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Curated list of Libre software by VTLUUG members
 
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* [https://www.debian.org/ Debian] - Popular for servers & desktop use
 
* [https://www.debian.org/ Debian] - Popular for servers & desktop use
 
* [[Ubuntu]] - Beginner friendly, based on Debian
 
* [[Ubuntu]] - Beginner friendly, based on Debian
* [Arch|ArchLinux]] - Easier than Gentoo, Harder than Debian; very popular with club members
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* [[Arch|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://theiotlearninginitiative.gitbooks.io/embedded-linux/documentation/Artoo.html Artoo] - Uses btrfs
 
* [[Fedora]] - Bleeding edge, based on EL
 
* [[Fedora]] - Bleeding edge, based on EL
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* [[w:I3_(window_manager)|i3]]
 
* [[w:I3_(window_manager)|i3]]
 
* [https://herbstluftwm.org/ Herbstluftwm]
 
* [https://herbstluftwm.org/ Herbstluftwm]
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===Status monitoring (in X)===
 
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=== Xorg modifications ===
 
=== Xorg modifications ===
* [https://www.x.org/wiki/Projects/XRandR/ Xrandr] - cmd line tool to interact with RandR X extensions
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* [[Xrandr]] - cmd line tool to interact with RandR X extensions
 
* [https://christian.amsuess.com/tools/arandr/ Arandr] - "Another RandR GUI"
 
* [https://christian.amsuess.com/tools/arandr/ Arandr] - "Another RandR GUI"
 
* [[.xinitrc]] - Tool to start X
 
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Latest revision as of 19:35, 27 January 2019

Curated list of Libre software by VTLUUG members

Base system

Distributions

See Mirrors for VT Mirrors containing several of these

Shell

Desktop environments

  • feh - image viewer + background management

Window managers

Status monitoring (in X)

Xorg modifications

  • Xrandr - cmd line tool to interact with RandR X extensions
  • Arandr - "Another RandR GUI"
  • .xinitrc - Tool to start X

Other system utilties

  • htop - Monitor your system easily
  • ncdu - NCurses Disk Usage

Internet

Web browsing

Mail clients

Contact management systems

File sharing

Chat

XMPP client

IRC clients

Relays

  • Socat - "Multipurpose relay"

News

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

Text Parsing tools

Group Management

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

Audio

Music players

MPD clients

Music libraries

Audio recording

  • arecord

Audio Routing

Gaming on Linux

Virtualization

Hardware

See also