On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 16:19, Johannes Zarl wrote: > On Monday 04 November 2002 21:38, james leclair wrote: > > Hello, > > Hello, too;-) > > > We currently run a variety if Debian products in the mail and file > > serving areas. Now we are investigating the possiblity of running Debian > > products on our desktops. Could someone please recommend what packages > > we should be running in the following areas for our desktop machines > > should we switch to Debian? > > First you should decide, which Desktop Environment (KDE, Gnome) you want > to use, or if you want to use a more light-weight windowmanager > (enlightenment, blackbox, fluxbox, and many more). > > Desktop Environments have the benefit, that their programs tend to work > together quite well and have the same look-and-feel, whereas "pure" > windowmanagers encourage you to pick out the best suited programs for your > needs. > > > Essentially what packages should we look to > > add to our Debian desktops. By the way, Debian server products are > > outstanding!!! > > > > Example: > > :multimedia(music, movies, photo editing) > Assuming you don't want to manipulate music/movies, following packages may > be worth a look: > - music: > +mpg321 -- plays mp3-files, console-based > +ogg123 (vorbis-tools) -- plays ogg-vorbis-files, console-based > +cplay -- provides easy-to-use interface to other programs like > mpg321/ogg123, console based > +xmms -- a winamp lookalike > +noatun -- kde's mediaplayer > +rythmbox -- a media-player for gnome (well, i don't know it, but a quick > apt-cache search returned it) > Personally I prefer the console-based applications, but who cares;-) > > - movies: > +xine -- plays movies, works well for me;-) > +mplay -- not yet a debian-package, but look's promising.. > +others: Anyone got alternatives/better ones? > > - photo editing: > +gimp -- Tried it, loved it. Don't care about others. > > > :mail clients > +kmail -- the client of kde. Using kde i use kmail, too. > +mutt -- some people i know swear on it; console based > +evolution -- non-free client from ximian. Offers calender, etc.(a bit > like outlook on windows) As Matthew Weier O'Phinney notes, Evolution is one of the Gnome email clients - there are a number depending on the scale of program desired. That said, Evolution is GPL'd - it is not non-free. > +gnome ought to have its own client, too > > :game playing > > > > Thanks, > > James > > Hope I could help you, > Johannes > > -- > "More than machinery we need humanity" -- Charlie Chaplin, The Great > Dictator > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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