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Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?



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> 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 additions to last year's categories:
>>
>> audio editor:  audacity, rezound
>>
>> audio player:  
>>
>> cd-ripper: grip
>>
>> desktop OR window manager:  gnome, xfce4
>>
>> DBMS:
>>
>> development: eclipse, scite, gcc
>>
>> disc burner: cdrecord
>>
>> e-mail client: icedove
>>
>> file manager:  
>>
>> finance: kmymoney2, gnucash
>>
>> ftp client:  ftp, sftp
>>
>> games: freecell
>>
>> image editor: gimp
>>
>> image viewer: eog, gwenview
>>
>> instant messenger:
>>
>> mathematics:
>>
>> misc utilities: nmap, nagios, amanda, openssh, mdadm, tripwire
>>
>> p2p:
>>
>> package manager: the *apt* collection
>>
>> pdf-reader:  evince
>>
>> spreadsheet: gnumeric
>>
>> tag editor:
>>
>> terminal emulator: gterm
>>
>> text editor: vim, scite
>>
>> video player:  
>>
>> web browser: iceweasel, lynx
>>
>> word-processor: OpenOffice
>>
>> non-free: lame
>>
>>
>>
>> SPECIAL CATEGORIES
>>
>> anything unreleased and highly anticipated: 
>>
>>	lenny
>>
>> anything FLOSS deserving great honours (EG. Linux, GCC): 
>>
>>	perl
>>
>> any organisation/community deserving great honours (EG. GNU, Debian): 
>>
>>	Debian, openBSD, Sun, apache, and the grand-daddy: GNU
>>
>> any FLOSS developer deserving great honours (max 5 at most, unless you insist):
>>
>> 	Bram Molinar, Richard Stallman, Theo de Raadt, Larry Wall

particularly hated; massive nuisance causing data loss and grief:

	UDEV!!! (not the idea; the implementation)


- --
Glenn English
ghe@slsware.com

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