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== Things you can do on Linux == These are examples from an end user or desktop perspective. (Server programs not here.) All the items below except a few are completely free and actually [free software]. === Internet === ==== E-mail ==== * Alpine * MH * Thunderbird * PYNE * BSD Mailx * Heirloom Mailx * SeaMonkey * Mutt * PINE * Fetchmail * Getmail ==== World Wide Web ==== * Firefox * SeaMonkey * Chrome (proprietary) * Chromium * Opera (proprietary) * ELinks * W3M * Lynx * Mosaic * Amaya * Chimera ==== Internet Relay Chat ==== * ircII * EPIC4 or EPIC5 * BitchX * LostIRC * X-Chat or HexChat ==== Instant Messaging ==== * amsn - MSN Messenger * ayttm * Pork - AOL Instant Messenger * Cabber - Jabber * Gabber - Jabber * Psi * micq (ICQ) * Pidgin - AOL Instant Messenger, Google Talk/Facebook/Jabber, IRC * kmses - MSN Messenger * emesene * licq - ICQ, MSN Messenger with extension === Productivity === ==== Office ==== * OpenOffice/LibreOffice office suite ** OpenOffice/LibreOffice Write, word processor ** OpenOffice/LibreOffice Calc, spreadsheet editor ** OpenOffice/LibreOffice Impress, presentation editor ** OpenOffice/LibreOffice Draw, graphical software ** OpenOffice/LibreOffice Math, math editor ** OpenOffice/LibreOffice Base, database software ==== Audio ==== * Audacity, audio editor * Ardour, digital audio workstation (DAW) * Sox, audio transformation ==== Graphics ==== * The GIMP, image editor * XFig, image creator * Inkscape, image creator * Blender, 3D graphics creator/editor === Games === ==== First person shooter ==== * QuakeForge, Quake and QuakeWorld, including the following mods ** Capture the Flag ** Team Fortress ** CustomTF ** MegaTF ** SpamTF * DOOM, including mods ** SDLDoom ** GZDoom ** Chocolate Doom ** Brutal Doom ==== Empire/civilization strategy games ==== * Empire * FreeCraft * Craft * Freeciv * Classic Empire (DOS emulator required) * Empire: Wargame of the Century (legal copy, more, and Amiga emulator required) ==== War game strategy games ==== * LGeneral, clone of Panzer General * Battle for Wesnoth, fantasy war game ==== Arcade games ==== * viruskiller ==== Scrolling shooters ==== * Chromium B.S.U. * PowerManga * XGalaga * XSoldier ==== Interactive fiction games ==== * Adventure (historical note, the first computer game ever made) * Battlestar * Gumshoe * Beneath a Steel Sky * Flight of the Amazon Queen * Drascula * Lure of the Temptress * Full Throttle, including demo (with DOSBox) * Kings Quest I.II/III/IV/V/VI/VII * Maniac Mansion * Just above everything else listed [http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Category:Supported_Games at the ScummVM.org wiki Supported Games category] (212 games) ==== Management games ==== * Endgame: Singularity
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