Huge List of the Best Open-Source Apps

TheWiseNoob · 04:58 PM

Top 100 Open-Source Linux Apps

Currently at 92/100 apps

Once it hits 100, only apps much better than others listed will be put on the list and the least popular will be removed.

I made this list because I realized how long it took, for me, to discover even a small portion of these apps when I first started using Linux. Hopefully someone new to Linux or looking for programs they have never used finds this helpful.

The "Installation" part of this list is currently incomplete. All of the application names lead to its project site. Posting how to install one of these programs, another program you think should be on this list, a revision I should make to the organization of the list, or notifying me of any mistake/broken link on the list would help me a lot. I will be constantly updating this. Enjoy!

BitTorrent Clients

Azureus
Java-based BitTorrent client for both beginners and advanced users. There as features included, such as, multiple torrent downloads, advanced seeding rules, pausing a torrent, importing torrents, and much, much more.

INSTALLATION

Open Synaptic Package Manager and serach for "azureus". Mark the program named "azureus" for installation. Click apply.

~Visit Site~

Deluge
A very lightweight, BitTorrent client using GTK and python. It is one of the most rapidly developing clients and is very comparable to µTorrent. Integrates well with the GNOME desktop environment.

INSTALLATION

Open Synaptic Package Manager and serach for "deluge-torrent". Mark the program named "deluge-torrent" for installation. Click apply.

~Visit Site~

KTorrent
A BitTorrent client for KDE. It is very lightweight and has many of the features that most BitTorrent clients include. Though it is still missing many key features, is under heavy development.

INSTALLATION

Open Synaptic Package Manager and serach for "ktorrent". Mark the program named "ktorrent" for installation. Click apply.

~Visit Site~

rTorrent

EyeCandy

Avant Window Navigator(AWN)
A dock-like bar which sits at the bottom of the screen tracking open windows. It requires a compositor to be running, or it will not display properly. Has stcks feature, like in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

INSTALLATION
First, open terminal so you can edit your sources.list:
Code:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
and add these two lines:
Code:
deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42/ feisty avant-window-navigator
deb-src http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42/ feisty avant-window-navigator
Now enter:
Code:
wget http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42/8434D43A.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
Code:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
To install AWN, enter:
Code:
sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator-bzr
~Visit Site~

Compiz Fusion
A compositing window managers for the X Window System that is able to take advantage of OpenGL acceleration. The integration allows it to perform compositing effects in window management, such as a minimization effect and a cube workspace. It was created from the remerging of Beryl into Compiz.

INSTALLATION
Enter this first:
Code:
sudo apt-get -y remove compiz-core desktop-effects
This will remove any older/broken installs of Compiz Fusion.
If you are using Gutsy, skip to step 4. Do this to edit your sources.list:
Code:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
and add these two lines:
Code:
deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb feisty eyecandy
deb-src http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb feisty eyecandy
You can now close Gedit.
Next, enter this:
Code:
wget http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb/DD800CD9.gpg
Then this:
Code:
sudo apt-key add DD800CD9.gpg
Code:
sudo apt-get upgrade
Now enter this to install to install Compiz Fusion:
Code:
sudo apt-get -y install compiz compiz-gnome compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-fusion-plugins-extra libcompizconfig-backend-gconf
To start Compiz Fusion, enter this in Terminal or Run:
Code:
compiz --replace
You can edit Compiz Fusion settings by going to System -- Preferences -- Compiz Config Settings Manager .
~Visit Site~

Emerald
A window decorator for Compiz Fusion and Beryl. A much more extensive decorator than Metacity.

INSTALLATION

Open Synaptic Package Manager and serach for "emerald". Mark the program named "emerald" for installation. Click apply.

~Visit Site~

gDesklets
Tiny applets that sit on your desktop in a symbiotic relationship of eye candy and usefulness. You can populate your desktop with status meters, icon bars,weather sensors, news tickers, and whatever else you can imagine. gDesklets does not require a compositor to work correctly.

