UNIX comes with a large number of utilities, and in we list some
we have found particularly useful (some of which may not be
installed on your system).
| Resource |
Further information |
Description |
| VMware |
www.vmware.com |
Allows you to run more than one operating system
simultaneously. |
| WINE |
www.winehq.com |
Allows most Windows applications to be run natively under Intel
versions of UNIX. |
| StuffIt |
www.stuffit.com |
A tool to support a large range of archiving formats and
purposes. |
| gzip |
www.gzip.org |
A compression utility designed to replace
compress, with better compression ratios. |
| RAR |
www.rarsoft.com |
Another powerful archiving utility. |
| prosplitter |
www.prosplitter.co.uk |
A fast tool for splitting and joining files. |
| XV |
www.trilon.com/xv/xv.html |
An image display utility, good for previewing pictures, which
also has simple editing facilities. |
| GIMP |
www.gimp.org |
The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program, a powerful tool
image drawing and editing. |
| XMMS |
www.xmms.org |
The X MultiMedia System is a cross platform multimedia player,
suitable for playing audio files in most formats. |
| CVS |
www.cvshome.org |
Concurrent Versions System, an open-source network-transparent
version control system. |
| VNC |
www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ |
A remote display system which allows you to view your 'desktop'
from anywhere on the Internet. |