Name your Killer Apps

drasnordrasnor Starship OperatorHawthorne, CA Icrontian
edited July 2007 in Science & Tech
I frequently hear "lack of favorite app" as a reason for not using one operating system over another. In this spirit, I'd like to show that great alternatives exist on any platform and encourage all you alternative OS users (even you Mac users) to weigh in with your favorite killer apps.

My picks:
OS: Gentoo Linux (x86, AMD64, and PPC)
Desktop Environment: gnome-metacity
Web Browsing: mozilla-firefox
E-Mail Client: mozilla-thunderbird
Instant Messaging: gaim
IRC: Xchat
Office: OpenOffice.org 2.0
Audio Player: XMMS
Movie Player: mPlayer
DVD Player: totem
CD/DVD Burning: X-CD-Roast
Photo Editing: the gimp
Peer to Peer: BitTorrent: gnome-bittorrent, DirectConnect: dc-qt
Integrated Development Environment: Anjuta
Engineering: Matlab, Maple, Mathematica.
Games: Unreal Tournament 2004, X-Plane 8, FlightGear, Armagetron Advanced

The best part is, anything listed with a link here is Free Software, as in, it costs no money.

-drasnor :fold:

Comments

  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited March 2006
    My picks:
    OS: XP SP1
    Desktop Environment: defualt XP theme
    Web Browsing: mozilla-firefox
    E-Mail Client: outlook 2k3
    Instant Messaging: DeadAim
    IRC: Mirc
    Office: Office 2K3
    Audio Player: WinAmp 2.9
    Movie Player: VLC - freaking fantasitc
    DVD Player: VLC
    CD/DVD Burning: Nero
    Photo Editing: PSP7 =\ not much on foto editing
    Peer to Peer: BitTorrent: uTorrent, DirectConnect: Overnet
    Integrated Development Environment: i dont know what that is.. XP?
    Engineering: NA
    Games: Unreal Series, System Shock2, HL2, C&C the first Decade etc

    I wish i was more fluent in Linux, i play around with it, but i dont really do anything with it, ya know?
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    Integrated Development Environment is software you use to make other software. On Windows you would likely use Microsoft Visual Studio or Borland.

    An excellent point Armo, the idea here is maybe more people will use these OS's if they can do things with them.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited March 2006
    My picks for Linux:
    OS: Debian
    Desktop Environment: gnome
    Web Browsing: mozilla-firefox
    E-Mail Client: mozilla-thunderbird
    Instant Messaging: gaim
    Office: AbiWord
    Audio Player: XMMS
    Movie Player: VLC
    DVD Player: VLC
    Photo Editing: Gimp
    BitTorrent: azureus

    My picks for Windows:
    OS: Windows Xp X64
    Web Browsing: mozilla-firefox
    E-Mail Client: mozilla-thunderbird
    Instant Messaging: gaim
    Office: AbiWord
    Audio Player: Winamp
    Movie Player: PowerDvd
    CD Burning: Nero
    DVD Player: VLC
    Photo Editing: Gimp
    BitTorrent: azureus
  • macdude425macdude425 Mr. Roger's Neighborhood
    edited March 2006
    My Picks for Linux:
    OS: Debian
    Desktop Environment: KDE
    Web Browser: Mozilla Firefox
    IM Client: Gaim
    Office Suite: OpenOffice.org
    Audio Player: XMMS
    Other Multimedia Player: VLC, MPlayer
    Photo Editing: The Gimp
    Audio Editing: Audacity

    My Picks for Mac OS X:
    OS: OS X 10.3.9
    Desktop Environment: Aqua/Quartz Extreme
    Web Browser: Mozilla Firefox
    E-mail Client: Mozilla Thunderbird
    IM Client: Adium
    Office Suite: NeoOffice
    Audio Player: iTunes 6
    Other Multimedia Player: VLC
    Photo Editing: The Gimp
    Audio Editing: Audacity
    BitTorrent: Tomato Torrent
    Emulation: DOSBox, KEGS
  • Slack3erSlack3er
    edited March 2006
    Great Idea. LOL :cool2:
    OS: Slackware
    WM: XFCE or Dropline Gnome. Enlightenment kicks ass too.
    CD/DVD Burning: GnomeBaker or K3B
    Emulator: WINE, ZSNES, Mupen64
    Tools: WineTools <-GUI to config wine/Install Win apps.
    Development: Eclipse <-Java or Kdevelop <-Supports many lang's
    Online Gaming: Kaid, gkaiui <-Xbox System Link Service
    Firewall: FireStarter
    Security: Snort, Honeyd, GRSecurity, SysCheck, ClamAV or RKHunter
    3D Modeling: Blender 3D
    Games: Americas Army, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, CUBE
    P2P: GiftD and Apollo
    Video Editing: Avidemux
    Scanner Software: Kooka
    Net Sniffer: Ethereal
    WarDriving: Kismet
    SMB: Samba
    SSH Server: OpenSSH
    VNC: TightVNC

