Your top-ten linux desktop apps
Recently a hot topic divided into two threads, one remained mostly on-track
and the other became discussion of programming and console tools.
Tonight we're concentrating on GUI stuff that average new Linux users
might be expected to operate, and guys like me who just stick to the
command line mostly can probably learn a thing or two as well.
I've installed one of our 600MHz thin-client machines with a 40GB HDD and
Ubuntu on it and a bunch of apps discussed this week on the mailing list.
I naturally haven't had time to play with them all and configure etc,
that's where you lot come in <grin>. Given that other people will probably
face the same dilema, it might be good to spend up to about 2 minutes
configuring/playing with a given application.
If nobody else has come up with anything I'm sure we can play with this
lot for an hour or so <grin>.
Here's the list:-
web browsers
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firefox(in), konqueror(in), galeon(in)
file managers
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nautilus(in), thunar
Office apps
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OpenOffice.org(in), abiword(in), mrproject(in),
Image/photo editors/viewers
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gimp(in), gthumb(in), GQview(in), xv, QIV(in), qfaxreader(in via alien &
symlinks), f-spot(in)
Multimedia players
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xmms(in), madman(in), rhythmbox(in), mplayer, xine(in), amarok, kaffiene,
zinf (console)
Music/video rippers
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sound juicer(in), grip(in),
Multimedia authoring/editing
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GNU Octave(in), sweep(in)
Email
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evolution(in), thunderbird(in)
Voip/video conference
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xten, gphone
Instant Messaging
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gaim(in), psi, kopete
Mail backend
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cyrus-imapd(in), sendmail(in)
Webmail
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squirrelmail(in), www.roundcube.net, OpenWebMail(in)
wMail
http://wmail.sourceforge.net/ -- quite small, fairly barebones,
has mostly OO code with a mix of some non-OO at the top level.
IlohaMail
http://blog.ilohamail.org/ Not entirely OO and uses tabs for
indents. Has some classes. Seems to get good reviews. Has PGP
encryption.
JAWmail
http://www.jawmail.org/ Very nice OO looking code, although
could use de-tabbing. Uses some PEAR components.
NOCC
http://nocc.sourceforge.net/ -- OO code, well indented. .tar.gz
file extracts into current directory, so be careful.
Unknown/misc
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Gnome disk catalog, Kate, timex
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