| Title | Score |
|---|
| Software | Score |
|---|---|
| jpegoptim "map jpegoptim tells all there is to know" |
5 |
| okular "works when evince doesn't (under Gnome!)" |
5 |
| evince "great when it doesn't choke" |
4 |
| acroread "robust printer interaction" |
5 |
| gnuplot "an open source gem" |
5 |
| gimp "powerful and flexible, and consequently not quite beginner friendly" |
5 |
| imagemagick "command-line image processing system with a comprehensive feature set, good documentation, and helpful forums" |
5 |
| nip2 "fast and lean interactive and batch image processing" |
5 |
| subversion "Easier on users than git. However: this version seems to break compatibility with older svn servers?" |
4 |
| gcc "You compile code, you need this. Period. (Unless you have purchased a commercial compiler, in which case you should know what you're doing.)" |
5 |
| cvs "CVS is an "old way" of doing version control. Use svn or git instead if you have a choice.." |
3 |
| g++ "Does this REALLY need a review?" |
5 |
| libntl-dev "multiple precision library which seems to work well (with boost, for example)" |
5 |
| libboost-dev "boost's minimax package is the best one I've found. It appears that boost is an excellent C++ library overall." |
5 |
| openssh-server "a must if you need remote access or copy files between systems" |
5 |
| auctex "A must if you use emacs and latex" |
5 |
| texlive-latex-base "Prepare documents by programming!" |
5 |
| axiom "Powerful, elegant, fast, and somewhat difficult to use (more like a programming language than an application)" |
5 |
| emacs "Powerful, efficient and complex" |
5 |