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Curated list of Libre software by VTLUUG members
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==Base system==
 
==Base system==
  
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===Operating system===
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== Distributions ==
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* [[Arch Linux]]
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''See [[Mirrors]] for VT Mirrors containing several of these
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* [[OpenBSD]]
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* [[Debian]] is good for servers
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* [[Gentoo]] - Compile everything yourself
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* [https://www.debian.org/ Debian] - Popular for servers & desktop use
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* [[Ubuntu]] - Beginner friendly, based on Debian
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* [[Arch|ArchLinux]] - Easier than Gentoo, Harder than Debian; very popular with club members
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* [https://theiotlearninginitiative.gitbooks.io/embedded-linux/documentation/Artoo.html Artoo] - Uses btrfs
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* [[Fedora]] - Bleeding edge, based on EL
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* [[OpenBSD]] - Free, BSD OS
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* [https://www.centos.org/ CentOS] - Community EL
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* [[SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Desktop]] - More popular overseas
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** License available via [https://network.software.vt.edu VT Network Software]
  
 
===Shell===
 
===Shell===
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* [[zsh]]
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* [[w:zsh|zsh]]
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* [https://github.com/trapd00r/LS_COLORS Detailed LS_COLORS]
  
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===Desktop environments===
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=== Desktop environments ===
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* [[feh]] - image viewer + background management
  
 
===Window managers===
 
===Window managers===
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* [[i3]]
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* [[w:I3_(window_manager)|i3]]
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* [https://herbstluftwm.org/ Herbstluftwm]
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* [[Xmonad]]
  
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===Status bars===
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===Status monitoring (in X)===
 
* [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/i3bar-icons/ i3bar-icons]
 
* [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/i3bar-icons/ i3bar-icons]
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* [http://conky.sourceforge.net/ Conky]
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* An ugly mess of [https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=40637 Dzen2] and bash scripts
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=== Xorg modifications ===
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* [[Xrandr]] - cmd line tool to interact with RandR X extensions
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* [https://christian.amsuess.com/tools/arandr/ Arandr] - "Another RandR GUI"
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* [[.xinitrc]] - Tool to start X
  
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==System tools==
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=== Other system utilties ===
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* [http://htop.sourceforge.net/ htop] - Monitor your system easily
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* [https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu ncdu] - NCurses Disk Usage
  
 
==Internet==
 
==Internet==
  
 
===Web browsing===
 
===Web browsing===
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* [http://firefox.com Firefox] with pentadactyl
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* [http://firefox.com Firefox]
  
 
===[[:Category:Mail clients | Mail clients]]===
 
===[[:Category:Mail clients | Mail clients]]===
 
* [[mutt]]
 
* [[mutt]]
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* [[Thunderbird]]
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* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/ Thunderbird] with Mutterator and Enigmail
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====Contact management systems====
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* [http://www.spinnaker.de/lbdb/ lbdb]
  
 
===File sharing===
 
===File sharing===
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* [https://github.com/agl/xmpp-client xmpp-client]
 
* [https://github.com/agl/xmpp-client xmpp-client]
 
* Gibberbot on Android
 
* Gibberbot on Android
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* [https://wiki.bitlbee.org/FrontPage BitlBee] for IRC integration
  
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==== IRC clients ====
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==== [[IRC clients]] ====
 
* [http://weechat.org weechat]
 
* [http://weechat.org weechat]
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* [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Irssi Irssi]
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=== Relays ===
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* [http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/ Socat] - "Multipurpose relay"
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=== News ===
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* [https://codezen.org/canto-ng/ canto] - Atom/RSS feed
  
 
==Productivity==
 
==Productivity==
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===Text editors===
 
===Text editors===
 
* [[vim]]
 
* [[vim]]
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* [[Emacs]] (evil mode)
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* [https://www.nano-editor.org/ nano]
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** [https://gist.github.com/anonymous/8623fbf937063dc059f91978b30c874e Cov's] nanorc
  
