Appendix A. Additional software

Contents

2. List of additional software

1. Introduction

When installing software from this list, do not forget to create milestone images at regular intervals, as discussed in chapter V. Managing disk images with ghost for unix. Also, you should not forget to clean up, see section 11.3 Cleaning up in chapter IV. Workstation setup.

NOTICE: It is evident that we can not give any guarantee on any of the programs mentioned below. Furthermore, the links provided may prove to be broken. Most programs have reasonable documentation or speak for themselves. In short: you are on your own.

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2. List of additional software

[7-Zip]

7-Zip is free unzip/zip software, distributed under the GNU LGPL, written by Igor Pavlov. Supported formats: ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, LZH, GZIP, BZIP2, Z, TAR, CPIO, RPM, 7z and DEB. The tool is easy to use and can be found at http://www.7-zip.org.
 

[Irfanview]

IrfanView is a general purpose image viewer, written by Irfan Skiljan. It supports many formats. Tips: You have to choose a download site. When installing select 'for all users' and select 'only image files'. Irfanview if free for educational use. It can be found at http://www.irfanview.com.
 

[Mozilla Firefox Browser]

A free and Open Source browser released under the Mozilla Public License, with better reading facilities. Tips: set the home page to the school site. Choose a font that matches your schools reading methods, e.g. 'Arial'. Set the minimum font sizes in a way that is not too small for the lower grades. Disable 'Allow websites to install software'. Firefox can be downloaded via http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox.
 

[Acrobat Reader]

A program to read Portable Document Files (PDF). It can be downloaded from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
 

[OpenOffice.org]

The free and Open Source replacement for Microsoft Office. An installation guide is available via the project's home page. Tips: select a font that matches your school's reading method, e.g. 'Arial'. Set the minimum font size in a way that is not too small for the lower grades. Set the paths to the server. The latest version of OOo can be downloaded from http://www.openoffice.org.
 

[Windows Media Player]

Many educational applications require Windows Media Player. We use version 7.1. Downloadable at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/AllDownloads.aspx?displang=en&qstechnology=.
 

[Macromedia Flashplayer]

Many educational applications require Flashplayer. Downloadable via http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/alternates.
 

[Macromedia Shockwave]

Many educational applications require Shockwave. Downloadable via http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/alternates.
 

[Apple QuickTime]

Many educational applications require QuickTime. Version 6.5.2 (the latest version compatible with Windows 98) is downloadable from http://www.apple.com/support/quicktime.
 

[Real Alternative]

Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer/RealOne Player. Downloadable at http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm.
 

[DirectX]

Microsoft's universal graphics driver software for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT PC's. Some software depends on DirectX for it graphics playback functions. DirectX is required for Real Alternative and maybe other software too. It can be downloaded via http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx?url=/windows/directx/downloads/default.htm.
 

[PIXresizer]

A free image resizer; a photo resizing program to easily create web and e-mail friendly versions of your images with reduced file sizes. PIXresizer can be downloaded via http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm.
 

[RenameFiles]

RenameFiles is a free, user-friendly program for renaming multiple files in a single step, written by Jan Falke. Among the many features are: renaming in an entire directory including subdirectories, many string manipulation possibilities, drag and drop, renaming over Local Area Network (LAN), preview, validating filenames before renaming and other security measures. It can be downloaded via http://it-falke.com/software/renamefiles/us_description.php
 

[Icon Edit]

Icon Edit is part of Icon Suite, a freeware icon and cursor editor by Mike Bouffier. Icon Edit can be found at http://www.bouffler.freeserve.co.uk/icon_edit.htm. It requires Visual Basic 6 Runtime files. Look for VBRUN60SP5.EXE and MSVBVM.DLL at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bf9a24f9-b5c5-48f4-8edd-cdf2d29a79d5&displaylang=en.
 

