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My list of Linux must-have programs

Well, since must-have programs' lists are so popular at the moment, I decided to post mine. Here goes:

• Firefox, Epiphany @ Internet surfing
• Thunderbird @ Email client
• Amarok @ Music player
• Totem, VLC @ Video player
• Metal Blob Solid @ Favourite game :love:
• Baobab @ Disk usage analyzer
• ParolaPass @ Password generator (I just don't like to manually generate passwords)
• GEdit @ Simple text editor
• F-Spot @ Photo management
• Gimp @ Photo editing (used rarely, but very handy when in need for a photo editor)
• Azureus @ Torrent client
• Connection Manager @ Wireless network browser/connector
• Gaim, XChat @ Chatting
• gFTP @ FTP client (sometimes annoying, but still the best I've seen)
• OpenOffice Writer @ No comments
• Zend Studio @ PHP coding
• Eclipse @ Java coding
• Anjuta @ C++ coding
• MySQL Query Browser, MySQL Administrator @ MySQL management

Well, that's it! By the way, did you know that the Windows version of XChat costs 19.99$?..

Equalizer in Linux players

Today I want to write about equalizers in Linux players (duh!).

What about them? Well, there is a LOT of (audio)players for Linux and most of them do not have an equalizer. That is quite strange, since this is a must-have feature in an audio player, don't you think? I do. I have tried a lot of players and here is a very short list:

• Rhythmbox (no eq)
• Listen (no eq)
• BMPx (no eq that is VERY strange, since BMP has one)
• Banshee (no eq)
• Muine (no eq)
• Quod Libet (no eq)
• XMMS (has an eq, but ugly and discontinued... and no library)
• BMP (eq present, but no library)
• Zinf (god, no!)
• Exaile (this was mentioned by Igor, but still no eq, I found an open ticket, saying that this feature is in the developement)

Well, I think this is quite a complete list of popular players. Did you notice that one great player is not on the list? Yeah, that's right! Amarok's not there. Why? Because it is the only player with ALL the features I need (music library, dynamic playlists, last.fm and an EQUALIZER!). I don't know about you, but I like my music playback to be juicy and rich. If I listen to power metal I want it to be POWER metal. Well, as I said, Amarok is the best (except that it ruins my GTK style and adds QT to the system, which I usually don't have, but I can live with that).

To say the truth I am disappointed in Linux audio players. I know that Rhythmbox development team is talking about implementing an eq, but I want it now.

By the way, on the second place for me is Listen player, which is quite nice and I prefer Amarok over it only because of the eq. If in the future Listen will feature an eq I will switch back to using it.

"Why Linux Viruses are fairly uncommon" from Charlie Harvey

evilmalware 0.6 (beta)Copyright 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005

E/17 |-|4><0|2z Software Foundation, Inc.

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is

NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY, COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF IMPORTANT

DATA or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE (eg. sending thousands of Viagra

spams to people accross the world).

Basic Installation

==================

Before attempting to compile this virus make sure you have the correct

version of glibc installed, and that your firewall rules are set to `allow

everything'.

1. Put the attachment into the appropriate directory eg. /usr/src

2. Type `tar xvzf evilmalware.tar.gz' to extract the source files for

   this virus.

3. `cd' to the directory containing the virus's source code and type

   `./configure' to configure the virus for your system.  If you're

   using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type

   `sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute

   `configure' itself.

4. Type `make' to compile the package. You may need to be logged in as

   root to do this.

5. Optionally, type `make check_payable' to run any self-tests that come

   with the virus, and send a large donation to an unnumbered Swiss bank

   account.

6. Type `make install' to install the virus and any spyware, trojans

   pornography, penis enlargement adverts and DDoS attacks that

   come with it.

7. You may now configure your preferred malware behaviour in

   /etc/evilmalware.conf .

SEE ALSO

   evilmalware(1), evilmalware.conf(5), please_delete_all_my_files(1)

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