Linux best apps

[Shippou]

Hello...
The reason I posted this thread is for people to know some of the best apps out there, not only for Ubuntu but for other distros as well.

I know the word "best" is subjective, but then I just want to hear your thoughts. This thread may also be a help for those who are just searching for apps to play with.

Okay. I'll start.

Personally, I like Amarok as my Music player. I think it is better than Windows Media Player 11.

When you are geeky enough, you can download wmbinclock, a binary clock that can impress yourself and your friends (I tried it, and it's really cool.).

Just post here your hidden jewels.

[AnLGP]

finch, naim, cmus, mc, screen, jwm/*box/any WM (I know they're not an app).

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alsaplayer, leafpad, gimp, filezilla, electric sheep (awesome screen saver) ...

[Shaoline]

The thing I do the most with my computer is surf.. so I think I have to say Swiftweasel here, a lighter version of Firefox.

For MSN activities I use "Emesene" .. light, customizable and fast MSN-client.

I listen to music via the above mentioned Amarok player.

I use Swiftdove as my mailclient, as I'm used to Mozilla from earlier. (Like Swiftweasel, this is a lighter version of Mozillas Thunderbird)

I use Gnomebaker for my cd/dvd recording needs.. it does what I need it to do, so I'm satisfied.

And for the movie watching, there is VLC. It does it's job.

[cardinals_fan]

Browser: Opera
Media Player: RealPlayer
Terminal: Xfce4-terminal (runner up: urxvt)
File manager: Thunar
Image Editor: GIMP for heavy stuff, Picasa for light editing
Image Viewer: Ristretto
Image Organizer: Kphotoalbum (an AWESOME app)
System Stats: Conky

[Dixon Bainbridge]

VLC
VirtualBox
Ufraw
GIMP

[Pogeymanz]

Text Editor: Emacs! *ducks*

Claws Mail is an awesome, fully function, yet lightweight mail client.

+1 for Conky. It replaces every gnome system info app all by itself.

I have mine telling me the date, time, CPU activity, CPU temp, RAM usage, SWAP usage, disk space for each partition, the top 4 CPU-consuming processes, the top 4 memory-consuming processes, my IP address, wireless strength, network name, up-speed and down-speed.

And it only takes up a column on the right side of my screen and it's always on the desktop, so it doesn't even "take up space." Conky RULES!

Pidgin is a very useful IM client.

Nethack is a very addictive game- surely the most important Linux app.

[cardinals_fan]

Text Editor: Emacs! *ducks*

Insolent scum! You will learn the way of the Vim or die!

[RiceMonster]

Text editor: Vim (SciTE comes next)
MSN client: emesene
Window Manager: Openbox
Browser: Firefox + Vimperator
Guitar Tabs: TuxGuitar
P2P: Nicotine+
Video: Mplayer
File Manager: Thunar
Music: Still can't find anything better than Amarok. Exaile and cmus are also great.

[Barrucadu]

Emacs, GIMP, mpd, ncmpc, Sonata, Opera, Emesene, Gajim, FileZilla, Battle for Wesnoth, OpenOffice, VLC, et cetera.

[will1911a1]

I love Conky.
Exaile, thunar, urxvt, and Gimp are a few of my other favorites.