Recommended software

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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)

Xorg modifications

Internet

Web browsing

Mail clients

Contact management systems

File sharing

Chat

XMPP client

IRC clients

Productivity

Programming

Text editors

Terminal stuff

Word processing

Note-taking

To-do list

Document viewing

  • evince (older versions; newest has gnome-specific optimizations and design features)
  • atril

Ebooks

File managers

Group Management

  • Zarafa - groupware server
  • Z-Push - ActiveSync implementation

Audio

Music players

MPD clients

Music libraries

Audio recording

  • arecord

Audio Routing

Virtualization

Hardware

See also