The following list includes applications that I have used under more than one operating system (usually Windows and Linux): OFFICE SOFTWARE TOOLS - OpenOffice.org is a suite of applications (word processor, spreadsheet, database, etc.) that provides the same functionality as Microsoft Office
- OpenProj is a project management application, similar to Microsoft Project
- Dia is an application for creating basic diagrams, flowcharts, network maps, etc. It can be installed directly into Fedora Linux with the command 'yum install dia'.
PDF TOOLS - PDF Split and Merge is a tool that can break multi-page PDF files apart as well as stitch together multiple single-page PDF files into one document.
WEB TOOLS - BROWSERS
- Midori is a small, fast, lightweight web browser for Linux platforms from elementary OS.
- Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser for Windows, Macintosh and Linux systems.
- Google Chrome is a lightweight (in memory/resource/storage footprint, but not necessarily in features) browser based on Google's open source Chromium project. The browser runs on Windows, Macintosh and Linux platforms.
- ADD-ONS
- Adobe Flash Player
is a browser add-on that provides animation and other functionality for
websites with Flash content. The Flash Player is supported on Windows,
Macintosh and Linux platorms. You can verify whether your browser has
this add-on installed, and which version is installed, by using Adobe's "about" page.
- Adobe Reader is a free add-on that allows you to open and read PDF documents. It is available for Windows, Macintosh and Linux systems. It can be installed for Linux, but ... it's not very straightforward. The
following are the commands I issued from a Fedora 12/14 shell prompt (with superuser privileges) to
install:
- rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
- rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux
- yum install AdobeReader_enu
- Adobe Shockwave is a free add-on that is used by some online games. It is available for Windows and Macintosh systems only (not for Linux).
FILE COMPRESSION TOOLS - RAR is a less-common file compression format created by RARLAB. There are free RAR unpacking tools for Windows and for Linux, but ... getting the Linux version is a little messy:
- rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
- yum install unrar
GRAPHICS TOOLS - Inkscape, an open source vector graphics drawing program
AUDIO/SOUND TOOLS - audacity is an open source audio editing tool that can be used to splice, cut, record tracks, convert, and add effects. To install on Fedora Linux, use the command 'yum install audacity'.
- avidemux is an open source video editing tool that allows you to splice, split, rotate, filter, convert and add captions to video files. It is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. To install on Fedora Linux, use the command 'yum install avidemux'.
OTHER TOOLS - VirtualBox is an open source virtualization tool that allows running "guest operatiog systems" from Linux, Windows or Mac O/S.
- Info on creating CD-ROM image
- Instructions for installing VirtualBox on Fedora Linux using 'yum':
- Add the file 'virtualbox.repo' to the directory /etc/yum.repos.d/:
[virtualbox]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - VirtualBox
baseurl=http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/$releasever/$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc
- Run 'yum' to remove the previous version and install the new:
yum remove VirtualBox-3.2
yum install VirtualBox-4.0
- After installing VirtualBox, install DKMS package to help keep in synch with kernel updates:
yum install dkms
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