On Sat, Oct 23, 1999 at 01:07:32PM +0900, Leif Gregory wrote:
> I would much rather use separate pieces of software that are "masters"
> than one kludged together bloated pig that can do a little bit of
> everything.
Not to mention that with the common trend of trying to stuff everything
into single applications people who *like* to use small, specialized
applications are constantly switching as their current favorites grow to
"compete".
> For instance, here is my software use:
For comparison here is my list for Linux then Windows. ;)
> Mail TB
L: Mutt
W: TB!, PMMail
> Usenet News Agent
L: SLRN
W: nothing (would be, uhm, XNews, I think)
> Browser Opera
L: Netscape, Lynx
W: Opera
> FTP Cute FTP
L: lftp
W: LeechFTP
> D/L Manager Getright
N/A (FTP everything possible)
> Pic Viewer ACDSee
L: gtksee
W: ACDSee
> Telnet CRT 3.0
L: telnet, ssh
W: TeraTerm Pro w/TTSSH extentions
> IM/chat ICQ
L: licq, micq
W: ICQ
> Chat mIRC
L: BitchX
W: Xircon
> Clipboard Clipmate
N/A
> Text Textpad 4
L: vim
W: vim
(as an aside, vim is also my mail editor on Linux, I'd like it to be on TB! as
TB!'s editor only has real-time spell checking going for it, and it is also my
news editor and my programming editor. IE, Windows forces me to use 4
different editors with different keybindings and capabilities. Unix lets me
pick one editor that does it all and does it damned good. *That* is a prime
example of using specialized programs for the task at hand.
> Online timer Logtime
N/A
> AV Norton
N/A
> Stocks/MF PSM
N/A
> C2C link Laplink Pro
L/W: NFS, Samba(SMB) mounts, FTP...
> I'm sure my list will differ in areas from others (everybody has their
> favorites)
I'm sure mine differs as well. I try to go with free software whenever
possible. That is why I use TeraTerm Pro instead of SecureCRT. TTP with
TTSSH extenstions has the same feature set that I need as SecureCRT and costs
$99 less. Aside from Opera, PMMail (which I no longer really use) & Quicken98
there isn't much software on the Windows side that I've paid for and I don't
think there is any in which I am violating the license.
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