Contents
Base system
Operating system
- Arch Linux
- OpenBSD
- Debian is good for servers
- Centos if you're looking for a free community Enterprise Linux server
Shell
Desktop environments
Window managers
Status monitoring (in X)
System tools
Internet
Web browsing
- Firefox with Pentadactyl
Mail clients
Contact management systems
File sharing
Chat
XMPP client
- xmpp-client
- Gibberbot on Android
IRC clients
Productivity
Programming
Text editors
Terminal stuff
Word processing
Note-taking
To-do list
Personal information management
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)