Linux Apps
Sunday, 14 August 2005, michuk
Linux can be as useful on the desktop as Windows operating system and at the same time far more stable and secure. This is because of the Linux programs written by the companies and free software programmers all around the world and shared with the users under the liberal GNU/GPL license
Pic 1. Set of sample Linux apps in action
We are going to take a look now at the most popular Linux applications for home users. This includes the office suite, web browsers, instant messangers, multimedia software, as well as the whole different graphical user interfaces that GNU/Linux offers
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Sir,
I need to display a splash screen while booting the puppy linux. After finishing booting automatically a screen would display on desktop(autorun). If possible give solution as soon as possible.
Thanks and regards,
K.Siva Sankar.
Millions want a fast, complete office sytem.
Linux still doesn’t supply it.
So which distro do I use for fast boot, fast program launching, with a complete, fast launching word processor with Arial and Times Roman fonts? And how many hours will I waste building it?
Evey linux I’ve chosen runs like a dog, takes years to set up, and works only partially because you can never find and install all the bits.
Open Office runs like a dog too, so please don’t recommend that.
Most of us work in offices, and linux still doesn’t cater for that.
Unix failed to become the standard for the same reason. Launched in 1969, if it had a fully configured word processor as part of every install Microsoft would never have got off the ground, and the world been spared the ghastly scourge of Windows.
But history repeats itself. Every mistake has to be made again and again.
And idiot Linux developers copy every Microsoft mistake, building in massive size, vast complexity, so many features they get in the way of productivity, mind bogglingly slow performance on stunningly quick hardware.
David Noakes. UK mobile: 07974 437 097.
No offense please.
You either naive or totally lost.
Unix has never failed.
In fact, in the top-secret environment where security is tremendously important, they do not use windows at all. Did you know that?
On top of that, the vast majority of universities use Unix-like systems to teach Computer Science.
Can you tell me why?
You must be the guy this blogposting is about, in which you are rightly described as “as mad as a box of frogs”.
You mention “Unix failed to become the standard for the same reason”, however, for most companies Unix is the de-facto standard for hosting their critical applications…
I could go on, but decided not to waste my time any more then I feel I have to…
Try PCLinuxOS (PCLOS) and don’t worry anymore.
Gary.
Ubuntu is quite easy to configure. takes at most half a day - a day. You can use the manuals, so it is quite easy.
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty
I don’t know if it is the fastest one, but it runs great on my laptop although it is not the newest one.
for office you can use:
gnome-office: runs fast but does not feature everything
open-office: the last ones are more stable
koffice: don’t know much about that because i use gnome.
ms office: you can run the ms office suite using crossover. Runs great on my computer.
Developping software isn’t an easy job. Quite amazing how all those things can work. People wants to use the standards of microsoft so its quite logic that linux programmers have to copy some features of microsoft and its quite difficult to get rid of the faults made in the early design.
does anyone know an equivalent open source software in linux for the following?
1. a video/audio editor
2. something like World Construction Set or Animatek World Builder(for liux of course), but i can sacrifice a lil quality for responsiveness. its like running mental ray in maya
Video:
- Cinelerra, Kino — more advanced, harder to use
- Diva — a simpler one, more intuitive
Audio:
- Audacity
- Kwave (for KDE)
- rosegarden (midi)
Maya is Linux native so is XSi
Message for Mr. David: I found distro which should suits you. Small (about 200 Mb)and fast with KOffice, stable (like every Linux) and secure. It`s Nimblex. Live CD which I installed on my computer.
I have the same problem when I start migrate to linux :
Not So Fast Office loading.
I use openoffice, so in my spare time, my goal
is to make (if not all) program loading fast in linux.
It’s not till 1 minute i found program : prelaunch.
It makes my office loading in a blink! try this..
David, how fast is fast? I don’t believe there are any computing solutions that supply instant or complete gratification. If you use KDE or Gnome you will have some overhead. I use Xubuntu, it has the Xfce desktop. It is lean and mean and pretty snappy, even with openoffice. You might try assigning various programs to open at startup on one or more of the virtual desktops. That way you can just choose the desktop with the program already up and running. Sounds like a workflow problem rather than a program response problem (my two cents). Also seems you just expect Linux to be a better MS Windows, (not going to happen).
Evey linux I’ve chosen runs like a dog, takes years to set up, and works only partially because you can never find and install all the bits.
Open Office runs like a dog too, so please don’t recommend that.
Most of us work in offices, and linux still doesn’t cater for that.
Linux take me less than half the time it takes to set up a comparable Windows system, about 20 minutes and there’s a fully usable system. Another hour and there are all the extras installed plus the updates.
Our Postmater uses Linux to do all her accounts, and all of her correspondence (using Open Office.org). I use Linux with Open Office.org every day, I really can’t see what you mean by dog, except the first time it’s loaded it’s loads quickly and is highly responsive during use.
I think you speak with no real knowledge of what you pretend to know.
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