Automation
Business
- Free, easy-to-use time-tracking software:
TraxTime
- Mind map software: Mindjet
MindManager
- Program that "makes it easy to remember things big and small
from your everyday life using your computer, phone, tablet and the
web": Evernote
Security, Encryption,
Backup, Compression
File Transfer, Telnet, Remote Access
- Online backup, file sync, and sharing:
Dropbox
- Free SFTP and SCP client for Windows:
WinSCP
- Free Telnet/SSH Client:
PuTTY
- Free VNC (Virtual Network Computing) software:
RealVNC
Desktop
- Software that helps to keep your desktop organized:
Fences
Programming
- Free IDE for Java programming:
Eclipse
- Free industry-standard Perl distribution:
ActivePerl
- Numerical computing environments: Matlab, Octave, Scilab, FreeMat,
more
Image Viewing, Image Processing
PDF
- Standard PDF software: Adobe Acrobat Pro
- Software that allows to print pages from a protected PDF document:
PDF-XChange
Electrical Engineering
- Spice-based analog simulation program:
LTspice
Alternatives:
TINA-TI (not
authorized for educational use),
TINA (not free)
- Free tool for circuit simulation:
qucs (work in
progress)
- Free tool for circuit simulation:
Solve Elec (very simple, properties sometimes not displayed, very
simple transistor models)
Language Learning, Translation
- Good self learning software from digital publishing:
Interactive Language Tour
- Good and free flash-card program:
Teach2000
- Click-translation software (not free, and the license is for one
computer only, but it finally works with Firefox 3):
Babylon
- Dictionary + Thesaurus + Word Finder:
WordWeb
Text Processing
- LaTeX: see separate LaTeX
page with software recommendations and tips
- Academic reference management software for researchers:
Mendeley
Presentations, Videos
Music, Videos
Various
Other Software Sites
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