What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
Hi, A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would like those who are get bored by this to please pardon me. Here goes my new list (If you don't use certain

What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-30 Thread David Jardine
My apologies if this messes up the threading - I've just cannibalised another person's message because I no longer have the original request to reply to. Here are my favourites: audio editor [ ] audio player [ ] cd-ripper [ ] Desktop Environment [ fvwm ] DBMS [ ] development [ ] disc burner [ ]

What's your favourite FLOSS?

2005-10-29 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
Hello, Here's my list and please edit it to suit your preferences and add more categories: 3D animation [ blender ] audio editor [ audacity ] audio player [ xmms ] cd-ripper [ sound-juicer ] dbms [ postgresql ] document viewer [ dpkg-www ] disc burner [ k3b, gnomebaker ] e-mail cli

What's your favourite FLOSS?

2005-11-03 Thread Andrey Andreev
3D animation [ blender ] audio editor [ audacity ] audio player [ amarok ] dbms [ postgresql ] disc burner [ k3b ] e-mail client [ thunderbird ] file manager [ mc ] image editor [ gimp ] image viewer [ kuickshow ] mathematics [ octave, maxima, latex, texmacs ] misc utilities [

what's your favourite FLOSS?

2008-11-13 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
Here's a template where you can fill in your favourites; feel free to add missing categories. Please don't add what you haven't really used (like I used to). More than piece can be given per category. Oh, and there's a couple of nice editions to last year's categories: audio editor: audio player:

what's your favourite FLOSS?

2009-11-05 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Here we go. audio editor: audacity, xcfa audio player: amarok cd-ripper: k3b, xcfa DBMS: sqlite desktop environment OR window manager: kde4 (despite, well, you know...) development: disc burner: k3b e-mail client: icedove/thunderbird file manager: dolphin finance: ftp client: filezilla games: wesn

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Miles Fidelman
Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: Hi, A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would like those who are get bored by this to please pardon me. Here goes my new li

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Mike McCarty
Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: Hi, A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would like those who are get bored by this to please pardon me. Ok, I don't use De

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread cothrige
* Tshepang Lekhonkhobe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big > winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and > Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would like those > who are get bored by this to please p

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/26/06, Miles Fidelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * e-mail client [ (none) - I use GMail ] Pine via terminal, otherwise > SeaMonkey remotely Pine is non-free, and I wanted to restrict the list to FLOSS; but it's okay since including non-free ensures that debian-user is more properly repr

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/26/06, Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * web browser [ firefox, epiphany ] So, which one is it actually? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Mike McCarty
Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: On 10/26/06, Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * web browser [ firefox, epiphany ] So, which one is it actually? What do you mean? Some web sites cause firefox to crap out. Others cause epiphany to crap out. She uses the one which doesn't crap out. Inci

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/26/06, cothrige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * Tshepang Lekhonkhobe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big > winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and > Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread José Alburquerque
Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: Hi, A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would like those who are get bored by this to please pardon me. Here goes my new l

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/26/06, Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > On 10/26/06, Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > * web browser [ firefox, epiphany ] > > > So, which one is it actually? What do you mean? Some web sites cause firefox to crap out. Others cause epiphany

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Andrei Popescu
"Tshepang Lekhonkhobe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * cd-ripper [ jack ] > * audio player [ ogg123, mpg321, moc, bmp ] > * Desktop Environment [ IceWM-experimental ] > * disc burner [ K3b ] > * e-mail client [ sylpheed-claws-gtk2, mutt-ng ] > * file manager [ mc ] > * ftp [ none I use sftp ] > * i

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Kelly Clowers
On 10/26/06, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would like those who are get bored by this to pleas

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread cothrige
* Tshepang Lekhonkhobe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > * (great honours) [ Don't know what you mean here. Best overall > > stuff perhaps? If so, GNU screen, emacs, mplayer and bash most likely. ] > > I can't say Bash is my favourite shell because it's the default, and I > never tried anything

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/26/06 13:12, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Hi, REACH Waxed (Mint). - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that th

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread John K Masters
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:12:46 +0200 "Tshepang Lekhonkhobe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big > winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and > Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would like those > w

