What are your favourite applications for . . .

[JohneG]

1. Audio playback
2. Media playback
3. Photo editing
4. Photo management
5. Audio recording
6. Vector graphics
7. Office work
8. Web Design
9. Disc burning
10. Brain storming
11. Podcast catching
12. Audio production
13. Workload organizing
14. DVD ripping

Also along with your favourites what other ones would you recommend? I am trying to find alternatives to my current default programs that i use to see if anything else works better than the programs i am using. I know there are a lot of sites around with lists of Linux alternatives but i have found that most of the software i use isn't generally on those lists. I have had to do a lot of searching. I have found software that i am pretty happy with but i just want to see what other software is out there that may not be mentioned enough but is well capable. Thanks

[slakkie]

1. Audio playback

mplayer



2. Media playback

mplayer, vlc



7. Office work


OOo, vim.



8. Web Design


vim



9. Disc burning


k3b



10. Brain storming


Not really brainstorming, but mind-mapping:
freemind

[Bölvaður]

1. Rythmbox (standard in ubuntu)
2. MPlayer (standard in ubuntu)
3. GIMP (standard...)
4. Nautilus (the standard file browser... I dont use special software for management)
5. Audacity
6. Inkscape
7. Open Office / gedit / vim
8. Geany
9. Brasero Disk Burner (standard in ubuntu)
10. Inkscape (xmind is good but Im not into mind mapping software, even though it is the best one there is)
11. Rythmbox / vlc
12. Audacity
13. inkscape / gedit
14. I dont rip dvds...

[Greg]

1. Audio playback
2. Media playback
3. Photo editing
4. Photo management
5. Audio recording
6. Vector graphics
7. Office work
8. Web Design
9. Disc burning
10. Brain storming
11. Podcast catching
12. Audio production
13. Workload organizing
14. DVD ripping

Also along with your favourites what other ones would you recommend? I am trying to find alternatives to my current default programs that i use to see if anything else works better than the programs i am using. I know there are a lot of sites around with lists of Linux alternatives but i have found that most of the software i use isn't generally on those lists. I have had to do a lot of searching. I have found software that i am pretty happy with but i just want to see what other software is out there that may not be mentioned enough but is well capable. Thanks

1.) mpd+ncmpcpp
2.) smplayer
3.) Photoshop in VMWare
4.) Filebrowser/Terminal Commands, along with Feh
5.) N/A
6.) N/A
7.) Latex+Emacs
8.) Emacs
9.) Graveman
10.) Emacs
11.) N/A
12.) N/A
13.) N/A
14.) Graveman

[fela]

1. Audio playback

Amarok and Rhythmbox. iTunes on windows.


2. Media playback

Mplayer; play; mpg321; oggdec; totem-xine; VLC; etc.


3. Photo editing

GIMP. Photoshop on windows.


4. Photo management

Linux directories, using the command line and nautilus file browser. I don't believe in all that cruft about organizing your photos with f-spot or whatever, when you can just as easily do it with good folder structures.


6. Vector graphics

Inkscape of course. Also, Illustrator on windows.


7. Office work

Vim text editor. Openoffice if I really need the extra cruft.


8. Web Design

Vim text editor, drupal web interface, GIMP, etc.


9. Disc burning

Brasero.


10. Brain storming

My brain...? Anything will do pretty well here.


11. Podcast catching

Web browser. I seldom subscribe to podcasts.


13. Workload organizing

The linux kernel? What do you mean by this...


14. DVD ripping

Handbrake. Don't know if there's a linux version, haven't done any rips in ages.

[jrothwell97]

1. Audio playback
On my Mac, QuickTime Player does the job quite well. On Windows and Linux, VLC is perfect.


2. Media playback
Ditto.


3. Photo editing
GIMP.


4. Photo management
On the Mac, iPhoto. On Linux, F-Spot. On Windows, Windows Photo Gallery does the job surprisingly well.


5. Audio recording
A dictaphone. Or my iPod, which works surprisingly well.


6. Vector graphics
Inkscape.


7. Office work
I flip between LyX and OpenOffice.org. LyX is magnificent, and I highly recommend it to anyone. (On the Mac, I use TeXshop and iWork, and when I'm forced to use Windows I use Borg- sorry, Microsoft Office.)


8. Web Design
um... any text editor that I can lay my hands on.


9. Disc burning
k3b (I hate its interface, but unfortunately Brasero is far too buggy). Occasionally, I'll use wodim at the command line.


10. Brain storming
A piece of paper.


11. Podcast catching
On the Mac and on Windows, iTunes. On Linux, Rhythmbox.


12. Audio production
Audacity (or GarageBand on the Mac.)


13. Workload organizing
My brain.


14. DVD ripping
HandBrake.

[alexandari]

1. Amarok
2. Mplayer
3. Photoshop CS2 with WINE
4. Gwenview
5. Audacity (sucks anyways)
6. Karbon
7. Open Office
8. Photoshop & Kompozer...last combo I used
9. K3b
10. hmm...Xmoto xD
11. woot?
12. um..no
13. KATE LOL
14. Never done that...

[chucky chuckaluck]

1. Audio playback - probably cplay, but i've been using amarok during my current fling with kde4.3

2. Media playback - vlc, i guess. dragon player is nice, but i haven't used it much.

3. Photo editing - gimp. nothing else comes close.

4. Photo management - management? i just put them all in folders.

9. Disc burning - k3b can't be beat, imltho.

10. Brain storming - i have a window near my desk.

[JillSwift]

1. Audio playbackmpd for playlist music listening, gnome-mplayer for playing individual files

2. Media playbackgnome-mplayer

3. Photo editingGIMP

4. Photo managementNautilus (aka, I do it myself.)

5. Audio recordingSound Recorder/Audacity

6. Vector graphicsInkscape

7. Office workAbiword

8. Web Designgedit

9. Disc burningBrasero

10. Brain stormingCat petting

11. Podcast catchingThunderbird (RSS feeds)

12. Audio productionAudacity

13. Workload organizingPaper

14. DVD rippingThoggen/Acid/DVD::rip/OGMrip Whichever gets the job done.