essential linux software?

[Alex]

Hey,

planning to install mandrake 9 sometime next week and am wondering if there is any essential linux software (mozilla, gnu c compiler, java compiler) etc that i should download before hand and have ready...

needless to say those 3 afforementioned ones are all i could come up with...

thx!

 

[Need4Speed]

i guess it depends on what you plan on doing with this linux box

 

[Chaotic42]

Here's what I wouldn't run a system without. This doesn't include core packages.

Mozilla: Browser
Mutt: Mail program
Jed: Text editor
Cdrecord: CD/DVD recorder
mkhybrid: ISO creator
GIMP: Image editor
Electric Eyes: Image viewer
XMMS: MP3 player
Sinek: Video viewer
cdda2wav: CD ripper
LAME: MP3 Encoder
WINE: Not a Windows Emulator
nmap: Views open ports
dhcpcd: DHCP Daemon
tin: Newsgroup reader

That's all I can think of now. It's past my bedtime. Most of those should be on the CD, excepting Mozilla, XMMS, Sinek, and LAME.

 

[n0cmonkey]

I'd be lost without screen.

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: franguinho
Hey,

planning to install mandrake 9 sometime next week and am wondering if there is any essential linux software (mozilla, gnu c compiler, java compiler) etc that i should download before hand and have ready...

needless to say those 3 afforementioned ones are all i could come up with...

thx!

You won't have to "download before hand", they're included on the distribution disks. Unless you want a newer version then what's included.

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Here's what I wouldn't run a system without. This doesn't include core packages.

Mozilla: Browser
Mutt: Mail program
Jed: Text editor
Cdrecord: CD/DVD recorder
mkhybrid: ISO creator
GIMP: Image editor
Electric Eyes: Image viewer
XMMS: MP3 player
Sinek: Video viewer
cdda2wav: CD ripper
LAME: MP3 Encoder
WINE: Not a Windows Emulator
nmap: Views open ports
dhcpcd: DHCP Daemon
tin: Newsgroup reader

That's all I can think of now. It's past my bedtime. Most of those should be on the CD, excepting Mozilla, XMMS, Sinek, and LAME.

Nice list, but how could it be past your bedtime at 6:54 AM :Q

(And, ummm, where are all of the games on that list, there's no way that I could ever live without bzflag )

 

[Alex]

sweet!

i actually wont be needing all of that stuff cuz im gonna run a dual boot with wxp and the linux os will be mainly for me to get used to it and program in C...

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Spyro

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Here's what I wouldn't run a system without. This doesn't include core packages.

Mozilla: Browser
Mutt: Mail program
Jed: Text editor
Cdrecord: CD/DVD recorder
mkhybrid: ISO creator
GIMP: Image editor
Electric Eyes: Image viewer
XMMS: MP3 player
Sinek: Video viewer
cdda2wav: CD ripper
LAME: MP3 Encoder
WINE: Not a Windows Emulator
nmap: Views open ports
dhcpcd: DHCP Daemon
tin: Newsgroup reader

That's all I can think of now. It's past my bedtime. Most of those should be on the CD, excepting Mozilla, XMMS, Sinek, and LAME.

Nice list, but how could it be past your bedtime at 6:54 AM :Q

(And, ummm, where are all of the games on that list, there's no way that I could ever live without bzflag )

Some people work night shifts. Some people just stay up early.

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: Spyro

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Here's what I wouldn't run a system without. This doesn't include core packages.

Mozilla: Browser
Mutt: Mail program
Jed: Text editor
Cdrecord: CD/DVD recorder
mkhybrid: ISO creator
GIMP: Image editor
Electric Eyes: Image viewer
XMMS: MP3 player
Sinek: Video viewer
cdda2wav: CD ripper
LAME: MP3 Encoder
WINE: Not a Windows Emulator
nmap: Views open ports
dhcpcd: DHCP Daemon
tin: Newsgroup reader

That's all I can think of now. It's past my bedtime. Most of those should be on the CD, excepting Mozilla, XMMS, Sinek, and LAME.

Nice list, but how could it be past your bedtime at 6:54 AM :Q

(And, ummm, where are all of the games on that list, there's no way that I could ever live without bzflag )

Some people work night shifts. Some people just stay up early.

Ahhhh, yes. But the question is are they staying up early or late

 

[Schadenfroh]

get openoffice.org

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

phoenix, gaim, irssi, vim, sudo, netris, wget, links, lynx, perl, python, ssh, ncftp, mplayer, mpg321, mkisofs, cdrecord, keychain, id3v2, gimp, gcc, g++, dillo, cvs, cpp, colorize (or ccze), bc, aumix, aterm, screen, nmap, tcpdump, mutt, lame, cdparanoia

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Spyro


Nice list, but how could it be past your bedtime at 6:54 AM :Q

(And, ummm, where are all of the games on that list, there's no way that I could ever live without bzflag )

I work knights guarding the castle...

Ok, I just woke up this time. I should really read your thread in the middle of the day at around 11pm or so.

I don't play games in Linux, so I can't really recommend any.

 

[BurnItDwn]

hmmmmm nmap, vi, BitchX, eggdrop, oidentd, postgres, apache are some things I use all the time ... most of them are included binaries with Mandrake ... though I did want to compile the eggdrop on my own as to use stats.mod .... details

 

[TheOmegaCode]

I think I'd be lost without grep and less...

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Not sure I'd include vi or grep though, since they're on everything by default.

BTW BurnItDwn, you should give irssi a try, it's really miles ahead of bx.

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: Spyro


Nice list, but how could it be past your bedtime at 6:54 AM :Q

(And, ummm, where are all of the games on that list, there's no way that I could ever live without bzflag )

I work knights guarding the castle...

Ok, I just woke up this time. I should really read your thread in the middle of the day at around 11pm or so.

I don't play games in Linux, so I can't really recommend any.

Oh O.K., gotcha

I would make a list of all of the "essentials" that I use, nut that would take me a very long time :/

 

[josphII]

Originally posted by: franguinho
Hey,

planning to install mandrake 9 sometime next week and am wondering if there is any essential linux software (mozilla, gnu c compiler, java compiler) etc that i should download before hand and have ready...

needless to say those 3 afforementioned ones are all i could come up with...

thx!

the instal cd's have just about any app that you could ever want to run on linux so dont worry about downloading anything extra just yet

 

[drag]

Yep mandrake linux should include pretty much everything you'll ever need. Anything after that you can download and install, but I'd wait until after you get all settled in. Installing software in Linux is realy different then installing software in microsoft.

But as far as essentail software? for the absolute minimum i'd install:
bash,
lynx,
gcc and associated developement tools (for installing more software)
vi,
ssh and server,
ftp and server
latest 2.4 Linux kernel and all other such gobbily-beloved patriot need to run the OS and connect to the internet.

For comfort I'd get:
X windows/fluxbox or blackbox
mozilla,
open office,
quake3/quake3 team arena/quake3 urban terror,
a tetris game
and a break out game,
and xawtv for watching tv,
alsa drivers and alsaplayer for music and sound,
Xine or Mplayer for my multimedia needs.

That'd would probably cover most of the stuff I use commonly

Then I would have on the side the hundreds of programs I'll play around with and install and uninstall based on whims and what ever project I am working on at the time.

 

[Chumpman]

You should just configure your urpmi to install from sources online, that way Mandrake will do all the installing for you.