Prescribed Technologies

 

  • Online Tools
    • Join.me - simple online meeting and screen sharing
    • Twiddla - web based whiteboard and collaboration with shared web browsing
    • Dabbleboard - web based shared whiteboard, no sign-up required
    • Meeting Burner - a robust online meeting service
    • MeBeam.com - web based video chat without setting up account
    • imo.im - web based multi-protocol chat client
    • Gliffy - web based diagram creation for flow charts, network diagrams and business processes
    • Pixlr - web based image editor
    • Speakeasy Bandwidth Test - measures transfer rates to servers located across the U.S.
    • Central Ops - domain, email and network testing from your web browser
    • DNS Stuff - browser based DNS testing
    • Whois - find out the registered owner of a domain and where it is hosted

  • File Utilities
    • FreeCommander - a dual pane file manager for windows
    • 7-zip - simple application to manage common archive and compression formats
    • TrueCrypt - cross platform disk encryption utility
    • ImgBurn - burns audio CDs, ISOs, and video DVDs, including regular DVD, HD DVD, and Blu-ray DVD

  • Internet Tools
    • Firefox - fast, secure and customizable web browser
    • Thunderbird - a pop & imap email client with powerful filtering capabilities
    • Filezilla - cross platform ftp and sftp file transfer client
    • WinSCP - scp and sftp dual panel file manager
    • Kitty - a portable ssh client based on putty.

  • Graphics and Media
    • Gimp - a cross platform GNU Image Manipulation Program for image editing
    • Paint.net - a free image and photo editing software for Windows™ computers
    • Irfanview - small, portable image viewer
    • Xnview - view and convert between 400 different graphic formats
    • Artweaver - small, portable and full featured graphics editor
    • WinFF - a GUI for the command line video converter, FFMPEG. It is a video and audio conversion utility
    • Handbrake - an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.
    • Audacity - a free, open source software for recording and editing sounds
    • XMPlay - a small audio player, supporting the OGG / MP3 / MP2 / MP1 / WMA / WAV / CDA / MO3 / IT / XM / S3M / MTM / MOD / UMX audio formats
    • VLC - cross platform media player that transcodes and streams almost any media format

  • Productivity
    • Libre Office - an open source office suite (word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, database)
    • AbiWord -  a small stand alone open source word processor
    • Gnumeric - a stand alone open source spreadsheet
    • PDF Creator - convert anything printable to a PDF file
    • PDF Xchange Viewer - A PDF viewer that includes Annotations, Comments and "Typewriter" tools
    • PDFToolkit - a free graphical interface to the Windows version of PDFTK, collate, split, stamp, rotate and password protect PDF files

  • VPN
    • NeoRouter - a cross platform VPN for home and small businesses
    • Hamachi - a simple to install peer to peer VPN application
    • OpenVPN - open source, cross platform VPN application

  • VOIP
    • Asterisk - open source telephone PBX
    • Minisip - open source, cross platform SIP software phone
    • Phoner Lite -  freeware VOIP softphone
    • SJPhone - VOIP softphone for PC and PDA
    • X-Lite - popular VOIP softphone that suports video calls and instant messaging
    • CallCentric - broadband VOIP phone service provider providing residential and business services
    • Future-Nine - cheap voip provider who specializes in internet phone service and, low rate voip services

  • Operating Systems & Virtualization
    • Debian - Linux distribution with a library of over 18,700 applications 
    • Ubuntu - graphical Linux distribution built on debian and known for it's community of users
    • Puppy - small but full featured Linux distribution that loads entirely into RAM
    • DSL - a 50MB mini desktop Linux distribution that runs well on older computer hardware
    • FreeNAS - 32MB Network Attached Storage Server based on monowall and FreeBSD 
    • VirtualBox - open source, cross platform virtualizaton software from Sun Microsystems
    • VMware - cross platform computer virtualization

  • Remote Support Tools
    • CrossLoop - connect to and control computers across the Internet
    • ShowMyPC -desktop sharing and remote access to your computer from anywhere on the Internet
    • TeamViewer -desktop sharing, Remote Control and Support

  • Prescribed Technology Utilities