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Ok, here is where I thank a few projects that made this site happen, and some that I just think are worth a mention!

Server side

• Ok, first on the list is Ubuntu.

This is the group the develop the current version of Linux that is on this system, it has up-to-date software and is pretty stable!

• Obviously, I need to thank the Slackware Linux community too.

They are the people who make the perticular version of Linux before we switched to Ubuntu

• Next on the list is Apache

The Apache system allows the server to understand and broadcast HTML pages (like this one), without Apache, you wouldn't be able to read this now!

• PHP

PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor is a system that allows for dynamic webpage support, this means lots of pages can be updated at a time (e.g. right hand links)

• MySQL

The MySQL Database system, this is the software that manages the content on most of the web pages.

• phpMyAdmin

The only way to manage MySQL! (gee, I'm sounding like a sales person!)

Making and Testing

• I guess the first people I should be thanking for this is Adobe/Macromedia for Dreamweaver:

Probably the best web developing program out there!

Of couse, being a Linux user, and Dreamweaver being a Windows program, I have to thank...

• Wine

WINE (Wine Is Not an Emulator) is, ironically, an emulator! It allows some windows programs run on *nix systems

• Firefox

Everyone should know that FireFox is a web browser, I use it on Linux, great for seeing the completed website :-) (oh yeah, and it's much better than Microsoft excuse of a web browser!)

Other Stuff

Ok, the first one on the list is...

• openSUSE

This is the copy of Linux I use on my machines. I find it a nice and easy Linux, great for beginners, or people who want an easy to maintain system. (oh and before people say, you're not a real Linux user, just remember, the server used to run Slackware!!! (and I used to use Slackware 8.1 on my Desktop!) Yeah, enough said ;-) )

• Pidgin

This is the Instant Messaging program I use. It allows access to MSN, Yahoo, AIM, GTalk, ICQ, and many more... at one point it was called GTK AOL Instant Messenger (Gaim) but due to legal issues, they were forced to change there name!

• Ok, I'm now going to brag on that I'm proud that this site has passed both the CSS and XHTML checks by W3.org:

Getting web pages to pass these strict validation checks is not easy, but when done, you can be sure that the page will work on any moden web browser.

• KDE

The K Desktop Environment, is the graphical front end I use on Linux. I personally prefer it to GNOME, but that's just me!