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<note>**Suggested Applications**
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**Suggested Applications**
This page contains various suggested applications for the Xfce desktop environment.
This page contains various suggested applications for the Xfce desktop environment.
These applications do not require heavy dependencies and/or fit in the Xfce philosophy of being light on memory usage.
These applications do not require heavy dependencies and/or fit in the Xfce philosophy of being light on memory usage.
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{{:wiki:information.png|}} //There is a secondary page with suggested [[consoleaddict|command line tools]], but only for the console-guru inside you.//</note>
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{{:wiki:information.png|}} //There is a secondary page with suggested [[consoleaddict|command line tools]], but only for the console-guru inside you.//
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======= System Applications =======
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====== Accessories ======
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== Terminal ==
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== Mousepad ==
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* Description: Vte based/gtk+-2 lightweight X-terminal
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* Description: Lighweight text editor for Xfce
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* Website: http://docs.xfce.org/apps/terminal/start
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* Website: http://www.xfce.org/projects/mousepad/
* Remarks: **Xfce project**
* Remarks: **Xfce project**
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* drop down is now part of the default terminal
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== xfce4-xkb-plugin ==
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* Description: Keyboard layout indicator and switcher
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* Website: http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-xkb-plugin
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== HardInfo ==
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== Squeeze ==
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* Description: GTK+2 System information and benchmark tool
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* Description: An archive manager for Xfce
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* Website: http://hardinfo.berlios.de/HomePage
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* Website: http://squeeze.xfce.org/
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* Remarks: **Xfce project**
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== Keyboard Status Monitor (key-mon) ==
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== Leafpad ==
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* Description: Utility to show live keyboard and mouse status for teaching and screencasts
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* Description : Lightweight editor
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* Website: http://code.google.com/p/key-mon/
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* Website: http://tarot.freeshell.org/leafpad/
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* Remarks: An alternative editor for Mousepad
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== xfce-polkit ==
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== Xarchiver ==
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* Description: A minimal policykit authentication agent.
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* Description: Simple archive manager
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* Website: https://github.com/ncopa/xfce-polkit
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* Website: http://xarchiver.sourceforge.net/
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== LightDM ==
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== File-Roller ==
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* Description: A lightweight display manager
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* Description: Full featured archive manager
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* Website: https://launchpad.net/lightdm
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* Website: http://fileroller.sourceforge.net/
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* Remarks: not really lightweight on dependencies
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* Remarks: <del>//Has no dependencies on Gnome libraries//</del> Now depends on Nautilus
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== Meta Tracker ==
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== Cairo-Dock ==
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* Description: Tool designed to extract information and metadata about your personal data so that it can be searched easily and quickly
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* Description: A light, eye-candy, fully themable, MacOSX-like animated dock for any Linux desktop
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* Website: http://www.gnome.org/projects/tracker/
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* Website: http://developer.berlios.de/projects/cairo-dock/
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* Remarks: //The daemon does not require Gnome dependencies. To perform the searches, use a tool like catfish. (viewed at: http://linuxondesktop.blogspot.com/2007/03/13-applications-to-install-on-ubuntu.html)//
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* Remarks: Some plugins have many dependencies, needs composite extension
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== Wicd ==
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== Catfish ==
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* Description: A wired and wireless network manager which aims to provide a simple interface to connect to networks with a wide variety of settings.
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* Description: GTK+ desktop search frontend
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* Website: http://wicd.sourceforge.net/
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* Website: http://software.twotoasts.de/?page=catfish
* Remarks: //python application//
* Remarks: //python application//
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== ConnMan ==
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== Deducer ==
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* Description: ConnMan is a daemon for managing Internet connections within embedded device and integrates a vast range of communication features usually split between many daemons such as DHCP, DNS and NTP. The result of this consolidation is low memory consumption with a fast, coherent, synchronized reaction to changing network conditions.
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* Description: An intuitive, cross-platform graphical data analysis system
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* Website: https://01.org/connman
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* Website: http://www.deducer.org/manual.html
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* ConnMan-UI-gtk: https://github.com/tbursztyka/connman-ui
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* Remarks: //A free easy to use alternative to proprietary software such as SPSS, JMP, and Minitab. It is based on JGR and should, generally, to be installed from with-in R//
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* connman-ncurses: https://github.com/eurogiciel-oss/connman-json-client
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* connman-dmenu: https://github.com/march-linux/connman_dmenu
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== Ceni ==
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* Description: A Curses user interface for configuring network interfaces with ifupdown.
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* Manual: http://manual.siduction.org/en/inet-ceni-en.htm
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* Source: http://chili.siduction.org/projects/siduction/wiki/Ceni
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== Wpa_supplicant ==
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* Description: A wired and wireless network manager which provides connections to networks with a wide variety of settings.
