LINKS
External Links
General Links | ||
| Goofle | Search engine | |
| IMDB | Internet Movie Database... can't beat it. | |
| Wikipedia | Internet Encyclopedia. As accurate at the pro's | |
| Dictionary | Quick lookup and thesaurus. | |
Humour | ||
| Dilbert | Office Humour - strangely true under observation. Who! are you! | |
| OOTS | AD&D 3rd Ed comic strip. | |
Internet | ||
| Mozilla Firefox | Excellent web browser... use it, or get all the bugs with MS IE. | |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | The only email client with a text only. Stop all those nasties in their tracks. | |
| Trillian | Great IM Client which supports all the big ones. | |
| Gaim | Another great IM client which supports all the big ones. | |
Graphics Software | ||
| Povray | One of the best scripted 3D rendering programs. | |
| Blender3D | The best 3D modelling and animation program. Full GUI, and a fantastic tool. | |
| The Gimp | Best Free graphics editing tool | |
| Photoshop CS2 | Expensive, but can't be beaten for a commercial offering for graphics editing... The defacto standard. | |
| Webshots | Wallpaper heaven. | |
| Frontcam | screen capture | |
| VirtualDub | basic video editing and auto mixing | |
| Terragen | Excellent package for generating landscapes | |
Software platforms | ||
| Red Hat | Fedora Core X - reasonable Linux implimentation. | |
| Other Linux Platforms | SUSE, Debian, FreeBSD, Slackware, Ubuntu, Mandriva/Mandrake! | |
| Knoppix Live CD | Boot off a CD, really useful for diagnostics... most platforms. | |
| Apache | Best web server on the planet | |
| MySQL | Free robust SQL Server | |
| PHP | PHP Hypertext Preprocessor scripting. | |
| Sourceforge | Great source of useful FOSS (Free and Open Source Software). Support it. | |
Utilities | ||
| AVG | An excellent virus checker. Free version for non-commercial home use. | |
| AdAware | Spyware removal tools | |
| HijackThis | Useful tools for removal of nasties... Expert users only - you can damage your OS with this. | |
Domain Hosting and Registration | ||
| UKREG | Cheap domain registration with email and web forwarding, as well as control over DNS server information | |
History | ||
| World of Spectrum | All things ZX Spectrum. Very big games Archive and search facility - well worth a visit for those of a nostalgic nature. | |
