Recommended software
Revision as of 02:36, 4 January 2018 by imported>Pew (→System tools)
TODO: Fix broken links, update
Curated list of Libre software by VTLUUG members
Base system
Operating system
- Arch Linux
- OpenBSD firewalls, and high-security applications
- Debian is okay for servers
- Centos if you're looking for a free community Enterprise Linux server
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
Internet
Web browsing
- Firefox with Pentadactyl or Vimperator
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
Productivity
Programming
Text editors
Terminal stuff
Word processing
Note-taking
To-do list
Document viewing
Ebooks
File managers
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)