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- damndj, on 10/12/2007, -11/+63Here are my top 10 linux apps:
1. cp
2. mv
3. rm
4. man
5. tail
6. more
7. less
8. vi
9. su
10. shutdown - mwolfzorn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+36No grep?!?
Also both more and less? Less has more emulation built in... - Jacob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18Wine is most defenitly not a "must have" app as much as you may think it is.
- Jaq524, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18To those who can't acccess:
1. Firefox
2. Open Office
3. Neverball
4. Amarok
5. GIMP
6. Azureus
7. Celestia
8. VLC
9. Tomboy
10. F-Spot - b7illsmith, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17>"To you, a computer is mostly an expensive toy that you browse the internet with and check email."
Not to mention that cup holder that mysteriously pops out the front. That's kinda handy. - jcaino, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13@mwolfzorn
you said it.
my job would SUCK without the services of grep.
me - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11File manager is a granted-for piece of the system, so it doesn't count.
Like the window manager, the web browser, the package manager, etc.
Yes, I know Firefox is listed there as #1, but it shouldn't. - xelloss, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11I am thinking of taking a Linux class at my comm college, I have never used linux other then booting up a Knopitix disc, think it would be worth my time learning how to use and do network stuff with linux for the future?
- mislam, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13No awk or sed?
- gollo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12I think the better option to Azureus is ktorrent. Very light weight and has a utorrent like feel to it. That and it doesn't require java
- shakin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Considering that nearly all medium and large companies use Linux to some extent, it would definitely be a good thing to learn it.
- sishgupta, on 11/10/2007, -3/+12403 forbidden.
Despite this i cant imagine this list being much different than the billion other "must have top 10 linux apps"
http://duggmirror.com
edit: yeah i checked dugg mirror and this list is the standard top 10. - Brightside, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Yes
- mr1337, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Linux is well worth learning, especially if you are going into the field of computers. Even if you aren't, it's a fantastic operating system. Best of all, it's FREE*! I've been using Kubuntu as my main operating system for several months now, and I see no reason to permanently switch back to Windows (except for the obvious gaming reasons).
*Mostly. (Exceptions: enterprise distros like Red Hat and SuSE) - capitapf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6VLC should be replaced with mplayer imo. dont get my wrong, i like vlc i just think that mplayer is more powerful.
- krinthekuz, on 09/16/2008, -1/+6i vote: nano, mv
what? it says 10 apps... - simplisticton, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"my job would SUCK without the services of grep."
...everyone's job would benefit from grep, it's just that not everyone knows it. - mdshort, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6OMG! It's the apocalypse!
Seriously, thats a low blow. You know wordpress almost always breaks when sites using it get dugg... what do you think digg runs off of?
Misconfiguration is not a basis to judge an operating system. Besides it looks like they just deleted the article before it got dugg.
Anyone got any money so I can feed the troll again? - superxero044, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I think a program that everyone should try out is k3b. Its a KDE burning program that is very good and can do a lot. If you're using ubuntu snag it off of synaptic and it will add the dependencies for you.
- Xilon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"Another one to try after having logged in as root:
cd / && rm -Rf /"
Way to be reduntant :|... 'rm -Rf /' will do... - tito13kfm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Error 404 - Not Found
That is by far my favorite application on any OS - tagawa, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9more > less
- pauldonnelly, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Diggers don't much like file managers it seems. Especially this mxreb0 character. Way to be a dick and sully a good musician's name.
Now I'm personally a command line guy -- what the heck am I going to do with a bunch of icons? -- but I can't think of a reason in the world that someone shouldn't prefer a graphical manager, especially if they aren't a decent touch typist (not that I'm insinuating anything about b7ll's typing abilities).
On a side note, can't you people spell a word with letters any more? - b7illsmith, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@bart9h -
So the list should be called "Top 10 Linux Applications That Are Not Taken For Granted".
It wasn't THAT long ago when no one took any of the items you mentioned for granted. - Gilou, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Well, this list is more or less accurate...
- Xilon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I use four; Firefox, GIMP, Azureus (please make a better alternative), and VLC.
I wouldn't consider Azureus being the best app...
My Top 10:
Firefox
VLC
Scribes
Thunar
irssi
ekg
Gaim
Inkscape
FileZilla
Terminal (any you like really) - SjRaptor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3cp, rm, grep, less, ps, cat, vi, su, sed, awk
don't need shutdown - joelito, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I like Totem better.
That's after installing the codecs. - SundayTrain, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Nobody is going to kill you :-)
Here is a fun command for you to try though
format c:/u/q/s - crazybrit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Thanks for that! I just installed Basket, it's pretty awesome - although the Edgy repository only has version 0.5, not 0.6, and I can't be bothered to satisfy the dependencies and compile from source.
- felderado, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Picard is a NEW Musicbrainz library which is NOT in Amarok. The old one is. Which is less efficient and worse at fingerprinting songs.
- TheSiz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I find it hard to believe that an image manipulation program is a must-have for everyone.
- gollo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4It's built into amarok
- kamandu, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Tomboy is nice but I prefer basket.
http://basket.kde.org/ - OmegaNine, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Its info now :oP But I think man/info goes on top for me. I use it so damn much.
