LXer: 10 obscure Linux applications you need to try

LXer · 02-07-2009, 10:20 AM

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Do a search for Linux applications on Freshmeat and you’ll get around 11,828 hits. (As of January 12, 2008, that was the tally.) Of those 11,828 applications, which ones are worth using? Not 100 percent of them for sure. Still, buried within that grand total you will find a few gems that get zero publicity but are worth giving a go. This article will highlight some these little-known apps, which range from multimedia to certificate authority tools and anything/everything in between.

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XavierP · 02-07-2009, 10:46 AM

They all seem fairly obscure, except Nano. Since it's usually the default installed text editor on any Linux system, how can it be obscure?

brianL · 02-07-2009, 11:28 AM

Everybody's so busy wrestling with Vi/Vim, they've probably not noticed nano.

H_TeXMeX_H · 02-07-2009, 12:12 PM

I can't find anything useful among the ones listed. But I've been using nano for a while.

brianL · 02-07-2009, 12:28 PM

I've got Transmission on Debian testing, think it's installed by default. Haven't used it yet.