    Edit: You'll find must of this software with a quick google search. I'm too lazy. LOL Or some linux distros includes advance package managers. Ex. Debian = apt-get, Slackware = Swaret, Gentoo = emerge. So installing apps under linux is made easiler with apps like that. Ex: To install firefox under debian: as root type: apt-get --install firefox
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    Wow, Adium and Audacity look sweet! I'm going to have to try that on my Mac.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    My killer apps for OSX:

    OS: OS X 10.4.5
    Desktop Environment: Aqua/Quartz Extreme
    Web Browser: Mozilla Firefox
    E-mail Client: Mozilla Thunderbird
    IM Client: Proteus
    Office Suite: NeoOffice/J
    Audio Player: iTunes 6
    Other Multimedia Player: Quicktime 7
    Photo Editing: Adobe Photoshop
    BitTorrent: Azureus
    Emulation: Microsoft Virtual PC 7
    FTP: CuteFTP Pro for Mac
  • skrykingskryking
    edited March 2006
    Lets see:
    Laptop OS: Gentoo Linux
    Work/Desktop OS: Scientific Linux
    Desktop Environment: KDE
    Editor of choice: vi for small quick changes, kate for wholesale editing.
    IDE: Eclipse
    Audio: Amarok
    Video: mplayer
    CD/DVD burning: k3b
    wordprocessing: OpenOffice
    webbrowser: Firefox
    Email: Thunderbird
    photo processing: Digikam
    Bittorrent: Azureus
    File management (remote and local): Konqueror
    OS Emulation: VMWare
    Firewall: Firestarter


    as I think about it I'll probably add more.

    Skryking
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    OS: Apple System 7.5.5
    Web Browsing: iCab, NCSA Mosaic
    E-Mail Client: Eudora Light
    Instant Messaging: AOL Instant Messenger
    Office: MS Office, ClarisWorks
    IDE: Metrowerks CodeWarrior, MacsBug
    Engineering: DesignCAD, SatTrack, Gravitation, NuCalc, Osmond PCB
    Utilities: ZTerm, NCSA Telnet, MacPing, Fetch, Decor, AfterDark.
    Games: Escape Velocity, Risk!, Bolo, Hellcats, Warcraft, Spectre, Secret of Monkey Island, Loom, Descent, Myst, The Manhole, Glider, SimCity 2000, SimAnt

    -drasnor :fold:
  • skrykingskryking
    edited March 2006
    Must add this application Avidemux2 for video editing that I stumbled accross the other day... Its down right nice and easy to use. Its in portage and in the DAG repositories for redhat.

    Skryking
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    Got fed up with XCdRoast and switched to GnomeBaker, never looked back.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited May 2006
    dvd::rip works well for transcoding DVD video to ogm or avi. Had some video we took at work that had to be in a lightweight computer-readable format and it's working well for us.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • V-PV-P State College, PA Member
    edited May 2006
    Mine:
    OS: Windows XP Home SP2
    Desktop Environment: Cosmos THeme from devian
    Browser: FIrefox (Bon Echo Alpha)
    E-Mail Client: No Client (Yahoo! Mail)
    Instant Messaging: AIM and MSN on Sys 2, and Trillian Basic on Sys 1
    IRC: mIRC
    Office: Office 2000
    Audio: Winamp 5 (or whatever the latest one is)
    Movie: DivX, WinAmp, Media PLayer, and Real
    DVD: PowerDVD
    CD/DVD Burning: CloneCD, CloneDVD, Alcohol, DVD Shrink, Nero Suite, Riosoft
    Photo Edit: Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro
    P2P: Bearshare, BitComet
    Games: F.E.A.R, HL2, CSS, CS 1.6, HL, HL2 DM, Oblivion, Sims 2, Sims 2 University and Nightlife
  • DOSMANDOSMAN Grand Rapids, MI
    edited June 2006
    OS: MS-DOS 6.22
    Desktop Environment: N/A
    Web Browsing: N/A
    E-Mail Client: N/A
    Instant Messaging: N/A
    IRC: N/A
    Office: EDIT
    Audio Player: N/A
    Movie Player: N/A
    DVD Player: N/A
    CD/DVD Burning: N/A
    Photo Editing: N/A
    Peer to Peer: Exchanging disks in person
    Integrated Development Environment: QBASIC
    Engineering: Maple (Damn straight they have a command version. Not that it would run on DOS 6.22 but.....)
    Games:
    Battle Chess
    Duke Nukem 3D
    Defender of the Crown
    Dune
    Master of Orion
    Sim City 2000
    Star Trek: A Final Unity
    Ultima VII
    Ultima UW
    Everything on abandonia.com

