Linux programs you can't live without...

[foxy123]

In my case it is definately amarok, synaptic (and package management overall) and availability of different window managers and desktop environments....

[GeneralZod]

I miss Konqueror (in file-management mode) when I'm back in Windows, and would miss the UNIX command-line if it wasn't available in Windows courtesy of cygwin.

Another vote for synaptic/ package management in general :)

[tseliot]

Amarok, Synaptic, the command line and xine (and both GNOME and KDE in general)

[Kvark]

xchat, gnome and the gimp ...and synaptic of course.

[foxy123]

xchat, gnome and the gimp ...and synaptic of course.
I thought that gimp is inferior to Photoshop...

[heimo]

I'm trying to be as strict as possible. bash (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hoary/base/bash), dpkg (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hoary/base/dpkg), apt (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hoary/base/apt), firefox (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hoary/web/mozilla-firefox), apache (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hoary/web/apache2), gcc (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hoary/devel/gcc), vim (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hoary/editors/vim) - I could live without, but even though these would be great loss: mysql (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hoary/misc/mysql-server), dovecot (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hoary/mail/dovecot), bind (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hoary/net/bind), squirrelmail (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hoary/web/squirrelmail), PHP (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hoary/web/php4), Gnome (http://www.gnome.org/), Gimp (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hoary/graphics/gimp)

Of course there's lots that is needed even if we don't directly use it. Like perl (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hoary/perl/perl)...

Oh, and some kind of X (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hoary/x11/xserver-xorg) is nice to have too. Pretty much neccessary nowadays. Oh! And I could not live without ssh (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hoary/net/ssh) and I'd hate to lose nmap (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hoary/net/nmap).

[codejunkie]

I thought that gimp is inferior to Photoshop...
depends on what your used to using and the artist behind the tool. ;-)

[Mishura]

In no particular order:

1. K3B (It dominates Nero6/Win32!)
2. Kate (Best GUI Text Editor)
3. Quanta Plus (No better HTML/PHP IDE)
4. amaroK (Bit sluggish, but most powerful and cool looking music app. I like it way better than iTunes.)
5. Konqueror, both for file management and Web browsing.
6. Kaffeine (Although, I'm still torn between that and KMplayer...)
7. Midnight Commander
8. Kommander Editor/Executor

The apps listed above are clearly Unix-only, and its by no accident that they're mostly KDE apps too.

Now, apps that I love but are crossplatform, that I can't live without:

1. Gimp (Hey, I have no use for Photoshop! Gimp does all I want!)
2. Inkscape
3. Gaim
4. Firefox \
5. VLC (Video Lan Client)

Oh, I'm also a big fan of Bash (you know.. "#> _", the shell?) Wish I had that in windows sometimes. (I know of Cygwin.. looks intimidating to install.)

[Kyral]

Apt, GNOME, Gaim, Firefox, Beep, bash, XChat, VLC, Thunderbird

[foxy123]

Firefox and Thunderbird are cross-platform...

[Brunellus]

bash, apt, ssh, xorg

[GeneralZod]

Oh, I'm also a big fan of Bash (you know.. "#> _", the shell?) Wish I had that in windows sometimes. (I know of Cygwin.. looks intimidating to install.)

It's pretty much a "double-click setup.exe, choose where you want "/" to be, Next Next Next."

There's a bit of complexity with choosing what packages you want installed, but I always just go for All of every category - last time I did this it was a 300MB download and took up about a GB, but it was nice and easy :)

[Stormy Eyes]

bash
vim
man

[poofyhairguy]

Gdesklets and xcompmgr.

[Stormy Eyes]

I guess I'm the only practical cat here. *meow*

[drizek]

amarok and kde are most definitely at the top of the list.

k3b is up there too.

but if i was going to actually have to pay for apps in windows, then just about every single opensource app would be on my list. opensource software doesn't necessarily have to be something you cant "live without". but can you live with having to pay 400 bucks for MS office or the same for photoshop?

oh, and system-wide spell checking i just realized as i was writing this post is awesome.

[Ampersand]

Open source rather than linux, not sure which have been ported to windows.

Firefox/Thunderbird
Open office
Synaptic
UIM (keyboard switcher)
gjiten
gaim
vlc
beep media player/gxmms
sleep
eject
apache
ws-ftp
audacity

[pizzach]

Whoo hoo! Bringing back a month old thread. :)

mplayer (not gmplayer), bash, xjdic because I haven't been able to get gjiten worknig yet, vim, gcc stuffs, synaptic, apt-get, gnome-terminal, lynx for those days that i screw up my X installation, gimp, UIM, gaim, eject

Yeah, I suppose I could get a lot of those working on windows/mac if I wanted too, but it's much easier to apt-get/synaptic them. :cool:

[Lovechild]

The entire GNOME environment, I love it so dearly.

