Linux software

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Here is a deliberately incomplete list of some of the more popular software available for Linux systems. A complete list would number into the tens of thousands of packages. Note however that not all of these programs are open source.

All these programs can be installed using Mandriva's package system - see software management for further details on how to install them.

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[edit] Office applications

  • OpenOffice - including word processing (Writer), spreadsheet (Calc), presentation (Impress) and drawing (Draw)
  • KOffice - another suite including KWord, KSpread, KPresenter, Kivio
  • AbiWord, Gnumeric - standalone word processing and spreadsheet programs
  • LaTeX - publishing software

[edit] Internet applications

[edit] Multimedia applications

  • Amarok - for organising and playing music
  • Audacity - editing of sound files
  • Blender - high-power 3d modelling
  • Cinelerra - video editing
  • K3b - burning of CDs and DVDs
  • Kaffeine, Xine - for playing movies

[edit] Graphics applications

  • Digikam - photo management and correction
  • Gimp - sophisticated graphics editing package
  • Hugin - stitching of panoramic photos
  • Inkscape - specialising in vector graphics
  • Picasa - photo management (runs using Wine)

[edit] Desktops

  • KDE - default desktop for Mandriva
  • Gnome
  • Xfce
  • Enlightenment
  • Aiglx, Xgl, Beryl, Compiz - 3d desktops with eye-popping effects

[edit] Development tools

  • Bluefish, Quanta+, Screem, Mozilla Composer - HTML editing
  • CVS, Subversion - versioning tools
  • Eclipse - multi-platform, java-based IDE
  • JBuilder - java IDE
  • KDevelop
  • Text editors such as Kate, KWrite, gedit, scite
  • Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, C, C++, java, ...

[edit] System tools

A variety of both console and gui applications, including

  • File management, such as krename, kdiff3
  • Backup and synchronisation tools such as rsync
  • System configuration wizards such as drakconf

[edit] Other

  • Google Earth
  • Stellarium - guide to the night sky

[edit] Server software

  • Apache - industrial-strength web server
  • MySql - database
  • mail servers, ftp servers, network tools, ...

[edit] External links

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