Netbeans 6.8 Available
It’s one of my favorites for web site work as well as use as a programmer’s platform, and it’s available for download.
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jEdit
This is just a short note. I couldn’t go much further without recommending my key tool without which I could not live. That is jEdit with a variety of plugins. By itself, jEdit is an excellent little text editor. With plugins it can provide a wonderful development environment. I tried test versions of a number…
Switching to Linux
This guess post at Greg Laden’s blog gives one man’s experience switching to Linux. It’s a repost from 2009, so the version numbers are a bit different (Ubuntu is at 11.10 now), but it still gives a pretty good idea of what to expect. I would add the strong recommendation that when you switch operating…
Google May Challenge Microsoft Monopoly
… by creating an operating system based on their Chrome browser, which would be great for all of us, I think. Details here (MSNBC.com).
The Ada Initiative – Women in Open Source
Linux.com reports on the progress in just under a year of The Ada Initiative, which has this mission: “A world in which women are equal and welcome participants in open technology, open data, and open culture. We want women writing free software, women editing Wikipedia, women creating the Internet and women shaping the future of…
OpenWatcom C/C++
I have just downloaded OpenWatcom C/C++ to try. Since I rarely use C++ professionally any more, but still like to tinker, I want to see if there is a good open source option for me to play with. For maintenance of existing projects, of course, I will stick with my Borland C++ Builder 6. I’ll…
Quick WMV -> MP4 Conversion
Well, it’s quick if you use Google Video. Thing is, I use Google Video pretty frequently, and I needed an MP4 of a file in WMV format which I had already uploaded. After a few minutes of searching for the right app that would give me a nice, compatible file for a podcast, I realized…