What is your favourite FLOSS application?

Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knugum at gmail.com
Tue Nov 17 17:59:16 UTC 2009


2009/11/17 Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com>:
> Tshepang Lekhonkhobe has been running the Favourite FLOSS survery for
> several years on the Debian list. This year, with his blessing, I take
> the survey to the Ubuntu and Kubuntu lists. Below is a template where
> you can fill in your favourite applications. If an app does not fit in
> any of the categories, please put it under misc utilities and suggest
> a new category. Please do not add what you have not really used. You
> can include more than one entrant per category, but please don't
> bloat.
>
> Accessibility:
> Address Book:
> Audio Editor: Haven't found a good one yet.
> Audio Player: SongBird
> Calendar: Evolution
> CD Ripper: Sound Juicer
> Collaboration:
> Database Management:
> Desktop Environment OR Window Manager: Gnome with Compiz Fusion
> Development:
> Dictionary/Translation:
> Disc Burner:
> E-mail Client: Opera M2
> File Compression: Any
> File Manager: Nautilus
> Finance:
> Learning tool:
> FTP Client: Nautilus
> Game: My own Maxi Yatzy (Swedish kind of Yathzee with 6 dice…) for OpenOffice.org Calc…
> Image Creator/Editor:
> Image Viewer: None
> Instant Messenger: Don't care
> Mapping:
> Mathematics:
> Misc Utilities:
> Note-taking: Tomboy
> P2P:
> Package Manager: Aptitude
> Personal Wiki:
> Phone/PDA Sync Tool:
> Photo Organizer: Nautilus…
> Plenetarium:
> PDF/PS Reader: Adobe Reader, I'm afraid…
> PDF Writer: Didn't find a good one so far.
> Security:
> Spreadsheet: OpenOffice.org Calc
> Terminal Emulator: The standard gnome terminal.
> Text Editor: Emacs
> Video Player: Don't care, most of them work for me.
> Virtual Machine / Windows Emulator:
> Web Browser: Opera
> Word Processor: OpenOffice.org Writer

Digital audio workstation: Ardour (are there others out there at all?)
MIDI SysEx tool: Still looking for a good one…
Text extension tool: AutoKey (gtk version)

Johnny Rosenberg


>
>
> SPECIAL CATEGORIES
>
> Non-free applications that you use:
> Websites for finding new applications:
> Unreleased and highly anticipated application:
> Dying/dead applications (abandonware) still in use:
> Software available for Windows that you need on Linux:
> One outstanding issue with Linux/Ubuntu that needs immediate attention:
> Any organisation or community deserving great honours:
> Any FLOSS developer deserving great honours:
> Anything else deserving great honours:
>
>
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