User Reviews
Amarok: Amarok is the KDE killer app
by rds
I have never found such an intuitive and feature-reach media player.
The integration with last.fm or magnatune is absolutely fantastic.
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zsh: Give it a try, you will never change again
by rds
Zsh is the most powerful shell I know.
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CVS: Concurrent Versions System: Really getting old
by rds
CVS is good thanks to its popularity and frequent integration in most tools (IDE, software factories, well just about everywhere).
However, it's old, does not handle change sets and does not version directories. The only SCM I know which has less features I know is PVCS.
If you use CVS, it is really time to move to subversioN.
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Maven 2: Good java developers use Maven
by rds
Maven provides conventions to manage the development (lifecycle, source layout). It also frees the programmer from managing library dependencies. The POM is an XML-ased object model which describes your project is the central piece to achieve this goal.
But Maven is terribly lacking documentation, and the repository of libraries is sometimes inconsistent (project object found in repo1.maven.org can depend on libraries from repo.codehasu.org).
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Apache Ant: Excellent tool, but I switched to Maven
by rds
ant is very good and popular. But I know tend to use Maven 2.
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Maven Integration for Eclipse: Unfinished but already convenient
by rds
This plugin has bugs and not all features we could expect, yet it provides a nice integration between Maven2 and Eclipse.
Freeciv: Really old
by rds
freeciv is really old now, and the graphics, ergonomy should be revisited. There is also a lot of micro-management in the game.
However, it can still be pretty addictive.
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GlassFish: Really the best
by rds
Glassfish is the most advanced application server, fully supports web services standards, etc. It's unfair. Sun develops excellent products, but they are not popular (I am no way related to Sun).
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Bugzilla: Why is it so popular
by rds
Hard to install and maintain, pretty slow, and almost impossible to customize. Why would you want such an issue tracker when there is Mantis, Trac, Scarab, TrackIt, jtrac. (if you want a commercial solution, I would recommand Jira)
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