Recommended Software For Linux*

[~*McoreD*~]

Distribution:
Multimedia orientated - Mandrake Linux 9.1 -www.mandrakesoft.com
Office orientated - Red Hat Linux 9.0 -www.redhat.com
Suitable for everything - Gentoo Linux 1.4 -www.gentoo.org (nominated by craftyc)
Great for first time Linux users - Xandros - www.xandros.com (nominated by craftyc)

Applications:
Audio Player - X Multimedia System - www.xmms.org (nominated by ~*McoreD*~, craftyc)
Browser - Konqueror - comes with KDE
Browser - Mozilla -http://www.mozilla.org (nominated by craftyc)
CD Writing - k3b -http://k3b.sourceforge.net (nominated by craftyc)
DVD Ripping - dvd::rip -http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/index.cipp
Download - KGet under KDE
EMail Client - Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 - comes with RHL9 (nominated by ~*McoreD*~, craftyc)
Emulation - Wine - www.winehq.org (nominated by craftyc)
FTP Client - ncftp - www.ncftp.org (nominated by craftyc)
FTP Client - IglooFTP-PRO (eval 30 days) (nominated by PCTech)
FTP Server - ProFTPd (nominated by craftyc)
FTP Server - PureFTPd (nominated by PCTech)
File Server - Samba - www.samba.org (nominated by craftyc)
Image Editing - The GIMP - www.gimp.org (nominated by craftyc)
Office Suite - OpenOffice 1.02 - www.openoffice.org
Office Suite - OpenOffice 1.1 beta -http://www.openoffice.org (nominated by craftyc)
P2P - MLDonkey - www.mldonkey.org (nominated by craftyc)
System Monitor - GKrellm -http://www.gkrellm.net (nominated by craftyc)
Terminal - Eterm -http://www.eterm.org (nominated by craftyc)
Text Editor - Vim -http://www.vim.org (nominated by craftyc)
Video player - Xine Video Player - xine.sourceforge.net
Video Player - MPlayer -http://mp.dev.hu/homepage/design6/news.html (nominated by craftyc)
Window Manager - XFCE -http://www.xfce.org (nominated by craftyc)

Games:
Frozen Bubble -http://www.frozenbubble.org - Bust a Move Clone (nominated by craftyc)
Lbreakout2 -http://lgames.sourceforge.net/index.php?project=LBreakout2 - Breakout Clone (nominated by craftyc)
Unreal Tournament 2003 -http://www.unrealtournament2003.com/news.php - Everybodies favourite (nominated by craftyc)


...please contribute your suggestions...

Abbreviations used:
MLx = Mandrake Linux version x
RHLx = Red Hat Linux version x