Last year (and the year before) I asked debian-user which of the thousands of available FLOSS was their favourite. I 'd like to do the same for this year (on another mail, so hurry not with your picks).
Here's last year's results: audio editor: * audacity (8) -> 2005 winner audio player: * xmms (9) * Amarok (4) -> 2005 winner cd-ripper: * abcde, grip (6) * sound-juicer (5) -> 2005 winner desktop OR window manager: * GNOME (8) -> 2005 winner * KDE (6) * Fluxbox (5) * Xfce4 (4) DBMS: * MySQL (4) -> 2005 winner * PostgreSQL (3) development: * Python (9) * GTK+ (4) * GCC, G++ (3) disc burner: * K3b (12) -> 2005 winner * X-CD-Roast (4) * wodim, gnomebaker (3) e-mail client: * mutt (13) * Thunderbird/Icedove (7) -> 2005 winner * kmail, Mozilla (4) * Sylpheed (3) file manager: * MC (7) -> 2005 winner * Nautilus (7) * Konqueror (6) * bash (5) * Thunar, emelFM (3) finance: * gnucash (4) -> 2005 winner ftp client: * gftp (6) -> 2005 winner * ncftp (4) * llftp (3) image editor: * GIMP (21) * ImageMagick (3) image viewer: * GQview (9) * gthumb (8) -> 2005 winner instant messenger: * Gaim (11) -> 2005 winner * centericq (3) mathematics: * bc, Octave , gnuplot (3) misc utilities: * grep (19) * sudo (16) -> 2005 winner * wget (16) * ssh (10) * lsof (7) * less (6) * Bash, ls, su, locate,sed (4) p2p: * aMule (3) -> 2005 winner package manager: * aptitude (16) -> 2005 winner * apt (13) * synaptic (7) pdf-reader: * xpdf (13) * evince (8) * kpdf (4) spreadsheet: * OpenOffice.org Calc (14) * gnumeric (13) system monitoring: * top (13) -> 2005 winner tag editor: * easytag (5) -> 2005 winner * ex-falso (4) * id3v2 (3) terminal emulator: * gnome-terminal (9) -> 2005 winner * xterm, Konsole (7) * rxvt, xfce4-terminal (3) text editor: * vim (15) * gedit (9) -> 2005 winner * Emacs (9) * nano (7) * vi (4) video player: * mplayer (17) -> 2005 winner * VLC (7) * Xine (6) * Totem (5) * Kaffeine (4) web browser: * Firefox (21) * Epiphany, Mozilla/Seamonkey (6) * dillo (4) * Konqueror (3) word-processor: * OpenOffice.org Writer (15) * abiword (9) * LaTex (3) * lyx (3) (unreleased): * Gnu Hurd (3) (great honours): * Linux (12) * GCC (11) * GLibC (10) * Bash (10) * Xorg (11) * Debian (3) misc: * games [ nethack (4) ] * 3D animation [ blender (7) ] * web-server [ apache (3) ] non-free: * pdf-reader [acrobat-reader (9)] * web-browser [ Opera (4) ] -- my place on the web: floss-and-misc.blogspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
