Programs I use, and why

[This page is under heavy development – Think of it as a beta]

I intent to make a kind of list of free software programs I use for different tasks, mentioning alternatives when pertinent, and giving reasons why I use what I use.

This section is actually for self reference, because I keep asking myself once in a “why don’t I use this or that program that looks so good?”. Anyway, it might make for interesting reading for any GNU/Linux user.

 

Desktop environment

 

I use Xfce. People (even its developers) insist that its best pro is speed. I don’t agree: I use it for style and looks.

PROs

CONs

Alternatives

 

Image viewer

 

I use Eye of GNOME. It is the image viewer I feel most comfortable with. See Wikipedia Comparison of image viewers

PROs

CONs

Alternatives

 

e-mail client

 

I HATE all GNU/Linux e-mails clients I have laid my hands on. They all suck at some random (and different) detail on handling [[IMAP]] (at least [[Gmail]] one), which is the only thing I care about when talking about e-mail. They are all 95% “good”, but the missing 5% is usually a showstopper. I am seriously considering using the Gmail web interface, but usually what I do is switch dump a client for the next one in the list when I get fed up about it. And so on, and so forth…

See Wikipedia Comparison of e-mail clients

Alternatives

 

Terminal

 

I use Konsole. It has everything I need.

PROs

CONs

Alternatives

 

Web browser

 

I use Firefox. See also Comparison of web browsers at Wikipedia.

PROs

CONs

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Photograph collection manager

 

See also List of image organizers at Wikipedia.

I use digiKam. I have used it and F-Spot, and I like this one better.

Alternatives

 

Office suite

 

I use OpenOffice.org. It’s very complete, although slow and heavy. See also Comparison of office suites at Wikipedia.

PROs

CONs

Alternatives

 

p2p

 

I use [[Deluge (software)|Deluge]], which is a very nice [[BitTorrent (protocol)|BitTorrent]] client. See also [[List of BitTorrent clients]] at Wikipedia.

Alternatives

 

Feed reader

 

I use [[Akregator]]. See also [[List of feed aggregators]] at Wikipedia.

Alternatives

 

File manager

 

I use Thunar, the default FM of Xfce. It is really fast, and gives me all I ask of it.

Alternatives

 

Music player

 

I use [[Amarok]].

Alternatives

Document readers

I use [[Evince]].

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Graphical FTP

 

I use [[gFTP]].

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Disk usage analyzers

 

I use [[Filelight]].

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