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[evildrummer]

Sorry to be a pain but can anyone contribute links to the follwing?
I would like...

a P2P program
a Torrent downloader
Code editor - one with syntax highlightng etc (or can dreamweaver run in WINE?)
Media Player - hopefully one that supports my media buttons on my keyboard
FTP client

or any other programs you linux users use.


tutorial on WINE, I dont quite get it.

[teet]

Sorry to be a pain but can anyone contribute links to the follwing?
I would like...

a P2P program
a Torrent downloader
Code editor - one with syntax highlightng etc (or can dreamweaver run in WINE?)
Media Player - hopefully one that supports my media buttons on my keyboard
FTP client

or any other programs you linux users use.


tutorial on WINE, I dont quite get it.

You use ubuntu right?

I highly suggest using automatix to install codecs and what not:

http://www.getautomatix.com/

For media players I have mplayer (it rocks my face off), totem, and vlc. I use rhythmbox for music. For ftp client I use gftp (it's available in synaptic). For torrents azureus is pretty darn good. I don't use P2P but I think 'frostwire' is like limewire. For code editing you might want to try gedit. I'm sure there are more powerful programs out there, but gedit is fine for the little bit of HTML that I do.

Edit: Here is what you can install in just a few simple clicks by using automatix.



1. Acrobat Reader (Adobe Acrobat Reader and plugin for Firefox 1.5)
2. AMSN 0.95 (MSN client with webcam support)
3. Amule (Latest version of a P2P file sharing client)
4. Archiving Tools (Additional archiving tools (rar, unrar, ace, and 7zip))
5. AUD-DVD codecs (NON-FREE Audio and DVD codecs) (Installation of this option is illegal in the United States of America)
6. Avidemux (Video Editing Tool)
7. Azureus (Installs Azureus bittorrent client)
8. Backup and Restore (A graphical backup and restore solution for Ubuntu (GNOME))
9. Beagle (A Mono-based search program)
10. Bittornado (Bittorent Client)
11. Boot-up Manager (Easy configuration of startup and shutdown scripts and services)
12. Checkgmail (A nifty gmail checker)
13. Ctrl-Alt-Del (This configures Ctrl-Alt-Del to Open Gnome System Monitor (GNOME ONLY))
14. DCPP (Linux DC++ client)
15. Debian Menu (Shows all installed applications on your system)
16. Democracy Player (Internet TV platform)
17. DVD Ripper (DVD ripper)
18. Extra Fonts (Additional fonts and msttcorefonts)
19. Flashplayer (Adobe Flash Player for FF)
20. Frostwire (P2P file sharing client (GPL clone of Limewire))
21. Gdesklets (eyecandy for Gnome)
22. Gaim 2.0 beta3 (The latest version of a popular IM client compatible with YIM/MSN/AIM/Jabber etc)
23. GFTP (FTP client for GNOME with ssh capability)
24. Gizmo Project (VoIP phone)
25. Gnomebaker (The best GTK2 CD/DVD burning software)
26. GnomePPP (Graphical dialup connection tool (GNOME ONLY))
27. GnuCash (Money management software for GNOME)
28. Google Earth (Satellite Earth imagery application from Google)
29. Google Picasa (Photo editing application from Google)
30. iLinux (iLife Alternative (Banshee, F-Spot, Kino))
31. Liferea (A RSS reader for GNOME)
32. Listen Media Manager (Latest version of a new media manager and player for GNOME)
33. Media Players (Totem-xine, VLC and Beep Media Player (with docklet))
34. MPlayer & FF plugin (MPlayer and Firefox 1.5 plugin)
35. Multimedia Codecs (Commonly needed audio and video codecs)
36. Multimedia Editing (Audio (Audacity) Video (Kino) and ID3 Tag (Easytag) editors)
37. Nautilus Scripts (Open Nautilus, and any file with gedit with a right click, as root (GNOME ONLY))
38. NDISWrapper (A driver wrapper that allows you to use Windows driver for network cards)
39. Network Manager (A program and menu applet that allows you to easily change networks)
40. NVIDIA Driver (Installs NVIDIA drivers on select NVIDIA cards)
41. Opera Browser (Opera Web Browser)
42. OpenOffice Clipart (clipart in OpenOffice)
43. Programming Tools (Anjuta (C/C++ IDE), Bluefish (HTML editor), Screem (web development), NVU (HTML editor)
44. RealPlayer (RealPlayer)
45. Rhythmbox (Latest version of Rhythmbox)
46. Ripper and Tuner (Streamripper (rips Internet radio streams) and Streamtuner (Internet radio client))
47. Security Suite (ClamAV AntiVirus and Firestarter Firewall)
48. Skype (A free (as in free beer) Voice Over IP software)
49. Slab (Novell's "Slab" menu used in SLED 10)
50. SUN JAVA 1.5 JRE (Sun's version 1.5 JRE & The Firefox plugin)
51. SUN JAVA 1.5 JDK (Sun's version 1.5 JDK (Most users DONT need this))
52. Swiftfox Browser (optimized Firefox browser for your specific CPU)
53. Swiftfox Plugins (Java, Flash, Acrobat, Mplayer, MS fonts)
54. Thunderbird 1.5 (Email client)
55. Wine (Installs Wine)
56. XChat (a popular IRC client)


-teet

[Templarian]

How is wine number 55 its probably the most important program for linux users although it shows that your still dependent on a main os other than linux.

Def gonna want to install the Java stuff its very useful when people make quick programs or "tools"/small games.

And every linux person i know has xchat.

[Jolly_Fat_Man]

Azureus or Bittornado

You need to install your special keys to make them work with your media players. After that most players will work with them.

Code editors are by the bucket load, but I don't remember if any have syntax highlighting. Quanta, Nvu are the ones I remember by heart.

You could look at http://sourceforge.net and search around...
Optionally you could run a google site search based on http://www.linuxquestions.org/ with the words html editor syntax highlighting.
like so...
site:www.linuxquestions.org/ html editor code highlighting
Linux Questions has a really big forum so this is probably a question already answered there. :P

[Ben H]

Sorry to be a pain but can anyone contribute links to the follwing?
I would like...

a P2P program
a Torrent downloader
Code editor - one with syntax highlightng etc (or can dreamweaver run in WINE?)
Media Player - hopefully one that supports my media buttons on my keyboard
FTP client

or any other programs you linux users use.


tutorial on WINE, I dont quite get it.

P2P - Frostwire is good. If you're on Ubuntu/Debian it's sudo apt-get install frostwire
Torrent - I use Bittornado, but there are so many.
Code editor - I usually use jEdit or emacs.
Media Player - I would highly recommend Amarok. What sort of keyboard do you use? There may already be some code to support them, or maybe your distro detects them automatically.
FTP client - I used to use gFTP, but it was unstable. Now I use an amazing Firefox plugin called FireFTP, which runs great under swiftfox.

To basically use WINE, I'll assume that you're on Ubuntu for this (I seem to remember a thread about you installing it), first install it:


$ sudo apt-get install wine

Then configure it:


$ winecfg

Just set the options to whatever you want. I recommend that you set the Default settings to Windows XP.

Now let's run your app under Wine:


$ wine appname.exe

If it doesn't work, post here and I'll help :thumb:

-Ben

[evildrummer]

Thanks guys, I'll start installing some of those, this is my big switch from windows and I like :D