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Sven Arvidsson
* audio editor [ audacity ] * audio player [ rhythmbox ] * cd-ripper [ sound-juicer ] * Desktop Environment [ GNOME ] * DBMS [ ] * development [ Python, GTK+ ] * disc burner [ brasero, nautilus-cd-burner ] * e-mail client [ evolution ] * file manager [ nautilus ] * finance [ ] * ftp [ yafc, nautilu

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Jochen Schulz
* cd-ripper [ abcde ] * Desktop Environment [ none (IceWM as WM) ] * development [ Python ] * e-mail client [ mutt ] * browser [ firefox -- I use it since Phoenix 0.4 days but start to hate it. It's only the large number of useful extensions that keep

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Thursday 26 October 2006 14:12, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Hi, > A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big > winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and > Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would like those > who are get bored by thi

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Miles Bader
* audio editor [ ] * audio player [ xmms ] * cd-ripper [ ] * Desktop Environment [ gnome ] * DBMS [ ] * development [ g++, gdb, tla, lua, libfltk ] * disc burner [ ] * e-mail client [ gnus (in emacs), mutt ] * file manager [ ] * finance [ ] * ftp [ sftp ] * image editor [ gimp ] * image viewer [ gq

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Miles Bader
Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * ftp [ lftp -- also does sftp and the like and supports resuming, > even for sftp. ] Hmm, lftp does sftp too?!? It's been a long time since I've used it, but it looks like I'll have to check it out again (the standard sftp client is dec

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Miles Bader
Oh, add "ssh" to "misc utilities" too: * misc utilities [ awk, interdiff, patch, diff, ssh, sudo ] It's such a fundamental part of daily use, I hardly notice it any more! -Miles -- 自らを空にして、心を開く時、道は開かれる -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi. Tshepang Lekhonkhobe, 26.10.2006 20:12: > A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big > winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and > Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would like those > who are get bored by this to please pardon me. >

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Marc Shapiro
Marc Shapiro wrote: (Appologies to Patrick, to whom I accidentally sent this, instead of to the list.) * Tshepang Lekhonkhobe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hi, A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread M-L
On Friday 27 October 2006 04:12, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe shared this with us all: >--> Hi, >--> A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big >--> winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and >--> Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would like thos

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Gerard Robin
On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 08:12:46PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: From: Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user Subject: What's your favourite FLOSS? X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on murphy.debian.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No,

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 08:12:46PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Hi, > A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big > winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and > Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would like those > who are get bored

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread amateur
On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 08:12:46PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Hi, > A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big > winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and > Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would like those > who are get bored

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread aliosha samodossi
My favorite apps * audio editor [ audacity] * audio player [ xmms ] * cd-ripper [ abcde ] * Desktop Environment [ fluxbox ] * DBMS [ ] * development [ ] * disc burner [ gnomebaker ] * e-mail client [ mutt ] * file manager [ mc ] * finance [ ] * ftp [ ] * image editor [ ] * image viewer [ gthumb

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:12:46 +0200 "Tshepang Lekhonkhobe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * audio editor [ audacity ] > * audio player [ xmms ] > * cd-ripper [ ] > * Desktop Environment [ KDE, windowmaker ] > * DBMS [ ] > * development [ ] > * disc burner [ K3b ] > * e-mail client [ sylpheed-claws

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Thursday 26 October 2006 15:12, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Hi, > A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big > winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and > Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would like those > who are get bored by thi

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Rodrigo Paes
* audio editor [ ] * audio player [ XMMS ] * cd-ripper [ ] * Desktop Environment [ fluxbox ] * DBMS [ ] * development [ ] * disc burner [ gnome-toaster ] * e-mail client [ thunderbird ] * file manager [ xterm] * finance [ ] * ftp [ ncftp ] * image editor [ gimp ] * image viewer [ gthumb ] * in

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-26 Thread Sylvain Le Gall
On 26-10-2006, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big > winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and > Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would like those > who are get bored by thi

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-27 Thread Jeff Zhang
On 10/26/06, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big > winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and > Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would like those > who are get bored by this

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-27 Thread Jeff Zhang
On 10/26/06, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big > winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and > Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would like those > who are get bored by this

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-27 Thread Clive Menzies
On (26/10/06 20:12), Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big > winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and > Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would like those > who are get bored by this to please pardon m

