Your favorite Linux app thread.... (Cool or useful apps!)

[siriusnova]

Hey guys post your favorite cool or usefull linux app here..

Ill start off with Stellarium http://www.stellarium.org/

it's an astronomy program that i find really useful and just fun as heck to play around with, it's in the repos.

here is an older screenshot

http://linux.softpedia.com/screenshots/Stellarium_1.jpg

[reacocard]

Compiz. It's fun and useful, what more could you want?

[Donshyoku]

Another great astronomy program in the repos in Celestia. It is a 3D modelling of the solar system that allows time lapses and time slowdowns to watch non-stellar space activity.

And if you are really a geek, you can get the Babylon 5, Star Trek, and Star Wars plugins from thier official site and look at a few new solar systems.

[Brunellus]

vim.

[Gijith]

no question: amaroK

the only program I miss on a daily basis

[rfruth]

writely ! http:www.writely.com/ (http://www.writely.com/)

[Imexius]

vim.

Yeah that and irssi/mutt =)

[kpkeerthi]

1. Conky
2. Devilspie
3. Quod Libet
4. Command line ;)

[mrgnash]

Exaile :)

[Wallakoala]

You mean only for linux, or open source?

My favorite open source app is firefox.

[Christmas]

Amarok.

[neko18]

Firefox
Amarok
Gaim
KWrite
GIMP
Processing ( http://processing.org/ )

[%hMa@?b<C]

my favorite is SaturnChallenger, mainly because I wrote it!
http://camerahacks.10.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=3880

[fuscia]

i love thunar. i've never really liked any of the file managers, so i would just manage files in the terminal. but then, i found out about thunar. i love it's clean interface and unlike some of the other non nautilus/konqueror fm's, i don't have to do anything to access my camera.

[seshomaru samma]

xkill

[DoktorSeven]

* vim
* bash
* grep
* gcc
* The GIMP
* zenity
* apt :)

... among others.

[kernelpanicked]

How can you have a favorite app thread without screen and midnight commander?

[mrgnash]

my favorite is SaturnChallenger, mainly because I wrote it!
http://camerahacks.10.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=3880

Very cool :)

[DarkOx]

KTeaTime. I've a horrible habit of putting on a kettle downstairs, starting to work on something upstairs on my computer, and forgetting about it. Finding an entire program dedicated to my tea was final proof that Linux has software for everything.

[ice60]

i like these mostly tiny cli programs (i haven't got Ubuntu installed atm, so some of the names might be abit off :rolleyes: i always 'tabbed' the names)

mp3split - for spliting mp3s and oggs

P0f - Passive OS fingerprinting tool

alltray - put stuff in the tray from the panel

i had something which let me listen to audio files too just by hovering my mouse over them. maybe it was mpg321 or mpg123 or ogg321 :confused:

nautilus-actions is great too 8) it puts program actions in your right-click menu, like secure delete, or take MD5 - whatever you want to put there.

traceproto - makes cli graphs of traceroutes so you can see if and where you are dropping packets if your connection's slow.

etherape - below, shows network traffic.

http://www.bretschneidernet.de/images/etherape.png

[key]

The one app I can't get by without, my favorite light-weight system monitor Gkrellm.


key

[Kimm]

I realy dig Noatun.
But I can live without it :-P

[AndyCooll]

Possibly quite an app, but XDMCP and SSH. These two apps make administrating my home network so much easier!

I'm Also getting to love Tomboy (the quick note app). It really does make "making a quick note" quick.

After that, Firefox, Apollon and Amarok.

:cool:

[MaximB]

most of the programs you wrote about - I don't know
could you tell more about them or pose a links (were to get then from) or screenshots ?
what are : vim , grep , gcc , conky , devilspie, quad libet, zenity ??????
never heard of them and have a no idea what they are.

by the way I like blender3d : www.blender3d.org
it's a modeling animation pro program.

[Brunellus]

all of these are included on the install CD!:

vim is the coolest text editor I have yet had the chance to learn/use.

grep is a little commandline tool that allows you to search for things using regular expressions.

gcc is the GNU C Compiler, the program that turns sourecode into executable binaries, and a crucial part of the GNU project. (must be installed as part of the build-essentials package)

[Lord Illidan]

Amarok, Amarok, Amarok... This app rocks my socks off...
Then...i dunno..

[jc87]

Abiword
Gnumeric
The Gimp

Theese are my current killer apps

[fuscia]

xkill

it's in all my right-click menus. best linux game ever.

[Reshin]

mplayer from command line with '-nosound' option :-\"

[der_joachim]

grep and vim are both very useful at work. I am a big fan of the GNU text utilities anyway. I once read a very nice article called "Unix for Poets", wbout writing text analysis tools using shell scripting. I tried writing a authorship attribution script once, but failed miserably.

At home my favourite OS/Linux app is most definitely amarok.

[Kindred]

I would be lost without screen.

[arkangel]

mplayer

[magnoliablossom]

Here are my favorites:

1. Sun's JDK (I'm learning Java 2)
2. Blender (playing with 3D)
3. Gimp
4. Evolution
5. Gaim

I'm getting the Stellarium program now though. If it isn't one of my favorites, I'm sure the kids will love it.

