What applications can I use to...

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Below is a list of excellent applications grouped by specific tasks (as opposed to general categories on the [ZSI|http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus]). Disclaimer: These are not necessarily personal recommendations.

What applications can I use to edit any text file?

  • vi - comes with the Zaurus
  • VIM - Vi IMproved
  • Pico - A more user-friendly editor
  • Nano - Similar to Pico, but a little better/complex
  • TinyKate - Nice free, graphical editor with syntax highlighting
  • tkcEditor - Nice commercial, graphical editor with syntax highlighting

What applications can I use to view PDF files?

  • Opera - comes with the Zaurus
  • QPDF2 - much better than QPDF and Opera
  • QPDF - the original port of xpdf

What applications can I use to store passwords and other secrets securely?

What applications can I use to take notes?

What applications can I use to store a set of custom data?

What applications can I use to view photos/images?

What applications can I use to edit photos/images?

What applications can I use to read eBooks?

What applications can I use to track time or expenses?

What applications can I use to manage projects/tasks?

What applications can I use to store/lookup travel plans or timetables?

What applications can I use for a dictionary?

What applications can I use to VNC to another computer?

What applications can I user for Instant Messaging?

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