Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

From: Tshepang Lekhonkhobe (tshepang_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/30/05

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    Hello,
    There has been an interesting number of responses on this thread. I
    like it because it helps me explore some other FLOSS (or not so FLO)
    out there which I might otherwise find superior to my own favourites.
    I would just like to post stats on what the respoding population likes
    (in brackets we find the number of votes):

    audio editor:
    * audacity (7)
    * audacious, gnusound, xfmedia

    audio player:
    * Amarok (6)
    * XMMS (5)
    * beep-media-player (3)
    * XMMS2, mp3blaster, muine, totem, rhythmbox

    cd-ripper:
    * sound-juicer (6)
    * abcde (4)
    * KAudioCreator (2), grip (2)
    * dagrab, cdparanoia

    Desktop Environment:
    * GNOME (2)
    * Xfce4

    DBMS:
    * MySQL (3)
    * PostgreSQL (2)
    * Openoffice2.0 Base, Oracle

    development:
    * Eclipse (2), Qt (2), Quanta (2)
    * bluefish, GTK+

    disc burner:
    * k3b (11)
    * gnomebaker (6)
    * cdrecord (2)
    * xcdroast, nautilus-cd-burner, nero-linux, graveman

    e-mail client:
    * Thunderbird (9)
    * evolution (5)
    * mutt (4)
    * kmail (2)
    * Gmail (2)
    * M2
    * sylpheed-claws-gtk2

    file manager:
    * MC (6)
    * nautilus (5)
    * konqueror (3)
    * rox-filer (3)
    * emelfm
    * xterm
    * xfe
    * p-desk
    * krusader

    finance:
    * gnucash (5)
    * Calc
    * kMyMoney

    firewall [ shorewall ]

    ftp:
    * gftp (4)
    * ftp
    * lftp

    icons [ dlg-etiquette ]

    image editor
    * gimp (18)
    * imagemagick

    image viewer:
    * gthumb (9)
    * f-spot (3)
    * GQview (2), kuickshow (2), eog (2), display? (2)
    * imgSeek, mozilla-firefox, kview, gliv

    instant messenger
    * gaim (3)
    * Kopete (2)

    mathematics:
    * octave (2), maxima (2)
    * latex, texmacs, R

    misc utilities:
    * sudo (3)
    * dvd9to5 (2), oggasm (2), ssh (2), grep (2), screen (2)
    * lsof, sloccount, splint, uptimed, uptime, bash, awk, find
    * fuser, scim, route, netstat, dpkg-www

    p2p:
    * aMule (2)
    * azureus

    package manager:
    * aptitude (7)
    * Synaptic (6)
    * adept (2), apt (2)
    * portage
    * pkg_add

    pdf-reader:
    * acroread (2), kpdf (2)
    * xpdf, gpdf, evince

    process monitor:
    * top (3)
    * procmeter

    tag editor:
    * easyTag (5)
    * juk, id3v2

    terminal emulator:
    * gnome-terminal (7)
    * Konsole (6)
    * Xterm (4)
    * xfce4-terminal (2), RXVT (2), Yakuake (2)
    * eterm

    text editor:
    * gedit (6)
    * vi (5)
    * kate (4)
    * gvim (3), gxedit (3),
    * nano (2), vim (2), Emacs (2)
    * anjuta, FTE, mousepad, OpenOffice.org

    video player:
    * mplayer (7)
    * VLC (4)
    * Kaffeine (3)
    * xine-ui (2), totem (2), totem-xine (2)
    * gmplayer, gxine

    web browser:
    * mozilla-firefox (17)
    * Epiphany (2)
    * opera, wget, konqueror

    (unreleased):
    * GNU HURD (4)

    3D animation: [ blender (5) ]
    office: [ openoffice (2) ]

    aggregator: [ lifearea ]
    admin: [ webmin ]
    bootloader: [ grub ]
    cms: [ drupal ]
    config: [ gkDebconf ]
    dns: [ dnsmasq ]
    eyecandy: [ wallpaper-tray ]
    http-proxy: [ privoxy ]
    image manager: [ digiKam ]
    IRC client: [ XChat ]
    mail server: [ cyrus21 ]
    media-player: [ Kaffeine ]
    PIM: [ kontact ]
    spam murderer: [ spamassassin ]
    window manager: [ fvwm ]

    Summary:
    18 votes: gimp
    17 votes: mozilla-firefox
    11 votes: k3b
    09 votes: gthumb, Thunderbird
    07 votes: aptitude, gnome-terminal, mplayer, audacity

    Thanks for all the responses...


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