Software

Here is a selection of some freeware (F), shareware (S), or web sites which I have found very useful:

• Operating system
  • (F) DJGPP. Transforms DOS into a 32-bit system, allowing the use of the GNU compilers (C, Pascal, Fortran) and of many UNIX utilities.
  
  
• Editors
  • (S) Editeur. Text editor for Windows, very complete (multi-document, large files, syntax highlighting...).
  • (F) SETEDIT. Editor for DJGPP (Borland-like).
  
  
• DOS utilities
  • (F) Free Software For DOS. Very complete list of DOS programs.
  • (F) GNUish project. DOS version of several UNIX tools.
  • Batfiles. Batch file programming.
  
  
• Internet
  • (F) WebCopier. Downloads Internet sites for off-line viewing.
  • (F) Web Washer. To get rid of annoying pop-up windows and advertisements.
  
  
• Graphics
  • (S) Paint Shop Pro. Bitmap image editor.
  • (S) ACDSee. Image viewer.
  • (F) Fractint. Fractal graphics generator.
  • (F) Persistence of Vision. 3D graphics generator (ray tracing).

If you are searching a particular freeware or shareware, try http://www.shareware.com

Lists of Links

• ABCentral. A collection of links to scientific and educational sites.
• Amara Graps' Science Links. Impressive collection of links : Mathematics, Astronomy, Programming, Fractals...

Searching Tools & Directories

English	French
Google Alta Vista HotBot Infoseek Lycos Magellan Mailing Lists, FTP, News Starting Point Yahoo	Nomade Eurêka Francité Listes de messagerie Lokace Toile du Québec Unité Réseaux du CNRS Voilà Yahoo France

Usenet

• List of Usenet FAQs
• DejaNews. To search Usenet messages.
• Who Where. To find the e-mail address of a person.