Installation notes: Ontap Simulator on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS on ESX »Applications I really love...
Yes, it's a nerd thang to do... browsing through your Program Files directory and counting the apps. Being a hard-core techie, I have a pretty decent toolkit and I always like to share and compare notes with friends. So here goes...
1. Ultramon (commercial) - if you have more than one monitor on your desktop, you need this app! It brings the task bar across all monitors, each hold only those apps active on that monitor. Also does individual wallpapers on each monitor. Get it here.
2. Zoundry (freeware) - the ultimate WYSIWYG blog editor, and it really works, unlike a bunch of home grown freeware apps I tried before. Works great with 24+ different blogging platforms. Get it here. Disclosure: The Japan Page is occasionally updated using Zoundry. It would be hardly-ever updated without Zoundry.
3. FileZilla (open source) - FileZilla is probably the best Windows FTP client out there. I was a long term CuteFTP user, but balked at their upgrade fee, hated the advertising encumbered version and never looked back after switching to FileZilla. Get it here.
4. BartPE (freeware) - Bart Lagerweij is well known for his network boot disks, which have involved into a completely pre-configured "Live CD" for Windows. A "Live CD" is a bootable OS install found in the Linux world that runs a full Linux distro and often contains additional trouble-shooting, recovery or specialized applications. Bart has combined MS Windows PE with a modular application environment for Windows machines. Get more info here.
5. Knoppix (open source) - the first popular and widely available Linux distro that boots off of a jump drive, CD or DVD. Get it here.
6. BitVise WinSSHd and Tunnelier (commercial) - a Windows port SSH v2 client and server application. Great for remote access to Windows machines over the Internet when you don't want to expose a MS Terminal or PPTP server to the Internet. Get it here.
7. Adobe Photoshop (commercial) - I'm too embarrassed to even mention the old version I have clunking around at home. The premier application for the advanced digital photographer or web graphics designer. Get it here.
8. Alex Feinman's ISO Recorder (freeware) - a great utility that installs into the Windows shell and offers right-click to create ISO files from directories. This is really handy when you want to ship a whole directory off to a VMware guest OS on a firewalled network. Get it here.
9. DU Meter (commercial) - a great utility to monitor network usage on your Windows box. If you run Bit Torrent or do large file transfers, you can get a real time update of up/down traffic. Also produces good logs of daily traffic. Much easier to use than the networking tab in taskmgr.exe. Get it here.
10. Privoxy (open source) - Privoxy is a web proxy utility that runs on your local machine and filters the crap out of the web. Based on the Internet Junkbuster project, it blocks popups, ads, banners, and does a good job against javascript and other obnoxious adverts. It's completely customizable, and makes viewing www.cnn.com a true pleasure. Get it here.
More to come... we can't forget MRTG and NTOP...
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