23-05-2010, 08:39 PM
As more and more people are moving over to Linux, (good move). We've also got a few knocking around mcompute and I use Linux as my full time operating system so i thought i'd let you in on some of the programs that i use daily.
(They're also all FREE!)
Office programs
OpenOffice
Text editors
gedit
vi
nano
emacs
Graphical
GIMP
Krita
Media players
VLC
Audio editors
Audacity
FTP clients
filezilla
Web browsers
Firefox
Google Chrome
Messenger
kmess
emesene
aMSN
IRC clients
xchat
Port scanners
nmap
Network tools
Wireshark
ettercap
PackETH - ethernet packet generator for security audits
Virtualisation
VMware Player
Virtualbox
Emulators
Wine
Development
Eclipse - IDE which is very good for Java and Android dev
File readers
xChm - Reads chm files which natively most distributions don't do (I have a lot of old ebooks and manuals in this format)
File converters
chm2pdf
Tune up programs
Bleachbit - Deletes obsolete files, languages, removes broken links, temp files, writes over unused space so you actually DELETE everything you deleted etc.
DVD rippers
HandBrake - Versatile DVD Ripper and video transcoder
k9copy
DVD burners
DVD styler
Remote desktop / access
Teamviewer
Remote desktop viewer (server)
Anonymity
Tor
Vidalia (Needed for Tor to work)
File sharing / syncing
Dropbox
Wireless managers
Wicd Network manager (Best out there imo)
All of the above programs are 100% free. Most of them are also cross-platform, meaning that they'll work under Windows and Linux.
Thanks to the contributors
Mark
Pack3t SynAck3r
(They're also all FREE!)
Office programs
OpenOffice
Text editors
gedit
vi
nano
emacs
Graphical
GIMP
Krita
Media players
VLC
Audio editors
Audacity
FTP clients
filezilla
Web browsers
Firefox
Google Chrome
Messenger
kmess
emesene
aMSN
IRC clients
xchat
Port scanners
nmap
Network tools
Wireshark
ettercap
PackETH - ethernet packet generator for security audits
Virtualisation
VMware Player
Virtualbox
Emulators
Wine
Development
Eclipse - IDE which is very good for Java and Android dev
File readers
xChm - Reads chm files which natively most distributions don't do (I have a lot of old ebooks and manuals in this format)
File converters
chm2pdf
Tune up programs
Bleachbit - Deletes obsolete files, languages, removes broken links, temp files, writes over unused space so you actually DELETE everything you deleted etc.
DVD rippers
HandBrake - Versatile DVD Ripper and video transcoder
k9copy
DVD burners
DVD styler
Remote desktop / access
Teamviewer
Remote desktop viewer (server)
Anonymity
Tor
Vidalia (Needed for Tor to work)
File sharing / syncing
Dropbox
Wireless managers
Wicd Network manager (Best out there imo)
All of the above programs are 100% free. Most of them are also cross-platform, meaning that they'll work under Windows and Linux.
Thanks to the contributors
Mark
Pack3t SynAck3r