Tech: July 2006 Archives

OpenDarwin is shutting down. I feel kind of sad that I never got a chance to play with it. <3 DarwinPorts

OSX Essentials

| | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)

XviD codec, extension for Quicktime
DivX codec, extension for Quicktime

Fire, a multi-protocol IM client

Quicksilver, an application launcher

Desktop Manager - try it with SmackBook Pro if you're using a MacBook Pro

Growl, a notification system

TextMate, the best code editor ever. It's not free, but it's well worth the price.

iTerm, a terminal with tabs.

VLC, for those times when QuickTime just won't cut it. Duffy created a browser plugin for it - VLCPlugin-IntelOSX-Release.dmg.

Port Authority, a GUI frontend to DarwinPorts

Parallels Desktop, a virtual machine which allows users to run Windows and other OSes in virtual containers directly on Mac OS X desktop. Neither Virtual PC nor VMware work with OS X/Intel.