V.2010 Linux (PC)
Linux.org
- Red Hat
- OsMint (https://www.osdisc.com/products/linux/linuxmint?affiliate=linuxmint)
- Linux Mint (https://linuxmint.com/)
- alternative-pc-operating-systems
In “Accessories”, you can find the following software:
Name
Description
Archive Manager
Tool to view, create or extract archive files (zip, tar, ...)
Calculator
A calculator
Character Map
A tool to easily copy and paste special characters (accentuation for instance)
Disks
A tool which shows you how your hard drives are partitioned.
Files
A link to open the home directory in Nemo
Font Viewer
A tool to look at available fonts
Help
A tool that shows a suitably formated document comparable to this document
Passwords and keys
Manage your passwords and encryption keys
Screen reader
Provides access to graphical desktop environment via synthesized speech and/or refreshable braille
Screenshot
A tool to take screenshots. You can also launch this with the “Print Scrn” key on your keyboard to take screenshots of the desktop, or with “ALT”+”Print Scrn” to take screenshots of the current window.
Terminal
The Terminal
Text editor
Gedit, a text editor
Tomboy Notes
An application to take notes
USB Image Writer
A simple tool to write an iso to a usb drive
USB Stick Formatter
A simple tool to clean and format a usb drive
In “Education” you can find the following software:
In “Graphics” you can find the following software:
Name
Description
LibreOffice Math
Create and edit scientific formulas and equations
Name
Description
GIMP Image Editor
An application that lets you modify, convert or even create pictures. The best Linux equivalent to Photoshop.
Image Viewer
The Gnome Image Viewer
LibreOffice Draw
A graphics application
Pix
An application to view and organize your images
Simple Scan
A tool to capture images from a scanner
In “Internet” you can find the following software:
Name
Description
Firefox Web Browser
A Web browser
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Hexchat
An IRC chat program. It is configured by default to automatically connect you to the Linux Mint chat room (very useful if you want to talk to other Linux Mint users).
Pidgin Internet Messenger
An Internet Messenger (compatible with AIM, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Google-Talk, GroupWise, ICQ, IRC, MSN, MySpaceIM, QQ, SIMPLE, Sametime, XMPP, Yahoo and Zephyr)
Thunderbird Mail
An Email application
Transmission
A Torrent client.
In “Office” you can find the following software:
Name
Description
Document Viewer
A tool for viewing PDF's and other documents
LibreOffice
A general starter for this office suite
LibreOffice Base
A database application
LibreOffice Calc
A spreadsheet application (alternative to Microsoft Excel and compatible with XLS)
LibreOffice Draw
A graphics application
LibreOffice Impress
A presentation application to make slides (alternative to Microsoft Powerpoint and compatible with PPT)
LibreOffice Math
A tool to create and edit Math formulas
LibreOffice Writer
A word processor (alternative to Microsoft Word and compatible with DOC.)
In “Sound & Video” you can find the following software:
Name
Description
Banshee
A music application to play online radio, stream music from the Internet and online music services and to listen to your collection of music files (alternative to iTunes). Banshee also manages podcasts, portable players and can rip CDs.
Brasero
A CD/DVD burning application. Brasero can also make audio CDs from multimedia files.
Videos
Totem video player
VLC media player
A video player, notorious for being able to play most video files available on the Web.