INSTALLATION

Open Synaptic Package Manager and serach for "gdesklets". Mark the program named "gdesklets" for installation. Click apply.

~Visit Site~

Screenlets
Screenlets are small, owner-drawn applications written in Python. They are a form of eyecandy that are easy to create and can be used as Widgets. They help create a Mac-Like Desktop Environment.

INSTALLATION
This application requires you to have a compositor, like Compiz Fusion or Beryl, for it to work properly.
Download the latest screenlets source from the Screenlets Download Page. Extract the folder, in the archive, to your Desktop and rename it to screenlets.
Open terminal and enter:
Code:
cd Desktop/screenlets
Then enter:
Code:
sudo make install
Screenlets is now installed.
To install the menu items, using the same terminal window, enter:
Code:
 sudo make menu
The menu items are now installed and there should be a "Screenlets" directory in you Applications Menu now.
You must start each screenlet individually. There are 3rd-party screenlets located at the Screenlets Download Page.
~Visit Site~

File Browser/Search

Affinity

Appfinder
An application finder for the GNOME or Xfce4 Desktop Environment. It will search for installed applications on your system.

INSTALLATION

Open Synaptic Package Manager and serach for "xfce4-appfinder". Mark the program named "xfce4-appfinder" for installation. Click apply.

~Visit Site~

Beagle
A desktop search utility for indexing and searching user's data. At the moment, it can index filesystems, Pidgin logs, Evolution data, RSS and many more.

INSTALLATION

Open Synaptic Package Manager and serach for "beagle". Mark the program named "beagle" for installation. Click apply.

~Visit Site~

Nautilus
The official file manager for the GNOME desktop. It allows to browse directories, preview files and launch applications associated with them. It is also responsible for handling the icons on the GNOME desktop. It works on local and remote filesystems.

INSTALLATION

Installed by default on Ubuntu. The source can be found here.

~Visit Site~

Thunar
The file manager designed to be the default file manager of Xfce 4.4 It has been designed to be fast and easy to use.

INSTALLATION

Open Synaptic Package Manager and serach for "thunar". Mark the program named "thunar" for installation. Click apply.

~Visit Site~

Games

Alien Arena 2007

INSTALLATION

Open Synaptic Package Manager and serach for "alien-arena". Mark the program named "alien-arena" for installation. Click apply.

~Visit Site~

Battle for Wesnoth

Frets On Fire

Neverball

Nexuiz

Open Arena

Sauerbraten

Stepmania

Scorched 3D

Tremulous

Graphics and Text Viewers/Editors

Amaya

Abiword

Blender

Bluefish

F-Spot

Gedit

The GIMP

Gnumeric Spreadsheet

GNU Paint

Inkscape

Kolourpaint

OpenOffice.org

Scribus

Zim Desktop Wiki

Music and Video Players

Amarok

Audacious

Banshee

Cheese

Totem

Exaile

gmusicbrowser

Kaffeine

Listen

Miro

MythTV

Rhythmbox

Songbird

VideoLAN Client(VLC)

XMMS2

Network Programs

aKregator

Ekiga VoIP

Evolution

FileZilla

gFTP

irssi

Kopete

Mumble

Pidgin

Straw

Thunderbird

XChat

Programming IDEs

Anjuta

Code::Blocks

Eclipse

Emacs

Geany

KDevelop

Netbeans

Vim

Python 2.5

Sound/Video Editors and Disc Burning Utilities

Audacity

Avidemux

DeVeDe

GnomeBaker

K3B

Kino

LiVES

Vive

Web Browsers

Epiphany

Firefox

Konqueror

Other Programs

AllTray

GNASH

Gparted

Nouveau

Qalculate

Tomboy Notes

WINE

I made this list because I realized how long it took, for me, to discover even a small portion of these apps when I first started using Linux. Hopefully someone new to Linux or looking for programs they have never used finds this helpful.

The "Installation" part of this list is currently incomplete. All of the application names lead to its project site. Posting how to install one of these programs, another program you think should be on this list, a revision I should make to the organization of the list, or notifying me of any mistake/broken link on the list would help me a lot. I will be constantly updating this. Enjoy!