    :vimp:
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited June 2006
    DOSMAN wrote:
    OS: MS-DOS 6.22
    Desktop Environment: N/A
    Web Browsing: N/A
    E-Mail Client: N/A
    Instant Messaging: N/A
    IRC: N/A
    Office: EDIT
    Audio Player: N/A
    Movie Player: N/A
    DVD Player: N/A
    CD/DVD Burning: N/A
    Photo Editing: N/A
    Peer to Peer: Exchanging disks in person
    Integrated Development Environment: QBASIC
    Engineering: Maple (Damn straight they have a command version. Not that it would run on DOS 6.22 but.....)
    Games:
    Battle Chess
    Duke Nukem 3D
    Defender of the Crown
    Dune
    Master of Orion
    Sim City 2000
    Star Trek: A Final Unity
    Ultima VII
    Ultima UW
    Everything on abandonia.com

    :vimp:

    are you serious.:eek:
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited June 2006
    OS: XP SP2 Professional (Thank you stony brook for a legal copy for 6.08!!!)
    Desktop Environment: I like ThemeXP
    Web Browsing: mozilla-firefox
    E-Mail Client: mozilla-and gmail :)
    Instant Messaging: DeadAim
    Office: Office XP
    Audio/Video Player: Winamp 5 (Remember Sonique?)
    DVD Player: Power DVD
    CD/DVD Burning: Nero 7, i've been using it for 5+ years
    Photo Editing: Photshop cs 2
    Peer to Peer: BitTorrent: ABC/ torrent x ^-3 (or utorrent for those without scientific notation ability)
    DirectConnect: DC++
    Integrated Development Environment: I use the floor to work on my cpu does that count as a development environment?
    Engineering: Cadkey :)
    Games: Gunbound, Warcraft 3
    Antivirus: McAffee works nice, thinking about buying Zone Alarm or PC-cillin
    Spyware: hijack this!!/spybot search and destroy
    Audio Editing: Soundforge 7
  • jhenryjhenry California's Wine Country
    edited July 2006
    OS: Kubuntu 6.06
    Desktop: KDE (Gnome is weak)

    Browser: Konqueror / Firefox
    Email: Kmail
    Instant Messaging: gaim
    RSS Reader: Akregator
    BitTorrent: KTorrent

