Cyclic Gallery

Free software for programmers and web authors.

The Cyclic Gallery CD-ROM contains CVS, PRCS, Aegis, SCCS (version control systems), tkCVS and cvsweb (user interfaces to CVS), autoconf (software portability tool), and more.

We have web pages concerning the packages on the CD-ROM:

• CVS, described on our home page.
• tkCVS, CVS graphical user interface.
• Cvsweb, CVS web interface.
• PRCS version control system.
• Aegis version control system.
• SCCS version control tool.
• Xdelta delta generator.
• Autoconf portability tool.

The Cyclic Gallery packages are also available for download (linux/windows).

The rest of this page describes tools which are not part of the packaged Cyclic Gallery.

Configuration Management Tools

• RCS, automake, and libtool probably would be part of the packaged Cyclic Gallery except they are already included with Red Hat Linux itself (and probably most Linux distributions).
• RCS - simpler version control tool which operates on one file at a time.
• Automake/libtool - companions to autoconf.
• GNATS is a bug-tracking system with graphical, emacs, command line, and web user interfaces. It also has a client/server protocol so several sites can access a single bug database.
• RPM is one of the best free packaging tools available. It helps system administrators and users keep track of things like which versions of which software are installed on a particular machine, and helps software developers build packages from source code.
• Other Configuration Management Tools.

Programming Tools

• GCC compiler for C and C++.
• Pascal compilers.
• Ada compiler.
• FORTRAN compilers.
• Emacs editor/environment.
• Vi editor.
• Perl scripting language.
• Tcl scripting language.

Web Authoring Tools

• GIMP, sophisticated image manipulation.
• ImageMagick, simple image manipulation.
• Clip art for web sites.
• The book How to Set Up and Maintain a Web Site, by Lincoln D. Stein, covers various aspects of web authoring including HTML, Java, JavaScript, CGI, and VRML.