apps i use

A list with nice apps. This list is not complete but can be used as little reference. This list may grow because i still find and learn some new tools.

Intro

This is a list of some apps i use on my Debian/GNU Linux boxes. Some come of the Sarge branch and others of the Etch branch. Like on my desktop computer i use Etch (testing), most are probably for the Etch (testing) version.

This list can be are useful for the people that not really know which tools we have for some particular job. This article not give an introduction to any application but can refer to an article about that product.

Tools for kids

• gcompris - Educational games for small children
• childsplay - Suite of educational games for young children

Desktop environments / window managers

If you ask me, if i have resources enough, i prefer Gnome, if i have no enough resources i prefer fluxbox. But sure i like to test and use some others to. A good trick is to use at least 2 weeks(full time) an environment or manager. Take also an look on http://themes.freshmeat.net/browse/56/ for some themes, take also an look on the website of that environment and look if there are already an package that provide some additional themes. And finally take also an look on http://xwinman.org/ to know what are and desktop environment and what are are window manager.

• gnome - The GNOME Desktop Environment, with extra components
• fluxbox - Highly configurable and low resource X11 Window manager
• kde - the K Desktop Environment official modules
• xfce4 - meta-package for xfce4 dependencies
• openbox - standards compliant, fast, light-weight, extensible window manager
• icewm - wonderful Win95-OS/2-Motif-like window manager
• wmaker - NeXTSTEP-like window manager for X
• ion3 - keyboard-friendly window manager with tiled windows (devel)
• fvwm - F(?) Virtual Window Manager, version 2.5
• enlightenment - The Enlightenment Window Manager

To use different desktop environments at the same time

Log in in GNOME and open an terminal. There you type startx kde -- :1 & You get then KDE running, to switch then between these both you do [CTRL][ALT][F7] and [CTRL][ALT][F8]. No to add windowmaker also, you do startx windowmaker -- :2 & and these is then on the F9

To see which you have installed you do it with wmlist

Some time you no more know how you need to close an windowmanager. What you can do is start it without the &, for example startx fvwm2 -- :1. When you go out of it, you go back to F7 and do then CTRL+C in the terminal where you have start it.

Compress tools

Most time i use 'tar'. For quick unpacking almost every type of compressed file and when i'm to lazy i use unp.

• tar - GNU tar
• bzip2 - high-quality block-sorting file compressor - utilities
• gzip - The GNU compression utility
• zip - Archiver for .zip files
• ark - graphical archiving tool for KDE
• unp - unpack (almost) everything with one command
• unace-nonfree - extract, test and view .ace archives (non-free version)
• unace - uncompress .ace files
• rar-2.80 - Archiver for .rar files
• p7zip - 7-Zip is a file archiver with high compression ratio
• p7zip-full - 7-Zip is a file archiver with high compression ratio
• zoo - manipulate zoo archives
• upx-ucl - an efficient live-compressor for executables

To burn CD ROM's DVD's

Most time or to by honest i use always 'k3b' to make my cd's/dvd's. I'm so happy with his capacity.

• k3b - A sophisticated KDE CD burning application
• brasero - CD/DVD burning application for GNOME
• gnomebaker - application for CD/DVD creation in the GNOME desktop
• graveman - Does this still exist?? I not find it back :-s
• arson - KDE frontend for burning CDs

Office Tools

Suite tools

• openoffice.org - OpenOffice.org Office suite version 2.0
• koffice - KDE Office Suite

Money

Tools to manage your bank accounts.

• grisbi - Personal finance management program
• gnucash - A personal finance tracking program

Dictionary

• gnuvd - Query the online Dutch Van Dale dictionary
• dict - Dictionary Client

Internet

Download Manager

• aria - Tool to download files from the Internet via HTTP or FTP

To chat (GUI)

If you ask me, which GUI chat i use, sure i tell you to use 'xchat'.

• xchat - IRC client for X similar to AmIRC

To chat (cli)

My most used and lovely irc chat is irssi, really so powerful toy. Also look to that script package. Probably you also want to use these scripts. These scripts give some additional facilities. NO it aren't fucking scripts for kiddies.

• irssi - terminal based IRC client

News reader (GUI)

• knode - KDE news reader
• pan - A Newsreader based on GTK2, which looks like Forte Agent

News reader (cli)

• slrn - threaded news reader (fast for slow links)

Email (GUI)

Egg, i always use evolution for my mail, i find it very very well.

