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Curated list of Libre software by VTLUUG members
''See [[Mirrors]] for VT Mirrors containing several of these
* [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|ArchLinux]] - 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)[SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Desktop]] - More common popular overseas** Liscense License available via [https://network.software.vt.eduVT Network Software]
===Shell===
* [[w:zsh|zsh]]* [https://github.com/trapd00r/LS_COLORS Detailed LS_COLORS]
=== Desktop environments ===
* [https://linux.die.net/man/1/feh [feh]] - image viewer + background management
===Window managers===
* [[w:I3_(window_manager)|i3]]* [https://herbstluftwm.org/ Herbstluftwm]* [Herbstluftwm[Xmonad]]
===Status monitoring (in X)===
=== Xorg modifications ===
* [https://www.x.org/wiki/Projects/XRandR/ [Xrandr]] - cmd line tool to interact with RandR X extensions
* [https://christian.amsuess.com/tools/arandr/ Arandr] - "Another RandR GUI"
* [https://wiki[.debian.org/Xinitrc Xinitrcxinitrc]] - Tool to start X** [https://gist.github.com/anonymous/66704a8898344a1ed9a6a6f0645df9b5|Ackthet's xinitrc]** [https://gist.github.com/anonymous/59ddd03b43ee9f5de722e3de3f903d48|Cov's xinitrc]
=== Other system utilties ===
==== [[IRC clients]] ====
* [http://weechat.org weechat]
* [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Irssi Irssi]
=== Relays ===
* [[vim]]
* [[Emacs]] (evil mode)
* [https://www.nano-editor.org/ nano]
** [https://gist.github.com/anonymous/8623fbf937063dc059f91978b30c874e Cov's] nanorc
===Terminal stuff===
* [[Screen]]
** [https://gist.github.com/anonymous/72775f8063135a81ccb9a0f8c781664c Jagged's .screenrc] - Creates "status bar" on bottom"
* [[w:zsh|zsh]]
* [[tmux]]
===File managers===
* [http://ranger.nongnu.org/ ranger]
 
== Text Parsing tools ==
* [http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Sed.html Sed]
* [http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Awk.html Awk]
== Group Management ==
===Audio Routing===
* [http://jackaudio.org/ JACK]
 
== Gaming on Linux ==
* [http://wz2100.net/ Warzone 2100]
* [[Frozen Bubble]]
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