Bringing up a *nix host as a standalone
Desktop Computer.
This
page is best viewed
after reading GraphMe page.
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Standalone Desktop Computer means a system that is being
operated by the user locally and
has all the prequisites to run locally too (kernel, libraries,
programs).
Since this use of a GNU/Linux box is the most common one for the
average user, all modern distros are primarily oriented to this role
and have exceled in making this task easy.
So, instead of talking "how to", this page refers to
"what is there" to be run a Unix-Compatible box and is relevant to *BSD
boxes also.
All descriptions refer to Graphics applications.
Terminal programs are described in the HelpMe
page
Software Emulation is described in the EmulateMe
page
Underlined Applications are depended on the mentioned suites but not
necessarily included in them.
| a) Office Applications: |
Kde
apps |
Gnome
apps |
X
apps |
Openoffice.org |
| Word
Processing |
KWord
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abiword
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Writer |
| Spreadsheet |
KSpread
|
gnumeric
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Calc |
| Presentation |
KPresenter
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Impress |
| 2d vector graphics |
Kontour
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Draw |
| Formula Editor |
KFormula
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Math |
| Scalable
Graphics |
Karbon
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| Chart
designer |
KChart
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| Flowcharting
& Diagraming |
Kivio
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| Report
Designer |
Kugar
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Database Frontends
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knoda kmysqladmin
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Base
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| b) Useful Utilities: |
Kde
apps |
Gnome
apps |
X
apps |
File Manager
|
Konqueror
Krusader
|
Nautilus
|
xfm
|
| Organizer |
KOrganizer |
|
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| Adress
manager |
KAdressBook |
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| Text
Editor |
Kedit Kwrite Kate |
gedit |
xedit nedit
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| Calculator |
kcalc
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gcalctool |
xcalc |
Fax Utility
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KdeprintFax
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Notes
|
knotes
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Palmtop Tool
|
kpalm
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Camera Utility
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xcam
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Online
Dictionary -
Thesaurus
|
KDict
KThesaurus
|
gnome-dictionary
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| c) Multimedia Apps: |
Kde
apps |
Gnome
apps |
X
apps |
Cd Audio Player
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KsCD
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gnome-cd
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Dvd Movie & Video Player
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Noatun Kaboodle
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gxine
|
Mplayer Xine
|
| Mp3-Ogg
player |
Noatun Kaboodle |
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XMMS gqmpeg
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Midi Player
|
kmidi kmid
|
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xplaymidi
|
Notation
|
NoteEdit
|
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Midi/Audio recording system -
Sequencer
|
Rosegarden MusE |
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Sound Editors
|
KWave
|
Wired
|
Audacity
|
CD Burning
|
K3B
|
Gnome
Toaster XCDRoast |
CDRToaster
|
Video Processing
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Cinelerra
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d) Computer Graphics Applications
|
Kde
apps |
Gnome
apps |
X
apps |
Image Viewer
|
kview kuickshow
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gthumb
eog
|
xv
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Postscript & PDF Viewer
|
KGhostView
|
ggv
|
gv xpdf
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Fax Viewer
|
KFax
|
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DVI Viewer
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KDvi
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xdvi
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Image Processor
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GIMP
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3d
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Blender Wings 3D
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Desktop Publishing
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Scribus
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Scanner Application
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Kooka
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XSane
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e)
Games - See PlayMe page
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gcalctool
is often
soft-linked to gnome-calculator.
XSane & Kooka are in
reality frontends to the Sane (Scanner Access Now Easy) backend
mechanism.
MPlayer & Xine are in reality libraries (think mechanisms or
backends), therefore need frontends like gmplayer, kaffeine, Xine-ui,
gxine etc.
Gqmpeg is a frontend to mpg321 terminal application.
Gnome Toaster (gtoaster) is a Gtk frontend
XCdRoast is an X frontend
cdrtoaster is a tcl/tk script!
All three are frontends to various terminal cdrtools
like cdrecord, cdda2wav, mkisofs etc.
eog is often called "Eye Of Gnome" in the application menus.
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| e)
Internet Client Apps |
WWW |
Ftp
|
Mail
|
News
|
D/L
Manager |
IRC
|
Messenger |
Kde
Suite
|
Konqueror
|
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KMail
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KNode
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KGet
|
KSirc
|
Licq Kit
|
Gnome
Suite
|
Nautilus
Galeon
|
gftp |
|
pan
|
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x
|
GnomeICU
Gaim
|
Netscape
Suite
|
v
|
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v
|
v
|
v
|
x
|
v
(AIM)
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Mozilla
Suite
|
v
|
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v
|
v
|
v
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chatzilla
|
v
(AIM)
|
Opera
Suite
|
v
|
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v
|
v |
dunno |
x
|
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X
apps
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xchat
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All
www browsers can
view-d/l from ftp sites.
Opera is qt (think Kde) depended.
Netscape & Mozilla suites are X depended and include html
composers.
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Underlined apps are not
included in the suites, but are depended on them instead.
This page does not
contain all the applications created for GNU/Linux or *BSD.
The applications referred in this page are the ones I have personally
tested or use regularely.
Many
more can be installed or found in various GNU/Linux Distros.
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Next to come: Programming suites & Sound Editors.
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