I am starting to like Suse, but totally overwhelmed by the sheer number of small apps with inexplicable names that seem to come with it.

I seem to have 3 apps to perform each function in the menu...just wondering what other people consider to be Killer Apps (for whatever purpose)...and why you like it. Just want a lean and mean box

What can't you live without?

Thanks

I am starting to like Suse, but totally overwhelmed by the sheer number of small apps with inexplicable names that seem to come with it.

I seem to have 3 apps to perform each function in the menu...just wondering what other people consider to be Killer Apps (for whatever purpose)...and why you like it. Just want a lean and mean box

What can't you live without?

Thanks

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Try lates debain, so far one of the best linux distr i come around

I use Kubuntu Linux

Kate as my editor

Thunderbirm as my mail client

firefox as my browser

last but not least amarock for my music

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What can't you live without?

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Having cut my teeth on Linux and Unix, I think I would miss a wide range of programs if they were removed... here's just the top of the list of programs I consider mandatory for my personal systems as of late. I omit the very basic things like shell and all the assorted tools for working around in the filesystem; system functions like printing, scanning, networking; and development tools used when I am programming professionally.

xterm (text windows under GUI)

ssh (remote login and secure port-forwarding)

mutt (console email client)

emacs (very richly featured text editor)

gaim (IM client)

privoxy (web proxy, used in combination w/ ssh)

mozilla (browser)

fetchmail, procmail, spamassassin (download and prepare mailbox for mutt)

w3m (text web browser used to render HTML email nicely in mutt)

wv (MS Word -> HTML converter used to quickly view Word attachments in mutt)

openoffice writer/calc (word processor and spreadsheet)

ghostscript, ghostview, xpdf, ps2pdf, pdftops (Postscript and PDF viewers and converters)

gimp, gthumb, gphoto (image editing, browsing, loading from digital camera)

xmms, grip, lame, gtkpod (MP3 playing, ripping, converting, loading to iPod)

all the ImageMagick conversion tools

vpnc (form VPN connections to customers who have VPN appliances)

To make this Thailand related, I have to admit I was impressed when the above toolchain of fetchmail->procmail->spamassassin->wv->w3m->mutt->xterm properly displayed a Word document with Thai fonts in my text console. I half expected it to all fall over itself when I strayed outside the US-ASCII character set...

The only commercial software I've purchased in recent years for Linux is VMWare Workstation, because I unfortunately need to run Office XP on some work-related documents once in a while (where OpenOffice would cause huge document interchange problems).

Here is my list of great apps:

OpenOffice (just for the sheer fact it makes the migrate for MS users easier)

Firefox and Opera (internet browsing)

Gimp (graphics)

Emacs (one of the best text editors ever)

SSH (great for secure tunneling and safe remote adminstration)

Nessus (a powerfull vulnerability scanner)

GAIM (instant messaging)

Screem (HTML editor)

gPHPEdit (great little scipt editor)

backuppc (fully configurable backup interface for the enterprise, great for remote backups)

FreeNX (remote desktop)

This is just a summary; there list goes on and on...

My favourite apps:

fvwm (window manager, very light, very customizable)

firefox (web browser) The last one, "Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7" is a little bit unstable

Xchat (IRC chat client)

Emacs (text editor, and more...)

nano (console text editor, very easy to use)

xterm, aterm (Xterminal)

streamtuner (stream directory browser)

gentoo (a light file manager)

Xmms (X multimedia system)

k3b (cd-dvd burning)

Mplayer, Xine (multimedia)

xv, gimp, imagemagick (image manipulation)

gthumb, gQview (image viewer)

partimage & System RescueCD (backup your whole system is not a bad idea )

I like all the usual suspects:

Firefox

Thunderbird

MPlayer

k3b

XChat

Gaim

xmms

And some not mentioned yet:

LinNeighborhood (to browse a network, but there's a better KDE one)

GVim (gui text editor)

pico (terminal text editor)

dpackage

apt

synaptic (gui for apt)

gimp-print

gnumeric (Excel compatible spreadsheet with all Excel functions)

I also like the xfce desktop instead of KDE or Gnome.

What ? No Amarok. Come on guys, it has to be the sexiest piece of kit available.