Software Recommendation

fetreney2000 · 2005-03-10 11:08:53

Let say I didn't want any of the gnome or kde library installed in my system. What software would you recommend for my desktop. Currently I'm using fluxbox-devel and xdm with this software ;

terminal : aterm, xterm
graphic : gimp, gqview
multimedia : xmms, xine, tvtime
cd burning : xcdroast
browser : firefox
email : thunderbird
irc : xchat
download manager : downloaderx
bittorrent : azureus
office : openoffice
text editor : beaver
file manager : rox
archive manager : ?? (need some recommendation)

Are there any other better software than this setup that you can recommend to me. Thanks in advance

phrakture · 2005-03-10 14:40:03

hmmm i'm a console person, so if you like that, i'd suggest:

multimedia: mpd (with ncmpc or gmpc if you like gui's)
cdburning: k3b is the best, but uses kde stuff
irc: irssi
bittorrent: bittornado or ctorrent
text editor: vim!!! (gvim)
file manager: ls
archiver: tar

dadexter · 2005-03-10 15:03:39

I'm a console user too so...

multimedia: mp3blaster, mplayer (with -vo fbdev2 of course)
graphic: fbi
cdburning: cdrecord
terminal: oh god... zsh?
browser: w3m
email: mutt
irc: bitchx or irssi
bittorrent: bittorrent
p2p: giFTcurs
office: hummm... vim for word processing
text editor: vim
file manager: mc
archive manager: tar + bzip2
IM: centericq
Login Manager: qingy

bogomipz · 2005-03-10 17:48:07

I currently use this:

window manager : pekwm
terminal : xterm
graphic : gimp, qiv
multimedia : xmms2, mplayer
browser : opera
email : mutt
irc : irssi
office : latex
text editor : vim
file manager : rox, ls, cp, mv, rm
archive manager : tar, unzip

dadexter · 2005-03-10 18:02:11

latex for office? I'm trying to get some info on that... like making latex docs in vim, and then if needed, convert them to rtf or word docs if required... do you have any interesting links on latex and stuff like that?

cactus · 2005-03-10 18:08:20

lyx

dadexter · 2005-03-10 18:09:45

lyx requires X right?
me uses no X... just console

bogomipz · 2005-03-10 18:09:49

pacman -S tetex, write your blah.tex file with vim, then run pdflatex blah to create a PDF out of it. Be aware that latex can be rather hard to use in the beginning, start by reading the The Not So Short Introduction to Latex.

The best of luck,
bogomipz

miqorz · 2005-03-10 18:30:58

window manager : openbox
terminal aterm
graphic : gimp, feh and imagemagick
multimedia : mplayer. mpd
browser : firefox
email : mutt
irc : irssi
office : Abiword
text editor : emacs
file manager : rox, ls, cp, mv, rm
archive manager : tar, unzip

dadexter · 2005-03-10 18:41:59

bogomipz wrote:

Be aware that latex can be rather hard to use in the beginning

It's alright, I like challenges

So I can convert to rtf, or pdf... good... as long as I can convert it for something my windows using/narrow-minded co-workers can open

fetreney2000 · 2005-03-10 19:22:16

Thanks for the recommendation guy

what I'm trying to create is a completely working X desktop without any of the kde or gnome stuff. I love the console too and I know about managing file in the console usig ls, rm, cp, mv, less, grep, tar, zip, rar or even better using mc but I want an X desktop.
Right now all seem to work but the archive manager. I still need to use the console to manage my archive because the only gui archive manager that I know is ark and file-roller but both require kde or gnome library. Is there any alternative to this two software (something use gtk or anything except kde or gnome stuff).

ps : No wine too because I don't want any windows stuff in my desktop either

skoal · 2005-03-10 19:25:10

multimedia: beep-media-player (nice GTK2 interface)
office: latex (as others have suggested)
graphic: imagemagick (is a nice addition and good for thumbnails)

archive manager: there all kinds of nice scripts out there for use with just plain 'ole tar/gzip (in conjunction with crond).

fetreney2000 · 2005-03-10 19:29:07

skoal wrote:

archive manager: there all kinds of nice scripts out there for use with just plain 'ole tar/gzip (in conjunction with crond).

where can I find it ?

dadexter · 2005-03-10 19:34:24

I'vwe heard of a program called guitar... I'm not sure if it needs gnome/kde

if not, take a look at www.freshmeat.net for all your software needs

skoal · 2005-03-10 19:55:06

fetreney2000 wrote:

where can I find it ?

