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 Melon Bug Level: 58 Posts: 290/732 EXP: 1568551 Next: 8995 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 4251 days Last view: 3510 days |
By FreeDOS+ on Archive 3 
 Unix-like/free operating systemsThis list is for free operating systems such as BSD and GNU/Linux. If you want a completely free OS, don't install software marked "PROPRIETARY" Operating Systems themselvesFedora Core - Nice and simple, Red Hat based and a very large community to turn for help. Ubuntu / Kubuntu - Semi-New OS (started Oct 2004) based on Debian, designed for users that never used computers before; pretty nice for those looking for a new OS also. CentOS - An operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux; recompiled to obey RH's requirements in order to redistribute (basically remove the name "Red Hat" and logos) PC-BSD - An OS based on FreeBSD, made easy-to-use by having a graphical installer and uses KDE by default for its desktop. Debian - Gives you complete choice of what software is going onto your system, while being easy to install. Desktop environments and window managersKDE - Complete DE including a desktop, panel, web browser, window manager, text editors, games, and all that good stuff. GNOME - Like KDE, it's a complete DE including a desktop, panel, web browser, etc. In my opinion, the releases aren't as polished as KDE, but it's up to you to decide what you like best. XFCE - Not-so-complete DE that includes the window manager, a panel, control panel, and file manager. Like GNOME, it's built on GTK, so such applications will also blend into this. GNUstep/WindowMaker - WindowMaker's a window manager, and GNUstep is a library. Not much of a DE, but with a bunch of OPENSTEP/GNUstep applications, it can be one. Like NeXTSTEP. (There's some support for Cocoa applications in GNUstep, but not all APIs) Fluxbox - Extremely lightweight window manager. About as much as you can get. Web BrowsersMozilla Firefox - Not much explaination needed here, a web browser built on the Mozilla framework to have little features built-in, so that you can expand it with features you want. SeaMonkey - The Mozilla Foundation cancelled development of Mozilla Suite. So Suite-lovers got together and continue it on their own. (Possibly faster and lighter on resources than Firefox, but it's debatable) Konqueror - Comes with KDE by default (part of kdebase; it's rare to find someone that left it out). Outstanding browser with support for HTML4, XHTML, and CSS1/2/3. Recently passed Acid2. Also doubles as a great file manager and (simple) FTP application. Opera - Claims to be the fastest browser, sacrificing web standards-support for speed. It seems to be the same speed as Firefox for me, but here you go if you like it. PROPRIETARY Galeon - A GTK browser with the Gecko rendering engine. Integrates well into XFCE and GNOME. Epiphany - The official web browser for GNOME; similar to Galeon. Dillo - The fastest GUI browser ever made (yes, faster than Opera or Firefox or Konqueror). Aims to fully support HTML4 also. IRC, IM, etcIrssi Gaim - Lightweight, cross-platform GTK IM client that supports many protocols. Kopete - The KDE Instant Messenger. Like Gaim, it supports many protocols. Plus video chat over Yahoo! and MSN. (This comes with most full-blown KDE installs, but not all; part of kdenetwork) X-Chat - GTK cross-platform IRC client with many features. Skype - Free-of-charge voice chat platform. PROPRIETARY RSS agregatorsaKregator - Easy-to-use program that's yet another official KDE component (in kdenetwork). Peer-to-PeerAzureus - Popular Java BitTorrent program with tons of features. KTorrent - KDE BiTorrent program with most of Azureus' features, plus an integrated search for many popular BT search engines. (This is not an official KDE application, so you probably will need to get it separate from "KDE"). BitTorrent - Let's not forget the official BT client! ... it pretty much sucks though 
GTK-Gnutella - Connects to some of the popular classical P2P protocols. Gnutella, Gnutella2, Limewire, etc MultimediaMPlayer - It does everyting (with proper codecs installed, of course) Audacious - Originally a fork of BeepMP with some new features, but then BeepMP was officially discontinued in favor of a client/server thing that hasn't been finished yet. So it's pretty much XMMS using GTK+2 and some other stuff. XMMS - GTK+1 Winamp clone, mostly obseleted by Beep, but retains the doublesize feature that Beep removed for implementation problems. JuK - KDE audio player; it's like iTunes except that it doesn't crash every two minutes. AmaroK - Like JuK, but the UI can take many forms. Xine-ui - It's like MPlayer but with excellent DVD support. VLC - The cross-platform media player with excellent VCD, SVCD, and DVD support. Totem - Minimalist media player for GNOME. Audacity - Nice audio grabber and editor. Graphics stuffGIMP - Almost every feature that Photoshop has, GIMP has. That says enough. Oh yeah, some people seem to forget that GIMP, like Photoshop, isn't meant as a simple painting program. Krita - Another professional photo editor, like Photoshop or GIMP. Technically, it's part of KOffice. KolourPaint - Simple painting program that's like MS Paint, official KDE project (part of kdegraphics). Xpdf - A PDF program, it looks ugly though so there's a few front-ends to the underlying source. It also obeys PDF authors' wishes for locking you from copying from or printing a PDF; search Google to find a fix if you want/need it. KPDF - KDE PDF program, based on Xpdf but doesn't look ugly! Evince - PDF, PostScript, djvu, tiff, and dvi viewer for GNOME. Office / Productivity SoftwareOpenOffice.org - Complete office suite that can easily replace MS Office or WordPerfect Office. KOffice - Complete office suite for KDE. AbiWord - Lightweight, cross-platform GTK word processor. Similar to MS Word Gnumeric - Spreadsheet application similar to MS Excel (recently got a Windows port). Designed and works for scientific data, but can be used for general stuff. Scribus - Professional desktop publishing! If you have a program you would like to see added to the list, post it and I will add it. |
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 Red Cheep-cheep Level: 34 Posts: 34/216 EXP: 251445 Next: 2206 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 6084 days Last view: 6065 days |
Shouldn't Irssi be on the list? It's a very powerful console IRC client. ____________________ 
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 Micro-Goomba Level: 12 Posts: 3/19 EXP: 6510 Next: 1411 Since: 05-24-07 Last post: 5297 days Last view: 5284 days |
Beryl is pretty...