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-27 Thread Jochen Schulz
Miles Bader: > Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > * ftp [ lftp -- also does sftp and the like and supports resuming, > > even for sftp. ] > > Hmm, lftp does sftp too?!? It's been a long time since I've used it, > but it looks like I'll have to check it out again (the

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-27 Thread George Borisov
Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Hi, > A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big > winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and > Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would like those > who are get bored by this to please pardon me. :-) * audi

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-27 Thread George Borisov
George Borisov wrote: > > * misc utilities [ ssh, rsync, dig, iptables, racoon, iproute2, > nagios, mrtg/rddtool ] Add screen and mailscanner to that as well. -- George Borisov DXSolutions Ltd signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-27 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/26/06, José Alburquerque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * mathematics [ calculator ] Which is this? Can't find it in Debian...

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-27 Thread celejar
On 10/26/06, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would like those who are get bored by this to pleas

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-27 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/26/06, Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * audio editor [ ] * audio player [ xmms ] * cd-ripper [ ] * Desktop Environment [ gnome ] * DBMS [ ] * development [ g++, gdb, tla, lua, libfltk ] * disc burner [ ] * e-mail client [ gnus (in emacs), mutt ] * file manager [ ] * finance [ ] * ft

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-27 Thread José Alburquerque
Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: On 10/26/06, José Alburquerque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * mathematics [ calculator ] Which is this? Can't find it in Debian... Sorry, I meant 'gcalctool'. I'm not sure it's a package, but it's the command that brings up the gnome calculator... -- Sincer

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-27 Thread Jochen Schulz
José Alburquerque: > Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: >> On 10/26/06, José Alburquerque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> * mathematics [ calculator ] >> >> Which is this? Can't find it in Debian... > > Sorry, I meant 'gcalctool'. I'm not sure it's a package, but it's the > command that brings up t

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-27 Thread José Alburquerque
Jochen Schulz wrote: José Alburquerque: Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: On 10/26/06, José Alburquerque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * mathematics [ calculator ] Which is this? Can't find it in Debian... Sorry, I meant 'gcalctool'. I'm not sure it's a package, but

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (2) a giant bloated whale, but actually seems to work pretty well for > light word-processing duties and reading .doc files I get in the mail Maybe you should try abiword. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it wel

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-27 Thread hendrik
On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 10:20:56PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > (2) a giant bloated whale, but actually seems to work pretty well for > > light word-processing duties and reading .doc files I get in the mail > > Maybe you should try abiword. Doe

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 10:20:56PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > (2) a giant bloated whale, but actually seems to work pretty well for > > > light word-processing duties and reading .doc files I get in the mail > >

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-27 Thread Miles Bader
Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> (2) a giant bloated whale, but actually seems to work pretty well for >> light word-processing duties and reading .doc files I get in the mail > > Maybe you should try abiword. Yeah, I used to use abiword back in the day, but it was always _horribl

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-27 Thread cothrige
* Miles Bader ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> (2) a giant bloated whale, but actually seems to work pretty well for > >> light word-processing duties and reading .doc files I get in the mail > > > > Maybe you should try abiword. > > Yeah, I used to

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * text editor [ gedit, nano, vim, gvim, cream ] ^ That was a nice tip. It is not as snappy as leafpad but has MANY more features. Thanks! Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understan

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-28 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 08:12:46PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Hi, > A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big > winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and > Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would like those > who are get bored

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Sunday 29 October 2006 01:43, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 08:12:46PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > > Hi, > > A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The > > big winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and > > Thunderbird. I would

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/26/06, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * misc utilities [ sudo, grep, dpkg-www, lsof, top, uptimed, sloccount, wget ] I forgot to mention file-roller, popularity-contest, less, and pmount in this category. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/27/06, Gerard Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >* mathematics [ bc, ggnuplot, yorick ] Is this a typo for gnuplot, or really the unpackaged ggnuplot? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Gerard Robin
On Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 11:02:07AM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: From: Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Gerard Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, debian-user Subject: Re: What's your favourite FLOSS? On 10/27/06, Gerard Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/27/06, Douglas Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * finance [ python/postgresql ] How does this work? > * mathematics [ python, gnumeric] Interesting... > * misc utilities [ wget bzip2 tar df du ls cat split ] Is the package name splitvt? I can't find split in Debian... -- To U

