apr 4
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Open discussion
- What applications do you use regularly?
- Any particular stand out that other folks may not have seen?
GUI
- openoffice
- pdfedit
- xpdf
- tomboy - notes
- alltray - dropping apps into the dock
- blender
- cinelerra
- rythmbox - music player
- amarok - another
- picasso - google picture viewer/organizer
- miro - video player; podcasts
- vlc - another multimedia player
- gimp
- qcomicbook - view collection of images in order
- audacity
- pidgin : AIM, MSN, Jabber, gtalk
- Seamonky / Firefox / Thunderbird
- Opera
- azerius - bittorrent
- ktorrent
- starcraft + wine
- halflife + win
- freeciv - open source civilization
- openlierox
- zsnes - super nintendo emulator
command line
- elinks - text web browser
- finch - command line pidgin
- irssi - irc client
- latex - publishing technical docs
- octave - numerical work
- R - statistics
- emacs, vi, xemacs - programming editors
- python, perl, gcc, ... - programming languages
- apache - web server
- openssh, sftp - various networking tools
- many other system deamons
- bash : cd, cp, file stuff
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VNC - virtual network computing
installing it
# Mac with macports :
$ port list *tight*
$ sudo port install tightvnc
# cs with apt-get :
$ apt-cache search *tight*
$ sudo apt-get install tightvncserver xtightvncviewer
using it
# on cs - start window server (uses ~/.vnc/xstartup for desktop)
$ vncserver :65 -geometry 1024x768 -depth 16 -name Jim
# on laptop :
$ vncviewer cs:65
# on cs - stop server when done
$ vncserver -kill :65
or vice-versa ... though the Mac desktop won't be the one shown. (By default tightvnc uses twm as the window manager.)