• evolution - groupware suite with mail client and organizer
• kmail - KDE Email client

Email (cli)

• mutt - text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and threading

Web browser (gui)

For comfortable virtual surfing, i use Mozilla, but i like also the dillo for his small toolbar. So there are many more space left around it, to view the web content.

• iceweasel -
• dillo - Small and fast web browser

Web browser (cli)

This list are in ordered position, no more to tell, or yes, use w3m!

• elinks - advanced text-mode WWW browser
• w3m - WWW browsable pager with excellent tables/frames support
• links - Character mode WWW browser
• links2 - Web browser running in both graphics and text mode. Use as links2 -g to see the images on the cli!
• lynx - Text-mode WWW Browser

P2P

• amule - client for the eD2k and Kad networks, like eMule

File manager (GUI)

• konqueror - KDE's advanced file manager, web browser and document viewer
• thunar - File Manager for Xfce
• xfe - lightweight file manager for X11
• filerunner - X-Based FTP program & file manager
• nautilus - file manager and graphical shell for GNOME
• bsc - graphical file manager with two panels
• gnome-commander - nice and fast file manager for the GNOME desktop
• krusader - twin-panel (commander-style) file manager for KDE (and other desktops)
• lfm - a simple but powerful file manager for the UNIX console
• mc - midnight commander - a powerful file manager

File manager (cli)

• mc - midnight commander - a powerful file manager

Text editors (GUI)

• vim-gui-common -
• kate - advanced text editor for KDE

Text editors (cli)

If i need the tool, i use vim (or gvim) and i always try to use this great tool. See my vim article.

• vim - Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
• nano - free Pico clone with some new features

HTML or programing editors

Most time i use 'quanta' for HTML pages, 'cssed' for css files.

• quanta - web development environment for KDE
• bluefish - advanced Gtk+ HTML editor
• spe - Stani's Python Editor
• screem - A GNOME website development environment
• cssed - graphical CSS editor
• cream - VIM macros that make the VIM easier to use for beginners

Multimedia

Screen capturing

• byzanz - Small screencast creator
• xvidcap - Screen video capture for X (This is a very good tool)
• istanbul - Desktop session recorder producing Ogg Theora video

Multimedia browser (GUI)

• imgseek - Image viewer and manager with content based query
• gtksee - GTK-based clone of ACDSee (an image viewer)

Multimedia players (GUI)

• xine-ui - the xine video player, user interface
• mplayer - The Ultimate Movie Player For Linux
• totem - A simple media player for the Gnome desktop (dummy package)
• audacious -

Resources

• http://openvpn.net
• http://openvpn.net/howto.html
• http://wiki.debian.org/HowTo/openvpn
• http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/489
• xmms - Versatile X audio player
• vlc - multimedia player and streamer
• kmplayer - media player for KDE

Multimedia players (clid)

• opencubicplayer - UNIX port of Open Cubic Player
• pytone - Music jukebox with advanced features for DJs and a text-mode user interface

TV

When i have time for tv on my computer, sure it's tvtime :-p If you need an tool to automatically record (in short, because he do many more) take an look to mythtv.

• tvtime - A high quality television application
• xawtv - X11 TV application
• aatv - A program to watch TV in a text-based console
• mythtv - A personal video recorder application (client and server)
• alevt - X11 Teletext/Videotext browser

To listen to Internet radio

• gstreamer -

To create mp3 files from an CD DA

• kaudiocreator - CD ripper and audio encoder frontend for KDE
• ripperx - a GTK-based audio CD ripper/encoder

Copy/Shrinking DVD

• acidrip
• k9copy - (not in repo! see http://repos.knio.it/ and download the deb)
• qvamps
• dvdrip - (DVD::Rip) (Marillat!)
• xdvdshrink - copies of DVD content on single-layer writable DVDs (marillat!)
• drip - GNOME application for encoding a DivX from a DVD
• shrinkta - DVD backup tool

See also:

mencoder -oac copy -ovc copy -o a.out dvd://titlenumber

Video tools/editing

• avidemux - a small editing software for avi (especially DivX)
• kino - Non-linear editor for Digital Video data
• dvdstyler - a crossplatform DVD Authoring System
• qdvdauthor - GUI frontend for dvdauthor and other related tools
• lives - Linux Video Editing System
• devede - program to create video DVDs

Streaming server

• gnump3d - A streaming server for MP3 and OGG files
• mpd - Music Player Daemon

Graphics

Photo touch up

Never change or use somethings other that gimp for photo touch up!

