Recommended Software For Linux*

~*McoreD*~ · #1 29th Jul 03, 09:00 AM

Seeing the post by .unicorn in Software Support, I thought we should start something similar for Linux.
Our Linux fans: please go ahead guys...

Personally I am still a newbie to Linux and I hope I will learn a lot in this thread and so will our other friends. As in the "Recommended Software" thread in Software Support, the first post will be the most updated list everytime.

~*McoreD*~ · #2 29th Jul 03, 09:10 AM

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

craftyc · #3 5th Aug 03, 03:25 PM

Distro
Gentoo - suitable for everything - www.gentoo.org

Other Applications
Audio Player - XMMS -http://www.xmms.org
Video Player - MPlayer - http://mp.dev.hu/homepage/design6/news.html
Email Client - Evolution 1.4 -http://www.ximian.org/products/evolution/
Office Suite - OpenOffice 1.1 beta -http://www.openoffice.org
Browser - Mozilla -http://www.mozilla.org
Window Manager - XFCE -http://www.xfce.org
Terminal - Eterm -http://www.eterm.org
Text Editor - Vim -http://www.vim.org
System Monitor - GKrellm -http://www.gkrellm.net

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

If I think of any more I will add them.

[EDIT] There seems to be something wrong adding URLs.

~*McoreD*~ · #4 5th Aug 03, 03:39 PM

I knew I had to wait till craftyc to have a reply to this thread. lol. Really appreciate your input mate. Thank you very much for your time.

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~*McoreD*~,

craftyc has just posted a reply to a topic that you have subscribed to titled "Recommended Software For Linux".

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 Distro

http://www.gentoo.org - suitable for everything


Other Applications

Audio Player - http://www.xmms.org

Video Player - http://mp.dev.hu/homepage/design6/news.html

Email Client - http://www.ximian.org/products/evolution/

Office Suite - http://www.openoffice.org

Browser - http://www.mozilla.org

Window Manager - http://www.xfce.org

Terminal - http://www.eterm.org

Text Editor - http://www.vim.org

System Monitor - http://www.gkrellm.net



Games

http://www.frozenbubble.org - Bust a Move Clone

http://lgames.sourceforge.net/index.php?project=LBreakout2

http://www.unrealtournament2003.com/news.php



If I think of any more I will add them.

Above is what you originally posted. Yes there is a bug in http urls. It drives me nuts too. Note: it is a known issue and Sephiroth will fix it soon.

craftyc · #5 5th Aug 03, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ~*McoreD*~@Aug 5 2003, 01:39 PM
I knew I had to wait till craftyc to have a reply to this thread. lol. Really appreciate your input mate. Thank you very much for your time.

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~*McoreD*~, craftyc has just posted a reply to a topic that you have subscribed to titled "Recommended Software For Linux". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Distro http://www.gentoo.org - suitable for everything Other Applications Audio Player - http://www.xmms.org Video Player - http://mp.dev.hu/homepage/design6/news.html Email Client - http://www.ximian.org/products/evolution/ Office Suite - http://www.openoffice.org Browser - http://www.mozilla.org Window Manager - http://www.xfce.org Terminal - http://www.eterm.org Text Editor - http://www.vim.org System Monitor - http://www.gkrellm.net Games http://www.frozenbubble.org - Bust a Move Clone http://lgames.sourceforge.net/index.php?project=LBreakout2 http://www.unrealtournament2003.com/news.php If I think of any more I will add them.

Above is what you originally posted. Yes there is a bug in http urls. It drives me nuts too. Note: it is a known issue and Sephiroth will fix it soon.

I would have posted it sooner, but I was away from my computer for the past 10 days.

Hopefully the URL thing will be fixed soon.

Oh, and a few more additions to the list.

Distro
Xandros - www.xandros.com - Great for first time Linux users

Apps
FTP Client - ncftp - www.ncftp.org
Image Editing - The GIMP - www.gimp.org
P2P - MLDonkey - www.mldonkey.org (Also available for Windows)
Emulation - Wine - www.winehq.org
CD Writing - k3b -http://k3b.sourceforge.net

PCTech · #6 30th Sep 03, 01:42 PM

in my findings for ftp servers I came across these

FTP Clients
IglooFTP-PRO (eval 30 days) google for it

Server
pureftpd (free) google for it also

i'm running those now, Igloo looks and feels really sweet! hope this helped a little

~PCTech

rikytik · #7 1st Oct 03, 12:41 AM

Cool thread. I second cratyc's nomation of Xandros. It is REALLY a snap to install. the LAN, remote printer sets up easily. All disk drives mount automatically. My favorite distro. Version 1.1 is the latest and 2.0 is in beta. Should be an exciting release.

Seducer · #8 17th Oct 03, 03:39 AM

what about guys setuping a file server? what do you recommend?

craftyc · #9 17th Oct 03, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Seducer@Oct 17 2003, 01:39 AM
what about guys setuping a file server? what do you recommend?

No question about it. Samba. www.samba.org

haggus · #10 6th Jan 04, 03:26 AM

PCTech wrote:

Quote:

Server
pureftpd (free) google for it also

i'm running those now, Igloo looks and feels really sweet! hope this helped a little

I'm trying to configure this server right now still a relative linux newbie only been using it since R.H 7 but I'm running Fedora Core right now anyway got the server running but the permissions are pretty narrow. I have read the RTFM several times and either I'm missing something or just don't quite understand what I'm doing. I was really wondering if there is a not too technical manual I could look at or some kind of tutorial where I can learn more about permissions for users.