- stalefries, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Precisely. They didn't mention ed because it's already there. They're talking about add-on apps.
- Xilon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"(Sorry for the kludge. digg seems to think those characters are dangerous or something.)"
I seriously don't get it... why not just use htmlentities() on all the posts? It pisses me off! - Ashex, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6http://duggmirror.com/linux_unix/10_Must_Have_Linux_Applications/
aaand sishgupta beat me to it. - ostracize, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2My new favourite app for desktop linux is Keep. It's a simple front-end to rdiff-backup. Lacks features/customizability but works well
http://jr.falleri.free.fr/keep/wiki/Home - crazybrit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Also - too late to edit, but how is Basket a note taking application? I think I'd rather stick to Tomboy for notes and use Basket as... well, a basket. To put stuff in and stuff.
I'm tired. :( - aahpandasrun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27 out of 10 of these programs also have windows versions, for those who are interested.
- BlueLander, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Wow, I'd never heard of this one before. Thanks!
Hmm... Basket + GTD sounds very good! - esdjco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2SSH?
- treehead, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Article is no longer showing at submitted URL. Cached content:
10 Must Have Linux Applications
In the wild wild west world of Linux applications, it is easy to become overwhelmed with the amount of applications that are available. Sometimes it comes down to simple trial and error. Through my own process of trying out different applications I have come up with a list of 10 that I believe are a must have for any Linux user. Some are fairly obvious, some are just for fun, and some are very robust and useful.
1. Firefox
Probably the most obvious and well known of all Open Source software, so let’s go ahead and get it out of the way first. Firefox is a free open source browser that is extremely flexible and user friendly. I’m a big fan of software that can be customized to run and look exactly how a user wants it to, and with extensions and themes Firefox has done just that.
2. Open Office
Documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Oh My! Open Office is an entire office suite that is completely free and performs like a champ. Something that I didn’t realize when I first started using OO was that it can open MS Office documents. So switching to OO doesn’t require you to start over with all of your existing documents, you can pick up right where you left off.
3. Neverball
Now that we have talked about Office software and we have done some work, let’s have some fun. Neverball is clone of the game “Super Monkey Ball”. You use your mouse to tilt the floor to roll a ball through an obstacle course, while grabbing coins before time runs out. Neverball is a little bit of stategy mixed with a little bit of action and a lot of patience.
4. Amarok
Organize your music. Amarok is a full feature music management system. Create play lists, find songs, access devices (such as an iPod), view album information via the contextual menus, and much much more. Amarok has it all.
5. GIMP
GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a piece of software for photo retouching, image composition, and image resizing. Although similar to Photoshop, GIMP is not quite up to Photoshop’s level quite yet. For being open source and completely free, GIMP does have some pretty impressive features.
6. Azureus
Although this may not be a “must have” application, I believe it will be in the future. BitTorrent is becoming a more and more popular means of distributing files throughout the Internet. In fact, many Linux distributions are spread via BitTorrent. Azureus is a powerful Java based client that has a multitude of features (most of which I will never use) that put the user in command of torrents.
7. Celestia
Probably the best description of Celestia that I can come up with is “Universe Simulator”. With this program you can literally fly around to thousands and thousands of locations throughout the known universe. Explore plants, stars, galaxies. The sky is not the limit. There are also a large variety of add-on packs for Celestia that allow you to add textures new features and fantasy objects such as the Death Star from Star Wars.
8. VLC
VLC is a wicked cool media player. It will play a wide variety of formats such as MPEG, AVI, WMV, ASF, MP4, OGG, DVD’s, VCD’s, and many many more. It can also be used as a server to stream video. It also comes with all the bells and whistles of a good media player such as visualization, a variety of outputs and a plethora of configuration options.
9. Tomboy
Tomboy is a simple desktop note taking application for Linux. Easy to use, but with potential to help you organize and track ideas and information so it doesn’t become lost in the shuffle.
10. F-Spot
Need a full featured photo-management system for the gnome desktop? F-Spot is your man. F-Spot is easy to use, can read a number of different formats, and can be used to do some minor editing. One of the best features of F-Spot is it’s ability to export to sites such as a Flickr, 23, or Picasa Web.
Posted by GreenLantern on Thursday, December 14th, 2006 at 12:00 pm. - utcursch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Dugg for informative comments.
- eelco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What, no email app?
My favorites:
- Evolution
- Firefox
- Pan
- Tomboy
- Gnome-terminal
- Muine
- Gnumeric - BassJunkie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1When I see an article about 10 must have apps I was expectinng to find more then a couple of programs I haven't heard of (Celestia and Neverball - both of questionable everyday use and a bit outta place amongst the other suggestions IMO) The rest come with most distro's already!
- stalefries, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Oh gosh, for the last time people, some of us prefer not to tell any old website out there the referrer!
- Giga, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Nigh, two image manipulation programs...
- Giga, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Why is find not on the list? Probably because this list aims to reveal the 10 best add-on applications, not a core utility. Why not mention all the other essential commands, such as cd, ls, grep... (and the list goes on).
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