Computing

Software

Some information about the software I use:

Gentoo Linux
Type: Operating System
Website: http://www.gentoo.org/
Platform: alpha, amd64, hppa, ia64, ppc, sparc, x86
Features: Automatically optimized and customized for your custom setup, extreme configurability, performance and a top-notch user and developer community

Sun VirtualBox
Type: Virtual Machine
Website: http://www.virtualbox.org/
Platform: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Features: Open Source, modular, full virtualization

JEdit
Type: Code Editor
Website: http://www.jedit.org/
Platform: Cross-platform (requires Java)
Features: Highly customizable, syntax highlight, multiple buffers, vertical paste, square selection, plugin-oriented including for remote files using ftp/ssh, diffs

GIMP
Type: Image Editor
Website: http://www.gimp.org/
Platform: Unix(es)/Mac OS X/Windows
Features: Plugins, supports large number of file formats, custumizable interface

Mathematica
Type: Computational tools
Website: http://www.wolfram.com/products/mathematica/index.html
Platform: Unix(es)/Mac OS X/Windows
Features: Symbolic calculation, matrices, calculus, equation solving, data visualization

Root
Type: Data analysis framework
Website: http://root.cern.ch
Platform: Unix(es)/Mac OS X/Windows
Features: Data analysis, plotting, c++ interpreter

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