[trash-can]

bash, grep, sed, awk, aterm/xterm, gkrellm, vim/gvim, mplayer, foobillard, gaim. The things that i miss in windows are *nix-like shell and that every programm in *nix is in the PATH.

[crypto178]

I thought that gimp is inferior to Photoshop...
I would say - to match the point of this topic - that photoshop isn't free and therefore shouldn't be taken for granted, but gimp is cross-platform so you can't really miss it in the first place.
What I miss the most when on windows : tomboy notes (with reminder plugin, because I don't keep an agenda), easy to access and useful terminal, bluefish, small applets here and there (deskbar, network bandwidth), and the feeling of the gnome desktop as whole. Things feel a bit faster on windows though.
When on MacOSX, I miss the above plus the multi-desktop manager.

[victorche]

Mine are:
joe;
licq;
knemo;
d4x /or wget as an option/;
links.

:)

[odin]

I couldnt live without all the powerfull commands linux has cause of all the scripts I made for myself that makes everyday life easier.

And by the way,the gimp is the best!!!(just need a bit of practice)

[jatos]

Gnome comes top of my list...

I like Gnome because with it I can setup my desktop to my exact requirements and tastes.

I could live without apt, in fact I currently am living without apt at least until I can fix my FreeBSD, Ubuntu dual boot.

OpenOffice

Damn so much better than overpriced overbloated and extremely arkward MS office.

Firefox

The tabs make my web dev life a lot easy, and its so much more secure:

Kate

So kool, now I just need to tweak it to act like FBide

[Original Brownster]

My list of Top stuff:

Firefox
Gnucash
Gpass
Openoffice
Vi
Mplayer
lxdvdrip

[nrwilk]

KDE
K3b
bash
man
grep
awk
vim
amaroK ( Though in my own opinion, it has NOTHING on iTunes. )
gimp
Katapult ( Can't wait 'til it gets as good as Quicksilver, the OS X app it's based on. )
Kdevelop
Synaptic ( and package managment in general )
Open Office

There are many more, I'm sure.

[dada1958]

Gnome
Gedit
Gimp
TeXLive
TeXMaker
Inkscape

I have a Photoshop 7 license for my Mac, nevertheless I like the Gimp on my Ubuntu PC very much :cool:

[Kimm]

Anjuta!! (I had a hart time living without it)
gcc
bash
gaim
gajim
xfce4
xterminal
banshee
wine (j/k)

[qalimas]

KDE
KOffice
Kopete
amaroK
Synaptic
Bash
Quanta
Krita

On Windows, I heal some of my problems with:
Open Office
Gaim
PHP Designer
GIMP


Nothing like the apps on Kubuntu though ;)

[fuscia]

mousepad
feh
gimp
bash (believe it, or not)
dillo
xmms
conky
synaptic
sylpheed-claws (i hate thunderbird)
openbox
xclock
elinks

edit: i've got to put opera in here. i know it's not a linux program, but it works and it's fast. if i cold patch dillo to get me to the same places, i would gladly ditch opera.

[Iandefor]

For me? In order of importance: Firefox, GAIM, the GIMP, beep media player, bash, apt-get, gdesklets. This doesn't include the DE.

[Zeroangel]

- GAIM
- Bluefish
- Amarok
- Firefox
- The GIMP
- Evolution
- OpenOffice
- Audacity
- gFTP
- tilda
- gparted
- Last.fm player (http://www.last.fm/)

I would like to thank the individual that recommended tilda to me (they highlighted it in red in a similar thread). I have a screenshot of it running 'top' right here (http://www.kahkewistahaw.com/misc_images/tilda-top.jpg)

[IYY]

xkill

[Zeroangel]

http://linux.about.com/od/funnymanpages/a/funman_xkill.htm :lol:

[engla]

This one is cooler than all the rest:
-screen, pretty much supercharges your commandline

Must-haves:
-xcompmgr or anything that does the equivalent (bright future for this)
-initng, because it boots faster and is cooler

Things I don't depend on, but they are still cool
-Scribes, a text editor with snippets and gnome integration
-Liferea, the perfect RSS reader

[MethodOne]

Some programs are cross-platform, but I must have the following on my Linux installations:

XMMS
streamtuner
Firefox
Thunderbird
KDE
Tux/PlanetPenguin Racer
OpenOffice.org
bash
Synaptic
gftp

[Krigl]

http://linux.about.com/od/funnymanpages/a/funman_xkill.htm :lol:
Luckily, my keyboard's made of plastic, you can ecute me as long as you wish, I'm invulnerable (insert diabolical laughter)!

bash
gedit
Mozilla
Gaim
man

[carlosqueso]

bash
xfce
apt
man