Welcome to my Linux Application page

On this page I will try to present helpful links to Linux Applications(Programs) that are used in Linux. They have different names than windows programs, but offer similar function.

If you are a windows user and wonder what applications Linux has, here is a list of equivalent or replacement or similar Windows software in Linux. One of the biggest difficulties in migrating from Windows to Linux is the lack of knowledge about comparable software. Newbies usually search for Linux analogs of Windows software, and advanced Linux-users cannot answer their questions since they often don't know too much about Windows :). This list of Linux equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software is based on our own experience and on the information obtained from the visitors of this page (thanks!).

Here is a list of Major Linux Application Programs from the Linux Information Project. This project is dedicated to providing high quality, comprehensive and easily accessible information about Linux and other free software. There is a brief description of each application, just click on it and it will take you to that applications home page. To go to the Linux Information Projects home page click here.

100 open source gems - part 1
KDE, Gnome, OpenOffice.org and Firefox - all great software, and all powerful proponents of the free software software movement. But there are thousands of other applications out there that are worth trying, so in every issue of Linux Format magazine we highlight some of the best new open source programs that have been released or updated recently.
If you're looking to try something new on your Linux box, we've put together a full year of our favourite software releases. Some things you'll probably have heard of already, but we think everyone will find something new and cool to try.

Linux Command Line

Do you want to learn about the command line? Here is an A-Z Index of the Bash command line for Linux.

Check out LinuxCommand.org your one-stop command line shop. Now what? You have Linux installed and running. The GUI is working fine, but you are getting tired of changing your desktop themes. You keep seeing this "terminal" thing. Don't worry, we'll show you what to do.

Popular Linux Applications

Browsers

Here is a list of browsers that are popular on Linux. This is not an exhaustive list, there are others.

Mozilla Firefox is a very popular browser. To find out more about Mozilla Firefox, go to wikipedia.

Epiphany is the web browser for the GNOME desktop. Its goal is to be simple and easy to use. Epiphany ties together many GNOME components in order to let you focus on the Web content, instead of the browser application. As part of the GNOME project, Epiphany is Free Software. Epiphany displays webpages with the same speed and accuracy as other popular browsers, such as Safari or Firefox. In addition, it provides an elegant, responsive and uncomplicated user interface that fits in perfectly with GNOME, and it has been translated to over sixty languages!

Konqueror - Web Browser, File Manager - and more!

Konqueror is the file manager for the K Desktop Environment. It supports basic file management on local UNIX filesystems, from simple cut/copy and paste operations to advanced remote and local network file browsing.

Konqueror is the canvas for all the latest KDE technology, from KIO slaves (which provide mechanisms for file access) to component embedding via the KParts object interface, and it is one of the most customizable applications available.

Konqueror is an Open Source web browser with HTML 4.01 compliance, supporting Java applets, JavaScript, CSS 1, CSS 2.1, as well as Netscape plugins (for example, Flash or RealVideo plugins).

Konqueror is a universal viewing application, capable of embedding read-only viewing components in itself to view documents without ever launching another application.

Links is a web browser running in both graphics and text mode. Mikul�? Pato?ka started writing Links (text mode those days) in 1999. In 2000 Marting Pergel, Petr Kulhav� and Karel Kulhav� joined the project to add graphics and Javascript capabilities into Links together with Mikul�? Pato?ka. The program has been written mainly as a hobby and also as a school project. All four authors are graduates of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Made in Bohemia.

Features Links is a graphics and text mode web browser, released under GPL. Links is a free software.

Dillo is a multi-platform graphical web browser known for its speed and small size.
Dillo is written in C and C++.
Dillo is based on FLTK2, the Fast Light Toolkit (statically-linked by default!).
Dillo is free software made available under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPLv3).
Dillo strives to be friendly both to users and developers.
Dillo helps web authors to comply with web standards by using the bug meter.

Gimp

Gimp is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc. GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.

GIMP is written and developed under X11 on UNIX platforms. But basically the same code also runs on MS Windows and Mac OS X.

Also check out Gimp Tutorials

Check out books for the Gimp

Gimp Stuff A random collection of All Things Gimp and Tigert

Biggest Collection of Gimp Tutorials and useful snippets. There are 32 pages of Gimp tutorials on this site.

Groking The Gimp. This is a book of Gimp tutorials. You can view it online, download it, or buy it.

Here is a list of Gimp tutorials from TutorialBlog helping you to live and learn better.

30 plus Gimp Tutorials and Resources.

Open Office

Need an Office Suite? Check out Open Office the free and open productivity suite.

Why Open Office? Great software. Easy to use, and it's Free. OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose. You can download Open Office here.

See Books on Open Office.

Video Players for Linux

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network. It doesn't need any external codec or program to work.
Help
For setup instructions, see the documentation section. If you have a problem that is not covered in the documentation, look at the support page, web forums, the Wiki, the user mailing-lists and other support methods.

HTML Web Tools

Font Tester is a free online font comparison tool. It allows you to easily preview and compare different fonts side by side with various CSS font styles applied to them. It is very useful for web developers who are looking for just the right font/style/color to use in their pages. To use it all you have to do is simply enter the text you would like to preview, modify the various CSS properties until you find a style you like, and then click on the Get CSS Code button to generate all the necassary CSS code to reproduce those styles in your webpage.

Operating System Tools

SystemRescueCDWelcome to SystemRescueCd Description: SystemRescueCd is a Linux system on a bootable CD-ROM for repairing your system and recovering your data after a crash. It aims to provide an easy way to carry out admin tasks on your computer, such as creating and editing the partitions of the hard disk. It contains a lot of system tools (parted, partimage, fstools, ...) and basic tools (editors, midnight commander, network tools). It is very easy to use: just boot the CDROM. The kernel supports most of the important file systems (ext2/ext3/ext4, reiserfs, reiser4, btrfs, xfs, jfs, vfat, ntfs, iso9660), as well as network filesystems (samba and nfs).

A (cool) list of Linux tools We've had a (sweet) collection of Windows programs. Now, it's time for Linux tools. First, most of the applications listed in the (sweet) collection are open-source, cross-platform applications and will run on Linux. In fact, only a few of the Windows applications listed will run ONLY on Windows. The cross-platform applications listed include: AbiWord, aMule, Audacity, DOSBox, Eclipse, eMule, GParted, FileZilla, Firefox, GAIM, GIMP, Nvu, Open Office, Opera, Privoxy, QEMU, Sunbird, Thunderbird, TrueCrypt, VirtualDub, VLC, Wireshark, and several others. All of these will run on Linux. OK then, let's rock.

New cool list of Linux must-have programs
It's been approximately two years since I've written the first article, A (cool) list of Linux tools. The article proved quite popular with my audience, as it allowed Linux users, new converts in particular, a quick taste of some of the more useful programs available for Linux platforms, across a range of categories.
Since, a lot has changed. Two years is a long time. I have decided to write a new article, from scratch, cataloging an up-to-date collection of must-have programs. To make it even more interesting and useful, I decided to add screenshots wherever I can and link to tutorials explaining the use of these programs. So, not only will you have a nice list compiled, you will also have a preview of what they look like and detailed instructions how to configure them!

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