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Introduction

There are many, many projects - thousands, in fact - that are available on Ubuntu to serve all sorts of needs. What follows is 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. If you wish to include a project not covered here, you may wish to download the following template pack:BR attachment:SoftwareTemplates.tar.gz

Alphabetical List of Software Available on Ubuntu

A

• [:AbiWord] (Word Processor)

• [:Agave] (Color Schemer)

• [:Amarok] (Music Player and Management)

• [: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)

• [:Gedit] Gnome GUI Editor

• [:GnuCash] (Financial Management)

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

• [:TeXmacs:GNU TeXmacs] a word processor with special features for scientists

• [: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

• [:JabRef] (Graphical bibliography reference manager)

K

• [:K3b] (CD/DVD Disk Writing)

• [:Kdissert] (Mindmapping/Brainstorming Application)

• [:KTorrent] (BitTorrent Client)

L

M

• [:Maxima] a computer algebra system

• [/Mousepad] XFCE GUI Editor

N

O

• [:OpenOffice.org] (Office Suite)

P

• [:Pan] (Usenet Newsreader)

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

• [:psyBNC] (IRC bot)

Q

• [:qingy] (GDM/KDM frame buffer replacement)

R

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

• [:Rhythmbox] (Default music player for Ubuntu)

S

• [:Scribus] (Desktop Publishing)

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

T

• [:GnomeTerminal:Terminal]

• [:TeXmacs] a word processor with special features for scientists

• [:Thunderbird] (Email Program from Mozilla)

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

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

U

V

W

• [:WeeChat] (IRC client)

X

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

• [:XSane] (Scanner Application)

Y

Z

Further Reading

Ubuntu Documentation

• [:InstallingSoftware:Installing Software in Ubuntu]

• [:SoftwareManagement:Software Management in Ubuntu]

• [:Repositories:About Repositories]

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

• [http://www.ubuntuvideo.com/ ubuntuvideo] - Collates videos on Ubuntu from across the Web. Has some clips of software in action

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 discredited. This site provides some insight into how anti-Linux advocacy works.

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