/ |
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| 58 | [subversion]: http://subversion.tigris.org |
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| 59 | [jbuilder]: http://www.borland.com/us/products/jbuilder/index.html |
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| 60 | [flickr]: http://www.flickr.com/ |
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| 61 | [myflickr]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/censi |
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| 62 | [bibconverter]: http://www.bibconverter.net/ieeexplore/ |
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| 63 | [autotools]: http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/ |
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