List some software that you consider as being essential

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19 Apr 2008, 11:16 am

My list of essential linuxsoftware:

kernel, generic tools (fileutils, system programs like mount, that kind of stuff)
fish (the Friendly Interactive SHell, a better shell than the bash, IMHO)
joe
gcc
lynx (alternatively: links)
mcabber
irssi
latex
ssh
ftp (the command-line tool with that name)
mpg321, ogg123 and flac123
adventure

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19 Apr 2008, 1:09 pm

After the OS (Win XP with service pack 2)

FireFox
Avast
Open Office
I'm planning on checking out Gnu Cash soon.
Skype

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19 Apr 2008, 2:16 pm

Ubuntu.

2,370 packages installed. (Out of 23,474 available.)

Which incorporates pretty much everything everyone else mentioned.

But I do have the medibuntu (libdvdcss, Google Earth and Skype), VirtualBox and WineHQ repositories added.

And, beyond what is available directly via repository, I choose to use SeaMonkey with extensions, including AdBlock Plus and GreaseMonkey along with a couple of scripts.

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19 Apr 2008, 4:50 pm

Opera
MS Office Word
Adobe
Flash
MS Office Picture Manager
Windows Live Messenger
Yahoo Instant Messenger
America-Online Instant Messenger

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19 Apr 2008, 6:01 pm

For Linux/BSD, I would cite KDE 4.0. It has pretty much everything an average user would need. And also:

Binutils
GCC/G++
Make
Perl
GLibc
Kernel sources
Opera

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03 Oct 2010, 1:50 pm

with my OS being LINUX/gnu:

TOR and Vidalia
Firefox with the addon torbutton and it's related suggested addons from https://torcheck.xenobite.eu/
- JOSM (my fun mapping special interest)
- TangoGPS (my exciting mapping special interest)
- Firefox derived browsers
-- Firefogg addon(9MB?) (video conversions)
- Synaptic is already installed
- Wesnoth (tried 1.9.1 beta lately)
- Sound Converter (mp3 becomes Vorbis)
- gtk-recordMyDesktop
- Evolution or Thunderbird so I can sign my emails (yes gpg is already installed)
- Pidgin with OTR. (OTR by cypherpunks)

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03 Oct 2010, 2:01 pm

Debian/Ubuntu/Mint (doesn't matter which one)
GNOME
Firefox + Thunderbird, or Seamonkey
Chromium/some Webkit browser
Python
Vim/GVim
R
Scilab
eboard (chess front-end)
Scid (chess database)
Sjeng, Stockfish, Toga II (chess engines)
Gnumeric
Abiword
mplayer

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03 Oct 2010, 8:23 pm

For me:

On the Mac:
bash shell
Vim
MySQL
gcc
Google Chrome
Opera
Text Edit
Preview
iWork
iTunes
GIMP
Apple Mail

On the Linux box:
bash shell
Vim
gcc
Epiphany
Evince
Eye of GNOME
A GUI text editor (gedit, Scribes, Tea, or Kate)
GIMP
OpenOffice.org
Amarok
Kontact
Totem
Synaptic

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03 Oct 2010, 10:11 pm

Firefox, bash and MPD.

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04 Oct 2010, 6:24 am

Other than obvious ones mentioned, I just about need Geany and Python. And I use dropbox daily.

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04 Oct 2010, 6:52 am

Google Chrome
Foobar2000
Miranda IM
uTorrent
Foxit Reader
Media Player Classic Home Cinema
OpenOffice
Paint.NET

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04 Oct 2010, 12:47 pm

I always need some kind of a text editor or word processor.

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04 Oct 2010, 4:16 pm

Firefox w/ Flashblock and Ad Block Plus
GIMP
Notepad++
Strawberry Perl
OpenOffice-Linux/MSOffice-Windows
Google Chrome
Evolution Mail/Outlook
VLC Media Player
Python
Steam
Linux-Play on linux
Teamviewer

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16 Oct 2010, 2:22 pm

If it's connected to the internet, it's gotta have Firefox with NoScript. I also gotta have either OpenOffice or Microsoft Office, I don't really care which. I also gotta have some sort of IM client, a DVD ripper, a good converter, and a decent photo editing program.

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