Hari's Corner

In this category for the top 50 Linux apps, I have a few good recommendations. Feel free to discuss and debate this selection. Here goes:

Abiword A very good cross-platform and lightweight word processor and a good option for those who don't prefer OpenOffice.org writer. I don't use it much, but it's definitely good for writing short and simple documents.

teTeX A complete TeX distribution for UNIX systems. It's a great package used for typesetting and publishing beautiful documents using LaTeX and teTeX provides most of the basic components of a working LaTeX system.

LyX LyX is a WYSIWYM document processor which uses LaTeX as the back-end to produce great looking documents. If you don't want to type in commands in LaTeX, but want to publish documents using LaTeX, use LyX. It's easy to learn and use.

Scribus Scribus is an open source desktop publishing system along the lines of PageMaker. Uses a point and click interface, it's useful for designing documents like brochures, posters and newsletters.

Ghostscript Actually Ghostscript is a Postscript and PDF interpreter. It is a must-have if you intend viewing or publishing PostScript or PDF documents on Linux. It comes under two licenses, AFPL and GPL. Also includes the previewer Ghostview.

More suggestions and nominations are welcome as always and will be considered for the final list in this category.