August 26th, 2007	#1
TheWiseNoob 5 Cups of Ubuntu Join Date: Apr 2007 Beans: 24	Top 100 Open-Source Linux Apps Top 100 Open-Source Linux Apps Currently at 92/100 apps Once it hits 100, only apps much better than others listed will be put on the list and the least popular will be removed. I made this list because I realized how long it took, for me, to discover even a small portion of these apps when I first started using Linux. Hopefully someone new to Linux or looking for programs they have never used finds this helpful. The "Installation" part of this list is currently incomplete. All of the application names lead to its project site. Posting how to install one of these programs, another program you think should be on this list, a revision I should make to the organization of the list, or notifying me of any mistake/broken link on the list would help me a lot. I will be constantly updating this. Enjoy! BitTorrent Clients Azureus Java-based BitTorrent client for both beginners and advanced users. There as features included, such as, multiple torrent downloads, advanced seeding rules, pausing a torrent, importing torrents, and much, much more. INSTALLATION Open Synaptic Package Manager and serach for "azureus". Mark the program named "azureus" for installation. Click apply. ~Visit Site~ Deluge A very lightweight, BitTorrent client using GTK and python. It is one of the most rapidly developing clients and is very comparable to µTorrent. Integrates well with the GNOME desktop environment. INSTALLATION Open Synaptic Package Manager and serach for "deluge-torrent". Mark the program named "deluge-torrent" for installation. Click apply. ~Visit Site~ KTorrent A BitTorrent client for KDE. It is very lightweight and has many of the features that most BitTorrent clients include. Though it is still missing many key features, is under heavy development. INSTALLATION Open Synaptic Package Manager and serach for "ktorrent". Mark the program named "ktorrent" for installation. Click apply. ~Visit Site~ rTorrent EyeCandy Avant Window Navigator(AWN) A dock-like bar which sits at the bottom of the screen tracking open windows. It requires a compositor to be running, or it will not display properly. Has stcks feature, like in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. INSTALLATION First, open terminal so you can edit your sources.list: Code: sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list and add these two lines: Code: deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42/ feisty avant-window-navigator deb-src http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42/ feisty avant-window-navigator Now enter: Code: wget http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42/8434D43A.gpg -O- \| sudo apt-key add - Code: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade To install AWN, enter: Code: sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator-bzr ~Visit Site~ Compiz Fusion A compositing window managers for the X Window System that is able to take advantage of OpenGL acceleration. The integration allows it to perform compositing effects in window management, such as a minimization effect and a cube workspace. It was created from the remerging of Beryl into Compiz. INSTALLATION Enter this first: Code: sudo apt-get -y remove compiz-core desktop-effects This will remove any older/broken installs of Compiz Fusion. If you are using Gutsy, skip to step 4. Do this to edit your sources.list: Code: sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list and add these two lines: Code: deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb feisty eyecandy deb-src http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb feisty eyecandy You can now close Gedit. Next, enter this: Code: wget http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb/DD800CD9.gpg Then this: Code: sudo apt-key add DD800CD9.gpg Code: sudo apt-get upgrade Now enter this to install to install Compiz Fusion: Code: sudo apt-get -y install compiz compiz-gnome compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-fusion-plugins-extra libcompizconfig-backend-gconf To start Compiz Fusion, enter this in Terminal or Run: Code: compiz --replace You can edit Compiz Fusion settings by going to System -- Preferences -- Compiz Config Settings Manager . ~Visit Site~ Emerald A window decorator for Compiz Fusion and Beryl. A much more extensive decorator than Metacity. INSTALLATION Open Synaptic Package Manager and