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       Open Office is a pretty decent suite of office programs (text editing, spreadsheet, etc.). It works well but I thought it was closer to greatness with a much earlier version. I still use the word processor a lot, but about two years ago I tried the spre
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  • CNC

    • CNC Portal
       Some free software for CNC milling machines and lathes. Not the best stuff, just free. The link to FreeMill is there (it’s hard to find), but I’ve seen FreeMill go through versions which are quite obviously completely broken…
    • CNC Simulator
       Free software to simulate CNC programs. I’ve used it a bit, it seems to work well but has a strange system that makes you return to the site to keep using the software.

  • Digital Images

    • GIMP
       GIMP is image editing software which is quite powerful. I use it every so often, however I find the overall layout a bit clunky and slow. For Windows graphics editing, Paint.net is great for quick image tweaks.
    • Inkscape
       Inkscape is a really great vector graphics editor. I’ve found its features to be competetive with Illustrator and others. The user interface is a bit odd at times and takes some getting used to, but overall the work flow can go pretty fast.
    • Paint.net
       Great little program for computer graphics on Windows.

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    • 7-Zip
       Great file compression software. I prefer it over WinRAR.
    • Arnab’s Graph Explorer
       Graph Explorer is a really great tool for graphing mathematical functions. It’s simple to use and can graph things that others can’t. I actually used it a lot at various times in my college classes, when Mathematica or similar was not available or was j
    • Bluefish
       Lightweight programming environment for Linux. Supports many programming (and speaking) languages. It has good reviews but I haven’t really used it, I prefer having code completion.
    • BlueJ
       A pretty decent teaching environment for learning or simply programming with Java.
    • CNC Portal
       Some free software for CNC milling machines and lathes. Not the best stuff, just free. The link to FreeMill is there (it’s hard to find), but I’ve seen FreeMill go through versions which are quite obviously completely broken…
    • CNC Simulator
       Free software to simulate CNC programs. I’ve used it a bit, it seems to work well but has a strange system that makes you return to the site to keep using the software.
    • FileZilla
       This is one of the best open source FTP programs out there, IMHO. The recent addition of linked server/local browsing was way too long in its arrival, but has been extremely useful.
    • FreeMind
       Mind Mapping software. I use it often – it is very useful and unique! Can automatically generate web pages as well.
    • GIMP
       GIMP is image editing software which is quite powerful. I use it every so often, however I find the overall layout a bit clunky and slow. For Windows graphics editing, Paint.net is great for quick image tweaks.
    • Google Earth
       Who doesn’t know about Google Earth? Probably the coolest software ever!
    • grepWin
       I discovered grepWin not too long ago and it’s great! All it does is search your files and displays the ones which match a search string. There are other types of searches as well. It does a task which is easily available in Linux but not in Windows.
    • Inkscape
       Inkscape is a really great vector graphics editor. I’ve found its features to be competetive with Illustrator and others. The user interface is a bit odd at times and takes some getting used to, but overall the work flow can go pretty fast.
    • LaTeX Editor
       Latex Editor looks like a very good and fully featured IDE for writing LaTeX documents. Seems to be worth a look.
    • Open Office
       Open Office is a pretty decent suite of office programs (text editing, spreadsheet, etc.). It works well but I thought it was closer to greatness with a much earlier version. I still use the word processor a lot, but about two years ago I tried the spre
    • Scribus
       Page layout program, cross-platform. Looks quite powerful and has a lot of good feedback, although I have not used it.
    • Texnic Center
       Texnic Center is a pretty decent IDE for creating LaTeX documents in Windows.
    • WinMerge
       WinMerge is one of the best free/open source differencing applications I’ve found. It matches files within two directories and tells you which are the same and which are duplicates. Further, for text files it can display text from both side-by-side so y

  • Graphics

    • Arnab’s Graph Explorer
       Graph Explorer is a really great tool for graphing mathematical functions. It’s simple to use and can graph things that others can’t. I actually used it a lot at various times in my college classes, when Mathematica or similar was not available or was j
    • Scribus
       Page layout program, cross-platform. Looks quite powerful and has a lot of good feedback, although I have not used it.
    • Web Portfolio of Ryan Hoaglan
       This is my friend’s portfolio site. He has a degree from the Art Institute of Seattle, and has since returned to school to get a computer science degree.

  • Maps

    • Google Earth
       Who doesn’t know about Google Earth? Probably the coolest software ever!

