David Fredh : Blog and Pictures » Application http://david.fredh.net David Fredh, Bilder, Blogg, Technology, Sweden, Malmö, Teknisk Matematik, Opinions, Things that amazes me, Meaning of life Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:55:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Must have applications in Windows, Mac OsX and Linux http://david.fredh.net/2009/03/02/must-have-applications-in-windows-mac-osx-and-linux/ http://david.fredh.net/2009/03/02/must-have-applications-in-windows-mac-osx-and-linux/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:20:31 +0000 David http://david.fredh.net/?p=251 1646Hi again!

I have been thinking a lot about preparing a list like this. When i started to use a Linux based netbook i suddenlly realised that this kind of list does not exist.  Yes. .. .now…..

My main OS is MacOSX for private usage. I use Windows XP at work and have Linux Ubuntu installed in my Netbook. My goal is to give you a complete guide of applications for the all thre operating systems that has the same functionality and is needed for your daily computer usage.

App type Windows MacOSX Linux
Web Opera, Chrome or Firefox Opera, Safari or Firefox Opera, Epiphany or Firefox
Skype Skype Skype Skype
E-Mail Thunderbird Apple Mail Thunderbird or Evolution
MSN, ICQ, GTalk etc. Pidgin Adium Pidgin
Music ITunes, Spotify, Last.fm ITunes, Spotify, Last.fm, Synergy Rhythmbox or Songbird, Last.fm, Spotify (emulated in Wine)
FTP FileZilla or Total Commander Cyberduck FileZilla
Application launcher Launchy Quicksilver Gnome DO
Office suite Openoffice Openoffice Openoffice
Rss RSSOwl Shrook Liferea
Editor ConTEXT Smultron gEdit
System tool CCleanner OnyX -
Video viewer VLC VLC VLC
Image viewer Picasa IPhoto Picasa
Communities Twitter plugin for pidgin and yahoo widgets Moodblast, twitter plugin for Adium Twitter plugin for gnome-do and pidgin
File sync Dropbox Dropbox Dropbox
Archive app 7-zip EZ 7z Archive manager with 7z plugin
Eye candy Yahoo Widgets Growl Compiz

I have all these programs installed in my computers and find them very helpful.

Cheers!
David

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  • Do you have more than two computers? Maybe one at work and one at home.
  • Do you use your USB memory a lot?
  • Do you send e-mails to yourself?
  • Do you think it’s hard to send large files by e-mail?

    • If you answer yes on one/several of the questions above, then dropbox is definitely something for you. Dropbox gives you 2GB for free and creates a folder on locally on your computer. Everything you store in your local folder will be automatically uploaded to your dropbox storage on the internet.  If you have 2 computers, you will have the same content in your dropbox folders. All your content is also available everywhere through the dropbox website.

    If you want to send a big file to someone, just copy the file to your “public” dropbox-folder and simply right click to get a web-link to the file. Send the link and you’re done!

    There is an introduction-movie available at: Dropbox website

    Oups. .i forgot to tell you … it’s free . . .and for windows/mac/linux!

    You can read a interview with the founder of DropBox here: 7 Questions with the founder

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    Example of channels available:

    • Al Jazeera
    • BBC
    • CNN
    • MTV
    • Discovery

    It’s available for Windows, Mac and Linux. I think it’s worth a try.

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    Did I say it was swedish?

    Spotify is entering the group of listen-to-streaming-free-music. There is a lot of competing solutions as last.fm, pandora, web-radio, podcasts and so on. Great services, but all with one problem: You cannot choose the song yourself.

    Spotify is basically an iTunes ripoff but with a huge music-library that you can use directly. You can create playlists, search for new music, listen to webradio etc. Everything is fast and seamless. It’s almost like all the music is on your local computer.

    There are 3 different ways to subscribe to spotify. Free, 1-day and premium. Free is free, but with commercial between the songs. You can pay for one day or monthly to skip the commercial.

    I only have 1 minus point. The most of the music is old, and no new album that i have checked has been added. Maybe this is something that will be changed now when the application is released as a public beta.

    Give it a try at: www.spotify.com

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