software

Computing: Software

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Issues

• Dangers of
  • An Investigation of the Therac-25 Accidents (see also Wikipedia (Therac-25))
  • History's Worst Software Bugs
• Design
• Newish Developments
  • Morfik: "web applications unplugged"

Types

types of software

• Applications
  • Artificial Intelligence
    • Cyc
  • Credit Card Processing (see also Services)
    • PTC
  • Database (Clients)
    • FormTool
    • Microsoft Access
  • Digital Video Recording
    • MythTV (wiki): open-source DVR
  • Email Clients
    • Evolution
    • Mutt
  • Email Storage Management
    • Dbmail
  • Financial
    • KMyMoney
  • Internet (clients)
    • Azureus: torrent peer
    • X-Chat: IRC client
• Database Engines (Servers)
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
• Emulators
• Games
  • Soldat wiki
• Genealogy uses a lot of software
• Web Software
  • Gallery: web-based photo gallery
  • phpMyAdmin
  • MediaWiki
• Operating Systems
  • Linux
  • Windows 98
  • Compatibility Layers: see Emulators
  • Components
    • Enlightenment (aka E)
    • KDE
    • Sane-net
  • Special-Purpose
    • m0n0wall: network firewall/router on a LiveCD

Software Development

• Application Development Frameworks
  • Catalyst (developers' area)
  • Ruby on Rails
• Languages
  • BASIC
  • JavaScript
  • Mono
  • Perl
  • Python
• IDEs
  • Gambas: almost-VB for Linux
  • MonoDevelop

Data Formats

• Media
  • WavPack
  • RealAudio
• Data
  • YAML: "...data serialization format designed for human readability..."
• Internet
  • Services
    • IRC

Ideas

• Subwikis

Discussion

• FreeDesktop Wiki: discussion of open-source X-Window System Desktops

Projects

• FreshMeat: "the Web's largest index of Unix and cross-platform software, themes and related "eye-candy", and Palm OS software." Mostly open-source.
• SourceForge: "the world's largest Open Source software development web site"