what's your favourite FLOSS?

[Tshepang Lekhonkhobe]

Here's a template where you can fill in your favourites If something
doesn't fit in any of the categories, put it under misc utilities.
Please don't add what you haven't really used. You can include more
than one entrant per category.

audio editor:
audio player:
cd-ripper:
DBMS:
desktop environment OR window manager:
development:
disc burner:
e-mail client:
file manager:
finance:
ftp client:
games:
image creator/editor:
image viewer:
instant messenger:
mathematics:
misc utilities:
p2p:
package manager:
pdf/ps-reader:
spreadsheet:
terminal emulator:
text editor:
video player:
web browser:
word-processor:
non-free:

SPECIAL CATEGORIES
anything unreleased and highly anticipated:
anything dying/dead:
anything deserving great honours (EG. Linux, GCC):
any organisation/community deserving great honours (EG. GNU, Debian):
any FLOSS developer deserving great honours (max 5 at most, unless you insist):


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[green-9]

Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote at 2009-11-05 07:56 -0600:
> Here's a template where you can fill in your favourites If something
> doesn't fit in any of the categories, put it under misc utilities.
> Please don't add what you haven't really used. You can include more
> than one entrant per category.

> audio player:
randomplay

> desktop environment OR window manager:
awesome

> disc burner:
wodim

> e-mail client:
mutt

> finance:
gnucash

> games:
vegastrike
simutrans
 (science category?)
celestia
stellarium

> image creator/editor:
gimp
hugin

> image viewer:
gpicview

> misc utilities:
printconf - automatically configures USB and parallel printers with CUPS
inkscape - vector-based drawing program (for me, more than replaces Adobe Illustrator)
dtrx - intelligently extract multiple archive types
fdupes - identifies duplicate files within given directories
iat - Converts many CD-ROM image formats to iso9660
iftop - displays bandwidth usage information
ncdu - ncurses disk usage viewer
partimage - backup partitions into a compressed image file
reportbug - although I don't like to have to use it

> package manager:
aptitude

> pdf/ps-reader:
epdfview

> spreadsheet:
oocalc

> web browser:
uzbl

> word-processor:
oowriter

> SPECIAL CATEGORIES
> anything unreleased and highly anticipated:
freecad

> anything dying/dead:
rolo

> anything deserving great honours (EG. Linux, GCC):
This time:
 awesome
 uzbl

> any organisation/community deserving great honours (EG. GNU, Debian):
Debian, of course!

> any FLOSS developer deserving great honours (max 5 at most, unless you insist):
Anyone who is working to make Squeeze better than Lenny.

[Tshepang Lekhonkhobe]

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 17:25, green<greenfreedom10@...> wrote:
> Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote at 2009-11-05 07:56 -0600:
>  (science category?)
> celestia
> stellarium

I'll put that in results if there's enough entrants, else will go in
misc utilities.

>> misc utilities:
> printconf - automatically configures USB and parallel printers with CUPS
> inkscape - vector-based drawing program (for me, more than replaces Adobe Illustrator)
> dtrx - intelligently extract multiple archive types

sounds good

> fdupes - identifies duplicate files within given directories

am running it right now, thanks

> iat - Converts many CD-ROM image formats to iso9660
> iftop - displays bandwidth usage information

interestingly I was recently looking for a CLI monitor and stopped
after encoutering the crashy bmon

> ncdu - ncurses disk usage viewer
> partimage - backup partitions into a compressed image file
> reportbug - although I don't like to have to use it

am glad u put up a description since I didn't know many of these


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[Nuno Magalhães-2]

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 16:05, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshepang@...> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 17:25, green<greenfreedom10@...> wrote:
>> fdupes - identifies duplicate files within given directories
>
> am running it right now, thanks

Also cruft and fslint

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[Tshepang Lekhonkhobe]

2009/11/5 Nuno Magalhães <nunomagalhaes@...>:
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 16:05, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshepang@...> wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 17:25, green<greenfreedom10@...> wrote:
>>> fdupes - identifies duplicate files within given directories
>>
>> am running it right now, thanks
>
> Also cruft and fslint

am running cruft (mine is an old install and there's got to be a whole
lot of junk), and fslint (to help find empty dirs). thanks



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[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.-3]

