Best Linux programs

asininity

Not sure if theres enough interest here but I thought it worth finding out. What must have linux programs do you use?

I know a lot of use will use the same ones but a few of us might shed some light on programs we didn't know about and might like. My ones are:

Freemind - mind mapping software (also avaliable on windoze).

rTorrent - very good command line torrent client

ddate - just a little fun that comes with most distros that tells you the discordian date.

OpenOffice - obvious

Devede - video burning program

Theres a few more but dont want to bore.

gaming_guy

conky - displays system stats down the side of the desktop

Wine - for running windoze programs

VLC Media Player - this one should be obvious as to what it does (multiplatform)

Samba - for sharing files to windoze machines

old_codger1

If you've got a windows PC, (or more), on your network then Zenmap and Nessus are a good way of checking them out for funnies. I also use iptraf for packet monitoring which can log data to be viewed later.

If you've got a windows virus it will normally try and scan 192.x.x.x, 172.x.x.x, (and other addresses that can't be sent over the 'interwebs' routers), to see what else it can infect.

asininity

Forgot to mention wget, a brilliant little downloader, can download whole websites easily and make the servers think its a browser.

old_codger1

asininity wrote: »

Forgot to mention wget, a brilliant little downloader, can download whole websites easily and make the servers think its a browser.

There's a number of front-ends to wget. The one I used to use was xftp which was excellent. The gnome one seems more difficult to use IMO.

bat999

I bought an iPod shuffle this week and I've got it running with gtkpod

robredz

Just goes to show that there are Linux alternatives out there. Here is one for the gamers, Play On Linux

http://www.playonlinux.com/en/

This one allows you to customise WINE settings on a per game basis & works sweet & dandy.

Marty_J

I used to use Pidgin for messaging. It probably comes with a lot of distros these days, but I just thought I'd mention it.

epz_2

konsole and mplayer for me, tab competion in bash i miss when i need to use ksh as well.

asininity

old_codger1 wrote: »

There's a number of front-ends to wget. The one I used to use was xftp which was excellent. The gnome one seems more difficult to use IMO.

Thats the thing, sometimes and for somethings I actually find the commandline easier to use, more straight forward. That could be a product of becoming a geek though.

technomcgeek

Hi thought it might be useful to give a roundup of distros used too, I'm currently putting Ubuntu onto a few machines and even newbs are finding it really usable, Any others worth a try?