In this post I’ll go through some of the most prominent math programs available with source code.

This is by no means “original” work, I just collected the headlines and links to various mathematical software projects out there. This started with an offer of my University (Mathematica for 13 Euro), but I don’t want to invest time in a tool I won’t have (free, or almost free) access to for the rest of my life.

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My article about using rsync to mimic the behavior of Apple’s Time Machine generated a lot of traffic, and more important, a lot of feedback.

In this article I’ll summarize and try to clarify a few things.

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