    Office Suite: OpenOffice.org
    CD / DVD Burning: K3b
    CD Ripping: KAudioCreator
    PDF Viewer: KPDF
    Image Manipulation: GiMP
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited July 2006
    Hi jhenry! nice to see you here :) welcome to short-media
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited July 2006
    To anyone using WINE-Tools; don't. It just screws up WINE these days as it's old and unmaintained. Just to solve some confusion, lots of people seem to be using a version of WINE something like wine-20050305, that is OLD, the new versioning system is x.x.x and the latest version (about a week old) is version 0.9.16.
  • ClockworkClockwork
    edited August 2006
    OS: Mac OS 10.3.9
    Web Browser: Mozilla Firefox
    Email Client: Thunderbird
    IM Client: Adium
    Office: Office:Mac 2004
    Audio Player: iTunes 6
    Image Editing: Photoshop CS2
    Bittorent: Azureus
    Audio Editing: Amadeus 2
    Download Manager: iGetter
    Utilities: Login Sounder
    File Resource Editor: Resorcerer
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited August 2006
    OS: XP MCE
    Desktop Environment: Custom
    Web Browsing: mozilla-firefox
    E-Mail Client: Gmail, lol
    Instant Messaging: Trillian
    IRC:
    Office: Office 2003
    Audio Player: itunes
    Movie Player: Sonic Cineplayer
    DVD Player: Sonice Ciniplayer
    CD/DVD Burning: Roxio / DVD 1 Click
    Photo Editing: Picasa for easy crap then Fireworks
    Peer to Peer: BitTorrent: ABC
    Games: Unreal Tournament ( the original still rocks ) LOTR BFME II Starcraft, Warcraft III, Dawn of War
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2006
    OS: Windows 2000
    Desktop Environment: Classic Windows Shell
    Web Browsing: mozilla-firefox
    E-Mail Client: gmail
    Instant Messaging: AIM, sadly.
    IRC: mIRC
    Office: MS Office 2003
    Audio Player: Winamp 2.xx
    Movie Player: Media Player Classic
    DVD Player: Media Player Classic
    CD/DVD Burning: Nero 6.5.x
    Photo Editing: Photoshop
    Peer to Peer: uTorrent
    Games: World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Warcraft III, Quake 2
  • godzilla525godzilla525 Western Pennsylvania Member
    edited June 2007
    Windows XP Pro
    foobar2000 v0.8.3 Special
    LAME
    mp3Gain
    PowerToy Calculator
    Exact Audio Copy
    Picasa
    Project 64 1.6
    AVG 7.5 Free
    CCleaner
    VLC Media Player
    ancient version of AIM
    Firefox 2
    NOTEPAD.EXE
    WinRAR
    Outlook Express
    Virtual PC 2004
    Assorted vintage-2000 OpenGL first-person shooters
    NFS Porsche Unleashed
    Nero
    MS Office (because everyone else wants Word files) :rolleyes2
    Acrobat 5 (because later versions are all crapped up)
    The GIMP
    eMule
    SequoiaView
    ..various engineering and embedded systems stuff that is Windows-only :mad:
  • Your-Amish-DaddyYour-Amish-Daddy The heart of Texas
    edited July 2007
    OS: Fedora Core 7
    Desktop Environment: Gnome(Until I get XGL support)
    Web Browser: Mozilla Firefox
    Messenger: Pidgin (Was gaim, still sucks but it's all I gort.)
    Audio: Rythmbox Music Player, XMMS
    Video: Mplayer
    Photo Editing: The Gimp
    IRC: Xchat.
  • NomadNomad A Small Piece of Hell Icrontian
    edited July 2007
    OS: XP SP2
    Desktop Environment: Mac graphite and object dock
    Web Browsing: Firefox
    E-Mail Client: Gmail
    Instant Messaging: DeadAim
    IRC: mIRC
    Office: Office 2K3
    Audio Player: iTunes mostly/Winamp for quick previews
    Movie Player: VLC
    DVD Player: VLC
    CD/DVD Burning: iTunes for CDs, Nero if I need something else.
    Photo Editing: Adobe CS2
    Torrent: Azureus
  • jaredjared College Station, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2007
    OS: Windows XP Corp SP2 (lite)
    Desktop Environment: Classic Windows Shell
    Web Browsing: Firefox
    E-Mail Client: Thunderbird
    Instant Messaging: Pidgin
    IRC: mIRC
    FTP: SmartFTP
    Virtual Drives: Alcohol 120%
    Office: Office 2007
    AntiVirus: AVG Free 7.5
    Text Editor: Notepad++
    Audio Player: Foobar2000 w/ FooAVA skin
    Movie Player: VLC
    DVD Player: VLC
    CD/DVD Burning: Nero 6.5.x
    Photo Editing: Photoshop CS3
    Peer to Peer: uTorrent
    Games: CS, TF, HL2DM, C&C3. UT2k4, BF2
  • ThelemechThelemech Victoria Icrontian
    edited July 2007
    OS- Windows XP Pro SP2 / Linux SUSE6.1/Ubuntu(FeistyFawn) / Mac Os 8.1
    Web Browsing- Firefox and Maxthon
    Email- Hotmail/Gmail
    Office- MSOffice2003Pro/OpenOfficce/Easy Office
    Audio Player- WindowsMediaPlayer 7/9/11 and Musikcube / (linux)Rythmbox Musicplayer
    Peer to Peer - Burst
    Programming- ADA/Perl/Python
    Games
    too many to name
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