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Curated list of Libre software by VTLUUG members
==Base system==
===Operating system=Distributions ==''See [[Mirrors]] for VT Mirrors containing several of these * [[Gentoo]] - Compile everything yourself* [https://www.debian.org/ Debian] - Popular for servers & desktop use* [[Ubuntu]] - Beginner friendly, based on Debian* [[Arch Linux|ArchLinux]]- Easier than Gentoo, Harder than Debian; very popular with club members* [https://theiotlearninginitiative.gitbooks.io/embedded-linux/documentation/Artoo.html Artoo] - Uses btrfs* [[Fedora]] - Bleeding edge, based on EL* [[OpenBSD]] firewalls- Free, and highBSD OS* [https://www.centos.org/ CentOS] -security applicationsCommunity EL* [[DebianSUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Desktop]] is okay for servers- More popular overseas* * License available via [[Centos]https://network.software.vt.edu VT Network Software] if you're looking for a free community Enterprise Linux server
===Shell===
* [[w:zsh|zsh]]* [https://github.com/trapd00r/LS_COLORS Detailed LS_COLORS]
=== Desktop environments ===
* [https://linux.die.net/man/1/feh [feh]] - image viewer + background management
===Window managers===
* [[w:I3_(window_manager)|i3]]* [https://herbstluftwm.org/ Herbstluftwm]* [[Xmonad]]* [Herbstluftwm[https://dwm.suckless.org/ dwm]]
===Status monitoring (in X)===
* [http://conky.sourceforge.net/ Conky]
* An ugly mess of [https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=40637 Dzen2] and bash scripts
* [[https://tools.suckless.org/slstatus/ slstatus]]
=== Xorg modifications ===
* [https://www.x.org/wiki/Projects/XRandR/ [Xrandr]] - cmd line tool to interact with RandR X extensions
* [https://christian.amsuess.com/tools/arandr/ Arandr] - "Another RandR GUI"
* [https://wiki[.debian.org/Xinitrc Xinitrcxinitrc]] - Tool to start X*=== Other system utilties ===* [httpshttp://gisthtop.githubsourceforge.comnet/anonymous/66704a8898344a1ed9a6a6f0645df9b5|Ackthet's xinitrchtop]- Monitor your system easily** [https://gistdev.githubyorhel.comnl/anonymous/59ddd03b43ee9f5de722e3de3f903d48|Cov's xinitrcncdu ncdu]- NCurses Disk Usage
==Internet==
===Web browsing===
* [http://firefox.com Firefox] with [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/pentadactyl/ Pentadactyl] or Vimperator
===[[:Category:Mail clients | Mail clients]]===
* [[mutt]]
* [[https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/ Thunderbird]] with Mutterator and Enigmail
====Contact management systems====
==== [[IRC clients]] ====
* [http://weechat.org weechat]
* [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Irssi Irssi]
=== Relays ===
* [http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/ Socat] - "Multipurpose relay"
=== News ===
* [https://codezen.org/canto-ng/ canto] - Atom/RSS feed
==Productivity==
* [[vim]]
* [[Emacs]] (evil mode)
* [https://www.nano-editor.org/ nano]
** [https://gist.github.com/anonymous/8623fbf937063dc059f91978b30c874e Cov's] nanorc
===Terminal stuff===
* [[Screen]]
** [https://gist.github.com/anonymous/72775f8063135a81ccb9a0f8c781664c Jagged's .screenrc] - Creates "status bar" on bottom"* [[w:zsh|zsh]]
* [[tmux]]
===File managers===
* [http://ranger.nongnu.org/ ranger]
== Text Parsing tools ==
* [http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Sed.html Sed]
* [http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Awk.html Awk]
== Group Management ==
===Audio Routing===
* [http://jackaudio.org/ JACK]
== Gaming on Linux ==
* [http://wz2100.net/ Warzone 2100]
* [[Frozen Bubble]]
==Virtualization==
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