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For My Beautiful Macbook
« on: June 27, 2006, 03:11:19 PM »
All software listed are universal binaries (works on Intel-based and PPC-based Macs)

Email Client: Mozilla Thunderbird
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/email_chat/mozillathunderbird.html

Web Browser: Firefox
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all.html

MSN Client: Mercury (Full MSN Functionability such as Video/Audio Chat)
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/email_chat/mercurymessenger.html

Photo Editor: GIMP Shop (GIMP Customised to resemble Adobe Photoshop)
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/gimpshop.html

Google Sketchup: CAD-like Software
http://www.download.com/Google-SketchUp/3003-2187_4-10548479.html?tag=sptlt_s

Multimedia Player:
VLC Player (Supports Open Source Format, MP3, MP4, AVI, DVD, WMA, ASF)
http://www.videolan.org/

Java IDE for OS X:
Eclipse (Supports HTML/CSS/JSP development)

Eclipse Platform
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.1.2-200601181600/index.php

Eclipse Online User Guide:
http://help.eclipse.org/help31/index.jsp

Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) Library to extend java.awt package
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.1-200506271435/index.php#swt

Office Suite: Neo Office (Open Office Customised for OS X, Intel version available after 1 JUL 06)
http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/en/download.php

« Last Edit: June 30, 2006, 09:16:48 PM by geodome »
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Re: GEODOME: List of Opensource Software for OS X on Intel-based Macs
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2006, 03:24:17 PM »
For Molecular Biologists

4Peaks (DNA sequence viewer):
http://www.mekentosj.com/4peaks/

EnzymeX (Restriction enzyme info, with weblinks to manufacturers etc):
http://mekentosj.com/enzymex/
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Re: List of Opensource Software for OS X on Intel-based Macs
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2006, 10:26:39 PM »
Fantastic Mac Forum: MacRumors (Includes Forum and Mac Guides)
http://www.macrumors.com

FAQ on Mac OS X
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/faqs.html

How to partition on OS X
http://www.lafcpug.org/partitioning_osx.html
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Re: List of Opensource Software for OS X on Intel-based Macs
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2006, 08:56:24 AM »
Please, geo, do not, ever, delete this thread. I may, in future, decide to opt for a mac too. :)
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Re: List of Opensource Software for OS X on Intel-based Macs
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2006, 09:13:38 AM »
Battery Meter for Macbook: Coconut Battery
http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/index.html

WIFI Manager for Airport: Coconut WIFI
http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutwifi/index.html

Spyware Protection: Little Snitch
http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html

Windows Emulator: Darwin
http://darwine.opendarwin.org/

DVD Ripper and MP4 converter: Handbrake
http://handbrake.m0k.org/

Create Multiple Desktop on your Mac: Virtual Desktop
http://virtuedesktops.info/downloads
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Re: List of Opensource Software for OS X on Intel-based Macs
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2006, 09:34:09 AM »
Quote from: Albert on June 28, 2006, 08:56:24 AM
Please, geo, do not, ever, delete this thread. I may, in future, decide to opt for a mac too. :)

Point noted. My new Macbook is supposed to arrive today. I am getting so impatient. It is 230pm and I have yet to hear someone knocking my door. Argh!!!!!
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Re: List of Opensource Software for OS X on Intel-based Macs
« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2006, 03:16:44 PM »
Hooray,, My Macbook is finally here.

This is my first post on the chemicalforums using the Macbook :D
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Re: List of Opensource Software for OS X on Intel-based Macs
« Reply #7 on: June 30, 2006, 09:15:59 PM »
This is the lovely screenshot of my Macbook.

It looks more than perfect!!!
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Re: For My Beautiful Macbook
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2006, 04:22:04 AM »
My lovely Mac dash board - I really like the translation and wiki widget.
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"Say you're in a [chemical] plant and there's a snake on the floor. What are you going to do? Call a consultant? Get a meeting together to talk about which color is the snake? Employees should do one thing: walk over there and you step on the friggin� snake." - Jean-Pierre Garnier, CEO of Glaxosmithkline, June 2006
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