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==Base system== | ==Base system== | ||
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| − | + | ''See [[Mirrors]] for VT Mirrors containing several of these | |
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| − | * [[ | + | * [https://www.gentoo.org/ Gentoo] - Compile everything yourself |
| − | * [[ | + | * [https://www.debian.org/ Debian] - Popular for servers & desktop use |
| + | * [http://www.ubuntu.com/ Ubuntu] - Beginner friendly, based on Debian | ||
| + | * [https://archlinux.org Arch Linux] - Easier than Gentoo, Harder than Debian; very popular with club members | ||
| + | * [https://theiotlearninginitiative.gitbooks.io/embedded-linux/documentation/Artoo.html Artoo] - Uses btrfs | ||
| + | * [https://getfedora.org/ Fedora] - Bleeding edge, based on EL | ||
| + | * [https://www.openbsd.org/ OpenBSD] - Free, BSD OS | ||
| + | * [https://www.centos.org/ CentOS] - Community EL | ||
| + | * [http://www.novell.com/products/desktop/ SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED)] - More common overseas | ||
| + | ** Liscense available via [https://network.software.vt.edu] | ||
===Shell=== | ===Shell=== | ||
Revision as of 05:11, 4 January 2018
TODO: Fix broken links, update
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
- Arch Linux - 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 (SLED) - More common overseas
- Liscense available via [1]
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
Group Management
Audio
Music players
MPD clients
Music libraries
Audio recording
- arecord
Audio Routing
Virtualization
- qemu (with KVM)
- virt-manager
- SPICE
Hardware
- Arduino (microcontroller)
- BeagleBoard (single board computer)
- Raspberry Pi (system on chip)
- Odroid (better raspberry pi)
