What are you favorite open source apps?
Mar 2, 2007, 6:04 am
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What are you favorite open source apps?
Just thought I'd start a fluff thread....I'm interested in what open source apps people are using and which ones they really like.
For me I'm fairly tied to Firefox- which I suspect is quickly becoming the norm for anyone techy (and gaining traction with non-technophiles too).
I have grown to love Thunderbird on the Mac... its so small and lightweight and fast that I'm not sure how I ever used Entourage or Mail.app (let alone outlook on the PC).
In response to a personal challenge I'm trying to go all of 2007 with out using Microsoft Office on my home computers. I'll have to say, while the UI isn't as sharp, I've found OpenOffice to be great.
So, what is everyone else using that they really like?
For me I'm fairly tied to Firefox- which I suspect is quickly becoming the norm for anyone techy (and gaining traction with non-technophiles too).
I have grown to love Thunderbird on the Mac... its so small and lightweight and fast that I'm not sure how I ever used Entourage or Mail.app (let alone outlook on the PC).
In response to a personal challenge I'm trying to go all of 2007 with out using Microsoft Office on my home computers. I'll have to say, while the UI isn't as sharp, I've found OpenOffice to be great.
So, what is everyone else using that they really like?
Mar 2, 2007, 7:37 am
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Mar 2, 2007, 7:42 am
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If you like small/lightweight apps and use a Mac, try the open-source Camino browser as an alternative to FireFox. Beta 1.1, out for less than a week, has been very stable for me. A few pages with weird code in the background don't work 100 percent correctly (they do in Safari, haven't tried FireFox on them) but most do including FT. For those, it's really zippy. Lots of nice features, too.
Mar 2, 2007, 7:44 am
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If you like small/lightweight apps and use a Mac, try the open-source Camino browser as an alternative to FireFox. Beta 1.1, out for less than a week, has been very stable for me. A few pages with weird code in the background don't work 100 percent correctly (they do in Safari, haven't tried FireFox on them) but most do including FT. For those, it's really zippy. Lots of nice features, too.
Mar 2, 2007, 7:57 am
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Open Office! While lacking a few minor bells and whistles of the similar MS products, it is quite efficient and easy to use.
I run it on a *nix box and also on an XP laptop. I have it on one of my desktops, but mostly use Office2003 there. Certain .ppt and .doc files created in OpenOffice don't look exactly the same when opened in MS products. In most cases, this isn't an issue, but could be important during collabertive projects.
All my databasing is done via MySql.... windows and *nix. Platform agnostic is a major bonus. I have a windows port of apache, but run the production server on linux. You can have IIS.
I run it on a *nix box and also on an XP laptop. I have it on one of my desktops, but mostly use Office2003 there. Certain .ppt and .doc files created in OpenOffice don't look exactly the same when opened in MS products. In most cases, this isn't an issue, but could be important during collabertive projects.
All my databasing is done via MySql.... windows and *nix. Platform agnostic is a major bonus. I have a windows port of apache, but run the production server on linux. You can have IIS.
Mar 2, 2007, 8:52 am
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Open Office! While lacking a few minor bells and whistles of the similar MS products, it is quite efficient and easy to use.
I run it on a *nix box and also on an XP laptop. I have it on one of my desktops, but mostly use Office2003 there. Certain .ppt and .doc files created in OpenOffice don't look exactly the same when opened in MS products. In most cases, this isn't an issue, but could be important during collabertive projects.
All my databasing is done via MySql.... windows and *nix. Platform agnostic is a major bonus. I have a windows port of apache, but run the production server on linux. You can have IIS.
I run it on a *nix box and also on an XP laptop. I have it on one of my desktops, but mostly use Office2003 there. Certain .ppt and .doc files created in OpenOffice don't look exactly the same when opened in MS products. In most cases, this isn't an issue, but could be important during collabertive projects.
All my databasing is done via MySql.... windows and *nix. Platform agnostic is a major bonus. I have a windows port of apache, but run the production server on linux. You can have IIS.
As for the server side, I'm totally with you. My goal is to be MS free here at home by the end of 07...I'm not sure what ever possessed me to run IIS.
Mar 5, 2007, 5:36 pm
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I actually discovered a few new goodies from this thread...I'd been meaning to try AdiumX for a while and was glad to be reminded of it.
I have to admit a slightly shameless motive, I was working on compiling a list and wanted to make sure I hadn't overlooked anything major.
I have to admit a slightly shameless motive, I was working on compiling a list and wanted to make sure I hadn't overlooked anything major.
Mar 5, 2007, 5:49 pm
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Mar 5, 2007, 5:58 pm
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Thunderbird includes an auto migration tool that imports your Mozilla 1.x or Netscape 7.x profile directly into Thunderbird without you having to do anything.
However don't know about any hiccups.
Firefox & Thunderbird are my favorites.
Mar 5, 2007, 9:27 pm
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Have not had any issues migrating email accounts in the past. Their website states,
Thunderbird includes an auto migration tool that imports your Mozilla 1.x or Netscape 7.x profile directly into Thunderbird without you having to do anything.
However don't know about any hiccups.
Firefox & Thunderbird are my favorites.
Thunderbird includes an auto migration tool that imports your Mozilla 1.x or Netscape 7.x profile directly into Thunderbird without you having to do anything.
However don't know about any hiccups.
Firefox & Thunderbird are my favorites.
Mar 6, 2007, 7:52 am
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I actually discovered a few new goodies from this thread...I'd been meaning to try AdiumX for a while and was glad to be reminded of it.
I have to admit a slightly shameless motive, I was working on compiling a list and wanted to make sure I hadn't overlooked anything major.
I have to admit a slightly shameless motive, I was working on compiling a list and wanted to make sure I hadn't overlooked anything major.
A thread like this is a valuable learning tool and I really don't care if you did it because of some shameless motive.