Recommended Software
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Noob Scale
The Noob scale indicates how apt a certain piece of software is for a new user. If software scores a 5, it means it is dead easy to use and it will make playing solitaire in Windows look difficult. If something scores a 4, it means it is easy, but there might be one or two places where a new user might find assistance. If it scores a 1, it means that you'll need tutorials or guides to use it, and that it might be more appropriate for advanced users. The Noob Scale will be indicated after a recommendation with a N:x, where x is the Noob Scale Factor (NSF).
Linux Distributions
- Debian GNU/Linux: www.debian.org N:3
- Ubuntu Linux: www.ubuntulinux.org N:4
- Slackware: www.slackware.com N:3
- K12LTSP: www.k12ltsp.org N:4
- Gentoo: www.gentoo.org N:1
- Xandros: www.xandros.com N:5
- Suse: www.novell.com/linux/suse N:4
- Mandriva: www.mandriva.com N:5
External reference: For more distributions, see: http://www.distrowatch.com
Code Editors
- Anjuta anjuta.sourceforge.net
- Quanta Plus (included in KDE) quanta.sourceforge.net N:4
- Nvu www.nvu.com html
- Vim www.vim.org N:2 text, any coding language
- Emacs www.emacswiki.org N:3 text, any coding language
Web Browsers
- Mozilla Firefox www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ N:5
- Konqueror www.konqueror.org N:5
- Galeon galeon.sourceforge.net N:5
Email Clients
- Mozilla Thunderbird www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ N:5
- Kmail, KDE's integrated mail client. kmail.kde.org N:5
- Mutt www.mutt.org N:2
- Novell Evolution - A groupware capable mail client
File Managers
- Krusader, a Norton Commander-like twin panel file manager for KDE krusader.sourceforge.net/ N:4
- Midnight commander (mc), yet another Norton Commander clone, yet way superior
Mind Mapping
- Freemind is an open source mind mapping tool, built using Java. It's suprisingly fast for a Java application, and a breeze to use. Very helpful for a wide range of uses. freemind.sf.net N:3
IRC
- xchat www.xchat.org N:4
- irssi irssi.org N:2
- Gaim gaim.sourceforge.net N:5
Multimedia
- xmms (Music player similar to Winamp 2)
- Amarok (great KDE music player)
- mplayer http://www.mplayerhq.hu
- gmplayer (excellent front end to mplayer)
- gxine (great front end to xine)
- vlc http://nanocrew.net/2005/09/01/compiling-vlc/ only compile vlc if you need a feature not available in your packaged version
