My List of Linux Applications

EcPercy · Oct 13, 2005, 02:45 AM

I posted this on neowin yesterday, but it is a list of applications that I use with linux to replace windows applications. I thought that it may be useful to someone that wants to move to linux and was curious about the certain applications that can be used to build a very productive system.

Ok, well I run Mandriva LE2005 and Archlinux .7. Here are the apps I use most.

- Gaim, Kopete = Trillian, Msn, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, etc. replacement.
- Firefox, Opera 8.5 = Browser
- Thunderbird = Outlook replacement. You can actually install tbird in windows and convert your outlook .pst file into tbird and then move the tbird profile folder to linux.
- K3B = Great cd burning app. Can even be used with Gnome if you install the proper QT libraries.
- Gimp/Gimpshop = Photoshop replacement.
- Azureus = BT client
- XMMS = Winamp
- Madman = App to catalog mp3 files, ties into XMMS
- MPlayer = App that will play .wmv files. Has a plugin "mplayer-plugin" that ties into Firefox to allow playing streaming video.
- Open Office 2.0= Great office replacement. It can also make PDF files so it can replace Acrobat Pro.
- Acrobat Reader = version 7.0 is also on linux.
- NVU = Web authoring. Think Frontpage/Dreamweaver.
- XDVDShrink = DVD Shrink project
- K9Copy = KDE application to copy dvd9 (Dual Layer) to dvd5 (Single Layer)
- Totem = Video player that will play regular DVD's once the libdvdcss package is installed.
- Audacity = Digital Audio Editor.
- Real Player G2 = Linux version of real player. (You can also use helix player which is the OSS version of real player.)
- Pan = Newsgroup reader.
- Screem = Website building tool.
- Xchat = Mirc replacement.
- Gftp = FTP program.

RIV@NVX · Oct 13, 2005, 07:15 PM

To add some more:
VLC - excellent video player, plays nearly anything you throw at it.
Evolution - groupware suite like Outlook... in case you don't like something about Thunderbird
amaroK - excellent audio player, for me, it's bettery than anything I have ever used on any os except foobar2000
Evince & KPDF - PDF viewers and more, a lot less bloated and nearly as functional as Adobe's reader

Hopefully others will mention their favourites too, since it's quite possible that EcPercy and me have forgotten some important stuff

UberLord · Oct 14, 2005, 08:59 AM

vim / gvim - excellent text editor(s) (vim is CLI, gvim is GTK+)
abiword - excellent word processor (albeight with a few layout issues)
evolution - excellent mail client
irssi - console based irc client - better than any X based irc client I've used too
screen - allows to detach console and resume it later (no windows equivlant, but useful when used with irssi)

Oct 13, 2005, 02:45 AM	#1
EcPercy HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,535 Rep Power: 0	My List of Linux Applications I posted this on neowin yesterday, but it is a list of applications that I use with linux to replace windows applications. I thought that it may be useful to someone that wants to move to linux and was curious about the certain applications that can be used to build a very productive system. Ok, well I run Mandriva LE2005 and Archlinux .7. Here are the apps I use most. - Gaim, Kopete = Trillian, Msn, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, etc. replacement. - Firefox, Opera 8.5 = Browser - Thunderbird = Outlook replacement. You can actually install tbird in windows and convert your outlook .pst file into tbird and then move the tbird profile folder to linux. - K3B = Great cd burning app. Can even be used with Gnome if you install the proper QT libraries. - Gimp/Gimpshop = Photoshop replacement. - Azureus = BT client - XMMS = Winamp - Madman = App to catalog mp3 files, ties into XMMS - MPlayer = App that will play .wmv files. Has a plugin "mplayer-plugin" that ties into Firefox to allow playing streaming video. - Open Office 2.0= Great office replacement. It can also make PDF files so it can replace Acrobat Pro. - Acrobat Reader = version 7.0 is also on linux. - NVU = Web authoring. Think Frontpage/Dreamweaver. - XDVDShrink = DVD Shrink project - K9Copy = KDE application to copy dvd9 (Dual Layer) to dvd5 (Single Layer) - Totem = Video player that will play regular DVD's once the libdvdcss package is installed. - Audacity = Digital Audio Editor. - Real Player G2 = Linux version of real player. (You can also use helix player which is the OSS version of real player.) - Pan = Newsgroup reader. - Screem = Website building tool. - Xchat = Mirc replacement. - Gftp = FTP program.

Oct 13, 2005, 07:15 PM	#2
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,476 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	To add some more: VLC - excellent video player, plays nearly anything you throw at it. Evolution - groupware suite like Outlook... in case you don't like something about Thunderbird amaroK - excellent audio player, for me, it's bettery than anything I have ever used on any os except foobar2000 Evince & KPDF - PDF viewers and more, a lot less bloated and nearly as functional as Adobe's reader Hopefully others will mention their favourites too, since it's quite possible that EcPercy and me have forgotten some important stuff __________________ -- Vedran

Oct 14, 2005, 08:59 AM	#3
UberLord A Legend in Underwear Join Date: May 2002 Location: Unknown Posts: 5,255 Rep Power: 0	vim / gvim - excellent text editor(s) (vim is CLI, gvim is GTK+) abiword - excellent word processor (albeight with a few layout issues) evolution - excellent mail client irssi - console based irc client - better than any X based irc client I've used too screen - allows to detach console and resume it later (no windows equivlant, but useful when used with irssi) __________________ Gentoo Linux - Developer (baselayout) Read my blog "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." Stephen Roberts