Another in a continuing series of ancient pages from my website of long ago. These days, the software I use all the time includes Firefox and Chrome on Windows 7.
Just as a thought exercise, I sat down and tried to list the software I use most frequently. This list is definitely not an endorsement list. It’s a snapshot of the software I use right now (March 2001). I don’t choose all of these programs; some of them are essentially forced on me by the companies I do work for. For example, while Windows 98 is my current (buggy, oft-crashing) main desktop operating system, I’m also logged into a SunOS host for much of the day, I hack Perl scripts on GNU/Linux, and I’ve got a laptop running Windows 2000.
| Program | Purpose | Use |
|---|---|---|
| NoteTab Light | Multi-file text editing | All the time |
| Notepad | Basic text editing | All the time |
| Internet Explorer 5.0 | Web browsing | All the time |
| Pine | All the time | |
| Tera Term/TTSSH | Secure telnet | All the time |
| Windows 98 | Operating system | All the time |
| Lotus Notes | Daily | |
| Lotus Organizer | PIM | Daily |
| Microsoft Money | Personal finance | Daily |
| Microsoft Word | Word processing | Daily |
| Trn | News reading | Daily |
| F-Prot | Virus protection | As needed |
| WS_FTP LE | File transfers | Occasionally |
| RioPort Audio Manager | MP3 playing/organizing | Occasionally |
| Less | Text file browsing | Occasionally |
| IrfanView | Image viewing/editing | Occasionally |
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet editing | Occasionally |
| Acrobat Reader | PDF viewing | Occasionally |
| Zip/UnZip | File compression | Occasionally |
| PGP | File encryption | Occasionally |