2013 "Top 100 Open-Source Linux Apps"

[incurablegeek]

Way back when we were all much younger, there was a wonderful thread on UbuntuForums that is unfortunately now closed.

It was called "Top 100 Open-Source Linux Apps"

Is there a modern-day version? Please rest assured I will be Googling myself silly looking for one but if there is already a list, it would sure save time.

I am in the midst of migrating from Windows and would appreciate Linux correlates of Office (known about Open Office for years of course) as well as other Windows programs that you experienced folks deem worthy of a "sophisticate" like me. ):P

Thanks.

[arpanaut]

Might help: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoftwareEquivalents

[blackbird34]

Haven't found such a list but there are other threads in the Cafe about that sort of thing. (Ubuntu's killer app and so on...)

OpenOffice has now been superseded by its fork, LibreOffice. It has recently reached version 4.0 and is progressing much faster than OpenOffice now. There is also a KDE office suite called Calligra.
http://alternativeto.net/ is a site especially dedicated to finding equivalents of every app you can think of on every OS you can think of.
What kind of software do you need alternatives for? Linux equivalents aren't always exactly the same as their counterparts...

[incurablegeek]

OpenOffice has now been superseded by its fork, LibreOfficeYes sir, just completed reading the history and evolution of Libre and know just enough to be confused. On the one hand, people say that OpenOffice just works; on the other hand, some people say OO is dead and Libre is more quickly evolving and attended to.

Ugh! Which horse to ride.

Actually these two links you should keep on your posts. They are really good:

1) http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/

2) Linux Manual - which I just downloaded in PDF form

Maybe I better get grounded in Ubuntu first before I bother you folks. My apologies for being such a Nebie PITA.

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Edit: I just checked out https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoftwareEquivalents but it appears a bit dated.

[morgandival]

LibreOffice is probably the better choice because as it has been said before, it is more regularly maintained.

[arpanaut]

Edit: I just checked out https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoftwareEquivalents but it appears a bit dated.

That's probably because I'm a bit "dated" my own self... lol
I generally just run what Canonical throws over the fence, after so many years of running Ubuntu I got bored trying everything possible and stick with the defaults for the most part.

Now, running the development release will keep you on your toes.
But I enjoy being on the cutting edge and fixing broken systems, to each their own.

[samsom63]

Yes sir, just completed reading the history and evolution of Libre and know just enough to be confused. On the one hand, people say that OpenOffice just works; on the other hand, some people say OO is dead and Libre is more quickly evolving and attended to.

Ugh! Which horse to ride.

Actually these two links you should keep on your posts. They are really good:

1) http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/

2) Linux Manual - which I just downloaded in PDF form

Maybe I better get grounded in Ubuntu first before I bother you folks. My apologies for being such a Nebie PITA.

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Edit: I just checked out https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoftwareEquivalents but it appears a bit dated.

I'd really advise you to go for LibreOffice since the update to the 4.0 version. My experience working with it has really improved from that of the previous version.

[incurablegeek]

I'm gonna mark this topic as "Solved", if you don't mind.

Right now I don't feel I know enough about Ubuntu itself to even waste your time with questions. I've been with Windows from the beginning and through the entire evolutionary process. I sure can't expect the migration to Linux to be slam-dunk easy.

Thanks for being so tolerant. Your passion for Ubuntu is infectious. I'm seriously impressed.

Back at ya later when I know more.

Dennis

[CharlesA]

Here's the other thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3255930

[CharlesA]

Is there a reason why your Ubuntu manual and some other stuff is said to be pdf but is actually written in jscript (java)?

Huh?

Are you talking about these guides?
http://www.tldp.org/guides.html

[incurablegeek]

Gee Whiz, you guys are fast. I was hoping I could get that post off before I looked like a complete Gomer.

I'm jumping back and forth from one computer to another and it turns out that I didn't have a PDF reader installed in FF 19.

Please don't tell anyone, OK. :(

[blackbird34]

There is a new integrated PDF reader in Firefox 19 which is based on Javascript and HTML5 technology, it's called "PDF.js". This may clear your confusion

[CharlesA]

There is a new integrated PDF reader in Firefox 19 which is based on Javascript and HTML5 technology, it's called "PDF.js". This may clear your confusion
Does that mean it will be enabled by default?

It looks like that has been in FF for a while, at least according to the this article (Back in FF15):
http://www.howtogeek.com/123617/how-to-enable-firefoxs-built-in-pdf-reader/

[mamamia88]

Does that mean it will be enabled by default?

It looks like that has been in FF for a while, at least according to the this article (Back in FF15):
http://www.howtogeek.com/123617/how-to-enable-firefoxs-built-in-pdf-reader/

It is enabled by default in 19. 18 it wasn't. Not sure if it was included before never bothered to look but it is nice

[CharlesA]

It is enabled by default in 19. 18 it wasn't. Not sure if it was included before never bothered to look but it is nice
Huh. I checked on both my Windows boxes and browser.preferences.inContent is still get to "false."

I checked my Ubuntu box and it is set to false as well.

Hmmm..

[ubuntu27]

When my Firefox was updated to version 19.0 in Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit, the integrated PDF-reader was enabled by default.