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This page lists software tools that are useful for research. For obvious reasons, open source tools, relying on open standards, are emphasized:
 
This page lists software tools that are useful for research. For obvious reasons, open source tools, relying on open standards, are emphasized:
 
* Document typesetting: Latex (first class typesetting and math/equation rendering, [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/ wikibook], [http://tobi.oetiker.ch/lshort/lshort.pdf The Not So Short Introduction to LATEX]), WYSIWYG editor [http://kile.sourceforge.net Kile] and [http://www.lyx.org Lyx]
 
* Document typesetting: Latex (first class typesetting and math/equation rendering, [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/ wikibook], [http://tobi.oetiker.ch/lshort/lshort.pdf The Not So Short Introduction to LATEX]), WYSIWYG editor [http://kile.sourceforge.net Kile] and [http://www.lyx.org Lyx]
* Bibliographical database: [http://jabref.sourceforge.net/ JabRef] (the format is Bibtex, for Latex, and can be exported to Word and html among others)
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* Bibliographical database:  
** The file extension is .bib. Each entry needs a unique key for which I usually use <first author last name><publication year last 2 digits><first word of title>, eg saunier11investigating (see my [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/179169/saunier.bib personal publication bibliography]). Another common pitfall deals with author names: they should be <first name1> <last name1> and <first name2> <last name2> and ...
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** [http://jabref.sourceforge.net/ JabRef] (the format is Bibtex, for Latex, and can be exported to Word and html among others): the file extension is .bib. Each entry needs a unique key for which I usually use <first author last name><publication year last 2 digits><first word of title>, eg saunier11investigating (see my [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/179169/saunier.bib personal publication bibliography]). Another common pitfall deals with author names: they should be <first name1> <last name1> and <first name2> <last name2> and ...
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** [https://www.zotero.org/ zotero] is another good tool, with a quick web-based tool to create your bibliography that can be exported to common formats https://zbib.org/
 
* File synchronization: [http://syncthing.net/ syncthing], [http://www.dropbox.com Dropbox] (proprietary), rsync with ssh
 
* File synchronization: [http://syncthing.net/ syncthing], [http://www.dropbox.com Dropbox] (proprietary), rsync with ssh
 
* Remote desktop: clients and servers for the VNC protocole (multi-plateform), TeamViewer (proprietary)
 
* Remote desktop: clients and servers for the VNC protocole (multi-plateform), TeamViewer (proprietary)

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This page lists software tools that are useful for research. For obvious reasons, open source tools, relying on open standards, are emphasized:

  • Document typesetting: Latex (first class typesetting and math/equation rendering, wikibook, The Not So Short Introduction to LATEX), WYSIWYG editor Kile and Lyx
  • Bibliographical database:
    • JabRef (the format is Bibtex, for Latex, and can be exported to Word and html among others): the file extension is .bib. Each entry needs a unique key for which I usually use <first author last name><publication year last 2 digits><first word of title>, eg saunier11investigating (see my personal publication bibliography). Another common pitfall deals with author names: they should be <first name1> <last name1> and <first name2> <last name2> and ...
    • zotero is another good tool, with a quick web-based tool to create your bibliography that can be exported to common formats https://zbib.org/
  • File synchronization: syncthing, Dropbox (proprietary), rsync with ssh
  • Remote desktop: clients and servers for the VNC protocole (multi-plateform), TeamViewer (proprietary)
  • Virtualisation de systèmes d'exploitation: VirtualBox
  • Editeurs de texte: emacs (multi-plateforme), jEdit (multi-plateforme), notepad++ (Windows), gedit (Linux)
  • Programmation (en anglais)
  • Libraries and tools for machine learning, data mining and statistical analysis:
  • Systèmes de gestion de bases de données:
    • SQLite
    • PostgreSQL
    • MySQL
  • Systèmes d'information géographique (SIG): Quantum GIS, GRASS, Spatialite
  • Visualisation de données, création de graphiques: gnuplot