Application | Location | Description
| Installation |
Web browser |
Firefox (Iceweasel in Debian)
| Part of distributive | Well known web browser.
| This is default web browser in Ubuntu (in Debian you may have to install it using package manager utility apt-get or Synaptic)
|
Email client |
Evolution | Part of distributive
| Email client in MS Outlook style | This is default email client in Ubuntu and Debian
|
News reader
|
Pan
| Part of distributive | This newsreader, loosely based on Agent and Gravity, which attempts to be pleasant to use for new and advanced users alike. It has all the typical features found in newsreaders and also supports offline newsreading, sophisticated filtering, multiple connections, and a number of extra features | you may install it using package manager utility apt-get or Synaptic |
Text editor |
Gedit
| Part of distributive
| Simple text editor
| This is default text editor in Ubuntu and Debian |
Multi-purpose text and source code editor |
Kate
| Part of ditributive
| Powerful text editor, supports different encodings
| you may install it using package manager utility apt-get or Synaptic |
Viewing PostScript |
GV
| Part of distributive
| Comfortable viewer of PostScript and PDF files for the X Window System. It uses the ghostscript PostScript interpreter
| you may install it using package manager utility apt-get or Synaptic |
KGhostview
| Part of distributive | KGhostview is KDE's PostScript viewer
| you may install it using package manager utility apt-get or Synaptic |
Viewing PDF |
Adobe Reader (Prop) | download
| Perfect pdf viewer | Use installer from downloaded package
|
Gpdf | Part of distributive | Very good default pdf viewer
| you may install it using package manager utility apt-get or Synaptic |
Kpdf | Part of distributive | Optional pdf viewer
| you may install it using package manager utility apt-get or Synaptic |
Creating PDF |
Any Linux WYSIWYG program -> print to file -> ps2pdf. (Here's an article about this) | | | |
Scribus | Part of distributive | Professional publishing system
| you may install it using package manager utility apt-get or Synaptic |
Graphic files viewer
|
Eye of Gnome
| Part of distributive | Default image viewer
| Deafult image viewer in Ubuntu and Debian |
GThumb
| Part of distributive | Alternativesystem image viewer
| Deafult image viewer in Ubuntu and Debian
|
Kview
| Part of distributive | KDE default image viewer
| you may install it using package manager utility apt-get or Synaptic |
Kuickshow
| Part of distributive | Very nice image viewer (KDE)
| you may install it using package manager utility apt-get or Synaptic |
Powerful graphic editor in PhotoShop style
|
Gimp | Part of distributive
| Powerful image editor. One of the most important parts of the CG Workstation
| It is installed by default both in Debian and Ubuntu |
CinePaint
| Part of the Debian distributive source download | Much like the Gimp application but it works with 16 and even 32 bit per channel images | Detailed instructions will be covered in other article of this section |
Programs for work with vector graphics
|
Inkscape
| Part of distributive
| Great vector graphics editor. Anothervery important part of the CG Workstation
| It is installed by default in both Ubuntu and Debian
|
Flash playing
|
Plugin for Netscape/Mozilla
| Part of distributive
| Useful for viewing flash in browser
| You may install it using apt-get package manager or Synaptic |
3D-graphics
|
Blender
| Part of distributive
| Great 3D graphics editor and one of the most improtant parts of the CG Workstation
| Installed by default in both Ubuntu and Debian |
DVD and Video / mpeg4 players
|
Mplayer (Frontend: Kplayer, Gmplayer)
| Part of debian-multimedia and Ubuntu | One of the best video players | You may install it using apt-get package manager or Synaptic with some additional configuration
|
Xine (Totem)
| Part of distributive | Another one good video player | It is installed by default in both Ubuntu and Debian |
Work with QuickTime format
|
QuickTime (quicktime4linux)
| download
| Libraries required to play and create video files in QuickTime format | Detailed installation instruction would be available soon in separate article
|
Mplayer + Sorenson codec
| Part of distributive | Mplayer is one of the best video players | It is installed by default in both Ubuntu and Debian with addtional configuration (adding debian-multimedia packages)
|
OpenQuicktime
| download
| Libraries required to play and create video files in QuickTime format
| Detailed installation instruction would be available soon in separate article
|
Animation
|
CinePaint
| Part of distributive | CinePaint is used to retouch feature films and in pro photography. CinePaint opens high fidelity image file formats such as DPX, 16-bit TIFF, and OpenEXR, and conventional formats like JPEG and PNG. It has a flipbook for movie playback of image sequences in RAM. It supports 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit color channels, HDR and CMS. | You may install it using apt-get package manager or Synaptic
|
Plugins for Gimp (gimp-gap)
| Part of distributive | GAP is a collection of plug-ins to extend the GIMP with capabilities to edit and create animations and movies as sequences of single frames. It adds a Video menu to image windows in the GIMP.
| You may install it using apt-get package manager or Synaptic
|
Synfig | download | Synfig is a powerful, industrial-strength vector-based 2D animation software package, designed from the ground-up for producing feature-film quality animation with fewer people and resources.
| Detailed installation instruction would be available soon in separate article. Installed by default in the Ubuntustudio. |
Landscape / terrain generation
|
Terraform
| Part of Debian distributive | Allows you to create a fractal terrain (also called a height field) and transform it using a number of algorithms.
| You may install it using apt-get package manager or Synaptic |
Office suite
|
OpenOffice | Part of distributive | OpenOffice is a full-featured office productivity suite that provides a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft(R) Office.
| It is installed by default in both Debian (GUI version) and Ubuntu |
Professional video production enviroment
|
Cinelerra
| download CV download HV | Cinelerra is the most advanced non-linear video editor and compositor for Linux. | Detailed installation instruction would be available soon in the article about Cinelerra installation |
Professional audio production enviroment |
Ardour
| Part of the Ubuntustudio distributive download | Ardour is multichannel hard disk recorder (HDR) and digital audio workstation (DAW). It could be used to control, record, edit and run complex audio setups. | Installed by default in the Ubuntustudio. Detailed installation instruction would be available soon in the article. |
Audacity
| Part of the distributive
| Audacity is a multi-track audio editor for Linux/Unix, MacOS and Windows. It is designed for easy recording, playing and editing of digital audio. Audacity features digital effects and spectrum analysis tools. Editing is very fast and provides unlimited undo/redo.
| You may install it using apt-get package manager or Synaptic. Installed by default in the Ubuntustudio
|
Jack
| Part of the distributive
| Low-latency sound server. JACK allows the connection of multiple applications to an audio device, as well as allowing them to share audio between themselves.
| Installed by default in Ubuntustudio, requires installation throughapt-get or Synaptic in Ubuntu and Debian |