{"id":617,"date":"2012-01-25T14:14:05","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T13:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/?p=617"},"modified":"2012-01-25T15:34:01","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T14:34:01","slug":"software-i-cant-do-without","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/2012\/01\/software-i-cant-do-without\/","title":{"rendered":"Software I can&#8217;t do without"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-621\" title=\"calm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/calm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"61\" height=\"71\" \/>Over the years my computer toolbar has established a small number of programs that I use all the time. I would like to use free* software every time, but there are some tools I use for work that I just can&#8217;t replicate with a free alternative. Some of the versions I use are ancient by today&#8217;s standards but do the job for me.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-table-reloaded-table-name-id-2 wp-table-reloaded-table-name\">My most used software 2012<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"wp-table-reloaded-id-2-no-1\" class=\"wp-table-reloaded wp-table-reloaded-id-2\">\n<thead>\n\t<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t\t<th class=\"column-1\">Free*<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Commercial<\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n\t<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-GB\/thunderbird\/\">Thunderbird<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vandyke.com\/products\/securecrt\/\">SecureCRT<\/a>  (SSH client)<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/fx\/\">Firefox<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsupgold.com\/products\/tools\/ws_ping-propack\/\">WSPing ProPack<\/a><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/winscp.net\/eng\/index.php\">WinSCP<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/navicat.com\/\">Navicat<\/a> (MySQL management)<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openoffice.org\/\">OpenOffice<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-GB\/windows7\/products\/features\/remote-desktop-connection\">MS RemoteDesktop <\/a><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/db.tt\/79SCzbt\">Dropbox<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.textpad.com\/\">TextPad<\/a><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pidgin.im\/\">Pidgin<\/a> (instant messenger)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/fireworks.html\">Fireworks<\/a><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<p>*Free has two meanings in the world of computer software<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Free (as in beer) &#8211; this means at no cost. You get the software for nothing.<\/li>\n<li>Free (as in speech) &#8211; this means not closed, proprietary. You could take a aprt the software and rewrite it if you wanted to, and this is\u00a0explicitly allowed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Why not let me know what software you can&#8217;t live without, by filling in the comment box below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years my computer toolbar has established a small number of programs that I use all the time. I would like to use free* software every time, but there are some tools I use for work that I just can&#8217;t replicate with a free alternative. 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