Network, Web, Programming, ...

"I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone" - Bjarne Stroustrup

Recommended Software

Software groups sorted in alphabetical order
The Free Country - Free Software Directory
Portable Apps project
Computer Languages and Compilers
- Java Development Kit from Oracle (f)
- ActiveState PERL5 for Win32 (f)
- PERL5 for different platforms (f)
- PHP language support (f)
- Python language support (f)
Daily used tools
- ZTree - legendary XTree for Win32
  see also UnixTree or Xtree FanPage
- PuTTY - telnet, SSH, FTP, and serial port console (f)
- TrueCrypt - data enryption (f)
- jZIP - archiving files (f)
Desktop Publishing
- GIMP - open source image editing (f)
- GnuPlot - data plotting (f)
- Irfan View - image browser (f)
- LibreOffice - great DTP package (f)
- Notepad+ - multipurpose text editor (f)
- Gedit - GNU text editor (f)
- OpenOffice - great DTP package (f)
- PDF:
  - PDF Creator (f)
  - Foxit Reader (f)
  - Ghostscript (f)
  - Adobe Products
Music
- iTunes (f)
- QuickTime Player (f)
- RealPlayer (f)
- WinAmp (f)
Video:
- CamStudio (f)
- Xvid codec (f)
- Virtual Dub (f)
Web browsers, plugins, and communication
- FireFox (f)
- ThunderBird (f)
- Internet Explorer (f)
- Pidgin (f)
- GaduGadu (f) bloatware
- Adobe Acrobat Reader (f)
- Adobe Air (f)
- Flash Player (f)
- ShockWave Player (f)
Network Servers
- Apache Web Server (f)
- Dorgem WebCam http Server (f, old)
- FileZilla FTP (f)
- FireDaemon (f-1, 30d)
- mySQL database (f-ed)
Packet Analyzers and Network Simulators
- Ethereal (f)
- Packetyzer (f)
- WinPCap driver (f)
- Snort (f)
- Directory of tools
- Network Simulator - ns-2
System Security
- Security Bulletins
- Avast (f-h-365)
- Spybot Search&Destroy (f)
- Windows Defender (f)
- Windows Startup List (f)
Games
- FlightGear (f)
- LinCity-NG (f)
- LinCity (f)
- MineCraft ($)
Testing

Windows - Microsoft

Windows - Documentation

Windows - Software

Linux

Palm OS

Computer Networks

C/C++ Language

Summary
Tutorials
Examples
- The Evolution of a Programmer
Paid C/C++ Compilers
Free (GNU) Compilers

HTML

HTML Tutorials
HTML
- HTML for Any Browser - Guidelines
HTML References
HTML Validation
- Validate your Web Browser engine here
- Validate your HTML code here
- Tidy (source code)
- See how it looks in another browser
HTML Standard Description
Search Engines Support

JavaScript

Cookies

Cookies Central

XML

Ajax

Java Language

The Java Language Tutorial from Sun
The Java Library Documentation
JavaSoft Examples
Vijay Mukhi's Short Java Tutorial
Learn what JAVA is not (poor Java code, hangs!)

Perl Language

Regular Expressions

PHP

PHP-MYSQL

Python

CGI Scripts

Programming Examples

Jars - Java Review Great Applet Collection
JavaSoft Examples
Matt's Perl CGI Scripts
Short essays about PERL

Design Layout Examples

Multiple Areas of Web Programming

Web Publishing Resources

PDF Resources

LISP

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