by Lars Vogel
Version 1.2
Copyright © 2007 - 2010 Lars Vogel
15.10.2010
| Revision History | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revision 0.1 | 04.07.2007 | Lars Vogel |
| Created | ||
| Revision 0.2 - 1.2 | 09.07.2007 - 15.10.2010 | Lars Vogel |
| bugfixed and enhancements | ||
Table of Contents
The following allows ftp access via the web, e.g. to avoid firewalls. http://www.webftp.de/
A good local ftp client for Windows is FileZilla.
For ubuntu I like gftp gftp which can be installed via "sudo apt-get install gftp". .
To connect to your Linux system via telnet or via ssh from windows you can use putty Putty download page
Cygwin provides Unix tools for Windows.
Cygwin 1.7 has a nice graphical installer. The bash shell is selected by default. For using Cygwin you should at least install also one editor from the list, e.g. nano. This editor allows you to edit files in the bash shell and can be started via nano in the bash shell.
After the installation you can start a bash shell via the command "C:\cygwin\Cygwin.bat".
Cygwin will not automatically make your windows drive accessible via the shell you need to mount the drivers yourself. Linux and Unix System are based on the standard POSIX. This standard does not have the concept of drive letter, e.g. "c:\". Instead all path names begin with a slash ("/") and individual directories appear as sub-directories of this slash.
To use and see your windows drives you have to edit the configuration file /etc/fstab. For example to mount c:\ to \windows add the following entry.
# For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide # http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table # This is default anyway: # none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0 c:/ /windows ntfs binary 0 0
The details of cygwin and the mount of windows directory are described here: Cygwin Pathnames
Firebug is a nice firefox plugin tool to analyse websites. You can analyse the stylesheets, debug javaxcript and change HTML and CSS settings on the fly.
Chatzilla is a plugin for IRC (Internet Relay Chat). join a network, e.g. freenode via /attach freenode. You can find the channels via the menu IRC -> Join channel. Join a channel via /j #channelname.
Tool which allows to download videos from youtube.com to local audio / video files.
Displays lots of SEO information for example into a Google Search. Requires registration. SeoToolbar
Gmail allows to search via pre-defined values. For example:
has:attachement - search email with an attachment
from: Jennifer- search emails from Jennifer
If you register to a mailing list you can put the message automatically into a separate folder / label. This following explains how you can do this. For example if you are part of the derby mailing list you can put these emails automatically flag with a label via the following.
Create a label named, for example, "Derby"
Create a filter and add the mail address derby-user@db.apache.org to the To field. In the "next step" of the filter, tick the "Skip the Inbox (archive it)" check box and the "Apply label" checkbox and choose "Derby" from the dropdown. That's it and now when you look at your labels list, the Derby list has it's own inbox.
Notepad++ is a nice notepad replacement which can be found under http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/de/site.htm .
If you want to hightlight for example coding use the Virtual Magnifying Glass software.
Greenshot is an excellent screenshot tool.
Adds cool features as "Open Command Window here" which allows you to open a console via the explorer (very handy) and Virtual Desktop Manager to Windows which allows you to separate your applications into several virtual desktops which allows you to have a clearer overview of your environment.
Get it here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx
The best video player available which plays basically all formats is VideoLAN. It can be found on http://www.videolan.org/.
To extract the audio from a video you can use http://www.aoamedia.com/audioextractor.htm. It is a freely available tool to extract the audio from almost any video and save it as audio, e.g. mp3.
Before posting questions, please see the vogella FAQ. If you have questions or find an error in this article please use the www.vogella.de Google Group. I have created a short list how to create good questions which might also help you.
