Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

On Thu, 2009-11-05 at 15:56 +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.
I often have more than one entry, because I don't use when I am home, at
work or on the go.

audio editor:
none
audio player:
ncmpc/gmpc / rythmbox
cd-ripper:
which ever is the default in Gnome.
DBMS:
mysql (and sqlite)
desktop environment OR window manager:
gnome
development:
vim
disc burner:
wodim
e-mail client:
evolution + squirrelmail
file manager:
mc + nautilus
finance:
ftp client:
mc (midnight commander) / wget
games:
image creator/editor:
gimp & inkscape
image viewer:
gthumb & eog
instant messenger:
irssi / xchat
mathematics:
misc utilities:
p2p:
package manager:
aptitude, dpkg
pdf/ps-reader:
evince
spreadsheet:
openoffice
terminal emulator:
gnome-terminal ; screen
text editor:
vim
video player:
totem
web browser:
iceweasel
word-processor:
you mean the legacy tool invented in the 80s?
openoffice
non-free:
aptitude search "?Section(non-free) ~i" -F "%p"

firmware-iwlwifi firmware-linux-nonfree intel-microcode make-doc tar-doc
ttf-xfree86-nonfree unrar w3-recs

SPECIAL CATEGORIES
anything unreleased and highly anticipated:
- Squeeze, what else? (especially Debian GNU/kFreeBSD)
- Some docbook viewers (CLI and GUI)

anything dying/dead:
- info pages

anything deserving great honours (EG. Linux, GCC):
gpg
any organisation/community deserving great honours (EG. GNU, Debian):
Debian, Freedesktop, opensource.org...

any FLOSS developer deserving great honours (max 5 at most, unless you insist):
- Maintainers of components that no one notices (libraries,
"simple" and so call "standard" utilities...)
- Anonymous contributors


Regards,

Franklin


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