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allap · Jan 22, 2003, 07:06 PM

Since i've recently installed X11 and Fink, I'm looking for some usefull/fun Fink packages.
I've only installed Xchat and Gimp so far and both run great. Any and all suggestions are welcome

allap · Jan 22, 2003, 07:08 PM

I've come to realize i posted this in the wrong forum, sorry should have gone in unix or third party i guess. So if a mod would kindly move it, that would be super.

Avon · Jan 22, 2003, 09:04 PM

FilmGimp - I havent figured it out yet. Lets you touch up movies.
xmms - itunes for geeks
gaim - aim, irc, yahoo...
dillo - junky little browser

Openoffice
Abiword

MacGorilla · Jan 22, 2003, 09:10 PM

The Gimp
X-Chat
Bluefish HTML Editor
XMMS

oski · Jan 22, 2003, 09:14 PM

xpilot - fun online multiplayer game (kind of like asteroids, but without the asteroids...

Superchicken · Jan 22, 2003, 09:19 PM

Are there any good X11 word proccessors other than OOo?

I'm looking to jusitfy not buying M$ Word for bible college.

Avon · Jan 22, 2003, 09:20 PM

I just downloaded Khangman. Ha ha, its fun.

juanvaldes · Jan 22, 2003, 10:04 PM

vim

spiney · Jan 22, 2003, 10:15 PM

Kword is actually pretty good. A pleasure to use, It would be my top choice if only it had the ability to export word format docs.

pimephalis · Jan 22, 2003, 11:05 PM

Originally posted by Superchic[k]en:
Are there any good X11 word proccessors other than OOo?

I'm looking to jusitfy not buying M$ Word for bible college.

Actually, the best word processor available (IMHO) is latex. The learning curve is pretty steep, but you cannot beat its stability and consistency. No more fighting with tab sets, margins and font sizes throughout your paper -- everything is layed out as you specify in the preamble.

If latex seems a little too steep a curve for you, you might try LyX, a near WYSIWYG processor.

Finally, the two X11 apps that I just love are pan and gnumeric, gnome newsreader and spreadsheet respectively.

Superchicken · Jan 22, 2003, 11:08 PM

OK what about the Abi word I've heard so much about?

Although I gota say that using a program called Abi Word sounds really dumb...

Sven G · Jan 23, 2003, 11:26 AM

Originally posted by spiney:
Kword is actually pretty good. A pleasure to use, It would be my top choice if only it had the ability to export word format docs.

It would indeed be great if Apple chose KOffice as the base for its new AppleWorks-like integrated Office suite. KWord, in particular, being frame-based, could also be an interesting alternative for a new, basic iDTP (or maybe iPublish?) application.

I really hope Apple will continue to take the best and most advanced things from KDE - and make them even better, and finally share the results with the open source community, of course (see Konqueror + Safari)...

malbicho · Jan 23, 2003, 03:49 PM

Originally posted by Superchic[k]en:
OK what about the Abi word I've heard so much about?

Although I gota say that using a program called Abi Word sounds really dumb...

I love AbiWord, it is light and it does the few things i need. But if you are looking for a complete set of instruments for the office you should look at OpenOffice.
OpenOffice is at release 1.0 or so, i think it will grow rapidly.

Anyway, a not-so-common application i suggest is Xbill, a little and nice game

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JB72 · Jan 23, 2003, 04:29 PM

A topic so nice they moved it thrice.

ryju · Jan 23, 2003, 08:34 PM

Originally posted by JB72:
A topic so nice they moved it thrice.

i think it's a glitch er something, because all the threads are the exact same number of posts and everything.

real · Jan 23, 2003, 10:43 PM

Avon
FilmGimp - I havent figured it out yet. Lets you touch up movies.
xmms - itunes for geeks
gaim - aim, irc, yahoo...
dillo - junky little browser

Openoffice

How did you manage to install filmgimp I can't get ot install If you have a minute can you explain.
thanks
real

UWSalt · Jan 24, 2003, 02:30 AM

Dude, you're missing out in a big way if you aren't playing xscorch. I love the smell of napalm in the morning!