Linux Software Superstore
APCUG Winter 2015 Virtual Technology Conference February 21, 2015 Linux Software Superstore
Presentation by: John Kennedy, Co-Leader Linux Help Desk/SIG East Central Ohio Technology Users Club Newark, Ohio Linux Software Superstore
Aisle 1 Aisle 2
Internet Productivity Aisle 3 Aisle 4
Multimedia Graphics Aisle 5 Aisle 6
Desktop Tools Disk/File Tools Aisle 7 Aisle 8
Games Security What You'll See
In my series of slides, I will share with you the different areas of computer tasks and some of the programs that are available to complete those tasks. In small print I will sometimes include the names for some of the Microsoft products that you might use. Then I will share with you some actual screen shots of the programs that I like to use with Linux to complete my routine computer tasks. Aisle 1: Internet lBrowsers (Internet Explorer) lFirefox, Chromium (Chrome), Opera, Midori lE-mail Clients (Outlook Express) lThunderbird, Evolution, kMail lRemote Access lTeamviewer lCommunications (VoIP) (chat) lSkype, Pidgin, Empathy, Ekiga lFile Transfer Protocol (FTP) Client lFilleZilla
Aisle 2: Productivity lOffice Suite (MS Office) lLibreOffice, OpenOffice, Koffice lDesktop Publishing (MS Publisher) lScribus lWord Processor/Spreadsheet lAbiWord / Gnumeric lPDF Reader (Adobe Reader) lEvince, Okular lPersonal Finance (Quicken) lGnuCash, KMyMoney
Aisle 3: Multimedia lPlayers (Media Player) lVLC, Rhythmbox, Banshee, SMPlayer lCD/DVD Burning (Roxio, Nero) lK3b, Brasero, Xfburn lAudio/Video Editing (Windows Movie Maker) lAudacity / Avidemux, OpenShot lDVD Authoring lDeVeDe, Kdenlive, Cinelerra
Aisle 4: Graphics lViewers (Photo Viewer, Photo Gallery) lEye of Gnome, Gwenview, gThumb lManagers lDigiKam, F-Spot, lEditors lShotwell, F-Spot, Pinta, Fotoxx, DigiKam, Darktable, G.I.M.P. lBitmap/Vector Drawing (Paint) lMyPaint, Krita, Pinta / Inkscape
Aisle 5: Desktop Tools
lScreen Capture (SnagIt, Snipping Tool) lScreenshot, Shutter lSystem Information (Belarc) lHardinfo, sysinfo lScreen Session Recorder (Screen Recorder, Camtasia Studio) lSimpleScreenRecorder, RecordMyDesktop lGenealogy lGramps
Aisle 6: Disk/File Tools
lBackup for files and folders lDeJa Dup, Back In Time, LuckyBackup lDrive Imaging (Acronis, EaseUS) lClonezilla, g4u lFile Managers (Windows/File Explorer) lNautilus, CaJa, Dolphin, Thunar lPartition Managers lGparted, KDE Partition Manager lFolder Sync lFreeFileSync, Grsync (rsync gui)
Aisle 7: Games
lVariety available from each distribution's “Software Center”. lInstallation of “Steam” added a new dimension to Linux gaming. Aisle 8: Security
lAntivirus (if felt was needed) (MSE, AVG) lClamav, ClamTK (gui) lFirewall (Windows Firewall, ZoneAlarm) lUFW, Gufw (gui) lPassword Manager lKeePassX, MyPasswords
Thank You for Attending
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