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March 5th, 2009, 12:29 AM
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| Ideas for a book "OS X On a dime" -- free/open source software for OS X
Hi, I am about to start working on "OS X On a dime" for Apress. Yes, I am the same Tony Mobily who manages Free Software Magazine (http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com). In the book, I would love to talk about free/open source software that tends to be indispensable if you use OS X. There are the obvious ones -- Firefox, etc. However... what about less obvious ones? Things like MacJanitor, for example, which are fantastic and usually under-rated! So, what pieces of software would *you* like to be reviewed in a book about OS X and free software? Thanks a lot! Merc.  |
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March 5th, 2009, 01:09 AM
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March 5th, 2009, 01:57 AM
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Onyx Perian VLC --J.D.
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March 5th, 2009, 09:05 AM
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Most definitely CyberDuck (FTP), and it would be nice to mention something from the "gray" area of the internet -- perhaps Transmission (a BitTorrent client), and HandBrake (a video conversion software). Maybe mention that a lot of open source software available for Windows and Linux also has ports to Mac OS X, like OpenOffice (and the Mac-only port, NeoOffice).
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March 10th, 2009, 07:48 PM
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Hi, THANK YOU everybody!!! This is absolutely fantastic. If anybody has any more ideas... please let me know! Merc. |
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March 11th, 2009, 02:22 AM
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Smultron (for text editor) TubeTV (for converting videos to iPod or AppleTV)
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March 11th, 2009, 04:51 AM
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Adium (msn/aim chat) inkscape (illustrator replacement) GIMP (photoshop replacement) ffmpegx (video encoding) virtual box (emulation) GPG (encryption) synergy (software sharing of keyboard/mouse)
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March 11th, 2009, 03:45 PM
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I used almost daily: TigerLaunch (menu for all applications) iTerm (better Terminal.app) JView (image viewer) Some others: Emacs.app (for some reason, emacs is better than xemacs in Mac) MPEG Streamclip AquaLess |
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