50 Open Source Tools to Make Your Life Easier The open source community is vibrant, continually growing, and just loves to create applications and tools to make lives easier. Here are 50 of our favorite open source apps that help us do everything from managing pictures on our computer to learning about Jupiter and Mars. Chandler – An information management application for personal use or small group collaboration. Includes integrated calendaring, data organization tools, and allows backup and data sharing via web access. Tomboy – A cross-platform note-taking application packed with features text highlighting, font styling, inline spellchecking, and more. BasKet Note Pads – More than just a note-taking app, BasKet lets you organize in track data in several different ways, import information from other apps, and easily share your notes with others. Freemind – This free mind mapping app can easily handle maps with as many as 22,000 nodes. Task Coach – A robust todo list tracker. Xchat – An IRC chat client for Linux and WIndow.
Dan Rodney's List of Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts & Keystrokes - (Private Browsing) For years I’ve collected these keystrokes. I hope they help you become the power user that lies within. They have been tested in Mac OS X El Capitan (Mac OS 10.11) but most should work on other versions of Mac OS (10.10 Yosemite, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, etc.). Menu Symbols Finder App Switcher Managing Windows & Dialogs Dock Dashboard Working with Text Only work in some apps (Safari, Mail, TextEdit, etc.) Screenshots Saved to the Desktop as a PNG file. Spotlight Mission Control Startup, Restart, Shutdown & Sleep Safari Apple Mail Preview Miscellaneous Emacs Key Bindings Only work in some apps (Safari, Mail, TextEdit, etc.) untitled Contents Preface I wrote this book really quickly as a way to bootstrap students for my other books. Many students don't know how to use the basics of the command line interface, and it was getting in the way of their learning. This book isn't a book about master wizardry system administration. Introduction: Shut Up And Shell This book is a crash course in using the command line to make your computer perform tasks. The only piece of advice I am going to give you is this: Shut up and type all of this in. Sorry to be mean, but that's what you have to do. You are not going to destroy your computer. Why? How To Use This Book The best way to use this book is to do the following: Get yourself a small paper notebook and a pen.Start at the beginning of the book and do each exercise exactly as you're told.When you read something that doesn't make sense or that you don't understand, write it down in your notebook. You Will Be Memorizing Things Here's how you memorize things: License I (Zed A. Thanks Linux
Mac Tricks and Tips, Wallpapers and Applications for Mac Users Advertisements Maybe you will think that Mac applications are more expensive compared to those on Windows. However, it won't be the case if you really know where to download those free applications for your Mac. They're all around the web, the free applications. Below, you will see 22 sources that will help you find applications that are essential for you. [20 Apps] You can always check inside Apple official website under Downloads section to see what most of the people download from there. [First 100 Apps] A site that list down 7400+ free applications for OS X. [100 Apps] One of the nice articles written by Chris Pirillo. [72 Apps] List of 72 essential Mac OS X applications which distinguishes between the free applications and applications that are not free by putting dollar sign in front of applications' name. [35 Apps] A small list of applications that freelancers using Mac can use. List of cool Mac apps, sorted by voting points of the apps. [10 Apps] [28 Apps] [40 Apps] [First 80 Apps] [26 Apps]