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General Discussion => Technology and Development => Computer Usage and Setup Help => Topic started by: dman2073 on May 14, 2011, 02:20:15 pm
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Hey guys- just got ubuntu on my computer :thumbsup: and i'm wondering... What are you guys favorite linux applications? I have google chrome, docky, cheese, and i'm getting openoffice.
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I have google chrome, docky, cheese, and i'm getting openoffice.
Try LibreOffice instead. It's pretty much the exact same thing, but with better updates.
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I use Linux Mint which is basically the same thing as Ubuntu and my favorite(mostused/needed) application is DrPython a Python IDE
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alright i'll try libreoffice instead. i looked it up and it sounded good. i don't know python, but i can learn, and i am looking for a good text editor.
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gedit is a good one. It comes with Linux mint but I don't know if it comes with ubuntu
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I don't use any IDEs, I'm a gedit user. But if you want an IDE for C#, C and C++ try Mono (although I can't make Mono work for C++ with wxWidgets, it's still good).
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A must have for any calc user is TiLP Talk to Lionel about that. do not install the one from synaptic(the package manager)
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A must have for any calc user is TiLP Talk to Lionel about that. do not install the one from synaptic(the package manager)
What about DCS SDK? I guess that's important too.
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gedit is a good one. It comes with Linux mint but I don't know if it comes with ubuntu
It does. It's called "Text Editor" in Ubuntu, but it's preconfigured for non-coders, apparently. Before you use it go to Edit > Preferences and change everything to what you want, and it'll be more useful to you.
And TilEm is important too :D
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A must have for any calc user is TiLP Talk to Lionel about that. do not install the one from synaptic(the package manager)
Can I get the one off of here? http://sourceforge.net/projects/tilp/ (http://sourceforge.net/projects/tilp/)
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I'd suggest you use the script to get it. I attached it to my post. amke sure you read through where it says what dependencies you need. You need a lot of dev packages.
when you've installed all the dependencies then open the terminal in the directory you saved the script in and run $ sudo ./install_tilp.sh
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alright thanks
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I prefer KOffice over libreoffice and openoffice.
You should get TiLP for sure, and I would also recommend rythmbox if you have an iPod and want to be able to manage your music.
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openoffice, libreoffice, koffice! sounds like this thread deserves a poll
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There should be a poll on that somewhere.
Linux Mint 11 is taking LibreOffice over OpenOffice by default now
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There should be a poll on that somewhere.
Linux Mint 11 is taking LibreOffice over OpenOffice by default now
Yeah. Almost every Linux distro that has been updated recently uses LibreOffice, because OpenOffice is pretty much dead.
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I thought they were the same thing. Guess not.
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I haven't tried anything but openoffice yet so I'll have to vote on this later
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I thought they were the same thing. Guess not.
OpenOffice and LibreOffice are (almost) the exact same thing. Just imagine that the project changed name when it reached a certain release... Of course, it's a bit trickier than that, but LibreOffice uses the exact same code as OpenOffice - but they've been updating it.
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Oracle messed up something with OpenOffice when they bought Sun (I think they didn't wanted to make OpenOffice entierely community-driven), so this led to lots of unsatisfied developers to quit Oracle and fork OpenOffice to make LibreOffice in the name of the Document Foundation. Or something like that.
In short, some people hates Oracle.
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I would start by getting Ruby for Linux (http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/), apparently it's pretty easy to set up too ^-^
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I personally would say get codeblocks(all around IDe good for almost any language I use) If you use python make sure you download all of the modules you need and the correct versions of those modules
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If I didn't know better I'd think Ruby were your favorite programming language, Ashbad :P
If you're into programming, then sure, install your language of choice. (if it isn't already. Most distros include Python, Perl, and probably Java right out of the box.)
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Ubuntu doesn't include Java (not the JDK, at least), so if you know it make sure you install the JDK.
Basically, get whatever you want. The Ubuntu Software Center search bar is great.
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You have to use synaptic for some of these things though.
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You have to use synaptic for some of these things though.
or just sudo apt-get install <package> from the commandline :)
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synaptic or terminal depends if you want gui.
If you aren't completely ure of the package name use synaptic
EDIT: don't get OpenOffice it randomly crashes at least in linux mint 10 which is almost the same thing as Ubuntu 10.08
Anyone know what the most stable of these three are?