essential apps

[WilliamWallace]

i know its been asked a zillion times and ive researched the lno posts and most people answer with gkrellm and the obvious things...but does anybody know of any really essential linux software?
please list your favs...

[pbharris]

lately i have been liking ripperX alot for making mp3s.

[Gaccm]

essential? hmmm, vi (or pico or emacs), links (much better than lynx) hmm.... thats all i can think of, there are plenty of apts out but most wouldnt be interesting to you

[Strike]

vim, make, gcc, tar, (all the GNU tools - cd, ls, etc.), (all the standard *nix tools - echo, cat, etc.), init, mingetty, bash

I mean these are also "obvious", but many other things aren't "essential" (like GKrellM).

[WilliamWallace]

Originally posted by Gaccm:
essential? hmmm, vi (or pico or emacs), links (much better than lynx) hmm.... thats all i can think of, there are plenty of apts out but most wouldnt be interesting to you

you never know...try me... :p

[X_console]

I wouldn't say gkrellm is essential... it's nice and I used to use it but it's not really that helpful. Sure it shows you your CPU levels and stuff... so does "top" along with which program is using the most resources and much more info.

As for what else is essential, it depends on what you use your system for. For people who are into graphics, then the GIMP is probably essential. For me it's just an application that I use for screenshots and sometimes a little logo design. For a programmer tcl/tk, gcc, perl, etc are all valuable tools, but for non-programmers, they're hardly touched. See where I'm getting at?

[WilliamWallace]

exactly...im doing a lil perl coding, some astronomy (i use xplns), web design, etc.

im pretty much all over the board when it comes to my user "status".

im gonna check that "top" program out. :)

[ph34r]

Quake3.

[Big_daddy]

StarOffice