MESSANGER CLIENTS:
Name | Location | Rating (1-5)
GAIM
http://gaim.sourceforge.net * * * *
(Gaim handles msn, yahoo, aol, and installs easy)
Kopete
http://kopete.kde.org * * * *
(Kopete looks pretty and handles msn, yahoo, aol)
Amsn
http://amsn.sourceforge.net * * *
(Amsn....msn messanger clone (no further comments)
Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com * * *
(works...yes but with gaim, and kopete why bother?)
CD-BURNING SOFTWARE:
K3B
http://k3b.kde.org * * * * *
(K3b installs easy looks good and a monkey could figure it out)
Xcdroast
http://www.xcdroast.org * * * *
(My personal favorite but takes a while to get used to.)
MEDIA PLAYERS:
Xmms
http://www.xmms.org * * * *
(If you like winamp youll like this, doesnt play movie files)
Mplayer
http://www.mplayerhq.hu * * * * *
(plays cds, dvds, vcd, mpg, avi, rm, you name it...)
Xine
http://xine.sourceforge.net * * * *
(plays cds,dvds, vcd, mpg, avi, asf, looks good)
WEB BROWSERS:
Mozilla
http://www.mozilla.org * * * * *
(great)
FIrebird
http://www.mozilla.org * * * * *
(fast, great)
Netscape
http://www.netscape.net * * * *
(slow, but dependable)
P2P CLIENTS:
Limewire
http://google.com (im tired of linking) * * * *
(not bad but slow and it requires java wich is why its slow)
Xmule
http://google.com * * * * *
(works great and has alot of features limewire has)
Gnutella
http://google.com * * * * *
(IMHO the best ......its not pretty but has very little bloat)
IRC CLIENTS:
Xchat
http://www.xchat.org * * * * *
(really good irc client.....user freindly and looks good)
BitchX
http://www.bitchx.org * * * *
(for avid irc users....has options alot of clients dont have.)
Thats about all I could think of that a newbie might need to get started and enjoy Linux.......if you think of anything else to add say and ill add it.
peace.