Favorite apps to add? (Page 1 of 2)

Text> Leafpad, gedit
Browsing> Iceweasel, Kazehakase,
File Manager>PCManFM, mc
Mail> Icedove
Music/Video> Xmms, Audacious,  VLC, XBMS
Wine> a couple of windoze programs with no Linux version,  for photography (DNG4Powershot, Picture Window Pro)
Jpilot for the Palm TX
Office> Abiword, a PDF reader (for tech manuals, a must) Xpdf or Evince, xCHM is very good for some ebooks edited as html help, O'Reilly has some of this.

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Google earth and tsclient so I can connect to my windows computer at work.

gychang

my list of apps i add....
(included some already installed for readability and some kind of completeness/comparison)

pidgin & skype.   its a painful chunk (couple hundred meg for both, once u include the libs), but gotta keep in touch.   not really keen on skype, but its what the boys use.  we keep mentioning the likes of mumble and ekiga...  but since skype is there and "just works", we succumb to convenience.

gimp + plugins galore (the plugin pack, pandora, potrace & more).  its a large chunk, but not so painful, cos thats what i love, the graphics.

audacity and ardour.  if i could, i'd have ggseq or a similar app installed too (but i cant get it to compile, and its yet to find its way into the repository).
i might have to see about getting something like one of the "e-jays" or "audition/soundbooth" in a wine *shudders*.

tilda no more.   i used to tild, and still do on my big workstation, but on my laptop with crunchbang (and wherever else i take #!) its terminator all the way.   often sticking a F11ed multi frame on desktop 1 (of9).

fractal software ... i havnt decided which is best yet, so am hesitant to reccomend xfactint, xaos, wmmand or fractive, as i keep getting them muddled up which is which.

3d, video editing, browser, notepad n more.
blender, blender blender.

video editing
im just gonna stick with blender's for now.

network monitoring
iptraf ... and eth status, since it comes up n does an almost similar job without having to be root.

browsers
firefox, cos duh.   + session manager.  its the only plugin i consider necessary (see flash bellow).  ad blockers, previewers, tab enhancers, flash video downloaders...  they're nice, but not essential.
midori, speedy alternative to fatfox. handy for those "i need to see it now" moments.
dillo... ok, i've kinda stopped installing this one.
links2, can save ya in a jam.

text  editors
gedit, leafpad & nano.  leafpad cos its handy, fast doesnt waste much screen space.  gedit cos its got the highlighting, and of course, nano, cos it ets you out of a jam, and you dont need to have been using it for years like with vi n emacs to learn enough to use it the same day you need it.

media players
vlc & smplayer.
at first i didnt much like smplayer when trying it out in my "everything installed gentoo box", but have since come around to really valuing it.  great frontend for mplayer.
vlc of course is just defacto brilliant.

flash... ugh.
u know about flash cookies right?    i dont like that my nix box is held hostage to this proprietary spyware crap...  but try using the net without it these days.
oh to be savvy with the code so i could help out those gnash boys.

office suite
.....  im between office suites.   n dont ever really need them.  [i am an] artist, not [an] office drone. 

bloatloads i often at some point clog my os with but rarely use loads of:
ubuntu studio bulk installs.

...arg, n theres a couple other bits n bobs i keep forgetting until i need them.

thing's i'd wine for...
musagi (cept it didnt work under wine last i tried)
animation shop (cos i dont know of a open source alternative for making simple animations yet)

things that almost make me go back to using some proprietary OS because i cant install them
the adobe suite.  especially photoshop, after effects and soundbooth.

things i use on my other box, but dont really consider putting on this #! install...
konqueror,
kicker,
xmonad (dwm is fine for single screen n not being fussy about configuring)
billions of other stuff.   just about everything i can.

games (if i did install some):
freedroidrpg (not to be confused for mere freedroid) is worth checking out i reckon, especially for us linuxers.
konquest... simple and not tooo addicting.
openttd.... u thought transport tycoon as cool?  well its only getting cooler now.
civ
maybe one of the many excellent first person shooters.

games i dont need to install
danball  ... its awesome, check it out n play around next time you kick back and relax.  great for kids too (im guessing).
vector tower defence and other tower/turret defence games.

Amazon.co.uk's MP3 download client for Ubuntu??   ... r u tryin to say that ogg r gonna get Digital Restrictions Management?  is no where sacred!?

More fav apps?

Ok, I'll bite.

1. Flock; awesome browser that integrates with various social networks.
2. Tomboy Notes; I require this as it's part of my "GTD" and reminder scheme.
3. Dropbox; let's me keep various things synced between different computers.
4. Boinc; I use this for seti@home.
5. Gwibber; I know this is included, but I add the daily ppa.  I like to live on the bleeding edge for this app.
6. Wakoopa; I use this for keeping track of what I'm using.
7. Gnome-Do; oh, how I love gnome-do.  Let's me start things and find things and all sorts of goodies.

There we go.  I really like the suite of apps that Crunchbang has as default, but these add some more functionality.

Amy

-for home-fun-desktop use:

k3b
k9copy
ogmrip
dvdrip
acidrip
grip
...( and every other dam *rip 
mplayer (but lately vlc fits my needs)
Opera  (the best web browser in the world!)

and of course, WINE for Guild Wars.

Two apps comes to my mind, my most used ones ;o)
dmenu, installed by default ( ALT + F3 )
guake, a terminalwindow dropped down via the F12 button, very handy ;o)

Hello. I like

gdvdshrink, lxdvdshrink, gnormalize (don't know if I'll need it in crunchbang), easytag, gnomebaker
geany, grsync, roxterm, xfe, gtkdialog, searchmonkey
gthumb

I also kinda like alsaplayer + streamtuner since it sometimes does a better job playing streams when the internet connection or cpu is being maxed out.

I have found gmusicbrowser and aqualung to be quite excellent. Gmusicbrowser has a variety of layout features as well as some good tag editing tools. Aqualung is a little awkward at first, but is so very powerful.

The gdvdshrink and lxdvdshrink combo can archive just about any dvd.

Thanks for asking.

john

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Internet: pidgin, swiftweasel, swiftdove, transmission
Notes: gEdit
Media: Banshee (iPod sync, Music) and Decibel for Audio Books, Mediatomb for PS3 mediaserver

Wine (but only out of necessity)
mpd and Sonata (for now...may go back to moc if I get any more staticy playback)
weather-util
wicd

Does iggykoopa's awesome LastFM ConkyPython script count?

Other than that my needs are well met by the default #! apps.