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* Manpage: http://linux.die.net/man/5/wpa_supplicant.conf
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* Remarks: //Installed as a dependency by most other network managers (e.g., Wicd), however can be used directly in roaming mode and via gui interface using wpa-gui//
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== Font-manager ==
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== Ding ==
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* Description: GTK+2 font-manager written in python
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* Description: An Tk-based offline/desktop dictionary lookup program for X11/Linux, Unix, which contains a German-English dictionary and works with multiple databases/text files
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* Website: http://code.google.com/p/font-manager/
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* Website: http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~fri/ding/
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== BUM Boot-Up-Manager ==
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== Galculator ==
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* Description: A GTK+ Runlevel-Editor
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* Description: GTK+ based calculator
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* Website: http://www.marzocca.net/linux/bum.html
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* Website: http://galculator.sourceforge.net
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* Remarks: Debian-like System
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== X-tile ==
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== Google Gadgets ==
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* Description: Tile windows in different ways
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* Description: GTK+ or Qt4 based Widget-Engine
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* http://www.giuspen.com/x-tile/
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* Website: http://code.google.com/p/google-gadgets-for-linux/
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===== Office Applications =======
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== Xfce4 Dictionary ==
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== GPA ==
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* Description: A dictionary, spelling checker and speed reader application
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* Description: GNU Privacy Assistant is a graphical frontend for the GNU Privacy Guard (gpg)
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* Website: http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict
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* Website: http://www.gnupg.org
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== GPeriodic ==
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* Description: Comprehensive periodic table of elements
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* Website: http://gperiodic.seul.org/
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== GtkHash ==
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* Description: Utility for computing message digests or checksums
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* Website: http://gtkhash.sourceforge.net/
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== JGR ==
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* Description: A unified GUI for the R programming language, based on Java
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* Website: http://cran.at.r-project.org/web/packages/JGR/index.html
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== gfa ==
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* Description: Small and fast address book
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* Website: http://gfa.sourceforge.net
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== Figaro's Password Manager 2 (fpm2) ==
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* Description: GTK+2 password manager tool
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* Website: http://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/
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== OpenDict ==
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* Description: Computer dictionary for several dictionary formats
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* Website: http://opendict.idiles.com
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* Remarks: //wxPython application//
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== Qalculate! ==
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* Description: Multi-purpose desktop calculator
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* Website: http://qalculate.sourceforge.net/
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== PasswordMaker Java Edition ==
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* Description: A Java-based cross-platform solution to create unique, secure passwords compatible with PasswordMaker.org
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* Website: http://code.google.com/p/passwordmaker-je/
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== R Commander ==
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* Description: A basic-statistics GUI for the R programming language, based on the tcltk toolkit
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* Website: http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr/
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* Remarks: //Needs to be installed from within R//
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== RStudio ==
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* Description: An intuitive and powerful integrated development environment (IDE) for R
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* Website: http://www.rstudio.org/
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== Recordmydesktop ==
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* Description: Very lightweight utility to record your desktop in OGV format
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* Website: http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/index.php
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== Skippy-XD ==
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* Description: Standalone composited Exposé-like window picker for X11
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* Website: http://code.google.com/p/skippy-xd/
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== Tasks ==
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* Description: simple To Do list application
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* Website: http://pimlico-project.org/tasks.html
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===== File Managers =====
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== xfe ==
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* Description: Super fast, highly configurable dual-panel file manager
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* Website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xfe/
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* Remarks: To make it dual-panel select: view/two panels
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== Tux Commander ==
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* Description: Tux Commander is a windowed file manager with 2 panels side by side similar to popular Total Commander or Midnight Commander file managers.
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* Website: http://tuxcmd.sourceforge.net/
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== Rodent ==
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* Description: Advanced file manager
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* Website: http://xffm.org/
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* Remarks: //Formerly Xffm and part of Xfce//
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== Thunar ==
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* Description: Modern, fast and intuitive file manager
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* Website: http://www.xfce.org/projects/thunar/
* Remarks: **Xfce project**
* Remarks: **Xfce project**
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== Orage ==
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== emelFM2 ==
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* Description: Modern calendar application
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* Description: An "orthodox" two-pane file manager
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* Website: http://www.kolumbus.fi/~w408237/orage/
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* Website: http://emelfm2.net/
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* Remarks: **Xfce Project**
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== Abiword ==
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====== Development ======
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* Description: A full-featured, yet light and fast word processor
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== Diffuse ==
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* Website: http://www.abisource.com
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* Description: Graphical tool for merging and comparing text files
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* Remarks: //Can pull *some* gnome dependencies (printing is based on libgnomeprint, for example.) Compile yourself to avoid them //
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* Website: http://diffuse.sourceforge.net/
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== Zathura ==
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== Geany ==
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* Description: minimalistic document viewer, that mainly focuses on keyboard interaction.
