Trisquel , the 100% libre version of Ubuntu, which is also endorsed by GNU and The Free Software Foundation, is quite a great operating system. This article will discuss the best software to install every time with Trisquel to give you the best experience using it.
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The current version of Trisquel is Trisquel 7.0 LTS, which is based on Ubuntu 14.04. This article will recommend software based on this version of Trisquel. Furthermore, I assume that you are using the LXDE edition of Trisquel 7.0, but many of these software recommendations can be installed in any version of Trisquel 7.0
I have the following list unformatted so that there are no formatting errors. I have put comments next to many using ‘#’ to explain what the software does.
abrowser #the Trisquel remix of Firefox which includes only 100% #free and open source software. No proprietary Firefox software is #allowed or even allowed to be recommended alarm-clock-applet #a very useful alarm clock and timer program apache2 #web server arandr #you need this software if you want to use multiple #monitors build-essential #a collection of useful compiler programs like g++ bum #boot up manager. This is useful if you want to optimize #your #boot up time. clamav #A 100% open-source anti-virus software. Mainly used this to #check for Windows viruses. dillo #a very basic web browser that does not render #javascript. #This should be much much faster browser than more mainstream ones #due to its simplicity elinks #a terminal-based browser espeak-gui #gui for espeak. Makes following text much easier. Will #highlight words along with saying them up to 350 wpm espeak #speech synthesizer. A text-to-voice software fbreader #(ebook reader) fdupes #software for finding duplicate files filezilla #an FTP transfer software freeplane #An excellent mindmapping software fslint #Software for finding duplicate files f-spot #great photo software gimp #a great alternative to Adobe Photoshop for professional level #graphics making/editing git #software you need if you want to use Github or other git #repositories gnome-screenshot #In my opinion, this is the best screenshot #program in Ubuntu gparted #an excellent program that let’s you format drives like USB #drives gtick #a metronome program. Good for music training or training #yourself in speed reading gtimelog #a time tracking program hunspell hunspell-en-us myspell-en-gb #spell-checking software #needed for Libreoffice. ibus ibus-pinyin #ibus is essential if you want to type in #other #languages. ibus-pinyin is necessary if #want to type in Pinyin in #Mandarin Chinese icedove #A 100 libre version of Thunderbird ipython3 #interactive python3. My preferred terminal program to test #python. This #makes using python3 much easier. keepassx #password manager and password generator librecad #Program to do computer aided design libreoffice #A great office suite links2 #another terminal-based web browser lynx #another terminal-based web browser mariadb-server #a mysql fork. This is necessary if you want to #run #WordPress or software needing #mysql mnemosyne #software to help you memorize things openvpn #Software you can use to connect to openvpn servers. pavucontrol #important software for sound phatch #software for batch photo editing pinta #a good graphics editor qemu #a libre virtual machine #and qemu-kvm qemu-kvm #a much faster version of qemu. Called kvm because it is a #kernel virtual machine. scrot #Program to making very fast screenshots. Can use print screen #button on keyboard with this shotwell #great program for seeing photos and doing slideshows of #them simple-image-reducer #software I use all the time to quickly #and #easily reduce image file sizes soundconverter #convert between wav, mp3, ogg and other file #types spyder3 #This is an excellent Python IDE. #If you install this, it #will automatically install ipython3 sshfs #for transferring data to and from VPS. It uses SSH, so it is #much more secure than FTP. stopwatch #a stopwatch program sysinfo #(tells information about hardware and software of computer) ufw #Ubuntu's great firewall program. It is not installed by default #in Trisquel but is incredibly useful and easy to use. vim #an excellent terminal-based text editor vinagre #software to control other computers via VNC vlc #an excellent movie and sound player whois #software to do whois searches on websites wine #software to run Windows software in Linux xfce4 xfce4-power-manager #the xfce desktop manager. XFCE's power #manager is my preferred power manager xscreensaver xscreensaver-data-extra xscreensaver-gl-extra #Good screensaver software youtube-dl #software to download youtube videos and flash #videos #from #other sites from the terminal
You can install all of these pieces of software individually by typing
sudo apt-get install the_software_name
So, for example, if you wanted to install vlc, you would type:
sudo apt-get install vlc
If you prefer to install the list of software I have listed, all at once, here is a script I made to do just that (Note that I removed the comments in that script.) First download the script. Then navigate to where you downloaded it in a terminal, then type:
sudo bash trisquel_software_to_install_every_time.sh
Is there any good software that you think I left out that you think I should include? Let’s discuss this in the comments below.