Aoraki Digital Technologies/Software List
The following is a list of software links and what they are used for useful for admins installing software on computers! Unless stated these are all free and mainly open source. This list is not yet complete!
Virtualisation
Virtualbox - for running virtual machines - Make sure the vbox additions are installed
GNS3 for emulating virtual network topologies
Operating systems
Latest releases of:
within these install (by using repository tools within CentOS & Xubuntu) Note - Trevor has pre-built virtual machines for these linux distributions - the requirements are 64 bit host OS. The machines are large (several GB so a portable HDD is needed to move them:-))
GCC for compiling
Wireshark understanding TCP/IP ICMP
Nmap  zen map; visualising networks
Zenix Live CD for the networking tools in a live cd
Programming
a good text editor such as
Web/DTP/Animation
Kompozer for simple web design
Bluefish for python/web design
Chrome for web testing
Firefox for web testing
Internet Explorer - don't need a link for this I guess
Scribus DTP
Synfig 2D Animation