• gimp - The GNU Image Manipulation Program

HTML Image gallery generators

• imageindex - generate static HTML galleries from images
• bins - Generate static HTML photo albums using XML and EXIF tags
• gallery2 - web-based photo album written in PHP
• igal - online image gallery generator
• jigl - Generates a static html photo gallery from one or more directories of images
• llgal - Command-line online gallery generator
• webmagick - create gallery thumbnails for website

Image browser

• gthumb - an image viewer and browser

Other

• scrot - command line screen capture utility

Administration

Config

• rcconf - Debian Runlevel configuration tool
• bum - graphical runlevel editor
• modconf - Device Driver Configuration
• ethtool - display or change ethernet card settings
• cron-apt - automatic update of packages using apt-get
• modconf - Device Driver Configuratio
• configure-debian - central configuration program for packages using debcon

Backup Tools

• rsnapshot - local and remote filesystem snapshot utility

Patching

• dpatch - patch maintenance system for Debian source packages
• quilt - Tool to work with series of patches
• gquilt - graphical wrapper for quilt
• cdbs - common build system for Debian packages

Packaging

• dpkg-buildpackage -
• checkinstall -

Recovery

• dvdisaster dvdisaster - data loss/scratch/aging protection for CD/DVD media
• testdisk - Partition scanner and disk recovery tool

Hardware

• lshw - information about hardware configuration
• lshw-gtk - information about hardware configuration
• usbview - USB device viewer
• modconf - Device Driver Configuration

Security

• fail2ban - bans IPs that cause multiple authentication errors
• denyhosts - an utility to help sys admins thwart ssh hackers

Network

• ipcalc - parameter calculator for IPv4 addresses
• sipcalc - Advanced console-based ip subnet calculator
• ettercap - Multipurpose sniffer/interceptor/logger for switched LAN
• ettercap-gtk - Multipurpose sniffer/interceptor/logger for switched LAN

Monitoring

• iptraf - Interactive Colorful IP LAN Monitor
• root-portal - Monitors the system and displays the results on the desktop
• root-tail - Displays select log files in the X root window
• ethstatus - console-based ethernet statistics monitor
• net-tools - The NET-3 networking toolkit
• vnstat - console-based network traffic monitor
• iproute - Professional tools to control the networking in Linux kernels
• sntop - A curses-based utility that polls hosts to determine connectivity
• ntop - display network usage in top-like format
• htop - interactive processes viewer
• atop - Monitor for system resources and process
• doscan - port scanner for discovering services on large networks
• knmap - Kde interface to nmap, the Network Mapper
• nmap - The Network Mapper
• nmapfe - The Network Mapper Front End (nmap front-end)
• zenmap - The Network Mapper Front End (nmap front-end)
• nwatch - Network service detector
• pnscan - Multi threaded port scanner
• psad - The Port Scan Attack Detector
• scapy - Packet generator/sniffer and network scanner/discovery
• iptstate - Top-like state for netfilter/iptables

Other

• sshfs - filesystem client based on SSH File
• quicksynergy - GUI for easy configuration of Synergy
• synergy - Share mouse, keyboard and clipboard over the network
• ipcalc - parameter calculator for IPv4 addresses
• sipcalc - Advanced console-based ip subnet calculator
• ncdu - ncurses disk usage viewer
• gt5 - shell program to display visual disk usage with navigation
• apt-listbugs - Lists critical bugs before each apt installation
• apt-listchanges - Display change history from .deb archives

Devs tools

Source code search engine

• gonzui - a source code search engine

Web development

There are to much tools for web development to not here. Here's a very little list of some nice tools.

• klone - web application development framework
• python-turbogears - Python-based web framework
• python-cherrypy - Python web development framework
• python-django - A high-level Python Web framework

See also the python related stuff.

Console

• xterm - X terminal emulator
• aterm - Afterstep XVT - a VT102 emulator for the X window system
• eterm - Enlightened Terminal Emulator

Other

• grun - GTK based Run dialog
• gmrun - Featureful CLI-like GTK+ application launcher
• ajaxterm - Web based terminal written in python
• note - small program managing notes from command line
• gcalctool- A GTK2 desktop calculator

Nice stuff not yet in debian

• cinelerra - http://heroinewarrior.com/ and the deb files here

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