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Common software
- Web-browser
- File Management
- Chat & IRC
- Torrent clients
- Office
- Email
- RSS Readers
- Multimedia
- Graphics
- Development tools
- Database
- Virtualization
- Other
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This page is a work in progress…

Common software

In case you are wondering whether you can use application X or Y in Slackware, the following list will help you answer your browsing, multimedia, office… needs.

Web-browser

Firefox
Chrome
Opera
Lynx
Flash-plugin
Java

File Management

Dolphin
Thunar
Midnight Commander
Rodent
Ranger

Chat & IRC

Pidgin
Kopete
Irssi
Skype
XChat
WeeChat

Torrent clients

ktorrent
rtorrent

Office

LibreOffice
Calligra
OpenOffice
TaskWarrior

Email

Thunderbird
Kmail
Claws Mail
Mutt
mailx

RSS Readers

Thunderbird
snownews

Multimedia

VLC
Mplayer
Rythmbox
Audacious
XMMS
gogglesmm

Graphics

GIMP
Inkscape
Darktable
Digikam
Blender

Development tools

Eclipse
Vim
Emacs

Database

MySQL
Postgresql
SQLite

Virtualization

Virtualbox
kvm
qemu

Other

Google Earth
Marble
Wine

Sources

slackware

Trace: • common_software

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