Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?
On Wednesday 30 November 2005 03:09 am, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> Hello,
> There has been an interesting number of responses on this thread. I
> like it because it helps me explore some other FLOSS (or not so FLO)
> out there which I might otherwise find superior to my own favourites.
> I would just like to post stats on what the respoding population likes
> (in brackets we find the number of votes):
>
> audio editor:
> * audacity (7)
> * audacious, gnusound, xfmedia
>
> audio player:
> * Amarok (6)
> * XMMS (5)
> * beep-media-player (3)
> * XMMS2, mp3blaster, muine, totem, rhythmbox
>
> cd-ripper:
> * sound-juicer (6)
> * abcde (4)
> * KAudioCreator (2), grip (2)
> * dagrab, cdparanoia
>
> Desktop Environment:
> * GNOME (2)
> * Xfce4
>
> DBMS:
> * MySQL (3)
> * PostgreSQL (2)
> * Openoffice2.0 Base, Oracle
>
> development:
> * Eclipse (2), Qt (2), Quanta (2)
> * bluefish, GTK+
>
> disc burner:
> * k3b (11)
> * gnomebaker (6)
> * cdrecord (2)
> * xcdroast, nautilus-cd-burner, nero-linux, graveman
>
> e-mail client:
> * Thunderbird (9)
> * evolution (5)
> * mutt (4)
> * kmail (2)
> * Gmail (2)
> * M2
> * sylpheed-claws-gtk2
>
> file manager:
> * MC (6)
> * nautilus (5)
> * konqueror (3)
> * rox-filer (3)
> * emelfm
> * xterm
> * xfe
> * p-desk
> * krusader
>
> finance:
> * gnucash (5)
> * Calc
> * kMyMoney
>
> firewall [ shorewall ]
>
> ftp:
> * gftp (4)
> * ftp
> * lftp
>
> icons [ dlg-etiquette ]
>
> image editor
> * gimp (18)
> * imagemagick
>
> image viewer:
> * gthumb (9)
> * f-spot (3)
> * GQview (2), kuickshow (2), eog (2), display? (2)
> * imgSeek, mozilla-firefox, kview, gliv
>
> instant messenger
> * gaim (3)
> * Kopete (2)
>
> mathematics:
> * octave (2), maxima (2)
> * latex, texmacs, R
>
> misc utilities:
> * sudo (3)
> * dvd9to5 (2), oggasm (2), ssh (2), grep (2), screen (2)
> * lsof, sloccount, splint, uptimed, uptime, bash, awk, find
> * fuser, scim, route, netstat, dpkg-www
>
> p2p:
> * aMule (2)
> * azureus
>
> package manager:
> * aptitude (7)
> * Synaptic (6)
> * adept (2), apt (2)
> * portage
> * pkg_add
>
> pdf-reader:
> * acroread (2), kpdf (2)
> * xpdf, gpdf, evince
>
> process monitor:
> * top (3)
> * procmeter
>
> tag editor:
> * easyTag (5)
> * juk, id3v2
>
> terminal emulator:
> * gnome-terminal (7)
> * Konsole (6)
> * Xterm (4)
> * xfce4-terminal (2), RXVT (2), Yakuake (2)
> * eterm
>
> text editor:
> * gedit (6)
> * vi (5)
> * kate (4)
> * gvim (3), gxedit (3),
> * nano (2), vim (2), Emacs (2)
> * anjuta, FTE, mousepad, OpenOffice.org
>
> video player:
> * mplayer (7)
> * VLC (4)
> * Kaffeine (3)
> * xine-ui (2), totem (2), totem-xine (2)
> * gmplayer, gxine
>
> web browser:
> * mozilla-firefox (17)
> * Epiphany (2)
> * opera, wget, konqueror
>
> (unreleased):
> * GNU HURD (4)
>
> 3D animation: [ blender (5) ]
> office: [ openoffice (2) ]
>
> aggregator: [ lifearea ]
> admin: [ webmin ]
> bootloader: [ grub ]
> cms: [ drupal ]
> config: [ gkDebconf ]
> dns: [ dnsmasq ]
> eyecandy: [ wallpaper-tray ]
> http-proxy: [ privoxy ]
> image manager: [ digiKam ]
> IRC client: [ XChat ]
> mail server: [ cyrus21 ]
> media-player: [ Kaffeine ]
> PIM: [ kontact ]
> spam murderer: [ spamassassin ]
> window manager: [ fvwm ]
>
> Summary:
> 18 votes: gimp
> 17 votes: mozilla-firefox
> 11 votes: k3b
> 09 votes: gthumb, Thunderbird
> 07 votes: aptitude, gnome-terminal, mplayer, audacity
>
> Thanks for all the responses...
Here's one more vote: jEdit, world's best text editor (programmer's editor).
Thanks for putting the list together, it's very interesting.
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