download managers, peer to peers, file managers and web browsers

[erbzor]

hi all......

i'm just keen to get a bit of a lowdown from all u linux guru's out there about what software u run for different stuff....

download managers: know any good ones that allow u to resume and stuff and dowload in multiple file segments

peer to peer programs: sorry.... but i'm an ex-windows user...... so u know...... like kazaa

browsers: i'm using Mozilla....... any better ones u know of

file managers: konqueror just looks dodgy :D

chat programs: icq, msn, irc, etc (sorry... but none of my mates use linux..... so they're all msn users)

mail programs: evolutioned (or watever looks ok.... then so does the mozilla one)

office programs: u know all the norm stuff like word processing and spread****s and stuff for my uni assignments

burning software: something that has the power of (here i go again with my ex-windows thing)..... nero?? then again..... this is linux..... so there's probly **** out there way more powerful then nero!!!

and most importantly.........

mp3 software...... rippers, players etc......


so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.....

cheers.

erbzor
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[jamiebarry]

Peer to peer... I heard Lime Wire is good

Office... Open Office is very good ww.openoffice.org

MP3 XMMS is great even tho it hasn't got an editor for ID3v2 tags yet

the rest you can look up on www.freshmeat.net :)

[Hitokiri_X]

Originally posted by erbzor

download managers:
D4X (downloader for X)

peer to peer programs:
gtk-gnutella,limewire,edonkey and kazaa lite with wine works nicely.

browsers: i'm using Mozilla....... any better ones u know of
Mozilla rocks :p but theres also opera,konqueror,galeon.

file manager: emelfm or rox

chat programs: icq, msn, irc, etc
icq - licq cvs
msn - don't use..
irc - xchat or mirc with wine

mail programs:
Sylpheed

office programs:
Open Office

burning software:
gcombust is nice or eroaster (eclipt roaster)

and most importantly.........

mp3 software...... rippers, players etc......
player - xmms,freeamp,I think theres even a winamp for linux
ripper - grip
tag editor - easytag

[KageMurai]

Download manager: nt

The other programs I use have already been named here :)

[anton]

peer to peer:
mldonkey

file manager:
krusader (Windows Commonder/ Norton Commander style)


chat programs:
psi (jabber client)



everything else was mentioned already :)

[medrewsclues]

i just got put in my vote for opera. the fastest and bestest web browser out there.

[Icarus]

Time to toss in my $.02 :)

download managers:
I had one that was not bad but lost it and forgot the name...bad me!
Mozilla has one built in and is more noticable in v1.1

peer to peer programs:
kazza :p no spyware for me, thank you :D
I like gtk-gnutella and giFT was nice also

browsers:
I love Mozilla (use it in Windows also)
Galeon is popular also (built off of Mozilla)

file managers:
Ummm...KDE user, eh?
I like the Gnome default (Nautalis)(sp?)

chat programs:
If they don't have ICQ I don't talk to them :p
GnomeICU is a great clone of ICQ

mail programs:
You mean Evolution right? That's what I use and think it's great.

office programs:
Open Office is what I like, but also use a bunch of odd programs for things...AbiWord is great for Word documents ;)

burning software:
Hands down ECLiPt Roaster (http://eclipt.uni-klu.ac.at/eroaster.php) for me, very well done and easy to use

mp3 software
rippers
Grip, once you figure out all the configuration options, there is nothing you can't do with it

players
XMMS, you should already have it ;)

[Hayl]

If you are using KDE (which I think you are - due to Konqueror comment), then I don't recommend using XMMS for streaming audio - i.e shoutcast. Use Noatun instead. I found that XMMS crashed after about 1-2 hours of streaming shoutcast - consistently. I switched back to Noatun and have no problems.

BTW - In the next versoin of KDE (3.1) Konqueror is going to have tabbed browsing like Opera, et al.

I am using Opera for browser until KDE 3.1 (stable) comes out in the fall. (Opera has a download manager built-in)

File Manager: Konqueror - highly customizable

Chat programs: for MSN if you use KDE I highly recvommend Kmess.

Mail: Ximian Evolution

Office: I just use KOffice

[hastx]

for downloads: nt

mp3's: GQmpeg (I like the way the playlist is managed)

Office: I found a bug in the linux 1.0 version that i havn't seen a patch for yet, so i'm sticking Star Office 5.2 for now. Although I'm trying SOT office which seems to be the exact same thing as open office (with a few less file formats supported), without the bug.....But I use Open Office 1.0 in windows. that version runs great.

Browser: Mozilla

Mail: Mozilla mail