Introduction

Welcome to FIFTHPLANET.NET

Let me introduce myself first, I'm Sander Jansen (currently living in Huntsville, Alabama) and in my spare time I'm a active developer in writing tools and applications for the free software community. Free as in freedom that is, since I acknowledge the fact that software developers need to make a living somehow.

This pages gives an overview of all the software I've developed in the last few years. They're all free (as in freedom) software and free (as in beer) of charge.

My main reason for writing these applications is because I myself had a need for them and not really because the free software communitiy had a need for them. So yes, I use them very often and hopefully you find them usefull and easy to use as well.

Please feel free to me if you have any trouble with the software, or just want to tell how great (or not) the software is, or if you are in the need of a good programmer.

I also just started a blog.

Articles & Reviews

"Scratching that itch: Sander Jansen"
- Joe Barr in Linux.com / Newsforge- June 2006

"...worthwhile for anyone who will use Ogle often."
- Susan Matteson in Linux Desktop Garage - Februari 2005

"I especially like the appearance of the Goggles GUI"
- Dave Phillips in Linux Journal - December 2003

"Goggles and oKle improve on the user interface of Ogle."
- Eric Foster-Johnson in ComputerUser.com - May 2004

Multimedia Applications

Goggles DVD Player

Goggles DVD Player is a frontend for Ogle DVD player. Besides the usual features like having a play button etc, Goggles tries to provide features not often found in other dvd players. Since Ogle in itself is only a dvd player, it has some neat capabilities that "general" media players cannot provide. Goggles extends these capabilities with a very userfriendly interface. See below for a list of some the feautures.

Goggles' attractive and responsive userinterface is written using the FOX Toolkit

Goggles is licensed under the GNU General Public License

For more information see the Goggles DVD Player webpage.

Goggles Music Manager

Goggles Music Manager is a music collection manager and player. It allows you to easily manage your music collection. It supports MP3,MP4,Musepack, FLAC and Ogg Vorbis Files.

Goggles Music Manager is licensed under the GNU General Public License

For more information see the Goggles Music Manager webpage.

Games & Entertainment

Sudoku

The popular game of sudoku written using the FOX Toolkit.

Sudoku is licensed under the GNU General Public License

For a screenshot see here.

Desktop Tools and Utilities

FOX Desktop

FOX Desktop (fxdesktop) is a lightweight desktop based on the FOX Toolkit. It provides the taskbar and desktop.

FOX Desktop is licensed under the GNU General Public License

For a screenshot see here.

FOX Window Manager

FOX Window Manager (fxwm) is a lightweight window manager based on the FOX Toolkit.

There are currently no downloads available, although you may look on freshmeat for some older versions.

Process Viewer

Process Viewer is a small utility similar to top which displays all the processes on a linux system. Its written using the FOX Toolkit.

Process Viewer is licensed under the GNU General Public License