Useful software

On my everyday Fedora laptop, I’m using the following software, I’m of course using Gnome:

  • Web browser: Firefox
  • E-mail client : Evolution
  • Text editor with syntaxic coloration: gedit
  • IM client: Pidgin
  • BitTorrent client: Transmission
  • RSS reader: Liferea
  • Music player: Banshee
  • Image manipulation: GIMP
  • Network analyzer: Wireshark
  • Office suite: OpenOffice.org
  • Movie player: VLC and totem-xine (from livna)
  • Disk management: GParted
  • IDE: NetBeans

Basically, a good Fedora 9 install goes like this on my rig, you are up and running in about 2h after the DVD insertion:

  1. Install the livna yum repository
  2. Install the adobe yum repository
  3. Remove unuseful stuff: yum remove sendmail totem rhythmbox f-spot xsane dasher
  4. Install useful stuff to listen to music and watch movies: yum install vlc mozilla-vlc totem-xine libdvdcss libdvdnav xine-lib-extras-nonfree gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-ffmpeg totem-mozplugin totem-nautilus totem-gstreamer banshee
  5. Install some other applications and system tools: yum install gedit-plugins tracker-search-tool unrar gnome-translate aspell-fr aspell-de gparted postfix cups-pdf liferea flash-plugin libflashsupport wireshark-gnome evolution-spamassassin inkscape
  6. Install web developement tools: yum install php-mysql php-gd mysql-server phpMyAdmin postgresql postgresql-server phpPgAdmin
  7. Install compilation tools: yum install gcc-c++ autoconf automake flex libtool bison diffstat patchutils gcc glibc-devel glibc-headers glibc-kernheaders libstdc++-devel libtool-lib kernel-devel
  8. Transfer Windows fonts to /usr/share/fonts (you can create a “windows” folder and throw them in there)

Done. You can work.