Must-have Linux programs

[linuxfordummies]

I thought it would be a good idea if all of us shared our ideas on the best Linux programs to have, with a short description of the program and a link to where it can be downloaded from.
My own contribution to this list is a program called Paud.
As per the description on the site :
"PAUD is a disk image that contains filesystem/system utilities, such as e2fsprogs, mc (midnight commander), parted, and more. PAUD is ideal for rescue/administration purposes and transferring files from one filesystem to another for windows users. "
I have found it useful to write this image file to a floppy (which then becomes a boot floppy) and use parted to manipulate all partitions including root.
It is available from http://sourceforge.net/projects/paud/
In case a similar topic is already posted (I couldn't find it), please disregard this post.

[techieMoe]

Hmm. Well, for me being a gamer, there are a few "must have" gamse in the open source community that I thought I'd throw out there. These are programs that if they're not included by default with my distro, I install them before anything else:

Frozen Bubble : Basically a very well done clone of the SNES/Arcade game Puzzle Bobble. Very addictive

Chromium B.S.U. : Overhead scrolling OpenGL shooter with a distinct Linux slant. I use this program to test out my 3D drivers after a fresh install.

GNU Nano Editor : My favorite simple text editor for those little textfile tweaks you need every so often. Simple, small, to the point.

[jeremy1701]

How about:

Mulitmedia:
XMMS - Self explainitory
Gnomad - For conecting to various Creative Jukeboxes
Mplayer - Fits all your codec needs

Internet:
BlueFish - HTML Editor
gFTP - See above
FireFox

Office:
GnuCash
OO.o

Sys Admin:
Something like urpmi, apt-get, yum


Jeremy

[Giro]

Just these for me I guess everyone knows what they are

Apache
PHP5
mySQL
vsftpd (Kicks protftpd's ass IMO)

[sarumont]

genlop
portage
irssi
mcl (MUD client )
gentoolkit
vim

GUI-wise:

Firefox
xmms
frozenbubble
chromium

[tylerwylie]

Firefox
XMMS
Xchat-2
gaim
thunderbird
portage

[jubjub2m6]

no one mentioned kopete! unless there is something i dont know about

KvIRC
mySQL
PHP5
mysqlcc is quite handy to
kaffeine xinelibs/mplayer codecs

[AAnarchYY]

This is my list of must-have software:

Firefox
gaim
xchat
xmms
mplayer
gtk-gnutella
azureus
gftp
and ofcourse, vi(elvis)

[Pimp Daddy]

Firefox - Standards compliant and has a faster rendering engine than IE;

Apache - The best web server around;

PHP - The best net scripting language;

WINE - With this you can run windows apps without windows!;

Mono - Great news for those who want to develop in C#;

XMMS - The best for audio files such as MP3s;

Python - Great high level language that's extensible and has an great interactive interpreter option;

GCC - You won't find a better collection of compilers;

GIMP - Top graphics package;

OpenOffice.org - Excellent office software and fully compatible with Microsoft Office file extensions;

XINE - Great multimedia player;

Kate - Syntax Highlighting for just about anything.

[xylex_blaiste]

and for those who love to listen to music, burn or rip em.. .

there's this XMMS plugin that i am so fond of. equalizes not just MP3s but also Ogg Vorbis. kewl! ogg comes out better, better.. . i think it's EQ plugin???

of course k3b to burn em or rip em! the best burning tool IMHO.

xmms plugin at xmms.org
k3b is at kde-apps.org.