Silenus' thread gave me the idea of creating this one. The purpose is the same as that other thread, list the apps you think every Linux user should have in /usr/bin.
Media player:
mplayer
vlc
xine/Totem/Kaffeine
Browser:
Swiftfox
Konqueror
Music player:
amaroK (one of the most complete ones)
XMMS (Winamp look-a-like)
Quod Libet (lightweight, fast and to the point).
Exaile (same as above)
audacious (XMMs look-a-like)
Messenger:
Mercury
aMSN
Pidgin
Kopete
DVD/CD burning:
brasero
k3b
cdrecord / wodim (Debian's version of cdrecord)
nerolinux
Image viewing:
comix (it can read from compressed files, so it makes it ideal for manga viewing)
gqview
Bittorrent:
Deluge-torrent
Bittornado
Azureus
rtorrent
ktorrent
Office suites:
abiword
OpenOffice
IRC:
xchat
irssi
Text editing:
gedit
kate
leafpad
vim/gvim
emacs
Security:
firestarter: an Interface for managing your iptables
bcrypt: File encryption
Programming:
gcc
anjuta
eclipse
code::blocks
Games:
scourge
egoboo
Misc:
sshfs: (ssh file system) Excellent for working with remote folders and filesystems.
grip (cd ripper)
pan and/or klibido (usenet)
gimp (image editing)
nethack (Best roguelike game ever.)
NTFS-3G (ntfs read-write)
vixie-cron (or something similar)
syslog-ng
useful links:
The table of equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software in Linux. (Official site of the table)
Live CD's distro's /Specialized distro's
dyne:bolic (multimedia studio)
Ubuntu Studio
Gentoo Live USB
slax (usb distro based on Slackware)
Linux Mint Based on Ubuntu, with more Windows compatibility
Hex Editor:
GHex.
KHexedit.
eye-candy
Enlightenment
Compiz Fusion.
windows compatibility
For Windows:
Vmware
WINE
Cedega
Last edited by Proto; September 3rd, 2007 at 05:15..