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This one is a "well, duh"... Open Office / Libre office. I like it better than Office 2007, but I still miss Visio. Hey Oracle, that was a hint in case you missed it.
Guake... Oh my god yes. Command line from a hot key on a screen overlay for those of you who haven't tried it.
Gimp. Need to edit a photo or graphic? Easy.
Inkscape. Need to make a scalable graphic? Simple.
Scribus. Need to create a publishable PDF and submit final copy to a commercial printer? Done.
Evolution. I like my email and calendars in one app. I like to receive a calendar event or contact from an Outlook user and import it with a click. Canonical, this was a hint in case you are paying attention.
Bluefish. I write code and scripts at the command line. I want context highlighting. I have the power.
Virtualbox. I want to run any OS to support my clients. I can.
There are others, but those are my favorites.
Guake... Oh my god yes. Command line from a hot key on a screen overlay for those of you who haven't tried it.
Gimp. Need to edit a photo or graphic? Easy.
Inkscape. Need to make a scalable graphic? Simple.
Scribus. Need to create a publishable PDF and submit final copy to a commercial printer? Done.
Evolution. I like my email and calendars in one app. I like to receive a calendar event or contact from an Outlook user and import it with a click. Canonical, this was a hint in case you are paying attention.
Bluefish. I write code and scripts at the command line. I want context highlighting. I have the power.
Virtualbox. I want to run any OS to support my clients. I can.
There are others, but those are my favorites.
I really like Kate for holding several files open and easy to get at. It tends to get used during tasks where I will be adding open files as steps progress. The notes file, then the nmap scan file, then the dumped results from the next tool and so on.
For day to day keeping of notes and document drafting though; Zim! It provides a very nice wiki style layout of files. Linking pages, basic text formatting, check/bullet lists, screenshots.. all there. Behind the scenes, it uses a very clean directory/textfile layout. This is a big benefit when keeping the saved notes synced between machines or when doing heavy editing on a page using another tool like Vim. Zim also has you covered on Windows, osX, Linux and Maemo among other OS so I have the same tree of notes across personal desktop, notebook, workstation and phone without relying on a third party hosted service.
With both tools, I'd love to see Vim key bindings though. I've been spoiled by the ability to easily delete/paste lines without moving away from the letter keys. (somehow, "home shift end crtl+x up up crtl+v" is just not the same as "dd k k p") And the number of times I look back at the screen now to see three "j" characters instead of my courer down three lines..
regarding Nano.. I used to use Joe (Joe's Own Editor) because it was a very clean display. Vim has since replaced my use of Joe. I can't even take the menu across the bottom of Nano now though I do use it as the default when doing machines for non-Vim users.
For day to day keeping of notes and document drafting though; Zim! It provides a very nice wiki style layout of files. Linking pages, basic text formatting, check/bullet lists, screenshots.. all there. Behind the scenes, it uses a very clean directory/textfile layout. This is a big benefit when keeping the saved notes synced between machines or when doing heavy editing on a page using another tool like Vim. Zim also has you covered on Windows, osX, Linux and Maemo among other OS so I have the same tree of notes across personal desktop, notebook, workstation and phone without relying on a third party hosted service.
With both tools, I'd love to see Vim key bindings though. I've been spoiled by the ability to easily delete/paste lines without moving away from the letter keys. (somehow, "home shift end crtl+x up up crtl+v" is just not the same as "dd k k p") And the number of times I look back at the screen now to see three "j" characters instead of my courer down three lines..
regarding Nano.. I used to use Joe (Joe's Own Editor) because it was a very clean display. Vim has since replaced my use of Joe. I can't even take the menu across the bottom of Nano now though I do use it as the default when doing machines for non-Vim users.
