Comments on: The Best Of Linux Software

By: Sinan Postacı

Sinan Postacı — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:37:28 +0000

You can add HON to games section.

By: Dustin Falgout

Dustin Falgout — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:30:32 +0000

Just a heads up, Avast seems to stopped development on their linux version. There is not a trace of it to be found except and old page that takes a lot of digging to find. It has the old link but it now redirects to COMODO which is broken on linux kernels later than 3.2. Just thought I would share. Cant wait to see an updated list with maybe user ratings? Hmmm..

By: Aibek Esengulov

Aibek Esengulov — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:41:23 +0000

thanks for the feedback. We’ll be changing the layout for this section in the next couple of months and see if we can implement any of your recommendations.

In regards to your question about font manager, I recommend you ask it on MakeUseOf Answers, http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:33:51 +0000

Sorry, not much of a fan of this page. There are many places to find linux apps. Do we really need another one that lists multiple apps that accomplish basically the same thing. What is needed is a place that lists apps with their function and features and allows some kind of user ranking system so that a person looking for an app can make a judgement about what they should install without having to install every app individually and then finding out it offers basic functionality. Why list default gnome or kde apps when people are probably looking to replace them with something that offers more functionality than they already have or that is not availalble in their app store. Right now I am looking for a font manager, any suggestions? tks for your help

By: Bryson Osborne

Bryson Osborne — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:53:12 +0000

Under Productivity, you need to add Kupfer. It’s like Gnome-Do, but without having to install all those Gnome dependencies (when running Openbox, etc)

By: Arkajyoti Jana

Arkajyoti Jana — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:28:37 +0000

I think it’s high time that “Cinnamon” is included in the “Desktop Environment” section! The project is great and is quite matured by now.

By: Saikat Basu

Saikat Basu — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 14:36:53 +0000

Thanks for all these recommendations. We will look into them soon and include them when we update the list.

By: Andrey Alfaro

Andrey Alfaro — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:09:04 +0000

Nice list, you are missing some new apps like:

music player: beatbox -> is a cool player and looks good
backup tool -> Back in time -> is like time machine makes snapshots of the files, every time that the directories changes or every period of time
Dock -> plank -> new dock based on docky and is soo fast with unity api support
App stores -> Ubuntu sotware center
Utility for system energy -> jupiter applet -> allows you to control de energy use of the laptop/netbook for linux
Clipboard tool -> diodon/ClipIt -> diodon has integration with Unity
Terminal-> gnome terminal/pantheno terminal/Konsole
Cloud -> ubuntu one -> cloud sync, like dropbox with linux, windows and mac app
Email desktop app -> geary -> a gnome email desktop app focused on a very minimalist and good designed UI
Office suites -> Calibre and Libreoffice-> Calibre is the new office suite for KDE
Contact manager -> gnome contacts / dexter
Calendar -> Maya -> elementary OS calendar app
Tools for Developers -> Netbeans/ Eclipse/ sublime text 2
Editor -> scratch -> elementary OS text editor
Utilities -> gpick -> color picker for gnome is very useful
Task manager -> wunderlis / nitro task -> nitro include integration with ubuntu one cloud sync
RSS reader -> lightread -> the best rss reader, looks cool and includes awesome features
WIndows manager -> gala -> is a new windows manager for elementary OS, is a fresh, fast and well designed windows manager
New Distros-> elementary OS-> based on ubuntu but with it’s own DE, apps and WIndows manager

By: Declan Lopez

Declan Lopez — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 21:42:22 +0000

nice collection

By: Muhammad Rizwan

Muhammad Rizwan — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:24:38 +0000

thanks for making my life soooooooooooooo easy

By: Yusuf Mamman

Yusuf Mamman — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:51:11 +0000

I have used Windows for a long while and thougth it the best OS untill it hanged-up on me. and a friend suggested that i try linux(ubuntu 11.04) and have never look back or regreted my leap of faith. HOWEVER, the move by ubuntu developers to the unity desktop sucks!!!!!! I think many ubuntu fans ,like me are disappointed.MY solution to that? , i installed MINT (MAYA) and love the feel of it.

By: Adrian Rea

Adrian Rea — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:37:07 +0000

Many thanks Saikat, its not the only interesting thing It has been documented on MUO here
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/gramps-open-source-genealogy/ where I added the comment with the username Adrian. It has moved on much more since 2008. Thanks again, I am best on UK genealogy but if you need pointers to research your own, let me know

By: Saikat Basu

Saikat Basu — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 04:38:14 +0000

We will look into it. The acronym is interesting – Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System.

By: Adrian Rea

Adrian Rea — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 22:03:57 +0000

I would really like to recommend GRAMPS the genealogy software that has been around for years and is a fantastic tool for people researching their family tree. One of the main reasons I persevered with Linux was GRAMPS. Although ported to other OSes, it runs best on Linux. If anyone need help writing a review, please ask, me or anyone in the GRAMPS community.

By: Vishal Mishra

Vishal Mishra — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:10:50 +0000

Really good list. Helpful for linux beginners.

Vishal