Going Linux #440 · Welcome to Linux! Pt 9 - Software Choices

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Question: What applications are available for Ubuntu MATE? Answer: Thousands. We discuss a few of them by category.

Episode Time Stamps
00:00 Going Linux #440 · Welcome to Linux! Pt 9 - Software Choices
00:58 Larry tries Ubuntu Cinnamon 22.04 (ahead of the official flavor)
12:23 Your software choices in Ubuntu MATE
13:32 How many software applications are available?
14:04 Browsers: Mozilla Firefox, Chromium, Google Chrome, Brave, Opera, SeaMonkey, Vivaldi, Tor, LYNX, Microsoft Edge
14:48 Email clients: Thunderbird, Evolution, Geary, Mutt, Claws Mail
16:26 Office Suites: WPS Office for Linux, LibreOffice, ONLYOFFICE
21:35 Note taking: Joplin, RedNoteBook, Zim, Simplenote
25:37 Music Players: Lollypop, Clementine, Audacious, DeaDBeeF, Rhythmbox, VLC, Amarok, Musique
30:15 Video Players: VLC, SMPlayer, Miro, MPV Player, Gnome Videos, Dragon Player, Xine Multimedia Engine, Deepin Movie
32:51 Recording audio: Audacity, Recorder, Sound Recorder, Ardour, MusE
35:43 Recording video: OBS Studio, Shotcut
38:37 Games: Xonotic, Warsow, SuperTuxCart, Assault Cube, 0 A.D., The Battle for Wesnoth, Dota 2(requires Steam), Team Fortress 2(requires Steam), FreeCiv, Alien Arena
43:47 What is YOUR favorite application?
44:34 Software recommendation: Discord
47:54 goinglinux.com, [email protected], +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe
49:13 End

Chapters

1. Going Linux #440 · Welcome to Linux! Pt 9 - Software Choices (00:00:00)

2. Larry tries Ubuntu Cinnamon 22.04 (ahead of the official flavor) (00:00:58)

3. Your software choices in Ubuntu MATE (00:12:23)

4. How many software applications are available? (00:13:32)

5. Browsers: Mozilla Firefox, Chromium, Google Chrome, Brave, Opera, SeaMonkey, Vivaldi, Tor, LYNX, Microsoft Edge (00:14:04)

6. Email clients: Thunderbird, Evolution, Geary, Mutt, Claws Mail (00:14:48)

7. Office Suites: WPS Office for Linux, LibreOffice, ONLYOFFICE (00:16:26)

8. Note taking: Joplin, RedNoteBook, Zim, Simplenote (00:21:35)

9. Music Players: Lollypop, Clementine, Audacious, DeaDBeeF, Rhythmbox, VLC, Amarok, Musique (00:25:37)

10. Video Players: VLC, SMPlayer, Miro, MPV Player, Gnome Videos, Dragon Player, Xine Multimedia Engine, Deepin Movie (00:30:15)

11. Recording audio: Audacity, Recorder, Sound Recorder, Ardour, MusE (00:32:51)

12. Recording video: OBS Studio, Shotcut (00:35:43)

13. Games: Xonotic, Warsow, SuperTuxCart, Assault Cube, 0 A.D., The Battle for Wesnoth, Dota 2(requires Steam), Team Fortress 2(requires Steam), FreeCiv, Alien Arena (00:38:37)

14. What is YOUR favorite application? (00:43:47)

15. Software recommendation: Discord (00:44:34)

16. goinglinux.com, [email protected], +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe (00:47:54)

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