Add it to the Window Managers list |
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Newcomer Level: 7 Posts: 4/6 EXP: 1151 Next: 297 Since: 06-30-07 Last post: 5815 days Last view: 5888 days |
May I suggest the GTK web browser Netsurf: http://www.netsurf-browser.org |
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 Cheep-cheep Level: 33 Posts: 105/194 EXP: 212796 Next: 16383 Since: 05-02-07 From: Shelton, WA Last post: 2470 days Last view: 2313 days |
I wish any linux had some dialup support.
without dialup support, I have no internet at all until I wait 5-6 months! ____________________ Mah boi, romhacking is what all true warriors strive for! I wonder what's for dinner? |
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 Rex Level: 51 Posts: 306/533 EXP: 960126 Next: 53812 Since: 08-23-07 From: Las Vegas Last post: 4442 days Last view: 4244 days |
Uhhhhhh..... it does have dialup support. WTF are you talking about? |
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 Snifit Level: 39 Posts: 148/287 EXP: 385112 Next: 19659 Since: 02-19-07 From: Arkansas Last post: 4049 days Last view: 3217 days |
Most internal modems made in the last decade and apparently nearly all USB modems will not work with anything but Windows. If you want to use dialup with Linux, you may need to get an external modem with an RS-232 serial port. |
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 CHIKKN NI A BAAZZKIT!!! 80's Cheerilee is best pony Level: 138 Posts: 1474/5344 EXP: 30938827 Next: 724154 Since: 02-20-07 From: The Netherlands Last post: 4495 days Last view: 2631 days |
Ah yes, the Wintel principle... ____________________ Wife make lunch - Shampoo Opera - give it a spin Spare some of your free time? <GreyMaria> I walked around the Lake so many goddamn times that my sex drive was brutally murdered Kawa rocks  — byuu |
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Cheep-cheep Level: 33 Posts: 106/194 EXP: 212796 Next: 16383 Since: 05-02-07 From: Shelton, WA Last post: 2470 days Last view: 2313 days |
Posted by Cellar Dweller Apperently I do have one. Can a US Robotics 56k (Faxmodem) Work on Debian Linux? I have a OSdisk.com Version of Debian from CD. ____________________ Mah boi, romhacking is what all true warriors strive for! I wonder what's for dinner? |
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Rex Level: 51 Posts: 307/533 EXP: 960126 Next: 53812 Since: 08-23-07 From: Las Vegas Last post: 4442 days Last view: 4244 days |
It probably will work |
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 Spike fuck~ Level: 58 Posts: 676/722 EXP: 1536600 Next: 40946 Since: 02-19-07 From: Pittsburgh, PA Last post: 5288 days Last view: 2575 days |
I haven't seen OpenBox mentioned, or leafpad, pcmanfm, netbeans, and deluge.
I like those things. You might also want to note that gaim is now pidgin. OpenBox's website does not seem to be loading for me. ____________________ |
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 Mini Octorok Level: 12 Posts: 12/19 EXP: 6041 Next: 1880 Since: 09-28-09 Last post: 4711 days Last view: 4699 days |
I do understand that this topic is two-years-old, but it needs to be updated:
>From Fedora Core to Fedora. (along with the link, etc) >Wine 'should' be added! >KDE and Gnome need to be known for their RAM usage! >OpenBox, BlackBox, and other Window managers need to be listed. >Google Chromium and other browsers need to be listed. >Pidgin needs to be listed. Again, sorry for posting in such an old thread, but I really felt the need to post! ____________________ 
http://maco64.com/ I'll create another community one day... When I feel like it, I guess. |
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Level: 99 Posts: 2105/2602 EXP: 9753322 Next: 246678 Since: 07-12-09 Last post: 4495 days Last view: 4481 days |
This is a sticky, so the bump rule doesn't really apply.
Besides, if you feel it really all that necessary, you can provide links to stuff yourself instead of expecting us to do it. |
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Mini Octorok Level: 12 Posts: 14/19 EXP: 6041 Next: 1880 Since: 09-28-09 Last post: 4711 days Last view: 4699 days |
Sorry, I didn't mean it that way... ____________________
http://maco64.com/ I'll create another community one day... When I feel like it, I guess. |
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