On Thursday 05 November 2009 07:56:48 Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> Here's a template where you can fill in your favourites

audio player: AmaroK
cd-ripper: KAudioCreator
DBMS: PostgreSQL
desktop environment OR window manager: KDE 4
development: Git
disc burner: K3B
e-mail client: KMail
misc utilities: LVM; zsh
p2p: KTorrent
package manager: Aptitude
pdf/ps-reader: oKular
terminal emulator: Konsole
text editor: vim
video player: Kaffeine

anything dying/dead: KDE 3
anything deserving great honours (EG. Linux, GCC): Android
any organisation/community deserving great honours (EG. GNU, Debian): OHSA
any FLOSS developer deserving great honours (max 5 at most, unless you
insist):
Martin Kraft
Daniel Burrows
Lobos Lunak
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[Tshepang Lekhonkhobe]

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 19:12, Boyd Stephen Smith
Jr.<bss@...> wrote:
> On Thursday 05 November 2009 07:56:48 Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> any organisation/community deserving great honours (EG. GNU, Debian): OHSA

what's this?

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[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.-3]

On Thursday 05 November 2009 11:21:04 Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 19:12, Boyd Stephen Smith
> Jr.<bss@...> wrote:
> > On Thursday 05 November 2009 07:56:48 Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> > any organisation/community deserving great honours (EG. GNU, Debian):
> > OHSA
>
> what's this?

<http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/>
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[Teemu Likonen-2]

On 2009-11-05 15:56 (+0200), Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:

> audio player:

Amarok

> cd-ripper:

abcde

> desktop environment OR window manager:

KDE

> development:

Emacs

> disc burner:

k3b

> e-mail client:

Emacs (Gnus)

> file manager:

Konqueror

> ftp client:

lftp

> mathematics:

Emacs (Calc)

> misc utilities:

Git (version control tool)

> package manager:

aptitude

> pdf/ps-reader:

Kpdf

> terminal emulator:

GNU Screen inside XTerm

> text editor:

Emacs

> video player:

MPlayer

> web browser:

Iceweasel

> word-processor:

OpenOffice.org Writer

> any organisation/community deserving great honours (EG. GNU, Debian):

Debian
The Linux kernel development community and companies


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Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshepang@...> writes:

> audio player:
amarok

> cd-ripper:
abcde

> desktop environment OR window manager:
KDE4

> development:
emacs

> disc burner:
k3b

> e-mail client:
Kontact

> finance:
kmymoney

> image viewer:
gwenview

> instant messenger:
kopete

> misc utilities:
grep

> p2p:
ktorrent

> pdf/ps-reader:
okular

> terminal emulator:
yakuake

> text editor:
emacs

> video player:
kmplayer

> web browser:
konqueror/firefox

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[Andrew Sackville-West]

On Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 03:56:48PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> Here's a template where you can fill in your favourites If something
> doesn't fit in any of the categories, put it under misc utilities.
> Please don't add what you haven't really used. You can include more
> than one entrant per category.
>
> audio editor:
audacity
> audio player:
mpd/mpc
> cd-ripper:
> DBMS:
postgres
> desktop environment OR window manager: xmonad
> development:
emacs w/ flymake or eclipse for java when I have to do that.
> disc burner:
> e-mail client:
mutt
> file manager:
bash (heh)
> finance:
gnucash
> ftp client:
sftp
> games:
Wesnoth
> image creator/editor:
gimp
> image viewer:
display (imagemajick)
> instant messenger:
irssi w/ irssi-plugin-xmpp
> mathematics:
octave
> misc utilities:
too many to count
> p2p:
> package manager:
aptitude
> pdf/ps-reader:
xpdf
> spreadsheet:
oocalc
> terminal emulator:
rxvt-unicode
> text editor:
emacs
> video player:
mplayer
> web browser:
iceweasel
> word-processor:

emacs for latex, oowriter for occasional stuff

> non-free:
>
> SPECIAL CATEGORIES
> anything unreleased and highly anticipated:
> anything dying/dead:
> anything deserving great honours (EG. Linux, GCC):
> any organisation/community deserving great honours (EG. GNU, Debian):
> any FLOSS developer deserving great honours (max 5 at most, unless
> you insist):

the uncelebrated random user that sends in the one-line
 patch to fix their personally most annoying bug.

