Category: Linux Application Software [Useful application software that runs on Linux.] (9)
Category: Linux Application Software (9) Useful application software that runs on Linux.
Office: Lotus Symphony Free download. Includes word processor, spreadsheet, presentations. For SuSE Enterprise Linux 10 or Red Hat Linux 5; also available for Windows. Writes PDF; supports Open Document Format.
Office: SoftMaker Office ($) For Linux and FreeBSD. Reads and writes Microsoft Word/Excel, OpenOffice, and Open Document Format. Lightweight: requires only 32 MB RAM.
Portal: AlternativeTo Very nice site for finding a Linux/Mac/Android/etc. "alternative to" any other piece of software. Even finds alternatives to Linux applications. Includes user rankings.
Portal: FreshMeat "The Web's largest index of Unix and cross-platform software." Another good place to search for Linux applications.
Portal: Linux App Finder Catalog of "useful GNU/Linux programs." Browse by category or search by keyword.
Portal: SourceForge "The world's largest Open Source software development web site." Many Linux applications are hosted here; a good place to search.
SQL-Ledger SQL-Ledger® is a double entry accounting/ERP system. It can be used on Linux, UNIX, Mac OS X and Windows. Free to download, licensed under the GPL.
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applications: The software that lets you do things with your computer (word processor, Internet browser, email, etc.). The programs you see and use.
distribution: Also called "distro." An operating system (usu. Linux) combined with a selection of application programs, in a ready-to-install form. Different distributions are customized for different purposes, e.g., desktop computing, music editing, Internet server, and so on.
FOSS: "Free / Open Source Software," a catch-all term. Sometimes F/OSS or FLOSS.
free software: Refers to free as in freedom, not free as in free beer. Specifically, the freedom to run, study, share, and modify the software.
howto: A short tutorial telling "how to" perform some task. See, for instance, the Linux HowTos.
Linux: Strictly, GNU/Linux. A free operating system, modeled on Unix, developed since 1991 by volunteers around the world.
open source: Refers to software whose source code can be examined, modified, and redistributed. Similar to but not exactly the same as "free software."
operating system: The software that manages your computer's hardware (disk drives, display, network connection, etc.). The stuff "under the hood" that makes your computer work.
repository: An on-line library of application programs for a particular distribution, in a ready-to-download-and-install format. In many distributions, programs can be installed from the repository with just a few mouse clicks.
Unix: A computer operating system originally released by Bell Labs in 1970. It is still widely used in several commercial variants, and in the open-source BSD Unix.
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