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/27/06, amateur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * (unreleased) [ GNU Hurd ] * (great honours) [ GCC, GLibC, Linux, Bash, Xorg ] Just wanted to make sure whether or not this is accidental, since these look exactly like mine... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/26/06 13:12, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Hi, > A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big > winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and > Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would like t

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/27/06, Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * image viewer [ xv ] What package provides this, if it's in Debian? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread hendrik
On Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 12:45:12PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > On 10/27/06, Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> * image viewer [ xv ] > > What package provides this, if it's in Debian? > Probably xv, by John Bradley, which is not free software and, as far as I know, not pac

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread hendrik
On Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 04:42:00AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 10/26/06 13:12, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > > > note: you don't have to be a user of an application in order like it ;-) > > If you don't (now or at some time) use it, how do y

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Miles Bader
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> note: you don't have to be a user of an application in order like it ;-) > > If you don't (now or at some time) use it, how do you know if you > like it or not? I think of the term "be a user of" as meaning that you use something regularly or at least occ

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/29/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > * (unreleased) [ GNU Hurd ] Why is this on there? I can't wait for the completion of the project; I'd try the current version if it had sound though. > note: you don't have to be a user of an application in order like it ;-) If yo

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/29/06 07:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 04:42:00AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >> >> On 10/26/06 13:12, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: >> >>> note: you don't have to be a user of an application in order like it ;-) >> If you do

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/27/06, Stephen Cormier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * word-processor [ Kwrite, Kword ] Do you mean Kate when you mention Kwrite? I searched Debian and couldn't find Kwrite. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/27/06, Stephen Cormier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * file manager [ Konqueror, command line ] Many entries mentioned Bash as file manager, and please tell if Bash is the shell you are using so that I could put it here instead of 'command line'. * pdf-reader [ Kpdf or Konqueror embeded

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/29/06 07:43, Miles Bader wrote: > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> note: you don't have to be a user of an application in order like it ;-) >> If you don't (now or at some time) use it, how do you know if you >> like it or not? > > I

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/29/06 07:45, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > On 10/29/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [snip] >> > * (unreleased) [ GNU Hurd ] >> >> Why is this on there? > > I can't wait for the completion of the project; I'd try the current > versi

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/27/06, Rodrigo Paes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * misc utilities [ sudo, grep, lsof, top, wget, meld, ssh ] Nice that you pointed out meld, a graphical diff. I once saw such a utility on Windows, and always wondered if there was an equivalent in Debian (the kind of reason why I started th

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/27/06, celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Desktop Environment [ xfce] Can I safely assume that you meant Xfce4, not the version what was in Woody? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/29/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't wait for the completion of the project; I'd try the current > version if it had sound though. Yes, you *would* try it. But you haven't. And if you *did* try it, you *might* think it sucks. The category 'unreleased' can help one to

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/27/06, Jeff Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * terminal emulator [ urxvt+screen ] I can't find urxvt in Debian. The only reference is from the yeahconsole package, and its states that it supports both urxvt and xterm. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/29/06, Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sunday 29 October 2006 09:02, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > On 10/27/06, Stephen Cormier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * word-processor [ Kwrite, Kword ] > > Do you mean Kate when you mention Kwrite? I searched Debian and > couldn't find Kw

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/29/06 08:51, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > On 10/29/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I can't wait for the completion of the project; I'd try the current >> > version if it had sound though. >> >> Yes, you *would* try it. But you h

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/27/06, Mirto Silvio Busico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * development [ Python, ArgoUML, Archgenxml (developing for Plone) ] Where can one find Archgenxml since I can't find it in Debian? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [E

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/27/06, Mirto Silvio Busico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * misc utilities [ sudo, grep, top, wget, lynks ] I can't find lynks anywhere. Is this a typo? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Sunday 29 October 2006 09:02, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > On 10/27/06, Stephen Cormier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * word-processor [ Kwrite, Kword ] > > Do you mean Kate when you mention Kwrite? I searched Debian and > couldn't find Kwrite. KDE has 3 (that I know of) text editors: Kate (

