Links - Software

This list contains my favourite software which I use. The majority of these programs are open source or freeware. I always try to use the freeware software. These days there is a lot of very useful freeware projects. Some of them are even better than some commercial programs.

Document Typesetting & Text Editors

• Notepad++ - The best text and source code editor I have seen. Very useful and fast editor for all code writing including web design.
  http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/
• MiKTeX - A distribution of LaTeX system for MS Windows. LaTeX is the real typesetting system for creating beautiful documents including mathematics.
  http://www.miktex.org/
• TeXnicCenter - A powerful code editor dedicated for creating LaTeX documents.
  http://www.texniccenter.org/
• Open Office - An open source alternative very similar to MS Office. Useful spreadsheet editor. But not recommended for mathematical typesetting.
  http://www.openoffice.org/

Graphics and Image Processing

• Zoner Photo Studio - My favourite editor for digital photos. This software is commercial, but not expansive.
  http://www.zoner.com/
• The Ipe extensible drawing editor - Very powerful vector editor that works with LaTeX system. It enables to include LaTeX source code. This makes very easy to enter mathematical expressions into your image.
  http://tclab.kaist.ac.kr/ipe/
• PhotoLine - Powerful low cost raster image editor. It has also some vector graphics features.
  http://www.pl32.com/
• GIMP - Well known raster image editor. But it has no support for vector graphics (not possible to draw even an arrow).
  http://www.gimp.org/

Utilities

• Free Commander - My favourite file manager for MS Windows. Useful as well known Total Commander, but for free!!!
  http://www.freecommander.com/

CAD

• APM Graph - An interesting full working free version of a Russian CAD system.
  http://www.apm.ru/eng/free/

Aerodynamics

• XLFR5 - An analysis tool for airfoils and wings using XFoil engine.
  http://xflr5.sourceforge.net/xflr5.htm