Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

[Bob Cox <debian-user@lists.bobcox.com>]

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 14:18:26 +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe (tshepang@gmail.com) wrote: 

> Here's a template where you can fill in your favourites; feel free to
> add missing categories. Please don't add what you haven't really used
> (like I used to). More than piece can be given per category. Oh, and
> there's a couple of nice editions to last year's categories:
> 
> audio editor:  audacity
> 
> audio player:  kaffeine
> 
> cd-ripper:
> 
> desktop OR window manager:  kde
> 
> DBMS:
> 
> development:
> 
> disc burner:  k3b
> 
> e-mail client:  mutt
> 
> file manager:  ls, konqueror
> 
> finance:
> 
> ftp client:  lftp
> 
> games:
> 
> image editor:  showfoto, gimp
> 
> image viewer:  showfoto, gpicview
> 
> instant messenger:
> 
> mathematics:
> 
> misc utilities:
> 
> p2p:
> 
> package manager:  aptitude
> 
> pdf-reader:  kpdf
> 
> spreadsheet: OpenOffice
> 
> tag editor:
> 
> terminal emulator:  konsole
> 
> text editor:  vim, kwrite
> 
> video player:  kaffeine

  video editor:  avidemux

  video (other) : devede, projectx, mplex

> web browser:  iceweasel, opera
> 
> word-processor:  OpenOffice
> 
> non-free:
> 
> 
> 
> SPECIAL CATEGORIES
> 
> anything unreleased and highly anticipated:
> 
> anything FLOSS deserving great honours (EG. Linux, GCC):
> 
> any organisation/community deserving great honours (EG. GNU, Debian):
> 
> any FLOSS developer deserving great honours (max 5 at most, unless you insist):

Martin Michlmayr, Rod Whitby, Joey Hess and all involved with
NSLU2/ARM/ARMEL.

-- 
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