Linux Users: The Best Linux Software?

[MajesticTreeFrog 0]

Ok linux users. Which software packages, in your mind, are the best/most necessary for a good linux system.In particular, which OSS application software do you like the most?

[hashbang 0]

Ok linux users.  Which software packages, in your mind, are the best/most necessary for a good linux system.

In particular, which OSS application software do you like the most?

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Howdy,

I'm unsure what you mean by OSS.

Things I can't live without on my box are:

the GIMP (graphics)

XMMS (multimedia - mp3 player)

K3B (burner)

GtKam (digital camera software)

Open Office

Firefox

gFTP

Quanta (html editor)

Enlightenment (Windows Manager)

GAIM (instant Messenger)

Kooka (Scanner software)

and of course ... all the command line goodies such as:

vi

bash shell

pine

just to name a few of my most often used.

 

cheers

hashbang

[thedevil 0]

Howdy,

I'm unsure what you mean by OSS.

Things I can't live without on my box are:

the GIMP (graphics)

XMMS (multimedia - mp3 player)

K3B (burner)

GtKam (digital camera software)

Open Office

Firefox

gFTP

Quanta (html editor)

Enlightenment (Windows Manager)

GAIM (instant Messenger)

Kooka (Scanner software)

and of course ... all the command line goodies such as:

vi

bash shell

pine

just to name a few of my most often used.

 

cheers

hashbang

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i think that much you get with the installation...

but if we need to add more...

 

i use the borland Jbuilder for Java Development... in Linux in addition to the above mentioned utilities...

[qwijibow 0]

anyone lpayed around with a program called "lightspeed"its a kickass program that lets you see what objects look like at different speeds....anywhere from 0 meters per second, to 0.999999% the speed of light.one of the moddels is the star trek ship Voyager...its so cool, you can make it accelerate and look at it from different angles...it warps and bends the models, does doppler effect colour shifts...its a totally useless program,,, but its just sooo cool.

[redbugler 0]

almost the same.I use d4x in Linux instead of FlashGet in Windows. JBuilder and Eclipse run as well in Linux. I use mplayer to play all medias in Linux.I like the screensave "MATRIX" in Linux. When nVidia driver is installed correctly, 3D acceleration is fully supported.

[Hercco 0]

#!'s list was good but I'm on the emacs side of the never-ending debate . And I'm just somehow more used to TCSH instead of bash (just because my university had it as default shell). And on the matter of email client I agree 100%.

[MajesticTreeFrog 0]

ick, no thanks on the pine. Believe it or not I actually like graphical email!As for emacs and vi, I hate them both.So there!

[TailGrab 0]

IPod anybody? I had gtk pod for awhile but that was a pain. It took a super long time to load the list from the ipod and anything i did had to refresh the list. Needless to say I abandoned that. I think it may have something to do with the way gtk does menus, but there has to be a better way!!

[k221405241470 0]

IPod anybody?  I had gtk pod for awhile but that was a pain.  It took a super long time to load the list from the ipod and anything i did had to refresh the list.  Needless to say I abandoned that.  I think it may have something to do with the way gtk does menus, but there has to be a better way!!

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I have an Ipod but I haven't try yet, which distro do you have?

 

In linux i think the most important apps not in the base pack are:

 

Mplayer

Apt-4-Rpm (i think only for SuSE)

FireFox

Thunderbird

Superkaramba

IPtables (a kernel module & the apps)

Ksensors

Nmap

 

IMHO Kwrite is better than Vim, but vim requires less memory and it's not necessary X, so if you connect through SSh vim is very useful

[qwijibow 0]

Still no mention of Xorg-X11 ? lol.these is so much FOSS, it would be impossable to mention it all.People are always saying there isnt as much software available for Linux / BSD, but i think the opposite is true.Anways... Kickass Software that works on Linux... (i dont say for Linux simplly because most of it will run on anything that isnt Windows)CD-Burning = K3BWeb Browser = Firefox (work on windows)Email = Thunderbird (works on windows)FTP server = vsftpdWeb Server = Apache (works on windows too)Desktop = KDE, GNOME, iceWM, XFCE.Multimedia (music and video) = Xine, MplayerMultimedia (audio only) = beep-media-player (winamp equivelant) xmms(old version of beep) , Amerok (definatly the best mp3 / ogg player)Ohh.... and the greatest program ever... Emerge/Portage (never sure what to call it)no package management system will EVER beat it... EVER.

[MajesticTreeFrog 0]

You forgot VLC, which is my favorite vid player.

[vladimir1405241474 0]

and the small games ;-)I really like the clanbomber. you can play it with 4 people over a network or so or on the same computer.It makes a lot of fun to play sometimes...there is also a version for windows....

[varsoft 0]

why don't u friends use up resources from leading company products like IBM websphere, Aoltva xml spy etc...also u have lot of resources for linux now a days as mostly open sourceand propreitory,i think we must google for better resultscheersVarsoft

[jonypawks 0]

I use Openbox as my WM.Firefox/Thunderbird of course.I like Xine more than mplayer, always had better luck with it.And I use X.org instead of XFree, just a fork off of it.Beep-media-player instead of XMMS, uses GTK2.But this is all just my opinion.

[Giniu 0]

what software? of course best :Office - OpenOffice 2.0 BetaTypesetting - TexMaker and TeTeXVideo Editing - Cinelerra3D animation - Blender3D modeling (sub-surface) - Wings 3DVideo Playing - mplayerbitmap editing - Gimpvector graphics - InkscapeWeb Browser - FirefoxMail client - ThunderbirdMusic Player - XMMSMessages - Gaim, Kadu, Skypewell a lot more, but stop it, enough