[Charlie-67]

On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:56:48 +0200 Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
<tshepang@...> shared this with us all:

>Here's a template where you can fill in your favourites If something
>doesn't fit in any of the categories, put it under misc utilities.
>Please don't add what you haven't really used. You can include more
>than one entrant per category.
>

>audio player:
Totem
>desktop environment OR window manager:
FVWM
>disc burner:
K3B
>e-mail client:
Claws-mail
>file manager:
Midnight Commander
>image creator/editor:
The Gimp
>image viewer:
GQView
>mathematics:
LyX
>misc utilities:
>package manager:
Aptitude - Apt - Synaptics
>pdf/ps-reader:
Xpdf - Okular
>spreadsheet:
OpenOffice.org
>terminal emulator:
Xterm
>text editor:
Gedit
>video player:
Totem
>web browser:
Iceweasel
>word-processor:
LyX
>non-free:
>
>SPECIAL CATEGORIES
>anything unreleased and highly anticipated:
>anything dying/dead:
>anything deserving great honours (EG. Linux, GCC):
>any organisation/community deserving great honours (EG. GNU, Debian):
Debian - Gnu
>any FLOSS developer deserving great honours (max 5 at most, unless you
>insist):
>
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[green-9]

Andrew Sackville-West wrote at 2009-11-05 15:33 -0600:
> On Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 03:56:48PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> > any FLOSS developer deserving great honours (max 5 at most, unless
> > you insist):
>
> the uncelebrated random user that sends in the one-line
>  patch to fix their personally most annoying bug.

Indeed!  :)

+1

[celejar]

On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:56:48 +0200
Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshepang@...> wrote:

...

> audio editor:
> audio player: [g]mplayer
> cd-ripper:
> DBMS:
> desktop environment OR window manager: xfce[4]
> development: perl
> disc burner:
> e-mail client: sylpheed
> file manager: mc
> finance:
> ftp client: ncftp
> games: wesnoth
> image creator/editor:
> image viewer: mirage
> instant messenger: xchat, gajim
> mathematics:
> misc utilities: recoll, rsnapshot, rdiff-backup
> p2p:
> package manager: aptitude
> pdf/ps-reader: evince
> spreadsheet:
> terminal emulator: xfce-terminal
> text editor: geany, bluefish, mousepad, vi
> video player: [g]mplayer
> web browser: iceweasel, links2
> word-processor: oowriter
> non-free:

Celejar
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[Pedro Insua-2]

On Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 03:56:48PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> Here's a template where you can fill in your favourites If something
> doesn't fit in any of the categories, put it under misc utilities.
> Please don't add what you haven't really used. You can include more
> than one entrant per category.
>
> audio editor:
  udacity

> audio player:
  mocp

> cd-ripper:
  abcde

> DBMS:
  sqlite

> desktop environment OR window manager:
  Windomaker

> development:
  git

> disc burner:
  from command line... (gui.. perhaps k3b)

> e-mail client:
  mutt

> file manager:
  thunar

> finance:
  a python script development by myself..

> ftp client:
  lftp

> games:
  nethack

> image creator/editor:
  gimp, inkscape

> image viewer:
  gqview, imgseek

> instant messenger:
  i use irssi to IRC  

> mathematics:
  emacs calc

> misc utilities:
  screen

> p2p:
  ktorrent

> package manager:
  apt-get.. 'apt-put' xD

> pdf/ps-reader:
  xpdf

> terminal emulator:
  xterm

> text editor:
  emacs

> video player:
  mplayer

> web browser:
  arora

> word-processor:
  mmm,  openoffice

> SPECIAL CATEGORIES
> anything dying/dead:
  bitchX

> anything deserving great honours (EG. Linux, GCC):
  emacs    

> any organisation/community deserving great honours (EG. GNU, Debian):
  Debian
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[Rakotomandimby Mihamina-3]

11/05/2009 04:56 PM, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe::
> Here's a template where you can fill in your favourites If something
> doesn't fit in any of the categories, put it under misc utilities.
> Please don't add what you haven't really used. You can include more
> than one entrant per category.

I am not going to list, but give my global criteria:
When I use Gnome (My wife does) I try to install only
gnomelib or GTK based softwares.

When I use KDE, I try to use Qt and kdelibs based software.