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/29/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * file manager [ Real Geeks Don't Use File Managers ] Many mentioned that Bash is their favourite File Manager, and it was surprising to me that it was considered as such. * games [ xnethack, gnobots2 ] Interesting that this category was o

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/29/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * shell [ bash ] Not such a valid entry, unless many entries go for other shells. If so, then this goes to 'misc utilities', unless you disagree. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 08:12:46PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Hi, > A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The big > winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and > Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would like those > who are get bored

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread cothrige
* Tshepang Lekhonkhobe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On 10/29/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >* file manager [ Real Geeks Don't Use File Managers ] > > Many mentioned that Bash is their favourite File Manager, and it was > surprising to me that it was considered as such. > > >* games

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Sunday 29 October 2006 10:02, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > On 10/27/06, Stephen Cormier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * word-processor [ Kwrite, Kword ] > > Do you mean Kate when you mention Kwrite? I searched Debian and > couldn't find Kwrite. Apparently I do it seems that Kate provides the

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Sunday 29 October 2006 10:21, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > On 10/27/06, Stephen Cormier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * file manager [ Konqueror, command line ] > > Many entries mentioned Bash as file manager, and please tell if Bash > is the shell you are using so that I could put it here in

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread David Jardine
On Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 12:10:18PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > On 10/27/06, Douglas Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> * finance [ python/postgresql ] > > How does this work? > > >> * mathematics [ python, gnumeric] > > Interesting... > > >> * misc utilities [ wget bzip2 tar df du l

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread David Jardine
On Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 08:07:40AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 04:42:00AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 10/26/06 13:12, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > > > > > note: you don't have to be a user of an applicat

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Angelina Carlton
"Tshepang Lekhonkhobe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 10/27/06, Jeff Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> * terminal emulator [ urxvt+screen ] > > I can't find urxvt in Debian. The only reference is from the > yeahconsole package, and its states that it supports both urxvt and > xterm. Its pack

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread John L Fjellstad
"Tshepang Lekhonkhobe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: audio editor [ ] audio player [ amarok ] cd-ripper [ abcde ] Desktop Environment [ KDE ] DBMS [ ] development [ C++, Java, emacs, gmake, ant ] disc burner [ K3b ] e-mail client [ mutt, kmail ] file manager [ konqueror, shell ] finance [ ] ftp [ nc

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Rodrigo Paes
On 10/29/06, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/27/06, Rodrigo Paes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * misc utilities [ sudo, grep, lsof, top, wget, meld, ssh ] Nice that you pointed out meld, a graphical diff. I once saw such a utility on Windows, and always wondered if there wa

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/29/06 10:08, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > On 10/29/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> * shell [ bash ] > > Not such a valid entry, unless many entries go for other shells. If > so, then this goes to 'misc utilities', unless you disag

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/29/06 13:37, David Jardine wrote: > On Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 08:07:40AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 04:42:00AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> On 10/26/06 13:12, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: >>> note: you don't hav

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/29/06 09:41, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > On 10/27/06, Mirto Silvio Busico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > * misc utilities [ sudo, grep, top, wget, lynks ] > > I can't find lynks anywhere. Is this a typo? Yes. The packages are lynx and links

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Miles Bader
cothrige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > And new items: > * (games) [ ADOM, nethack ] > * (news) [ slrn, nget ] Is adom free software now?! Last I remember, it was free-as-in-beer only, no sources available. -Miles -- "Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you d

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread cothrige
* Miles Bader ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > cothrige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > And new items: > > * (games) [ ADOM, nethack ] > > * (news) [ slrn, nget ] > > Is adom free software now?! Last I remember, it was free-as-in-beer > only, no sources available. > > -Miles > Hmmm. Now that I

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/29/06, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/27/06, Rodrigo Paes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * misc utilities [ sudo, grep, lsof, top, wget, meld, ssh ] Nice that you pointed out meld, a graphical diff. I once saw such a utility on Windows, and always wondered if there wa

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2006-10-29 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 10/27/06, Zbigniew Wiech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, here's my types: I think it would be useful to categorize users e.g.: desktop home, desktop office, web admin, There'll probably be a lot of overlap, but it's a good idea to consider. * cd-ripper [ k3b ] I was not even aware of t

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