Just do a google search on "bash script archive" or something to that extent.

Here's a simple one I found that you can modify: http://www.eskimo.com/~roger/files/loca … ipt.backup

A more complex one (with a lot of features): http://foc.neoartis.org/progs/backup/index.htm.en

Or, check out this "pagan" site: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Backup

There are countless more: a little digging is needed, and if you know various script languages, you should be able to trim any of the one's you find and set one up specifically for your needs.

fetreney2000 · 2005-03-10 20:29:53

Thanks skoal
Its not quite what I'm looking for but its a nice script. I guess I can modify it to suit my need.

skoal · 2005-03-10 20:32:23

There are some simpler package managers out there (not script oriented) if you're more comfortable with that. I just don't know of any I could recommend.

Michel · 2005-03-11 00:05:10

There is a latex-plugin for vim, so you get more latex-specific menus, ...

I think I got it from http://vim-latex.sourceforge.net/

Don't know if you can create words from latex. You can make pdf/postscript-files/html(I believe)/... with it. Didn't researched it, but it can be.

Michel

Snowman · 2005-03-11 07:05:12

There is also texmacs. I think that it's in the extra or staging repo.

you can also create rtf files with latex2rtf. I've never tried it so I don't know how good the rtf file looks.

dadexter · 2005-03-11 15:23:23

latex2rtf seems to work great

I usually used rtf for work anyway, since word documents created in OpenOffice seemed to always have problems with my supervisor's Woooord

but I'll take a look at that vim-latex thing, looks interesting

bogomipz · 2005-04-05 19:42:30

fetreney2000 wrote:

Right now all seem to work but the archive manager. I still need to use the console to manage my archive because the only gui archive manager that I know is ark and file-roller but both require kde or gnome library. Is there any alternative to this two software (something use gtk or anything except kde or gnome stuff).

You might find ROX Archive interesting if you use ROX-Filer. It's a very simple GUI archiver that is based on ideas behind the Filer. It won't show the contents of archives though, so you need to extract all the files to see what's inside.

fetreney2000 · 2005-04-05 21:40:47

bogomipz wrote:

You might find ROX Archive interesting if you use ROX-Filer. It's a very simple GUI archiver that is based on ideas behind the Filer. It won't show the contents of archives though, so you need to extract all the files to see what's inside.

Thanks, I already use that but now I settled with an old software called guiTAR

This is the PKGBUILD if anyone interested

# Contributor: G-Pitts (fetreney2000@gmail.com)
pkgname=guitar
pkgver=0.1.4
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="GUI frontend for the console archive manager"
url="http://download.html.it/recensione.asp?recensione=738"
depends=('gtk')
source=('ftp://ftp.html.it/guiTAR-0.1.4.tar.gz')
md5sums=('386c1817faf3b9e7afbb8a6f285ba5f9')

build() {
  cd $startdir/src/guiTAR-$pkgver
  ./configure --prefix=/usr
  make || return 1
  make DESTDIR=$startdir/pkg install
}

kth5 · 2005-04-05 23:10:09

i agree with most people in here that apps mentioned here are great if you don't use a DE. problem tho is that it'll actually bloat your system more than a comparable DE setup would. fo example kdebase (including konqueror, kmail, koffice etc) needs around 200mb where your firefox, thunderbird plus openoffice eats away the same or even more in some cases. most of the time it's just a matter of preference so do whatever you want, just wanted to have said this.

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