Handy Must Know Linux Applications

[DrJohnZoidberg]

I think I must be the only person who doesn't like Amarok.

Nope, I don't like it either, at least not for Gnome.

[NuclearStr1der]

One that shouldn't be left out is Gnome-Do.

Arguably the best dock / launcher on Linux.

http://do.davebsd.com/

[milomak]

Nope, I don't like it either, at least not for Gnome.

amarok suffers from the general kde problems. you need to have the resources. other than that it is a fine piece of software. i find myself switching between rhythmbox and aamarok as i try to remember why i stopped using the other one.

[PaddyTM]

New one that I'm playing with:

Talika panel applet, windows 7 style taskbar applet for running applications. Very useful.

[milomak]

New one that I'm playing with:

Talika panel applet, windows 7 style taskbar applet for running applications. Very useful.

is it better than avant window navigator - mac style dock?

[D3x]

for personal finance there can't be anything that beats kmymoney

Just looked at a screen shot on Wiki. Seems pretty interesting. Can you do budgets & all other sorts on it as well?

[PaddyTM]

is it better than avant window navigator - mac style dock?

Hmm, not sure, awm just doesn't do it for me (although it's been a while since I tried it), so I use cairo instead. Problem with cairo is that it's version of system tray/notification area, is pretty rubbish, so I use this as a substitute.

It's very similar to the Windows 7 application notifier, and I was always impressed by that one.

[Boomstomp]

good thread, perhaps a mod should sticky it?

[Logicklz]

good thread, perhaps a mod should sticky it?

+1

[icyrus]

Who needs more than grep and vim?

[Seeyou]

- Audacious is the best music player I've come across, though that might just be personal preference as I love its Winamp emulation / windowshade mode
- Downloader for X is a great file download manager
- GNOME commander if you need a file manager a little more comprehensive than Nautilus

[jouda]

Who needs more than grep and vim?

+1!!

Did anyone mention VideoLan ?

[ponder]

- Downloader for X is a great file download manager

Yeah, D4X is cool. I always have it installed on my laptop which is actually my download box.

[VonPickle]

New one that I'm playing with:

Talika panel applet, windows 7 style taskbar applet for running applications. Very useful.

Thanks for that!

[milomak]

Just looked at a screen shot on Wiki. Seems pretty interesting. Can you do budgets & all other sorts on it as well?

yep budgets, analysis etc