8. What programs are there for Linux/X-Windows?

8.1 Q: Where to get all those programs?

A: Most of the programs mentioned here can probably be found at: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/

8.2 Q: I need a wordprocessor, which? (X and textmode.)

A: vi, emacs, xemacs, starwriter, wordperfect, nedit... lots of them so i dont wanna count here all night :))

8.3 Q: I need a grafix tool like psp, which? (X and textmode.)

A: Well, there a program called "The Gimp" which can be measured with photoshop. (I think already a head away from psp). It can be found at

http://www.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/~gimp/gimp.html

Stardraw and Xpaint are also quite nice, but they are abit primitice when compared to the Gimp.

8.4 Q: I need a filemanager, which? (X and ctextmode.)

A: As i love motif i use moxfm in X window, and mc in textmode.. For textmode i dont know others.. but for X window there is TkDesk, Xfiles, xfm, xfilemanager, and lots of others..

8.5 Q: I need a image(jpg/gif) viewer, which? (X and textmode.)

A: I dont know any for textmode, but here is xv, display for X window

8.6 Q: I need a spreadsheet for X-Windows, which?

A: nexus (commercial), starcalc.... and some other..

8.7 Q: I need a webbrowser, which? (X and textmode.)

A: lynx, netscape, arena, mosaic, redbaron, ... :))

8.8 Q: I need an IRC-Client, which? (X and textmode.)

A: BitchX, ircII, sirc, then for X window, eIrc, cIRCus, zircon, xIrc

8.9 Q: I need an ftp-client, which? (X and textmode.)

A: ncftp, ftp, and llnxftp, llnxdir for X.

8.10 Q: I need a desktop publisher, which? (X and textmode.)

A: Hmm...this was a hard one.. maybe Corel Draw..

8.11 Q: I need a news-reader, which? (X and textmode.)

A: Pine, tin, trn, netscape, knews..

8.12 Q: I need an e-mail reader, which? (X and Textmode.)

A: pine, elm, mail, and netscape.(Some others too, but try these first.) ;)

8.13 Q: What games is there for Linux/X-Windows?

A: xbill, xlander, xtetris, koules, doom, abuse, quake, and alot of others! Check the url below:

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/games/

ID-Software and some other major pc-game developers have a nice habit of porting their games to Linux, so don't worry about that part. :)

8.14 Q: I need alot of sound-tools. Where can I find them?? (X and textmode.)

A: Take alook at " ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/sound/. There you'll find a huge collection of sound-applications.

8.15 Q: My most important question. Where can I get LINUX? :)

A: Since most newbies prefer RedHat Linux, i'll give you the url to Red Hat software:

http://www.redhat.com/

You can either download RedHat Linux from their site, or you can buy their comercial version(Wich include the Metro-X accelerated server, while the free version only include XFree86.)

You could also try to search for the word "linux" on f.eks Yahoo.(www.yahoo.com) I'm certain you'll find alot of interest! :)

If you are an Linux-expert, you can try Debian. It is a really powerfull distribution and it contains a lot of developing stuff. I think this install is the most updated one, but as i said you need to be kind of an expert to manage the installation and administration. I(xopy) are using Debian after over 3 years of linux practicing..

Where to get it... http://www.debian.org or ftp://ftp.debian.org

Some guys reported that they like the slackware installation. It is really simple to install and it is user frendly. You can get a copy at ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/ and other sunsite mirrors.