serach for "emerald". Mark the program named "emerald" for installation. Click apply. ~Visit Site~ gDesklets Tiny applets that sit on your desktop in a symbiotic relationship of eye candy and usefulness. You can populate your desktop with status meters, icon bars,weather sensors, news tickers, and whatever else you can imagine. gDesklets does not require a compositor to work correctly. INSTALLATION Open Synaptic Package Manager and serach for "gdesklets". Mark the program named "gdesklets" for installation. Click apply. ~Visit Site~ Screenlets Screenlets are small, owner-drawn applications written in Python. They are a form of eyecandy that are easy to create and can be used as Widgets. They help create a Mac-Like Desktop Environment. INSTALLATION This application requires you to have a compositor, like Compiz Fusion or Beryl, for it to work properly. Download the latest screenlets source from the Screenlets Download Page. Extract the folder, in the archive, to your Desktop and rename it to screenlets. Open terminal and enter: Code: cd Desktop/screenlets Then enter: Code: sudo make install Screenlets is now installed. To install the menu items, using the same terminal window, enter: Code: sudo make menu The menu items are now installed and there should be a "Screenlets" directory in you Applications Menu now. You must start each screenlet individually. There are 3rd-party screenlets located at the Screenlets Download Page. ~Visit Site~ File Browser/Search Affinity Appfinder An application finder for the GNOME or Xfce4 Desktop Environment. It will search for installed applications on your system. INSTALLATION Open Synaptic Package Manager and serach for "xfce4-appfinder". Mark the program named "xfce4-appfinder" for installation. Click apply. ~Visit Site~ Beagle A desktop search utility for indexing and searching user's data. At the moment, it can index filesystems, Pidgin logs, Evolution data, RSS and many more. INSTALLATION Open Synaptic Package Manager and serach for "beagle". Mark the program named "beagle" for installation. Click apply. ~Visit Site~ Nautilus The official file manager for the GNOME desktop. It allows to browse directories, preview files and launch applications associated with them. It is also responsible for handling the icons on the GNOME desktop. It works on local and remote filesystems. INSTALLATION Installed by default on Ubuntu. The source can be found here. ~Visit Site~ Thunar The file manager designed to be the default file manager of Xfce 4.4 It has been designed to be fast and easy to use. INSTALLATION Open Synaptic Package Manager and serach for "thunar". Mark the program named "thunar" for installation. Click apply. ~Visit Site~ Games Alien Arena 2007 INSTALLATION Open Synaptic Package Manager and serach for "alien-arena". Mark the program named "alien-arena" for installation. Click apply. ~Visit Site~ Battle for Wesnoth Frets On Fire Neverball Nexuiz Open Arena Sauerbraten Stepmania Scorched 3D Tremulous Graphics and Text Viewers/Editors Amaya Abiword Blender Bluefish F-Spot Gedit The GIMP Gnumeric Spreadsheet GNU Paint Inkscape Kolourpaint OpenOffice.org Scribus Zim Desktop Wiki Music and Video Players Amarok Audacious Banshee Cheese Totem Exaile gmusicbrowser Kaffeine Listen Miro MythTV Rhythmbox Songbird VideoLAN Client(VLC) XMMS2 Network Programs aKregator Ekiga VoIP Evolution FileZilla gFTP irssi Kopete Mumble Pidgin Straw Thunderbird XChat Programming IDEs Anjuta Code::Blocks Eclipse Emacs Geany KDevelop Netbeans Vim Python 2.5 Sound/Video Editors and Disc Burning Utilities Audacity Avidemux DeVeDe GnomeBaker K3B Kino LiVES Vive Web Browsers Epiphany Firefox Konqueror Other Programs AllTray GNASH Gparted Nouveau Qalculate Tomboy Notes WINE I made this list because I realized how long it took, for me, to discover even a small portion of these apps when I first started using Linux. Hopefully someone new to Linux or looking for programs they have never used finds this helpful. The "Installation" part of this list is currently incomplete. All of the application names lead to its project site. Posting how to install one of these programs, another program you think should be on this list, a revision I should make to the organization of the list, or notifying me of any mistake/broken link on the list would help me a lot. I will be constantly updating this. Enjoy! Last edited by TheWiseNoob; August 26th, 2007 at 04:58 PM..

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