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Revision as of 06:21, 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 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
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)