  • Math

    • Arnab’s Graph Explorer
       Graph Explorer is a really great tool for graphing mathematical functions. It’s simple to use and can graph things that others can’t. I actually used it a lot at various times in my college classes, when Mathematica or similar was not available or was j

  • Open Source

    • 7-Zip
       Great file compression software. I prefer it over WinRAR.
    • Bluefish
       Lightweight programming environment for Linux. Supports many programming (and speaking) languages. It has good reviews but I haven’t really used it, I prefer having code completion.
    • FileZilla
       This is one of the best open source FTP programs out there, IMHO. The recent addition of linked server/local browsing was way too long in its arrival, but has been extremely useful.
    • FreeMind
       Mind Mapping software. I use it often – it is very useful and unique! Can automatically generate web pages as well.
    • GIMP
       GIMP is image editing software which is quite powerful. I use it every so often, however I find the overall layout a bit clunky and slow. For Windows graphics editing, Paint.net is great for quick image tweaks.
    • grepWin
       I discovered grepWin not too long ago and it’s great! All it does is search your files and displays the ones which match a search string. There are other types of searches as well. It does a task which is easily available in Linux but not in Windows.
    • Inkscape
       Inkscape is a really great vector graphics editor. I’ve found its features to be competetive with Illustrator and others. The user interface is a bit odd at times and takes some getting used to, but overall the work flow can go pretty fast.
    • Open Office
       Open Office is a pretty decent suite of office programs (text editing, spreadsheet, etc.). It works well but I thought it was closer to greatness with a much earlier version. I still use the word processor a lot, but about two years ago I tried the spre
    • Paint.net
       Great little program for computer graphics on Windows.
    • Scribus
       Page layout program, cross-platform. Looks quite powerful and has a lot of good feedback, although I have not used it.
    • WinMerge
       WinMerge is one of the best free/open source differencing applications I’ve found. It matches files within two directories and tells you which are the same and which are duplicates. Further, for text files it can display text from both side-by-side so y

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    • Web Portfolio of Ryan Hoaglan
       This is my friend’s portfolio site. He has a degree from the Art Institute of Seattle, and has since returned to school to get a computer science degree.

  • Programming

    • Bluefish
       Lightweight programming environment for Linux. Supports many programming (and speaking) languages. It has good reviews but I haven’t really used it, I prefer having code completion.
    • BlueJ
       A pretty decent teaching environment for learning or simply programming with Java.

  • Science

    • Arnab’s Graph Explorer
       Graph Explorer is a really great tool for graphing mathematical functions. It’s simple to use and can graph things that others can’t. I actually used it a lot at various times in my college classes, when Mathematica or similar was not available or was j
    • Google Earth
       Who doesn’t know about Google Earth? Probably the coolest software ever!

  • Software

    • 7-Zip
       Great file compression software. I prefer it over WinRAR.
    • Arnab’s Graph Explorer
       Graph Explorer is a really great tool for graphing mathematical functions. It’s simple to use and can graph things that others can’t. I actually used it a lot at various times in my college classes, when Mathematica or similar was not available or was j
    • Bluefish
       Lightweight programming environment for Linux. Supports many programming (and speaking) languages. It has good reviews but I haven’t really used it, I prefer having code completion.
    • BlueJ
       A pretty decent teaching environment for learning or simply programming with Java.
    • CNC Portal
       Some free software for CNC milling machines and lathes. Not the best stuff, just free. The link to FreeMill is there (it’s hard to find), but I’ve seen FreeMill go through versions which are quite obviously completely broken…
    • CNC Simulator
       Free software to simulate CNC programs. I’ve used it a bit, it seems to work well but has a strange system that makes you return to the site to keep using the software.
    • FileZilla
       This is one of the best open source FTP programs out there, IMHO. The recent addition of linked server/local browsing was way too long in its arrival, but has been extremely useful.
    • FreeMind
       Mind Mapping software. I use it often – it is very useful and unique! Can automatically generate web pages as well.
    • Google Earth
       Who doesn’t know about Google Earth? Probably the coolest software ever!
    • grepWin
       I discovered grepWin not too long ago and it’s great! All it does is search your files and displays the ones which match a search string. There are other types of searches as well. It does a task which is easily available in Linux but not in Windows.
    • Inkscape
       Inkscape is a really great vector graphics editor. I’ve found its features to be competetive with Illustrator and others. The user interface is a bit odd at times and takes some getting used to, but overall the work flow can go pretty fast.
    • LaTeX Editor
       Latex Editor looks like a very good and fully featured IDE for writing LaTeX documents. Seems to be worth a look.
    • Open Office
       Open Office is a pretty decent suite of office programs (text editing, spreadsheet, etc.). It works well but I thought it was closer to greatness with a much earlier version. I still use the word processor a lot, but about two years ago I tried the spre
    • Paint.net
       Great little program for computer graphics on Windows.
    • Scribus
       Page layout program, cross-platform. Looks quite powerful and has a lot of good feedback, although I have not used it.
    • Texnic Center
       Texnic Center is a pretty decent IDE for creating LaTeX documents in Windows.
    • WinMerge
       WinMerge is one of the best free/open source differencing applications I’ve found. It matches files within two directories and tells you which are the same and which are duplicates. Further, for text files it can display text from both side-by-side so y

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    By Ryan
    January 22, 2009

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