 
===Terminal stuff===
 
===Terminal stuff===
 
* [[Screen]]
 
* [[Screen]]
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* [[zsh]]
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** [https://gist.github.com/anonymous/72775f8063135a81ccb9a0f8c781664c Jagged's .screenrc] - Creates "status bar" on bottom"
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* [[Tmux]]
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* [[w:zsh|zsh]]
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* [[tmux]]
  
 
===Word processing===
 
===Word processing===
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* [[BasKet]]
 
* [[BasKet]]
 
* [[vimwiki]]
 
* [[vimwiki]]
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* emacs org-mode
  
 
===To-do list===
 
===To-do list===
 
* [http://taskwarrior.org taskwarrior]
 
* [http://taskwarrior.org taskwarrior]
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===[[:Category:Personal information management|Personal information management]]===
 
  
 
===Document viewing===
 
===Document viewing===
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* [[evince]]
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* [[evince]] (older versions; newest has gnome-specific optimizations and design features)
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* [[atril]]
  
 
===Ebooks===
 
===Ebooks===
 
* [[Calibre]]
 
* [[Calibre]]
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===File managers===
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* [http://ranger.nongnu.org/ ranger]
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== Text Parsing tools ==
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* [http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Sed.html Sed]
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* [http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Awk.html Awk]
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== Group Management ==
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* [https://www.zarafa.com/ Zarafa] - groupware server
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* [http://z-push.org/ Z-Push] - ActiveSync implementation
  
 
==Audio==
 
==Audio==
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===Music players===
 
===Music players===
 
* [[mpd]]
 
* [[mpd]]
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* [http://6xq.net/projects/pianobar/ pianobar] (pandora client)
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* cmus
  
 
====MPD clients====
 
====MPD clients====
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===Audio recording===
 
===Audio recording===
 
* arecord
 
* arecord
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===Audio Routing===
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* [http://jackaudio.org/ JACK]
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== Gaming on Linux ==
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* [http://wz2100.net/ Warzone 2100]
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* [[Frozen Bubble]]
  
 
==Virtualization==
 
==Virtualization==
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* [[SPICE]]
 
* [[SPICE]]
  
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[[Category:Recommended stuff]]
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== Hardware ==
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* [http://www.arduino.cc/ Arduino] (microcontroller)
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* [http://beagleboard.org/ BeagleBoard] (single board computer)
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* [http://www.raspberrypi.org/ Raspberry Pi] (system on chip)
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* Odroid (better raspberry pi)
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== See also ==
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* [[Harmful]]
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[[Category:Featured content]]
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[[Category:Needs restoration]]
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[[Category:Software]]

Latest revision as of 19:35, 27 January 2019

Curated list of Libre software by VTLUUG members

Base system

Distributions

See Mirrors for VT Mirrors containing several of these

Shell

Desktop environments

  • feh - image viewer + background management

Window managers

Status monitoring (in X)

Xorg modifications

  • Xrandr - cmd line tool to interact with RandR X extensions
  • Arandr - "Another RandR GUI"
  • .xinitrc - Tool to start X

Other system utilties

  • htop - Monitor your system easily
  • ncdu - NCurses Disk Usage

Internet

Web browsing

Mail clients

Contact management systems

File sharing

Chat

XMPP client

IRC clients

Relays

  • Socat - "Multipurpose relay"

News

Productivity

Programming

Text editors

Terminal stuff

Word processing

Note-taking

To-do list

Document viewing

  • evince (older versions; newest has gnome-specific optimizations and design features)
  • atril

Ebooks

File managers

Text Parsing tools

Group Management

  • Zarafa - groupware server
  • Z-Push - ActiveSync implementation

Audio

Music players

MPD clients

Music libraries

Audio recording

  • arecord

Audio Routing

Gaming on Linux

Virtualization

Hardware

See also

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