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| + | Curated list of Libre software by VTLUUG members | ||
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==Base system== | ==Base system== | ||
| − | == | + | == Distributions == |
| − | * [[Arch | + | ''See [[Mirrors]] for VT Mirrors containing several of these |
| − | * [[OpenBSD]] | + | |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Gentoo]] - Compile everything yourself |
| − | * [ | + | * [https://www.debian.org/ Debian] - Popular for servers & desktop use |
| + | * [[Ubuntu]] - Beginner friendly, based on Debian | ||
| + | * [[Arch|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]] - Free, BSD OS | ||
| + | * [https://www.centos.org/ CentOS] - Community EL | ||
| + | * [[SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Desktop]] - More popular overseas | ||
| + | ** License available via [https://network.software.vt.edu VT Network Software] | ||
===Shell=== | ===Shell=== | ||
| − | * [[zsh]] | + | * [[w:zsh|zsh]] |
| + | * [https://github.com/trapd00r/LS_COLORS Detailed LS_COLORS] | ||
| − | ===Desktop environments=== | + | === Desktop environments === |
| + | * [[feh]] - image viewer + background management | ||
===Window managers=== | ===Window managers=== | ||
| − | * [[i3]] | + | * [[w:I3_(window_manager)|i3]] |
| − | * [[ | + | * [https://herbstluftwm.org/ Herbstluftwm] |
| + | * [[Xmonad]] | ||
===Status monitoring (in X)=== | ===Status monitoring (in X)=== | ||
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* An ugly mess of [https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=40637 Dzen2] and bash scripts | * An ugly mess of [https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=40637 Dzen2] and bash scripts | ||
| − | == | + | === Xorg modifications === |
| + | * [[Xrandr]] - cmd line tool to interact with RandR X extensions | ||
| + | * [https://christian.amsuess.com/tools/arandr/ Arandr] - "Another RandR GUI" | ||
| + | * [[.xinitrc]] - Tool to start X | ||
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| + | === Other system utilties === | ||
| + | * [http://htop.sourceforge.net/ htop] - Monitor your system easily | ||
| + | * [https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu ncdu] - NCurses Disk Usage | ||
==Internet== | ==Internet== | ||
===Web browsing=== | ===Web browsing=== | ||
| − | * [http://firefox.com Firefox] | + | * [http://firefox.com Firefox] |
===[[:Category:Mail clients | Mail clients]]=== | ===[[:Category:Mail clients | Mail clients]]=== | ||
* [[mutt]] | * [[mutt]] | ||
| − | * [ | + | * [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/ Thunderbird] with Mutterator and Enigmail |
====Contact management systems==== | ====Contact management systems==== | ||
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* [https://wiki.bitlbee.org/FrontPage BitlBee] for IRC integration | * [https://wiki.bitlbee.org/FrontPage BitlBee] for IRC integration | ||
| − | ==== IRC clients ==== | + | ==== [[IRC clients]] ==== |
* [http://weechat.org weechat] | * [http://weechat.org weechat] | ||
| + | * [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Irssi Irssi] | ||
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| + | === Relays === | ||
| + | * [http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/ Socat] - "Multipurpose relay" | ||
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| + | === News === | ||
| + | * [https://codezen.org/canto-ng/ canto] - Atom/RSS feed | ||
==Productivity== | ==Productivity== | ||
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* [[vim]] | * [[vim]] | ||
* [[Emacs]] (evil mode) | * [[Emacs]] (evil mode) | ||
| + | * [https://www.nano-editor.org/ nano] | ||
| + | ** [https://gist.github.com/anonymous/8623fbf937063dc059f91978b30c874e Cov's] nanorc | ||
===Terminal stuff=== | ===Terminal stuff=== | ||
* [[Screen]] | * [[Screen]] | ||
| − | * [[zsh]] | + | ** [https://gist.github.com/anonymous/72775f8063135a81ccb9a0f8c781664c Jagged's .screenrc] - Creates "status bar" on bottom" |
| + | * [[w:zsh|zsh]] | ||
* [[tmux]] | * [[tmux]] | ||
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===To-do list=== | ===To-do list=== | ||
* [http://taskwarrior.org taskwarrior] | * [http://taskwarrior.org taskwarrior] | ||
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===Document viewing=== | ===Document viewing=== | ||
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===File managers=== | ===File managers=== | ||
* [http://ranger.nongnu.org/ ranger] | * [http://ranger.nongnu.org/ ranger] | ||
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| + | == Text Parsing tools == | ||
| + | * [http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Sed.html Sed] | ||
| + | * [http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Awk.html Awk] | ||
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| + | == Group Management == | ||
| + | * [https://www.zarafa.com/ Zarafa] - groupware server | ||
| + | * [http://z-push.org/ Z-Push] - ActiveSync implementation | ||
==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
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===Audio Routing=== | ===Audio Routing=== | ||
* [http://jackaudio.org/ JACK] | * [http://jackaudio.org/ JACK] | ||
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| + | == Gaming on Linux == | ||
| + | * [http://wz2100.net/ Warzone 2100] | ||
| + | * [[Frozen Bubble]] | ||
==Virtualization== | ==Virtualization== | ||
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* [[Harmful]] | * [[Harmful]] | ||
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[[Category:Featured content]] | [[Category:Featured content]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Needs restoration]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Software]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:35, 27 January 2019
Curated list of Libre software by VTLUUG members
Contents
Base system
Distributions
See Mirrors for VT Mirrors containing several of these
- Gentoo - Compile everything yourself
- Debian - Popular for servers & desktop use
- Ubuntu - Beginner friendly, based on Debian
- ArchLinux - Easier than Gentoo, Harder than Debian; very popular with club members
- Artoo - Uses btrfs
- Fedora - Bleeding edge, based on EL
- OpenBSD - Free, BSD OS
- CentOS - Community EL
- SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Desktop - More popular overseas
- License available via VT Network Software
Shell
Desktop environments
- feh - image viewer + background management
Window managers
Status monitoring (in X)
- i3bar-icons
- Conky
- An ugly mess of Dzen2 and bash scripts
Xorg modifications
- Xrandr - cmd line tool to interact with RandR X extensions
- Arandr - "Another RandR GUI"
- .xinitrc - Tool to start X
Other system utilties
Internet
Web browsing
Mail clients
- mutt
- Thunderbird with Mutterator and Enigmail
Contact management systems
File sharing
Chat
XMPP client
- xmpp-client
- Gibberbot on Android
- BitlBee for IRC integration
IRC clients
Relays
- Socat - "Multipurpose relay"
News
- canto - Atom/RSS feed
Productivity
Programming
Text editors
Terminal stuff
- Screen
- Jagged's .screenrc - Creates "status bar" on bottom"
- zsh
- tmux
Word processing
Note-taking
To-do list
Document viewing
Ebooks
File managers
Text Parsing tools
Group Management
Audio
Music players
MPD clients
Music libraries
Audio recording
- arecord
Audio Routing
Gaming on Linux
Virtualization
- qemu (with KVM)
- virt-manager
- SPICE
Hardware
- Arduino (microcontroller)
- BeagleBoard (single board computer)
- Raspberry Pi (system on chip)
- Odroid (better raspberry pi)
