Linux Setup

The setup of my Linux system I use on a daily basis is the following. Sometimes, I am also forced to use Windows sometimes. The setup of my Windows machine is described below the Linux setup.

Operating System

• Debian GNU/Linux (testing)

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Desktop

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• XFree86
• Fluxbox (download my theme Attach:michi2.tar.gz)
• Torsmo (for displaying system stats)

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Mail

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• Mozilla Thunderbird with the Whiteheart TB Theme (slightly modified: Attach:whitehart_tb-2.3-tb_mj.jar) and with the following extensions:
  • Enigmail
  • Offline usage
  • Remove message duplicates
  • Nested quote remover
  • Quote Colors
  • Lightning Calendar
  • Quicktext (for inserting text templates)
• Header Tools (um Header-Daten wie den Betreff zu ändern)
  • Empfänger Übersicht
  • Attachment Reminder
  • Fritz!BoxDial
  • Sync Kolab (syncs addresses, tasks, and calendars to a plain IMAP server -- great!)

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Browsing

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• Mozilla Firefox with the Whiteheart Theme and the following extensions (you might be interested in some about:config hacks:
  • CustomizeGoogle
  • Mouse Gestures
  • NextPlease
  • NoScript
  • Ghostery (against web bugs)
  • Compact Menu 2
  • Adblock Plus
  • BabelFish (Translator)
  • FoxyProxy (for privacy)
  • BetterPrivacy (for privacy)
  • Tab Mix Plus
  • Web Developer
  • Firebug (great tool for every website developer)
  • AutoAuth (automatically answers HTTP auth requests)
  • Vertigo (brings tabs to the left, alternative: TabKit)
  • Brief RSS Plugin
  • Stylish (for website modding)

LESS ESSENTIAL

• Less essential:
• Text Area Resizer and Mover
• Dictionary Translates German<->English using BEOLINGUS.
• FlashBlock
• FireFTP
• Flat Bookmark Editing
• Link Toolbar
• Fusion
• SwitchProxy
• Read Easily 1.0 (The shortcut to activate is <Control>+z)
• View Rendered Source Chart
• Hit-a-Hint
• Context-Highlight
• Fasterfox
• PageZoom
• Read it Later PlugIn
• ForecastFox
• Screengrab!
• [8https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8485 | Tagmarks]]

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Programming

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• Eclipse (mainly for Java) with the following plug-ins:
  • log4e
  • Eclipse Colorer
  • FindBugs
  • Subclipse
  • Trac Plugin
  • Eclipse Shell (for BeanShell, JavaScript, and JRuby shells)
  • Pydev
  • CAP (for analyzing code)
  • Maven IDE (Mevenide)
  • Relo (for exploring large codebases)
  • PMD (for code scanning)
  • Ganymede (for log4j)
  • ShellEd (for shell programming)
  • FindBugs
• VisualVM (Nice tool for analyzing running Java applications)

Misc

• vim (editing, tips for editing here; my .vimrc: Attach:.vimrc)
• Pidgin (instant messaging)
• GnuPG (encryption)
• teTeX (text processing)
• OpenOffice (text processing)
• mp3blaster (listening to music)
• Amarok (KDE mediaplayer for linux)
• Privoxy (for spam free internet surfing)
• kdiff3 (diff frontend, capable of comparing three different files)
• workrave (a tool that assists in the recovery and prevention of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI))
• jfig (vektor drawing program with latex support)

Windows Setup

Operating System

• Windows XP

Tools

• Launchy
• Pidgin
• gvim
• Cygwin
• Gimp
• Inkscape
• TrueCrypt
• Eraser
• WinScp
• Putty
• eDocPrintPro)
• Update Star
• PDF X-change Viewer or Foxit Reader
• LingoPad
• ac'tivAid Forte
• GPG
• 7zip
• CloneDrive
• KeePass
• ClamWin Antivirus
• FreeCommander
• SVN Tortoise
• Linux Reader (for read-only access to Linux partitions)
• KDiff3
• FastStone Capture
• FreeSSHD
• XnView
• Kernel Filesystem Driver for EXT2
• WinDirStat
• TrueCrypt
• ScreenshotCaptor
• HDiskDefrag
• VirtuaWin (Virtual Desktops for Windows)