User:Jdm64

Welcome to my user page! Talk to me on my Talk Page. I also have a website here. I'm the creator of a chess variant called Genesis Chess (see here).

Recommended Technology[edit]

Software

All the following are Open Source

7-Zip	File archiver
AmaroK	Audio Player
Apache	Web server
Audacity	Digital audio editor
Aqsis	RenderMan Renderer
Azureus	BitTorrent Client
Bash	Unix shell
Blender	3D computer graphics
Bugzilla	Issue tracking system
Cinelerra	Video editing software
ClamAV	Antivirus software
Gaim	Instant messenger
GParted	Partition Manager
GCC	Compiler
GIMP	Bitmap graphics editor
GnuCash	Accounting software
Grip	CD ripper
GRUB	Boot loader
Inkscape	Vector graphics editor
K3b	CD/DVD Burner software
Kate	Text editor
KDE	Desktop environment
KDevelop	Integrated development environment
Konqueror	File manager
KPDF	PDF reader
Linux	Operating system
Maxima	Computer algebra system
MediaWiki	Wiki software
FireFox	Web browser
ThunderBird	E-mail client
MySQL	Database management system
Nexuiz	First person shooter
Nvu	HTML editor
OpenOffice	Office suite
PhotoRec	Data recovery
PhpBB	Forum Software
QEMU	Processor Emulator
Samba	Distributed file system server/client
Scribus	Desktop publishing
Synaptic	Package Manager
TightVNC	VNC Client
VLC	Media player
Wireshark	Network Analyzer
Xen	Hypervisor
YafRay	Ray Tracer

File formats

All the following are Open formats

Linux distributions

Websites

Wikipedia
SlashDot
NewsForge
DistroWatch
IsoHunt
BlenderNation
Linux Online

About Me[edit]

Summary

I would classify myself as a computer nerd highly intrested in open source software. I believe it is the best way to develop any software as can be seen by the high quality of: the Linux kernel, GCC, Apache, MySQL, GIMP, Firefox and more. All the software I use is open source except for 2 windows XP/2000 computers (and the freeware utilities to maintain them) that I rarely use, and the games for my video game console. I've use almost every one of the above listed software, and would highly recommend them to everyone. I'm currently pursuing a Bachelor of Computer Science, and plan on becoming either a system's administrator or software engineer.

My Contributions

Pages I've created

Pages I've edited