Here is an updated (13.10.2009) list of applications and tools on my MacBook.
MacOS internal supplements
- X11 from XQuartz (Careful, doesn’t upgrade itself!)
Applications
- Firefox (what else)
- Thunderbird (I don’t like Apple Mail)
- OpenOffice.org
- Adium (multi protocol instant messaging client)
- The Gimp (graphical design)
- Smultron (nice plain text editor)
- Cyberduck (FTP and SFTP Application)
- VLC (open source video player)
- Google Earth
- Skype
- Zattoo (online TV)
- Yuuguu (desktop sharing application, useful for off-site support)
- MacPorts (BSD ports a like software repository for GNU applications)
Tools
- Hibernate (puts a MacBook to Hibernate mode when you start the application)
- iStats pro (host statistic widget)
Suggestions
Those applications and tool are collected, probably tested or never used.
- iTerm (forget it, Terminal.app is better)
- MacFuse (user space file system which can handle ssh-fs aka sftp)
- Tunnelblick (openvpn client)
- DivX Client and Player (trial version only -> does vlc exist for leo?)
- Chicken of the VNC (VNC server and client, no need anymore, look here)
- Theremin (Music Player Client for mpd)
- Fink (GNU Software repository and Debian alike installer, but seems to be outdated)
- TeamSpeex (teamspeak voice chat client)
- Vienna (RSS feed reader, replaced by iGoogle)
References
- Macs Finest article from Heise