From http://craig.backfire.ca/pages/computers/favourites
This page shows my favourite software in green and my least favourite software in red .
| Operating System | |
|---|---|
|
FreeBSD on the servers. Windows on the desktop. |
DOS | Shell |
| zsh | [t]csh | Terminal |
|
PuTTY in Windows Konsole in X |
Xterm | Text Editor |
|
Vim on Unix OSes Notepad++ on Windows |
Notepad pico |
Programming Language |
| C / C++ | Java | Scripting Language |
|
Perl, by a mile Bourne Shell |
PHP Ruby |
HTTP Server |
|
Apache for the big stuff Thttpd for the small stuff |
IIS | Mail Daemon |
| Exim |
Sendmail Qmail |
Web Browser |
|
Mozilla Firefox Google Chrome |
Internet Explorer | Mail Reader |
|
Mozilla Thunderbird Outlook >= 2007 Mutt when I'm stuck on a console |
Pine |
IRC Client |
|
irssi xchat |
All others | Torrent Client |
|
uTorrent on Windows rTorrent on unix |
Azureus BitTorrent BitLord |
Image Editor |
|
Microsoft Visio Adobe Photoshop Paint.NET |
MS Paint | Image Manager |
| Cerious ThumbsPlus |
The one that comes with Windows Any made by Adobe |
Media Player |
|
VLC Winamp 5 |
Proprietary ones that come with portable devices Windows Media Player |
Software That is Notably Crappy
- X-Based Desktops
- An afterthought windowing system which will never work
right because of a lack of standards, poor font handling,
and just general lameness. Inferior to Windows in almost
every respect, except that a decent OS possibly lurks beneath.
A great rant about why X sucks can be found
here.
- Internet Explorer
- Besides being fast, IE has nothing going for it.
It is loaded with security flaws, only recently got tabbed
browsing features, and has the feel of software that
was written for use by complete idiots.
- OpenBSD
- Lags behind FreeBSD by about five years in terms of
features. It is touted as being a very secure OS, which
makes me wonder why it does not have filesystem ACLs or
other fine-grained security mechanisms. Userland is difficult
to update. Painful installation procedure. Reliability
is a side effect from having absolutely no features.
- NetBSD
- Runs on all kinds of different hardware platforms,
most of which are obsolete and useless. Portability
is put in front of all else, making it another toy OS.
