What is your favourite FLOSS application?

Huai Yuan huaiyuan at gmail.com
Tue Nov 17 22:21:35 UTC 2009


Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> writes:

> Tshepang Lekhonkhobe has been running the Favourite FLOSS survery for
> several years on the Debian list. This year, with his blessing, I take
> the survey to the Ubuntu and Kubuntu lists. Below is a template where
> you can fill in your favourite applications. If an app does not fit in
> any of the categories, please put it under misc utilities and suggest
> a new category. Please do not add what you have not really used. You
> can include more than one entrant per category, but please don't
> bloat.
>
> Accessibility:
> Address Book:
> Audio Editor:
> Audio Player:
> Calendar:

Emacs org-mode + calendar

> CD Ripper:
> Collaboration:
> Database Management:
> Desktop Environment OR Window Manager:

Stumpwm

> Development:

Emacs, Slime, SBCL

> Dictionary/Translation:

dict

> Disc Burner:
> E-mail Client:

Emacs GNUS

> File Compression:
> File Manager:

Emacs dired-mode

> Finance:
> Learning tool:

Emacs org-learn (with sm5 spaced repetition algorithm)

> FTP Client:
> Game:
> Image Creator/Editor:

xfig, tikz

> Image Viewer:

Firefox, feh

> Instant Messenger:

Emacs ERC, BitlBee

> Mapping:
> Mathematics:

Maxima, GSL, SBCL

> Misc Utilities:
> Note-taking:

Emacs org-mode

> P2P:
> Package Manager:

apt

> Personal Wiki:
> Phone/PDA Sync Tool:
> Photo Organizer:
> Plenetarium:
> PDF/PS Reader:

Emacs doc-view, gv, acroread

> PDF Writer:

Emacs auctex, texlive

> Security:
> Spreadsheet:

Emacs org-mode's table editor

> Terminal Emulator:

Emacs shell, urxvt

> Text Editor:

Emacs 

> Video Player:
> Virtual Machine / Windows Emulator:
> Web Browser:

Firefox

> Word Processor:

Emacs auctex, org-mode, texlive

>
> SPECIAL CATEGORIES
>
> Non-free applications that you use:

Adobe Acrobat, Google Earth

> Websites for finding new applications:
> Unreleased and highly anticipated application:
> Dying/dead applications (abandonware) still in use:
> Software available for Windows that you need on Linux:
> One outstanding issue with Linux/Ubuntu that needs immediate attention:
> Any organisation or community deserving great honours:
> Any FLOSS developer deserving great honours:
> Anything else deserving great honours:

Debian


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huaiyuan





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