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Applications and Tools

Here is an updated (13.10.2009) list of applications and tools on my MacBook.

MacOS internal supplements

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  • Fink (GNU Software repository and Debian alike installer, but seems to be outdated)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)

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