Software

I run a very basic setup - these are the applications I use on a daily basis...

Operating Systems

Ubuntu - friendly Linux! Installation is a breeze, I have this on my laptop and it picked up my wireless network card right off the bat - getting wireless networking up and running on other distros has always been quite stressful for me but Ubuntu was so easy... - http://www.ubuntu.com - Ubuntu run Drupal :)
Fedora Core - Redhat sponsored Fedora is running nicely on my web server - http://fedora.redhat.com/

Apache HTTP Server - turns your computer into a webserver - http://www.apache.org
PHP - scripting language for building dynamic websites - http://www.php.net
Xdebug - Debugging extension for PHP - http://xdebug.org
MySQL - database - http://www.mysql.com
Drupal - Open source web development framework - http://drupal.org

Mozilla Firefox (Browser) - safe secure wholesome browsing - http://www.mozilla.com
gVim - powerful text editor - there's a steep learning curve involved but if you're working with code on a daily basis it's well worth your time getting to grips with it - http://www.vim.org
Remote debugger interface to DBGp protocol - provides debugging in Vim with Xdebug - http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1152
Open Office - suite of applications, create documents that you can export as PDF without expensive software, write letters, edit spreadsheets - http://www.openoffice.org
The Gimp - image manipulation tool with similiar functionality to Adobe Photoshop - http://www.gimp.org

Pidgin - multi-protocol instant messaging client http://www.pidgin.im/ - I generally idle on IRC channels #drupal-support, #drupal, #css, #php, #mysql and #ubuntu - my nick is 'matason'.
Skype - free chat and internet phone calls http://www.skype.com - I'm 'samatason' if you wish to add me.

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