Biography of tools (updated after more than a year)
I am slightly updating the list that I posted last year.
Manuscript workflow
- Markdown and pandoc for document preparation and git + bitbucket for sharing with co-authors. Convert to latex or docx using pandoc before submission.
Operating systems
- Major: Unix → Solaris → Redhat → Suse → Ubuntu & Pop-OS
- Others: Windows
- Reason: I love Free Software.
Text Editors
- Vim
- Started with Vim, did not find any rason to change.
Formatted text
- Microsoft Word → Lyx → Latex → markdown.
- Others: MS word, Libreoffice Writer, and Latex
- Reason: I prefer markup to gui, typing to clicking. Also I prefer opensource.
Plotting
- Origin → Xmgrace → Gnuplot → matplotlib in Jupyter Notebook
- Others: Excel
- Reason: Free software is preferred.
DTP
- Sribus
Molecular visualizer and builder
Builder
- Main: Z-matrix → molden → Gaussview → Material Studio Visualiser → Avogadro
- Others: Gaussview, molden
Viewer
- Main: molden
- Others: Avogadro
- Reason: Avogadro is Free software, molden is lightweght.
Scripting languages
- Main: csh → tcsh → bash → tcl, →python
- Others: bash
Programming languages
- Main: C → Fortran → Python
Qauantum Chemistry Calculations
- Main: Gaussian → Turbomole → Orca → Orca/Turbomole
- Others: Xtb, Mopac, Gaussian
Email client
- Main: Pine → Thunderbird → Evolution → Zimbra web client
Social media
- Main: Orkut → Facebook → Twitter, LinkedIn, Clubhouse
- Others:
Messaging/Chat
- Main: Yahoo messenger → WhatsApp → Signal, Telegram, slack
- Others: Skype
- Dropped: WhatsApp
Presentation
- Powerpoint → Beamer → Prezi → Powerpoint
IDE
- Vim → Jupyter/PyCharm, Codium
Browser
- Main: Netscape Navigaor → Mozilla Firefox
- Others: Chromium, Tor Browser, Brave
Search engine
- Main: Yahoo → Google → DuckDuckGo