Popular Packages

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Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Web 1.1.1 Web Browser 1.1.2 Email Client 1.1.3 Instant Messengers 1.1.4 IRC Client 1.2 Text/Office Editors 1.2.1 Office Suite 1.2.2 Non-Office Document Editor 1.3 Terminals 1.3.1 GUI Terminal 1.4 Images 1.4.1 Image Viewer 1.4.2 Image Editor 1.4.3 SVG Image Editor 1.5 CD/DVD Tools 1.5.1 CD/DVD Writing 1.6 Audio/Video 1.6.1 Music Player 1.6.2 Video Player

[edit] Introduction

This page is meant to give new users a general impression of the more popular packages used by the Gnome and KDE desktop environments. It is not meant to be comprehensive or to be a list of more than 1 or 2 packages. Debate for which packages should be listed must be made on the discussion page.

[edit] Web

[edit] Web Browser

Mozilla Firefox

There a two ebuilds for the favourite web browser: a binary (you don't need to compile anymore) and a "normal" one:

# emerge www-client/mozilla-firefox
# emerge www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin

Opera'

Opera is a closed source program that recently became free. It's a great internet suite with hundreds of features.

# emerge www-client/opera

[edit] Email Client

Mozilla Thunderbird

The E-Mail-program from the Mozilla suite (there's also a binary version)

# emerge mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird
# emerge mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin

[edit] Instant Messengers

Kopete (KDE)

# emerge kde-base/kopete

Pidgin

# emerge net-im/pidgin

Gajim

# emerge net-im/gajim

XMPP-focused client, similar to pidgin (gaim) but with UI improvements. Supports Jabber (XMPP/GTalk), plus MSN, Yahoo and ICQ via jabber transports. Amsn

# emerge net-im/amsn

Supports MSN (including video).

[edit] IRC Client

XChat

XChat is *the* great gtk-irc-client for *NIX-systems

# emerge net-irc/xchat

KVirc (ru)

KVirc is *the* great qt-irc-client for *NIX-systems with much more configurable interface than xchat and many advanced features

# emerge net-irc/kvirc

Irssi

Irssi is a great console irc-client

# emerge net-irc/irssi

BitchX

BitchX is the best console irc-client

# emerge net-irc/bitchx

[edit] Text/Office Editors

[edit] Office Suite

Open Office

# emerge app-office/openoffice

There's also a binary version of the huge ebuild:

# emerge app-office/openoffice-bin

[edit] Non-Office Document Editor

Emacs

It's Emacs - nothing left to say ;)

# emerge app-editors/emacs

Vim

Improved Vim - the powerful standard editor

# emerge app-editors/vim

Nano

A console-based editor (installed by default on stage3)

# emerge app-editors/nano

GEdit (Gnome)

# emerge app-editors/gedit

Kate (KDE)

# emerge kde-base/kate

[edit] Terminals

[edit] GUI Terminal

Eterm

# emerge x11-terms/eterm

Aterm

# emerge x11-terms/aterm

[edit] Images

[edit] Image Viewer

GQView

# emerge media-gfx/gqview

GThumb

# emerge media-gfx/gthumb

[edit] Image Editor

GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)

# emerge media-gfx/gimp

[edit] SVG Image Editor

Inkscape, an Illustrator like program.

# emerge media-gfx/inkscape

[edit] CD/DVD Tools

[edit] CD/DVD Writing

K3B (KDE)

# emerge app-cdr/k3b

[edit] Audio/Video

VLC

# emerge vlc

[edit] Music Player

amaroK (KDE)

# emerge media-sound/amarok

[edit] Video Player

MPlayer

# emerge media-video/mplayer

Totem

# emerge media-video/totem

Kaffeine

# emerge media-video/kaffeine