The top linux programs you can't live without

Toonses82 · 01-22-2005, 01:44 AM

KDE - nice desktop
Gimp v2 - great substitute for Adobe PS once you get the hang of it
Open Office - good office suite
Gaim - I like Kopete's potential but it's not there yet
Firefox - I really think I'd like this but I can't get it to run for whatever reason
K3b - had a little trouble with recording DVD, but it's most likely operator inability
GnuCash - ORGANIZED MY FINANCIAL LIFE
Kcalc - very good somewhat customizable calculator
Xkill - saves lives by killing evil programs
Kontact - who needs Outlook?

Superganja23 · 01-22-2005, 10:30 AM

Wow thats some great input guys keep it up

One thing I can't live without is TightVNC, its the best way to walkthrough a task with someone. Helped me in a lot of messy situations

semlak · 02-26-2005, 08:46 PM

Well, it's kind of hard to think of specific programs that I couldn't live without, because there are often several good solutions when you're running linux.

A couple I can think of that are extremely useful to me are:

X, rpm, yum, make, xmms, mplayer, xine, firefox, k3b, and vim.

I use XFCE4 as a desktop, but I think there are atleast five window manager/desktop suites that I have tried and found to be satisfactory.

idefinehell · 02-26-2005, 11:09 PM

I can't live with out linux itself :P
I simply love it.Linux rocks :-)