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Curated list of Libre software by VTLUUG members
==Base system==
===Operating system=Distributions ==''See [[Mirrors]] for VT Mirrors containing several of these * [[Gentoo]] - Compile everything yourself* [https://www.debian.org/ Debian] - Popular for servers & desktop use* [[Ubuntu]] - Beginner friendly, based on Debian* [[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* [[OpenBSDFedora]]- Bleeding edge, based on EL* [[DebianOpenBSD]]- Free, BSD OS* [https://www.centos.org/ CentOS] is good for servers- Community EL* [[CentosSUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Desktop]] if you're looking for a free community Entreprise Linux server- More popular overseas** License available via [https://network.software.vt.edu VT Network Software]
===Shell===
* [[w:zsh|zsh]]* [https://github.com/trapd00r/LS_COLORS Detailed LS_COLORS]
===Desktop environments===* [[feh]] - image viewer + background management
===Window managers===
* [[w:I3_(window_manager)|i3]]* [https://herbstluftwm.org/ Herbstluftwm]* [[Xmonad]]
===Status monitoring (in X)===
* [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/i3bar-icons/ i3bar-icons]
* [http://conky.sourceforge.net/ Conky]
* An ugly mess of [https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=40637 Dzen2] and bash scripts
==System = Xorg modifications ===* [[Xrandr]] - cmd line tool to interact with RandR X extensions* [https://christian.amsuess.com/tools/arandr/ Arandr] - "Another RandR GUI"* [[.xinitrc]] - Tool to start X === Other system utilties ===* [http://htop.sourceforge.net/ htop] - Monitor your system easily* [https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu ncdu] - NCurses Disk Usage
==Internet==
===Web browsing===
* [http://firefox.com Firefox] with [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/pentadactyl/ Pentadactyl]
===[[:Category:Mail clients | Mail clients]]===
* [[mutt]]
* [[https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/ Thunderbird]]with Mutterator and Enigmail
====Contact management systems====
* [https://github.com/agl/xmpp-client xmpp-client]
* Gibberbot on Android
* [https://wiki.bitlbee.org/FrontPage BitlBee] for IRC integration
==== [[IRC clients ]] ====
* [http://weechat.org weechat]
* [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Irssi Irssi]
=== Relays ===
* [http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/ Socat] - "Multipurpose relay"
=== News ===
* [https://codezen.org/canto-ng/ canto] - Atom/RSS feed
==Productivity==
===Text editors===
* [[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]]* [[Tmuxtmux]]
===Word processing===
* [[BasKet]]
* [[vimwiki]]
* emacs org-mode
===To-do list===
* [http://taskwarrior.org taskwarrior]
===Document viewing===
* [[evince]] (older versions; newest has gnome-specific optimizations and design features)* [[atril]]
===Ebooks===
===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 ==
* [https://www.zarafa.com/ Zarafa] - groupware server
* [http://z-push.org/ Z-Push] - ActiveSync implementation
==Audio==
* [[mpd]]
* [http://6xq.net/projects/pianobar/ pianobar] (pandora client)
* cmus
====MPD clients====
===Audio Routing===
* [http://jackaudio.org/ JACK]
== Gaming on Linux ==
* [http://wz2100.net/ Warzone 2100]
* [[Frozen Bubble]]
==Virtualization==
* [http://beagleboard.org/ BeagleBoard] (single board computer)
* [http://www.raspberrypi.org/ Raspberry Pi] (system on chip)
* Odroid (better raspberry pi)
== See also ==
* [[Harmful]]
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