Tue, 17 Jan 2006

Top 50 Linux apps in 10 categories

Filed under: Software and Technology by Hari
Posted at 16:45 IST (last updated: Thu, 7 May 2009 @ 21:18 IST)
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For a while now, I have been considering the idea of drawing up a list of the best applications for Linux in 10 broad categories. The purpose of such a list would be to cover as many areas as possible while not overwhelming any single category with too many apps. I also thought it would be a good idea to involve my readers in this exercise so that I would have more choices to add to the final list than the ones I have come up with.

The ten categories would be:
  • Basic productivity
  • Word processing and publishing
  • Media players (audio and video)
  • Multimedia authoring
  • Games and entertainment
  • Internet clients (desktop)
  • System tools
  • Programming and development
  • Images and graphics
  • Miscellaneous utilities
Now the hard part would be to draw up a list of the best five apps for each category. For the purposes of this list, it would be a good idea to limit the contest only to Open Source (that means no Opera, Acrobat Reader or RealPlayer - sorry folks!). The other limiting factor is that this is open only for desktop Linux apps, so enterprise Linux apps and server software are excluded from this list.

I welcome nominations in all categories. Please post your nominations as comments here so that I can draw up a final list soon!

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  1. Hi Hari - I don't have the time right now, but I'll send you a list of apps later today which I find useful/like a lot. :D

    Comment by J_K9 (visitor) on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 @ 16:31 IST #
  2. Take your time. I'll be busy myself, so I will take some time compiling this list myself.Regards.

    Comment by hari (blog owner) on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 @ 20:27 IST #
  3. Aww. I *like* Opera and RealPlayer.Anyway, I nominate TomBoy, AbiWord, ROX filer, ZSNES, aterm, XMMS, LostIRC, and Gweled. Should be pretty obvious what catagories they fit into.I refuse to nominate Firefox because, though it is a great program, it eats up ALL the system resources on this old laptop, something Opera does not do. It's also painfully slow on any computer under 600MHz. :-P

    Comment by James (visitor) on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 @ 22:19 IST #
  4. James, thanks for your recommendations. Interesting apps. I've not heard of a couple of them. Should check them out once my main machine has been repaired. Until then I'm stuck with Windows :(

    Comment by hari (blog owner) on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 @ 08:14 IST #
  5. [...] Category: Word processing and publishing Posted by hari under Top 50 Linux Apps at 2:47 pm 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. [...]

    Comment by Hari’s Corner » Category: Word processing and publishing (visitor) on Sun, 29 Jan 2006 @ 14:52 IST #
  6. [...] Category: Media players (audio and video) Posted by hari under Top 50 Linux Apps at 5:39 pm The next set of recommendations are for the category Media players (audio and video in the top 50 Linux apps. Here are my top 5 in this category. As always, feel free to make your own recommendations and suggestions. [...]

    Comment by Hari’s Corner » Category: Media players (audio and video) (visitor) on Thu, 2 Feb 2006 @ 17:46 IST #
  7. [...] Category: Games and Entertainment Posted by hari under Top 50 Linux Apps at 6:40 pm This is probably the toughest category under the top 50 Linux apps list, simply because gaming is such a subjective issue. However, here are what I believe are some of the top in this particular category. [...]

    Comment by Hari’s Corner » Category: Games and Entertainment (visitor) on Fri, 17 Mar 2006 @ 18:40 IST #
  8. [...] Category: Internet Clients (desktop) Posted by hari under Top 50 Linux Apps at 4:49 pm After a while, I have returned to my top 50 Linux apps list. Here I’ll try and cover a few internet clients for the Linux desktop. [...]

    Comment by Hari’s Corner » Category: Internet Clients (desktop) (visitor) on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 @ 16:49 IST #
  9. Any suggestions for Webcam software? I'm looking for software to handle basic motion sensing and webcam tweaking.

    Comment by Jim (visitor) on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 @ 23:45 IST #
  10. Jim, I've no idea about webcam software. I'm still trying to get my inbuilt webcam in my HP Pavilion dv6000 laptop but I don't know how to activate it.

    Comment by hari (blog owner) on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 @ 05:50 IST #

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