I take issue with someone who says burning CDs/DVDs/BDs is a daily chore for the seasoned Linux user. I would consider myself a minor Linux guru, and I very rarely burn CDs. I do use Brasero for that purpose, just because it's simple. But daily burning of ISOs is just wasteful in my opinion. The last CD I burned was back in May. I so rarely burn CDs and DVDs that I no longer keep a spindle of blank discs around. For OS installations, I "burn" to USB flash drive, which is much more reusable than even CD/DVD-RW.
I also take issue that nano is a necessary tool. On my personal systems (mostly Debian), nano is installed by default. I always remove it post haste. Vim is too ingrained in my psyche for me to use anything else. The only thing I use GUI editors for is throwaway notes, so I also take issue with kate being a necessary tool. But, the Linux community is all about choice, and which choices you let your distro choose for you.
As for the terminal? I use rxvt-unicode, which takes a bit of massaging to get working the way you want. Once it's set up though, you can't beat it.
Oh, and if you haven't tried a tiling window manager like awesome or XMonad, you're doing yourself a disservice. I have been using XMonad for a few months now, and I love it.
I also take issue that nano is a necessary tool. On my personal systems (mostly Debian), nano is installed by default. I always remove it post haste. Vim is too ingrained in my psyche for me to use anything else. The only thing I use GUI editors for is throwaway notes, so I also take issue with kate being a necessary tool. But, the Linux community is all about choice, and which choices you let your distro choose for you.
As for the terminal? I use rxvt-unicode, which takes a bit of massaging to get working the way you want. Once it's set up though, you can't beat it.
Oh, and if you haven't tried a tiling window manager like awesome or XMonad, you're doing yourself a disservice. I have been using XMonad for a few months now, and I love it.
Same here. I find I'm doing less CD burning rather than more as time goes on. With VMware or Virtualbox, just point it at the ISO and go; no more burn and reboot just to look at a new distro release. Heck, I've used ISO'd Supergrub to fix a VM with a broken boot process. Actually, I probably do more burning to physical media for Windows machines these days; various AV liveCD and the new MS system scanner liveCD.
I'd have mentioned K3B though rather than Brasero simply due to more time spent working through KDE and it's native apps.
I'd have mentioned K3B though rather than Brasero simply due to more time spent working through KDE and it's native apps.
This is a terrific open source application to keep up with references in scholarly papers from book reports to dissertations. You can use it to implement any known format from APA to MLA and everything in between. It integrates with OpenOffice / LibreOffice, and even MS Word. Combined with Firefox to update documents as they are written, this is why I am using it right now, and would not change for anything.
I have added Zotero to my system. Since I am going for my masters in Economics and IT management it will really come in handy for those pesky citations!
I totally second and ups on guake, I even find myself hit the f12 key on windows and Macs hoping that my trusty command line will pop down and get out of the way when it loses focus.
as for note taking KeepNotes is my go to application alhtough I had troubles installing it on Mac ( I blame it on too much tinkering GTK with and without MacPorts).
in my windows+linux world I find xrdp invaluable, it is straight forward to install (vnc based) and second only to NX in terms of performance. Since the data is transported over RDP it is much faster than VNC, has some added security, and uses a readily available enterprise friendly client.
as for note taking KeepNotes is my go to application alhtough I had troubles installing it on Mac ( I blame it on too much tinkering GTK with and without MacPorts).
in my windows+linux world I find xrdp invaluable, it is straight forward to install (vnc based) and second only to NX in terms of performance. Since the data is transported over RDP it is much faster than VNC, has some added security, and uses a readily available enterprise friendly client.
I cannot live without one or the other of these on my Linux system. Oh, the joy of having a fully functional terminal emulator as near as a specially designated hot key of my choosing!
Hi, on free time i love Xine. For years it's the best player i have use.I'm talking about decoding, picture quality, performance, etc...
This is pretty specific to Gnome 2, as Unity and the next generation Gnome/KDE are integrating much of this functionality, but GnomeDo is still the first application I install on any distribution using Gnome 2. It's dead simple, and saves me countless clicks/searches every time I launch something.
