[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #165: What’s in your pocket?

[Bobbi Galvin]

*OPLIN 4Cast #165: What’s in your pocket?
*February 18, 2010


  /4casting technologies that could have an impact on public libraries./

It's great that the applications we use are so portable.  In fact, some 
of the apps OPLIN techs use can fit on a thumb drive.  Here are some of 
their favorites.

    * PortableApps.com Suite <http://portableapps.com/suite>™ is a
      complete collection of portable apps including a web browser,
      email client, office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging
      client, anti-virus, audio player, Sudoku game, password manager,
      PDF reader, minesweeper clone, backup utility and integrated menu,
      all preconfigured to work portably. Just drop it on your portable
      device and you're ready to go.

    * Win Patrol
      <http://download.cnet.com/WinPatrol/3000-8022_4-10129149.html>
      allows you to monitor start-up apps and stuff running in the
      background (such as spyware).  Read more about it and download it
      here.

    * Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder
      <http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/> is a freeware open
      source utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to
      install Windows from your registry. It allows you to print or save
      your keys for safekeeping. It works on Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000,
      XP, Vista, 7, Server 2003, Server 2008, Office XP, Office 2003,
      and Office 2007 family of products. It also has a
      community-updated configuration file that retrieves product keys
      for many other applications. Another feature is the ability to
      retrieve product keys from unbootable Windows installations.

    * Sometimes it's a bit difficult to boot from a USB flash drive, but
      if you can, a great way to get a small, quick Linux install
      completed is by downloading a Nopix CD <http://www.knoppix.net/>. 
      The latest version includes recent Linux software and desktop
      environments. The DVD includes programs such as OpenOffice.org,
      Abiword, The Gimp, Konqueror, Mozilla, Apache, PHP, MySQL and
      hundreds of other quality open source programs.

Keep those small applications handy for those moments when you least 
think you'll need them.

*/Cool fact:/*
There were just too many apps to include in the OPLIN 4Cast.  For 
further reading:

Deep Burner <http://www.deepburner.com/?r=download> - Free CD burning 
software for any machine - MAC, Windows or Lynix/Ubuntu

Crimson Editor <http://www.crimsoneditor.com/> - Text editor so you can 
color-code text as you are editing config files (or XML, PHP, HTML),  
some of its bigger features include  easy syntax highlighting, macro 
recording, and column editing mode.

PuTTY 
<http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/%7Esgtatham/putty/download.html> is a 
free, open source Telnet and SSH client and WinSCP 
<http://winscp.net/eng/download.php>free FTP/SFTP client (both for 
Windows since SSH and SFTP don't come naturally to Windows).

/Feel free to add your favorites!// /

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-- 
Bobbi Galvin
OPLIN Customer Relations & Support
P: 1-888-966-7546
www.oplin.org

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