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    Hi.

    I was thinking that it would be interesting to know what software Phoronix users use to meet their needs. I discovered many useful programs in threads like this in some Debian users mailing list, and perhaps doing something similar here can bring more susprising and useful stuff to the table.

    Something along the following lines could do, so you only have to copy and paste. Of course, I probably left out tons of stuff that people use and I don't, feel free to adapt it so we can learn/discover more things.


    System.

    -Distro:

    -File system:

    -Kernel patches?:

    -Desktop/window manager:

    -Terminal emulator:

    -File browser:

    -Virtualization/emulation:

    -Misc. tools:


    Net.

    -Web browser (plus addons, if any):

    -Mail client:

    -Instant messaging:

    -VoIP:

    -Torrent/P2P client:

    -Other:


    Productivity.

    -Text editor:

    -Typesetting:

    -Word processor:

    -Spreadsheet:

    -Presentation:

    -Data base:

    -Other:


    Viewers/media.

    -Image viewer:

    -Graphics/Image manipulation:

    -Pdf viewer:

    -Audio player/tools:

    -Video player/tools:

    -Burning software:


    Entertainment.

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    System.

    -Distro: Debian Sid

    -File system: ext3

    -Kernel patches?: tuxonice, linux-phc

    -Desktop/window manager: ion3

    -Terminal emulator: rxvt

    -File browser: just the terminal

    -Virtualization/emulation: VirtualBox

    -Misc. tools:


    Net.

    -Web browser (plus addons, if any): Firefox (Iceweasel, actually), adblock, noscript

    -Mail client: Claws Mail

    -Instant messaging: Kopete

    -VoIP: Skype

    -Torrent/P2P client: Deluge, rtorrent

    -Other:


    Productivity.

    -Text editor: Kate

    -Typesetting: Kile

    -Word processor:

    -Spreadsheet: Gnumeric

    -Presentation: Scribus

    -Data base:

    -Other: Octave, Maxima (wxmaxima)


    Viewers/media.

    -Image viewer: gliv

    -Graphics/Image manipulation: Inkscape, The Gimp, Imagemagick, Imagej

    -Pdf viewer: Acroread

    -Audio player/tools: Moc

    -Video player/tools: Mplayer (Smplayer), Handbrake

    -Burning software: K3b


    Entertainment.

    Celestia, Stellarium, Gcstar...probably more.
    Last edited by yotambien; 25 February 2009, 04:17 PM.

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    • #3
      System.

      -Distro: Arch Linux/Kubuntu

      -File system: EXT3/EXT4

      -Kernel patches?: generic distros kernels

      -Desktop/window manager: KDE4, Kwin

      -Terminal emulator: Yakuake, Konsole

      -File browser: Krusader, Dolphin

      -Virtualization/emulation: Vbox

      -Misc. tools: Kalkulator, Okteta, Ark


      Net.

      -Web browser (plus addons, if any): Firefox - flashgot, adblock

      -Mail client: Thunderbird, Kmail

      -Instant messaging: Kadu, Kopete

      -VoIP:

      -Torrent/P2P client: Ktorrent, GTK-Gnutella, aMule

      -Other:


      Productivity.

      -Text editor: Kate, Kwrite

      -Typesetting:

      -Word processor: Writter

      -Spreadsheet:

      -Presentation: Impress

      -Data base:

      -Other:


      Viewers/media.

      -Image viewer: Gwenview

      -Graphics/Image manipulation: GIMP

      -Pdf viewer: Okular

      -Audio player/tools: Amarok 2

      -Video player/tools: SMPlayer

      -Burning software: K3B
      Last edited by kraftman; 25 February 2009, 04:03 PM.

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      • #4
        System.

        -Distro: My own (LFS-based)

        -File system: JFS on main comp, ext3/2 otherwise. fat32 on usb sticks meant to be interoperable.

        -Kernel patches?: squashfs, bootsplash, loop-aes

        -Desktop/window manager: JWM

        -Terminal emulator: Xterm

        -File browser: ls

        -Virtualization/emulation: Qemu until newest comp, since it still doesn't work with gcc4

        -Misc. tools:


        Net.

        -Web browser (plus addons, if any): Opera

        -Mail client: Sylpheed

        -Instant messaging: Psi

        -Torrent/P2P client: aria2

        -Other:


        Productivity.

        -Text editor: Nano

        -Word processor: Abiword

        -Other:


        Viewers/media.

        -Image viewer: showimage (from SDL-image)

        -Graphics/Image manipulation: Mtpaint

        -Graphics manipulation when Mtpaint doesn't cut it: Gimp

        -Pdf viewer: Epdfviewer

        -Audio player/tools: mpg123

        -Video player/tools: mplayer

        -Burning software: cdrecord


        Entertainment:
        OpenArena, Ace of Penguins, Dosbox

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