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In my long journey of OSx86, I stumbled upon Ubuntu and Fedora. When I temporarily used Linux, I wondered what programs existed for p2p, media playing, gaming, word processing, etc. I personally don't use Linux, since it doesn't run well on my computer (I don't get internet support, and I'm too lazy to find a solution). I finally got to installing Kubuntu and got WiFi working. Linux isn't bad at all :) So list your essential programs here. I can only list one. I can list a few.

 

Edit: I am now also running Fedora 11 with Gnome on my bro's Inspiron 600m.

Program-----------------Purpose

VLC ---------------- Plays media

Ndiswrapper ----- Installs Windows drivers

Firefox------------------ Web Browsing

Terminal---------------- Everyone knows what this does

 

 

Edit: Please don't post repeats!

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My "near daily" list:

 

Firefox - web browsing

Handbrake - DVD rips (not daily, but "a lot")

Avidemux - video file editing (same frequency as Handbrake)

Transmission - torrent client

VLC - media player

OpenOffice.org - general productivity stuff

PenguinTV - podcasts and such

rxvt - Terminal

emacs/nano - text editors (normally I'll use nano for config files, and emacs when I'm programming)

gcc - compiler

 

Less frequent but do use:

 

GIMP - image editing

Brasero - CD/DVD burning

 

Depending on what I'm tinkering with as far as programming goes, I'll also use MySQL or PgSQL and their associated utilities quite a bit too. Then there's naturally things that get used, but not in a direct manner (such as rsync which I have syncing out certain directories daily to my SAN units).

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Inkscape (vector graphic)

Blender (3D graphic)

Gimp (bitmap graphic)

Scribus (presentation/layout)

XMMS (media player)

aterm, aterm, aterm, aterm (terminal)

kate (coding)

firefox (web)

mplayer (movie player)

cinelerra (advanced movie creation)

kino (fast DV movie creation, like iMovie)

avidemux (like virtualdob for windows, fast trimming/croping of video files)

ddd code debugger

gcc/g++ compiler

konversation (irc)

 

sauerbraten (game)

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Do you want to get the same tools by every one again and again (to see which of them are most often used) or should I only list new ones? Because I use most of the already noted tools and could almost copy all the other lists.

 

AmaroK 1.4 - music player

KDevelop - IDE (I use it only for C++)

OpenLieroX - 2D shooter game

 

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k3b 1.65 (burner)

basket 2 (notetaking/brainstroming)

gnome-do

kate (vim mode)

digikam 10 (photomanagement/editing)

kdenlive (video editing)

yakuake (quake style terminal)

Amarok 2.1

Smplayer

Scribus

ktorrent

Quasel (irc)

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Songbird - Music (from Mozilla, similar to iTunes, but with extensions like Firefox/Thunderbird)

Virtualbox-OSE (Open Source Edition) - WinServer 2003 Enterprise (for school work)

Savage 2 - Free multi-platform MMORPG

Urban Terror - Free multi-platform online FPS

Undvd - Dvd ripping (not included with Ubuntu, http://sourceforge.net/projects/undvd/ can be added with ppa, awesome dvdrip app).

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I mostly use the same tools as in OS X (FF, OOo, bash, SSH, VLC, mplayer)

 

Linux-specific (kind of) apps/tools. Basically stuff that I miss :D:

 

Amarok: best media player ever (using it @OS X is not so great, though)

K3b: burning

Shorewall / iptables: firewall. ipfw is nice but it causes my system to freeze. Shorewall is a config file based front-end for iptables.

KTorrent: one of the best torrent clients (second to µTorrent for Windows)

PulseAudio: network-enabled audio server

libflac/libvorbis: support for all codecs without dirty and user-ufriendly hacks like Fluke

VPDAU: Let the GPU render my H.264 1080p :)

kioslaves: Full Network transparancy in all kde-apps

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I use a customized Linux Mint install. I mainly dabble in these apps:

  • Terminal (Duh!)
  • Firefox 3.5.3
  • Songbird 1.4 Beta (Media player)
  • Pidgin 2.6.*
  • GVim
  • Adobe Photoshop CS4 via Wine (hehe)
  • Transmission (Torrents)
  • Shutter (Really awesome screenshot tool)

Also some highly recommended tools:

  • Desktop Drapes (Switches wallpaper every now and again)
  • Dropbox (FTW)

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