[grte]

vim
screen
grep
mutt
mpd/ncmpc
elinks
irssi
calcurse
snownews

[RSL]

I gotta say... Amarok is the tops. I was a big iTunes fan when I ran Windows but Amarok has so much more [and cooler] functionality that iTunes. There's really nothing like it as far as scriptable, controllable, and super user-friendly products go.

I was also really impressed with how cool Stellarium is. My roommate and I played with it for a good hour last night. Very slick interface and runs like a dream.

[skymt]

* Name (slogan)

* MPD (It's Not Amarok)
* Vim (It's Not Emacs)
* Exuberant Ctags (I Make Vim Better)
* Opera (It's Not Firefox)
* ZSH (Recursive Globbing. Get Used To It.)
* ADOM (Nethack? What's That?)
* Gmail (The G Stands For Get Your Mail Anywhere)
* Screen (Because It's Just Cool)
* Aptitude (It's Not Stupid)
* Checkinstall (Just Because You Compile It, Doesn't Mean You Have To Keep It)
* Python (It's A Program, Too)
* wxGlade (It's Visual Python!)

[hizaguchi]

Katapult, knetworkmanager, and Kate.

[EdThaSlayer]

My list

1.Firefox
2.VLC media player
3.GIMP
4.aMSN
5.Downloader for X
6.AviDemux
7.IDLE(for python)

[gThree]

Inkscape
Openbox
vim/gvim
emelfm/vifm (why don't these get more development attention?)
Firefox
xmms
Thunderbird

Inkscape is my favorite Linux app. Better than commercial stuff in some ways. Openbox is my latest "discovery". The rest I use every time I turn on the computer, so I must like them.

[KaosX]

Skippy, It's kinda like Expose on OS X, I finally could get rid of my second panel



sudo apt-get install skippy
cp /usr/share/doc/skippy/examples/skippyrc-default ~/.skippyrc


edit ~/.skippyrc file to bind to a key, my thinkpad had an issue with th f11 key so i bound it to f9 until I can figure out how to bind it to the "thinkpad" key

Kubuntu users should look into "Kompose" if they want a similar application.

[Minyaliel]

Vym - thought organizing utility. Great for school :)

Freecraft - the best game ever. I'm hooked. Seriously.

[fuscia]

Vym - thought organizing utility. Great for school :)


i just tried it. it's fun for making crazy lists that i would usually make in my head.

[moore.bryan]

things that i miss so much i die a little inside when i'm at work on my windows machine:
1. iceweasel (and it has a funny name)
2. bittornado (lightning fast? bet your...)
3. abcde (this is the most amazing cd-ripper ever created... abcde -Npx rox my sox)
4. xfe
5. adesklets (so much better than the others i've tried)
6. peerguardnf (i just like it better than moblock...)

[ivoencarnacao]

F00lz... bow to thy Master! (http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/)

First thing i really, really MUST apt-get! :mrgreen:

Ivo.

[Rodneyck]

I have one, just one, a small application that brings me much pleasure as it jumps up and down in my task bar to tell me I have mail.

Wow...do I need a life.

gnubiff
http://gnubiff.sourceforge.net/

[b3tzi]

The Terminal! :mrgreen:
With it, I'm able to do everything.

[XVampireX]

I third the Terminal.

But I thought that most Linux applications are really cool and useful :D

For your mind mappers, try out kdissert. and try basKet. And try kontact and try Konqueror and try something... Ok, I guess I'm not using gnome but sometime (Soon enough) I will.

[Magnes]

Scribus
GIMP
Inkscape

for now also Firefox, Amarok (but I'm considering Exaile and Iceweasel).

[eXisor]

Synergy (2 pc 1 kbd & mouse)

[javierfh]

This is very interesting thread but as someone else previously suggested, it would be nice if people can add some description about the app and if links available, even better.

For me the apps i use all time are:

aMSN,gaim,Skype
Gimpshop "transforms gimp into photoshop", at least ui http://plasticbugs.com/index.php?p=241
gthumb very simple image tool
xvidcap screen capture for videohttp://dennisgdaniels.com/tiki-index.php?page=xvidcap
octoshape p2p television http://www.octoshape.com/plugin/linux.asp
VLC in my oppinion best multimedia player, plays everything, never tried excell files though but wouldnt be surprised if it opens them too :D http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
gtkam utility to download pictures from my dslr camera http://www.gphoto.org/proj/gtkam/
google earth i simply love it http://earth.google.com/
inkscape replacement for MS Visio http://www.inkscape.org/

and last but not least.. yes i admit i like to play :D
True Combat:Elite very nice first person shooter online game http://www.truecombatelite.net/

[public_void]

Unison, brilliant for syncing program, great for syncing to USB stick.

[daz4126]

Firefox - it was the reason I started using Ubuntu and I love the extensions and themes.

Enjoying using RadRails at the moment - it is in active development and each release makes major improvements.

DAZ

[Lexam]

Stream Tuner. It's the easiest way for me to find radio stations to listen to. :)