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Introduction

There are many, many projects, thousands in fact, that are available on Ubuntu to serve all sorts of needs. Here's an alphabetical list of the main applications available (see also: [:Applets]).

(Note: this is currently a work in progress, so more programs will be added)

Alphabetical List of Software Available on Ubuntu

A

• [:AbiWord] (Word Processor)

• [:Agave] (Color Schemer)

• [:Amarok] (Music)

• [:ArchiveManager:Archive Manager] (File Compression)

• [:Automatix] (Software Installer for Non-Official Projects)

B

• [:Baobab] (Disk Usage Analyser)

• [:Blender] (3-D Modelling)

• [:Brasero] (CD/DVD Writing)

C

• [:Calculator]

• [:CharacterMap:Character Map] (See also: [:Applets])

D

• [:DeviceManager:Device Manager] ('HAL Device Manager', Hardware analysis)

• [:Dia] (Diagrams)

• [:Dictionary]

• Disk Usage Analyser (See [:Baobab])

E

• [:Epiphany] (GNOME Web Browser)

• [:Evince] (Document Viewer)

• [:Evolution] (Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Memos and Tasks Application)

• [:EyeofGNOME] (eog: Image Viewer)

F

• [:Firefox] (Web Browser from Mozilla)

• [:Firestarter] (Configure Linux Firewall)

• [:F-Spot] (Photo Management)

G

• [:Gcolor2] (Color Picker)

• [:GdMap] (Treemap/Visual representation of your Hard Drive)

• [:GnuCash] (Financial Management)

• [:GNUpaint] (gpaint: Simple Painting Program)

• [:gThumb] (Image Viewer)

• [:TheGIMP] (Complex Image Editing)

H

• [:HardInfo] (Hardware Information and Report Generator)

I

• [:ImageMagick] (Graphics Editing)

• [:Inkscape] (Vector Graphics)

• [:Istanbul] (Record desktop events to a video file)

J

K

• [:K3b] (CD/DVD Disk Writing)

• [:Kdissert] (Mindmapping/Brainstorming Application)

L

M

N

O

• [:OpenOffice.org] (Office Suite)

P

• [:Pan] (Usenet Newsreader)

• [:Picasa] (Photo management and intermediate-level editing)

Q

R

• [:Revelation] (Password Creator and Manager - See also: [:Applets])

S

• [:Scribus] (Desktop Publishing)

• [:Synaptic:Synaptic Package Manager] (Software Installer)

T

• [:GnomeTerminal:Terminal]

• [:Thunderbird] (Email Program from Mozilla)

• [:Tomboy:Tomboy Notes] (Note-taking. See also: [:Applets])

• [:TuxPaint] (Award-Winning Painting Application for Children)

U

V

W

X

• [:XChat-GNOME] (Beginner-Friendly IRC (Internet Relay Chat) Client)

• [:XSane] (Scanner Application)

Y

Z

Further Reading

Further Information on Software Packages

• [http://www.gnomefiles.org/ GnomeFiles] - Categorizes, rates and lists Gnome-based software.

• [http://www.kde-apps.org/ KDE-APPS.org] - Categorizes, rates, reviews and lists KDE-based software.

• [http://www.osalt.com/ osalt.com] - Lists 'open-source' alternatives to proprietary software.

• [http://sourceforge.net/ SourceForge] - Repository of open source software

FLOSS: Background and Theory

To better appreciate your software and how the world of FLOSS (Free, Libre, Open Source Software) works - in development, support, communities, and so on - it helps to have some understanding of its background, its theoretical underpinnings and how it works in practise.

The following links are a start to help get you towards that better understanding.

• [http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html The Principle of Free Software]

• [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html Essays on the Philosophy of Free Software]

• [http://www.opensource.org/ opensource.org]

• [http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/ The Cathedral and the Bazaar] - An example of how FLOSS works in practise

• [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux Wikipedia, 'Linux']

• [http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/ The Halloween Documents] - What Microsoft thought about FLOSS...behind closed doors. Some of the beliefs that non-Linux computer users have about Linux are traceable to Microsoft's campaigns against Linux, which promoted much information that has been widely discredited. This site provides some insight into how anti-Linux advocacy works.

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