[MWSnap]

MWSnap is a small program for snapping (capturing) images from selected parts of the screen: the whole desktop, a highlighted window, an active menu, a control, or a fixed or free rectangular part of the screen. It handles five popular graphics formats and contains several graphical tools: a zoom, a ruler, a color picker and a window spy. It can be also used as a fast picture viewer or converter. MWSnap does not require installation and does not need any special DLLs, drivers or system files which can mess up your system. It can be downloaded via http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html.
 

[Easy Graphic Converter]

Converts .BMP, .DIB, .GIF, .JPG, .JPEG, .PNG, .PCX, .PSD, .TGA, .TIF, .TIFF, .WMF, .EMF. When creating the documentation we sometimes used Easy Graphic Converter to convert .BMP screen captures to .PNG. The program can be downloaded from http://www.etrusoft.com/graphic-converter.
 

[Programmers Notepad]

Programmers notepad is a free and open source replacement for Notepad. Highly customisable, especially for visually impaired. PNpad is one of the tools used to write the HTML pages for the users manual. PNpad can be downloaded from http://www.pnotepad.org
 

[AutoHotkey]

AutoHotkey is a free, open-source utility for Windows. With it, you can automate almost anything by sending keystrokes and mouse clicks. We used it to generate the standard parts of the HTML tags. It can be downloaded via http://www.autohotkey.com.
 

[ClamWin]

MS Windows front-end for Clam Antivirus (http://www.clamav.net). It includes a scheduler, virus database updates, standalone scanner, context menu, etc. Downloadable via http://sourceforge.net/projects/clamwin.
 

[UNOFFICIAL Windows98 Second Edition Service Pack]

Alper Coskun made a Service Pack for Windows98 SE users. It contains all Windows98 SE updates from Windows Update site and more. This site might become useful when Microsoft stops their W98SE update service. The service pack is available for several languages. From the website: "It is a self-extracting and self-installing pack like Microsoft's update files. This is *only* for WINDOWS 98 SECOND EDITION ENGLISH. It contains only operating system updates. It does NOT contain Internet Explorer 6, DirectX 9, Media Player 9 and their updates." The service pack can be found at http://exuberant.ms11.net/98sesp.html.
 

[Autoclave]

Autoclave is a program for hard drive sterilisation. It runs from a bootable floppy. From simply zeroing of a hard drive to overwriting the hard drive with specific patterns which exercises all the bits on the drive, making it extremely difficult to recover anything at all. Autoclave can be downloaded at http://staff.washington.edu/jdlarios/autoclave-discontinued/index.html.
 

[Ghost for unix]

G4u ("ghost for unix") by Hubert Feyrer is a NetBSD-based bottable floppy or CD-ROM that allows easy cloning of PC harddisks to deploy a common setup on a number of PCs using FTP. The floppy or CD-ROM image can be downloaded at http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/.
 

[QRes]

QRes is a small freeware application, created by Berend Engelbrecht, that allows you to automatically change color depth and screen resolution without restarting the the computer. QRes is very useful when using older educational software that runs on low screen resolutions. It can be downloaded at http://qres.softwarecave.nl/.
 

[PuTTY]

PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator. It enables you to login on the ServerAtschool server from any client on the school's LAN. It is written and maintained primarily by Simon Tatham and can be downloaded via the project's home page at http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/.
 

[DAEMON Tools]

DAEMON Tools a virtual CD-ROM player, enabling you to use CD-ROMS on computers that have no CD-ROM player. The program can be downloaded at http://www.daemon-tools.cc.
 

[WinSCP]

WinSCP is an open source freeware SFTP client for Windows using SSH. Its main function is safe encrypted copying of files between a local and a remote computer. It can be downloaded at http://winscp.net.
 

[Foxit Reader]

Foxit Reader is a free and fast reader for PDF (Portable Document Format) documents. You can also print PDF documents with it. It doesn't need any installation, so you can start to run it as soon as you've downloaded it. The program runs on Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/2003 and is free for non-commercial use. You can download Foxit Reader at http://www.foxitsoftware.com.
 

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