Here's a list of the most useful apps I add to Linux builds:
* Crossover ('wine' front end) - Worth the (reasonable) price to easily run Windows apps
* HP-15C calculator simulator from http://hp-15c.homepage.t-online.de/
* isomaster - Great GUI tool for mastering or remastering '.iso' files
* gprename - Nice GUI bulk file renamer
* nautilus-open-terminal, nautilus-gksu, nautilus-image-converter - What the Nautilus pop-up menu needs
* gnumeric - Good lightweight spreadsheet
* freemind - Mind-mapping software
* gthumb - Lightweight image manipulation tool
* gpicview - Alternative to 'eog' (Eye of Gnome)
* gufw - Because you don't want to configure 'iptables' via the command line!
* fwknop (client & server) - Encrypted port knocker for secure remote access
* ssmtp - Lightweight alternative to sendmail; can mail via Gmail
All of these are available in the Ubuntu repositories except the first two. All are free except Crossover, which you can get for (as low as) $26. I bought the Pro version, which gave me 12 months of support plus the 'Games' version (has Dx9 support), though I've never needed to use the support. And I like doing business with a company with a good product that helps foster Microsoft independence.
* Crossover ('wine' front end) - Worth the (reasonable) price to easily run Windows apps
* HP-15C calculator simulator from http://hp-15c.homepage.t-online.de/
* isomaster - Great GUI tool for mastering or remastering '.iso' files
* gprename - Nice GUI bulk file renamer
* nautilus-open-terminal, nautilus-gksu, nautilus-image-converter - What the Nautilus pop-up menu needs
* gnumeric - Good lightweight spreadsheet
* freemind - Mind-mapping software
* gthumb - Lightweight image manipulation tool
* gpicview - Alternative to 'eog' (Eye of Gnome)
* gufw - Because you don't want to configure 'iptables' via the command line!
* fwknop (client & server) - Encrypted port knocker for secure remote access
* ssmtp - Lightweight alternative to sendmail; can mail via Gmail
All of these are available in the Ubuntu repositories except the first two. All are free except Crossover, which you can get for (as low as) $26. I bought the Pro version, which gave me 12 months of support plus the 'Games' version (has Dx9 support), though I've never needed to use the support. And I like doing business with a company with a good product that helps foster Microsoft independence.
Pithos turned out to be unusable on my system - it gave an error claiming it wasn't supported by Pandora. Turns out the problem is Pandora, which refuses service to anyone who's IP it thinks is outside the US.
as a file and directory browser in text mode terminal sessions on *n*x boxes. It is a huge time saver. I set it up on any system I have to support or work on much. The only tricky part can be with some precompiled versions not making it easy to turn on the option to view dot files.
It is also useful when I need to document work under change control ("changes") while working in a terminal window to show web page verification in text mode with the "-dump" option.
It is also useful when I need to document work under change control ("changes") while working in a terminal window to show web page verification in text mode with the "-dump" option.
I've long been a fan of Brasero, DropBox, and the Terminal com-line, and recently discovered Lucky Backup (best of its breed). Pithos is new to me, but it installed easily (Ubuntu 10.4/LL-LTS) and works great! My own contributions to "small apps I can't live without": GRsync (my mainstay before LuckyB, still a compliment), Klipper (multi-use cut-&-paste), KRename (batch file renamer), Qalculate! (great little calculator, lots of functionality), Shutter (screenshots), Sound Juicer (CD ripper), Sound Converter (audio file format converter), EasyTAG (view/edit MP3, OggV, FLAC, etc. tags), UNetbootin (Live USB drive creator).
Of course, Linux/FLOSS is rich with small/tiny programs of great utility, and I'm always finding new ones... that's half-the-fun.
Of course, Linux/FLOSS is rich with small/tiny programs of great utility, and I'm always finding new ones... that's half-the-fun.
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