The top linux programs you can't live without

95se · 01-20-2005, 10:50 PM

fluxbox, emacs, gcc, gimp, amsn, cdrecord, cdrdao, mplayer,mencoder,Java,firefox... what else....

Cronjob · 01-21-2005, 01:18 AM

I could list countless applications and utils such as apache, postfix, qpopper, pro-ftpd, spamassassin, procmail, ccze . . . but it all comes down to screen. It rocks my world - especially when administering my remote servers or machines elsewhere in my apartment that are without monitors and keyboards.

redjokerx · 01-21-2005, 01:33 AM

KDE (Konqueror, KMail, Konsole [ssh, rdesktop hehe] ) then gaim. I would use firefox but konqueror runs better on my compaq.

Razze · 01-21-2005, 01:36 AM

I myself get more and more impressed with MPlayer the more I use it. With the right codecs installed I have yet to find a movie-file i cannot play. I also depend heavily on k3b and xmms.

bornhj · 01-21-2005, 01:49 AM

You can't go wrong with X.Org!

But Konsole all the way!

scoops98 · 01-21-2005, 02:02 AM

K3b for burning, mplayer for viewing films, grip for ripping CDs {one of the best rippers out there imho}, gnomad2 for easy access to my creative zen. DVDbackup for backing up dvd's to the hard drive. Kopete for all my messenging needs

There are countless others but these are the main ones.

galiza_ceive · 01-21-2005, 04:24 AM

It's hard to choose... mplayer, amarok, mrxvt, screen, portage, w3m, gimp, fluxbox, fvwm, e17... (as you can see, neither can i choose only one desktop)

easyhttp · 01-21-2005, 04:47 AM

Gnome Desktop
Pico
Zend Studio
Gaim
Xchat

acummings · 01-21-2005, 06:00 AM

Perl, Firefox, MAF extension for Firefox, aKregator, fetchyahoo, MHonArc, ThunderBird, Konsole, perltidy, Kate, Vim, TuxCards, wget,

various other KDE (file manager, sometimes Konqueror for ftp) and sometimes the Suse 9.2 ftp command (ncftp?) etc.

ctrl-alt-F2

(logon to a tty or terminal) trying to learn screen

alt-F7

(back to X Win)

that's the ones that I can remember at this time.

theYinYeti · 01-21-2005, 06:57 AM

In no particular order: BincImap, Matchbox, bash, php, ssh, X, LIRC.

Okie · 01-21-2005, 07:34 AM

mozilla for both the web browser & email client
the gimp for editing photos & graphics
gqview for quick browsing thru lots of photos
xsane for my flatbed scanner
gphoto2 for my digital camera
mplayer for video
xmms for audio
openoffice

ishnid · 01-21-2005, 08:24 AM

I think most of the stuff I use has already been mentioned, apart from the Unison file synchroniser - keeps my laptop and desktop home dirs synced all the time.

PMorph · 01-21-2005, 03:16 PM

XMMS
Firefox
Xine
GQView
NEdit
Gentoo (the file manager)
AbiWord
Gimp
XCalc

Kpdf
K3b

lp449 · 01-21-2005, 06:10 PM

For me it will be:

- fluxbox
- xmms
- opera
- irssi
- pyslsk

Okie · 01-21-2005, 06:56 PM

i forgot to mention K3B, it is a must have CD-R burning software, very nice and quite polished...

KDE for when i want a full featured desktop and for family members, friends & guests, but mostly i use XFCE or Blackbox for just general purpose computing/surfing...