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* Description: Fast and lightweight IDE
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* Website: http://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/
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* Website: http://www.geany.org/
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== MuPDF ==
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== MadEdit ==
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* Description: a lightweight PDF and XPS viewer
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* Description: An Open-Source and Cross-Platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ and wxWidgets
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* Website: http://www.mupdf.com/
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* Website: http://madedit.sourceforge.net/
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== Gnumeric ==
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== Heraia ==
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* Description: Spreadsheet application
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* Description: Lightweight HEX-Editor
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* Website: http://www.gnumeric.org
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* Website: http://heraia.tuxfamily.org/
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* Remarks: //Can pull *some* gnome dependencies (printing is based on libgnomeprint and mandatory, for example.) Compile yourself to avoid them //
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== LyX ==
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== Medit ==
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* Description: Document Processor, an almost-WYSIWYG frontend to LaTeX
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* Description: Programming text editor
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* Website: http://www.lyx.org/
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* Website: http://mooedit.sourceforge.net
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== RedNotebook ==
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* Description: Graphical diary and journal helping you keep track of notes and thoughts
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* Website: http://rednotebook.sourceforge.net/
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== Zim ==
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== Meld ==
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* Description: A desktop wiki and outliner
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* Description: Graphical diff and merge tool
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* Website: http://zim-wiki.org/
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* Website: http://meld.sourceforge.net/
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* Remarks: //Python application//
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* Remark: written in Python (PyGTK)
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== Notecase ==
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== Oxalis ==
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* Description: Hierarchical note manager (aka. outliner)
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* Description: Quick HTML pages creation with templates
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* Website: http://notecase.sourceforge.net/
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* Website: http://sergejx.mysteria.cz/oxalis/
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* Remarks: **Notecase discontinued. NotecasePro is not Free Software**
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== Osmo ==
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== PIDA ==
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* Description: Personal organizer that includes calendar, task manager and address book
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* Description: An IDE that uses the tools already available rather than attempting to reinvent each one (embedding vim, using any version control system)
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* Website: http://clayo.org/osmo/
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* Website: http://pida.co.uk/
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* Remark: written in Python
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== Dayplanner ==
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== SciTE ==
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* Description: Calendar with reminder and scheduled alarms
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* Description: A free GTK+-based source code editor
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* Website: http://www.day-planner.org/
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* Website: http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html
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* Remarks: //Perl application//
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== Sunbird ==
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* Description: Full-featured and easy to use calendar application, built upon Mozilla Toolkit
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* Description: Versatile editor/IDE
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* Website: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/
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* Website: http://vim.sf.net
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== StickWiki ==
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====== Education ======
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* Description: Self-contained desktop wiki
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* Website: http://stickwiki.sourceforge.net/
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* Self-modifying XHTML file
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== TeXmacs ==
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====== Games ======
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* Description: A more-featured text/book writer with hypertext features and an integrated browser mode
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* Website: http://www.texmacs.org
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* Remarks: Although the name suggests it, neither TeX nor Emacs is required to get it compiled and running. TeXmacs is self-contained but needs guile-gtk for the interface. TeXmacs is in the overworks, and much of the internas (switching to cairo, etc.) and interface will change in the near future.
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== TiddlyWiki ==
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* Description: a single html file which has all the characteristics of a wiki
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* Website: http://www.tiddlywiki.com/
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== Xpdf ==
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== Ristretto ==
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* Description: A basic PDF viewer for X11
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* Description: Image viewer
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* Website: http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf
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* Website: http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/ristretto
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* Remarks: **Xfce project**
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== Cabaret Stage ==
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== Viewnior ==
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* Description: A JAVA/GTK+ PDF-Editor
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* Description: a fast and simple image viewer similar to Ristretto
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* Website: http://www.cabaret-solutions.com/en/downloads
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* Website: http://xsisqox.github.com/Viewnior/
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* Remarks: **NON-FREE(only free for non commercial use)**
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== Comix ==
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* Description: (archived) Image viewer
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* Website: http://comix.sourceforge.net/index.html
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* Remarks: Discontinued, see MComix below
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== MComix ==
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* Description: (archived) Image viewer
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* Website: http://mcomix.sourceforge.net/
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== Dia ==
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* Description: A diagramming tool
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* Website: http://live.gnome.org/Dia
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== GImageView ==
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* Description: Minimal ACDSee-like image viewer
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* Website: http://gtkmmviewer.sourceforge.net/
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== Gcolor2 ==
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* Description: GTK+2 Color Selector
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* Website: http://gcolor2.sourceforge.net/
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== Geeqie ==
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* Description: Lightweight image viewer. It was forked from GQview.
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* Website: http://geeqie.sourceforge.net/
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== gtkam ==
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* Description: gtkam is the official GTK2 GUI for libgphoto2. Browse you photos from your camera.
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* Website: http://gphoto.sourceforge.net/proj/gtkam/
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== Gimmage ==
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* Description: Minimalistic image viewer
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* Website: http://gimmage.berlios.de
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== Gimp ==
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* Description: GNU Image Manipulation Program
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* Website: http://www.gimp.org
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* Remarks: heavie dependencies
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== Pinta ==
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* Description: easy to use drawing/editing program.
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* Website: http://pinta-project.com/
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* Remarks: Mono Application
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== gpicview ==
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* Description: A Simple and Fast GTK+ Image Viewer
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* Website: http://lxde.sourceforge.net/gpicview
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