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Open Source

A “couple” SF apps

In Open Source, Software on 23 September 2004 with no comments

I was taking a break from studying, and felt inspired since I got Synergy from SourceForge. So, I went thru SF for awhile to see what programs might look promising (read: high activity and stable). Here’s a list of what I’ve seen:

VirtuaWin - The Virtual Desktop Manager

Notepad++ - a free source code editor which supports several programming languages under MS Windows

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So Many Screens!

In Open Source on 22 September 2004 with no comments

Synergy (an open source project) looks awesome! (Thanks Matt!)

I think I’ll definitely try this out with my laptop. How much simpler would it be to just all of a sudden be working on it with the same keyboard and mouse? And how about that multi-screen setup? Wow…

…share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware.

Update: That didn’t take long at all. 10 minutes later, I’m messing with both systems back without a hitch (both Windows XP, using Synergy 1.1.7). The only thing is that the command prompt is always in the taskbar - nevermind. Change “Logging Level” to “Error” and it’ll go away unless there’s problems.

Create PDF files for free

In Open Source, PDF on 20 September 2004 with no comments

Update: I’ve switched to PDFCreator. It’s Open Source, stable, and it hasn’t tied up my print spooler like CutePDF Writer has.

Print from just about anywhere through a PDF driver, then save it as a file. Type a word document just the way you want, convert to PDF, then email to whomever you want. They’ll see it exactly the way you want them to. No catch - it’s free! [CutePDF Writer]