![]() ![]() >Rocket division Software’s -‘Starburn’ – >EaseUS Partition Master – One of the best partitioning tools * Some of the freeware programs I run are: The main sites I trust including SourceForge are: * You are correct in recommending as a download site. * This goes out to all the students – do not fear open source software – fear disreputable download sites. ppx and all the other Microsoft office compatible file extensions, or it can save files in Libre office dot 3 extensions. *Open Office is now Libre Office and can save documents and. * The above article is good, but it is dated. (I’m well aware that I misspelled “matrices”.) Here’s why I had to create an account and post. I came across this site on a web search for ‘matricies in programming’. I generally don’t sign up to sites that require any information about me, but I haven’t seen a site like this since the early ’90’s (don’t change it.) I can see this info is to help and to educate. Kudos to the Web Master & all involved with its design. ![]() ![]() Clean, well laid out, and good colors for viewing. WOW !!! First off, I have to comment on the site. gifsicle: for help making animated gifs (particularly for optimizing them).Īuthor Lensyl Urbano Posted on JCategories Classroom Notes, Software, Technology, Useful websites Tags free software, reference.ImageMagick: the convert command is particularly useful for working with images (their example page is excellent).SoX: For generating sound tones and notes ( e.g.),.If you’re comfortable using the Linux command line there are a number of programs, most of which have been ported to the major operating systems (and you can use the Cygwin program to use a lot of Linux commands if you’re on Windows), that can also be very useful: There are other odds and ends that you’ll find on my computer, like vlc for playing DVD’s, Combine PDF for rearranging pages in pdf documents, and TexShop for really nice typsetting, but there are a lot of good, free alternatives out there. The VPython downloads pages include instructions for installing Python. VPython: I usually introduce my students to programming with VPython, which is a Pythno library for creating 3d visualizations.OpenSCAD: For creating 3d models using basic shapes (spheres, boxes etc.) for 3d printing.Unlike SOX (see below) Audacity has a user interface. ![]() Audacity: works well for sound editing (I’ve only used it a little for trimming sound files when I was trying to create sound effects).VUE: For mindmaps (like this) and flow charts.Inkscape: For drawing diagrams (like this one).GIMP: instead of PhotoShop for editing images.Smultron (Mac): for writing text and only text, forget the formatting (and also useful for writing computer programs).Atom (Windows and Linux): An extremely versatile text editor that a lot of my students like for coding.Also, Gnumeric is an excellent alternative to Excel. So for text editing I usually prefer Smultron (on Mac) or Atom (on Windows). They can open and save MS Office files, but also has some of the irritating auto-formatting issues as Office. LibreOffice or OpenOffice: Free, but not as powerful alternatives to MicroSoft Office.I typically find these to be most useful. Add in a few other pieces, like Firefox and OpenOffice, and you have all the basics you need for a basic loadout. Mind you, it has a lot of programs that are still in development, many are not terribly polished, and not everything will be available for your operating system. It feels odd having to say this, but it’s legal, free software. The first place to look for free software for whatever purpose you need should probably be SourceForge. The open-source and free-software movements have matured to the point where a teacher or student can reliably outfit a new computer with software that is free and compatible with their proprietary cousins. ![]()
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