Resources

General software

• KeePassX — a (FOSS) password manager (based on KeePass by Bruce Schneier)
• GNU OS — a free/libre and open source (FOSS) operating system (less the kernel)
• Arch Linux — a GNU/Linux distribution with rolling releases and a Keep It Simple philosophy
• Emacs — the king of text editors
• Vim — a lesser, but still useful, text editor
• Git — a distributed version control system
• Magit — a Git Porcelain inside Emacs
• nXML — a new XML mode for Emacs
• LibreOffice — a (FOSS) office suite (for when someone sends you an evil .docx or .xlsx)
• sshuttle — a tool to route your DNS traffic through an SSH server

Mathematics software

• Octave — a (FOSS) tool for numerical computation wtih MATLAB-esque syntax
• SageMath — a Python-based (FOSS) computer algebra system
• GeoGebra — create geometric diagrams with optional output to Tikz or PS-tricks
• MathBook XML — create geometric diagrams with optional output to Tikz or PS-tricks

LaTeX software

• LaTeX — a (FOSS) tool for typesetting mathematical documents
• TeX Live — my recommended distribution of LaTeX
• JabRef — a (FOSS) tool to create and maintain BibTeX databases (supports BibLaTeX).
• AUCTeX — a LaTeX collection for Emacs
• git-latexdiff — run latexdiff on git commits (for collaborators who refuse version control)
• KaTeX — javascript to typeset mathematics on the web quickly (powering this site)
• MathJax — javascript to typeset mathematics on the web (more full-featured than KaTeX, but much slower to render)

Useful information

• Reverse ssh tunneling — the original Hactivate article

Educational materials

• LYAH —Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!, intro to Haskell and functional programming