I really enjoy to be homogeneous. :-)

And fortunately, there is an emacs-gtk package :-)

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[Dirk Neumann-3]

On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:56:48 +0200
Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshepang@...> wrote:

> Here's a template where you can fill in your favourites If something
> doesn't fit in any of the categories, put it under misc utilities.
> Please don't add what you haven't really used. You can include more
> than one entrant per category.
>

desktop environment OR window manager: wmaker
development: svn, gtkmm
disc burner: growisofs
e-mail client: sylpheed
file manager: mc
ftp client: mc
games: simutrans, konquest
image creator/editor: gimp, inkscape
image viewer: pornview
misc utilities: latex, gs, wmtop, xsane
package manager: apt
pdf/ps-reader: xpdf/gv
spreadsheet: kspread
terminal emulator: xfce4-terminal
text editor: emacs, mcedit, nedit
video player: mplayer
web browser: iceweasel
word-processor: $(text editor)

>
> SPECIAL CATEGORIES
anything dying/dead: xemacs

Dirk.


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[Andrei Popescu-3]

[I think I replied in private by mistake]

On Thu,05.Nov.09, 15:56:48, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> Here's a template where you can fill in your favourites If something
> doesn't fit in any of the categories, put it under misc utilities.
> Please don't add what you haven't really used. You can include more
> than one entrant per category.
>
> audio editor:
> audio player:
mpd/mpc, mocp

> cd-ripper:
jack (the ripper)

> DBMS:
> desktop environment OR window manager:
Xfce

> development:
> disc burner:
k3b, wodim

> e-mail client:
mutt, claws-mail

rss reader:
akregator

> file manager:
Tux Commander (tuxcmd), Gnome Commander (gnome-commander), mc, bash

> finance:
> ftp client:
> games:
> image creator/editor:
> image viewer:
gpicview

> instant messenger:
pidgin

IRC client:
irssi

> mathematics:
> misc utilities:
ssh, git, screen, maildrop, nvidia-settings

network manager:
wicd (or move to misc utilities)

> p2p:
rtorrent

> package manager:
aptitude

> pdf/ps-reader:
evince, epdfview

> spreadsheet:
gnumeric

> terminal emulator:
rxvt-unicode, yeahconsole (with rxvt-unicode as backend)

> text editor:
vim

> video player:
mplayer, smplayer

> web browser:
vimperator (extension available only for iceweasel), links2

> word-processor:
LaTeX, Abiword

> non-free:
skype, nvidia driver

> SPECIAL CATEGORIES
> anything unreleased and highly anticipated:
nouveau (nvidia driver)

> anything dying/dead:
> anything deserving great honours (EG. Linux, GCC):
> any organisation/community deserving great honours (EG. GNU, Debian):
> any FLOSS developer deserving great honours (max 5 at most, unless you insist):

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[Andrew Sackville-West]

On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 03:06:14PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > SPECIAL CATEGORIES
> > anything unreleased and highly anticipated:
> nouveau (nvidia driver)

++

A

[dotancohen]

> audio editor: audicity
> audio player: amarok
> cd-ripper:
> DBMS:
> desktop environment OR window manager: KDE 4
> development: Kate
> disc burner: K3B
> e-mail client: Thunderbird
> file manager: Dolphin
> finance:
> ftp client: Konqueror
> games:
> image creator/editor: gimp
> image viewer: digikam
> instant messenger: skype (not floss? so make something this good in floss!)
> mathematics:  maxima
> misc utilities: Zim (desktop wiki), Anki (flashcards)
> p2p: ktorrent
> package manager: apt-get
> pdf/ps-reader: okular
> spreadsheet:calc
> terminal emulator:konsole
> text editor:kate
> video player:vlc
> web browser:firefox
> word-processor:writer
> non-free: Solidworks CAD
>
> SPECIAL CATEGORIES
> anything unreleased and highly anticipated: Anki, still at version 0.9.x
> anything dying/dead: KDE 3.5.10
> anything deserving great honours (EG. Linux, GCC): Zim desktop wiki and Anki. These two programs literally change the way I handle information.
> any organisation/community deserving great honours (EG. GNU, Debian): KDE. KDE 4 is not yet up to the level of refinement of KDE 3, but it is getting there quickly.
> any FLOSS developer deserving great honours (max 5 at most, unless you insist): Aaron Siego of KDE, Jaap of Zim, Damien of Anki. Although Anne Wilson is not a dev, she holds the KDE community together and deserves honours for that.

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