Ryu-ka Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 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! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/152977-linux-program-lists/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
shavex Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 This is really random. But I use Ubuntu every day soooo Program List: Pidgin Firefox Evolution Gnome-Do Terminal < > SSH/SCP VirtualBox CSE OpenOffice and those are what i use on a consistent basis Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/152977-linux-program-lists/#findComment-1080659 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embio Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 VMware Workstation Deluge (torrent client) Firefox Pidgin Netbeans Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/152977-linux-program-lists/#findComment-1081140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1232 Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Firefox Banshee - music player Evolution Mail - email Transmission - bittorrent Totem Media Player - play movies Microsoft Word 2007 - write papers for school VMWare Workstation - occasional use of WinXP Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/152977-linux-program-lists/#findComment-1082941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilis Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 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). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/152977-linux-program-lists/#findComment-1085709 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elv13 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 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) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/152977-linux-program-lists/#findComment-1086991 Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertz Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 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 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/152977-linux-program-lists/#findComment-1144087 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Nobody has mentioned K3B? It is simply the best! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/152977-linux-program-lists/#findComment-1144186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eRSz Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 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) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/152977-linux-program-lists/#findComment-1147984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinsky Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Gnome Mplayer - plays media Gedit - text editor Nautilus Actions- GUI batch actions Banshee - music Gnome Do - dock Picasa - photo manager Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/152977-linux-program-lists/#findComment-1159833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
realityiswhere Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 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). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/152977-linux-program-lists/#findComment-1159876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
piju Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 i use gnomad2 to organize my mp3s collection in creative zen and xnjb for osx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/152977-linux-program-lists/#findComment-1186778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LB06 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 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 : 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 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/152977-linux-program-lists/#findComment-1189007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrsetrdr Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Iceweasel(Debian branded ver. of FF) gnomebaker VLC Evolution Terminal Transmission 1.61(bit torrent) Virtualbox Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/152977-linux-program-lists/#findComment-1220667 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebcak Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 bash vim less ssh mc gcc xorg fvwm aterm abiword gnumeric homebank thunar exaile firefox thunderbird evince mplayer tvtime gimageview gimp inkscape pixel ufraw noiseninja xara lx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/152977-linux-program-lists/#findComment-1238429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Smart Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 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) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/152977-linux-program-lists/#findComment-1301411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2bwild Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Opera, Firefox Empathy Skype NetBeans AptanaStudio Gedit Guake (Quake-like console) Banshee Totem Gimp Inkscape Gnome-Do Calibre Glipper Wine and many many more... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/152977-linux-program-lists/#findComment-1377835 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtopman Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 NAEV Xmoto Firefox Thunderbird Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/152977-linux-program-lists/#findComment-1477939 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zpm Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 VLC ---------------- Plays media Transmission ----------- Torrents Firefox------------------ Web Browsing Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/152977-linux-program-lists/#findComment-1478207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtopman Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Firefox ----- Master Torrent Finder Transmission ----- Master Torrent Getter VLC ----- Master Downloaded Torrent Viewing Program Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/152977-linux-program-lists/#findComment-1482236 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Pinheiro Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Of course, the software center, VLC, Skype, Pidgin, NTFSconfig and specially Firefox Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/152977-linux-program-lists/#findComment-1488731 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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