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-====== Suggested Applications ======+**Suggested Applications**
  
 This page contains various suggested applications for the Xfce desktop environment. This page contains various suggested applications for the Xfce desktop environment.
-These applications do not require heavy dependencies and/or fit in the Xfce philosophy to be light on memory usage.+These applications do not require heavy dependencies and/or fit in the Xfce philosophy of being light on memory usage.
  
 {{:wiki:information.png|}} //There is a secondary page with suggested [[consoleaddict|command line tools]], but only for the console-guru inside you.// {{:wiki:information.png|}} //There is a secondary page with suggested [[consoleaddict|command line tools]], but only for the console-guru inside you.//
 +----
  
-===== System Applications =====+====== Accessories ======
  
-==== Terminal ==== +== Mousepad == 
-  * Description: Vte based/gtk+-2 lightweight X-terminal +  * Description: Lighweight text editor for Xfce 
-  * Website: http://www.os-cillation.de/open-source-projekte/xfce-terminal/+  * Website: http://www.xfce.org/projects/mousepad/
   * Remarks: **Xfce project**   * Remarks: **Xfce project**
-==== Tilda ==== 
-  * Description: Quake-styled Terminal 
-  * Website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tilda/?source=directory 
-  * GitHub repository: https://github.com/tsloughter/tilda/ 
-==== fbxkb ==== 
-  * Description: Keyboard layout indicator and switcher 
-  * Website: http://fbxkb.sourceforge.net/ 
  
-==== HardInfo ==== +== Squeeze == 
-  * Description: GTK+2 System information and benchmark tool +  * Description: An archive manager for Xfce 
-  * Website: http://hardinfo.berlios.de/HomePage+  * Website: http://squeeze.xfce.org/ 
 +  * Remarks: **Xfce project** 
  
-==== Keyboard Status Monitor (key-mon) ==== +== Leafpad == 
-  * Description: Utility to show live keyboard and mouse status for teaching and screencasts +  * Description : Lightweight editor 
-  * Website: http://code.google.com/p/key-mon/+  * Website: http://tarot.freeshell.org/leafpad/ 
 +  * Remarks: An alternative editor for Mousepad
  
-==== LXPolkit ==== +== Xarchiver == 
-  * Description: A minimal policykit authentication agent. +  * Description: Simple archive manager 
-  * Website: http://blog.lxde.org/?p=674 +  * Website: http://xarchiver.sourceforge.net/
-==== LightDM ==== +
-  * Description: A lightweight display manager +
-  * Website: https://launchpad.net/lightdm+
  
-==== SLiM ==== +== File-Roller == 
-  * Description: Desktop-independent graphical login manager for X11 +  * Description: Full featured archive manager 
-  * Website: http://slim.berlios.de+  * Website: http://fileroller.sourceforge.net/ 
 +  * Remarks: <del>//Has no dependencies on Gnome libraries//</del> Now depends on Nautilus
  
-==== Meta Tracker ==== +== Cairo-Dock / GLX-Dock== 
-  * Description: Tool designed to extract information and metadata about your personal data so that it can be searched easily and quickly +  * Description: A light, eye-candy, fully themable, MacOSX-like animated dock for any Linux desktop 
-  * Website: http://www.gnome.org/projects/tracker+  * Website: http://glx-dock.org/ 
-  * Remarks: //The daemon does not require Gnome dependencies. To perform the searchesuse a tool like catfish. (viewed at: http://linuxondesktop.blogspot.com/2007/03/13-applications-to-install-on-ubuntu.html)//+  * Remarks: Some plugins have many dependencies, needs composite extension
  
-==== Wicd ==== +== Catfish == 
-  * Description: A wired and wireless network manager which aims to provide a simple interface to connect to networks with a wide variety of settings. +  * Description: GTK+ desktop search frontend 
-  * Website: http://wicd.sourceforge.net/+  * Website: http://software.twotoasts.de/?page=catfish 
 +  * Remarks: //python application//
  
-==== Wpa_supplicant ==== +== Deducer == 
-  * Description: A wired and wireless network manager which provides connections to networks with a wide variety of settings. +  * Description: An intuitive, cross-platform graphical data analysis system 
-  * Manpage: http://linux.die.net/man/5/wpa_supplicant.conf +  * Website: http://www.deducer.org/manual.html 
-  * Remarks: //Installed as a dependency by most other network managers (e.g., Wicd)however can be used directly in roaming mode and via gui interface using wpa-gui//+  * Remarks: //A free easy to use alternative to proprietary software such as SPSS, JMP, and MinitabIt is based on JGR and shouldgenerallyto be installed from with-in R//
  
-==== Font-manager ==== +== Ding == 
-  * Description: GTK+2 font-manager written in python +  * Description: An Tk-based offline/desktop dictionary lookup program for X11/Linux, Unix, which contains a German-English dictionary and works with multiple databases/text files 
-  * Website: http://code.google.com/p/font-manager/+  * Website: http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~fri/ding/
  
-==== BUM Boot-Up-Manager ==== +== Galculator == 
-  * Description: GTK+ Runlevel-Editor +  * Description: GTK+ based calculator 
-  * Website: http://www.marzocca.net/linux/bum.html +  * Website: http://galculator.sourceforge.net
-  * Remarks: Debian-like System+
  
-==== X-tile ==== +== Google Gadgets == 
-  * Description: Tile windows in different ways +  * Description: GTK+ or Qt4 based Widget-Engine 
-  * http://www.giuspen.com/x-tile/ +  * Website: http://code.google.com/p/google-gadgets-for-linux/
-===== Office Applications =====+
  
-==== Xfce4 Dictionary ==== +== GPA == 
-  * Description: A dictionary, spelling checker and speed reader application +  * Description: GNU Privacy Assistant is a graphical frontend for the GNU Privacy Guard (gpg) 
-  * Website: http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict +  * Website: http://www.gnupg.org
-  * Remarks: **Xfce project**+
  
-==== Orage ==== +== GPeriodic == 
-  * Description: Modern calendar application +  * Description: Comprehensive periodic table of elements 
-  * Website: http://www.kolumbus.fi/~w408237/orage/ +  * Website: http://gperiodic.seul.org/
-  * Remarks: **Xfce Project**+
  
-==== Abiword ==== +== GtkHash == 
-  * Description: A full-featured, yet light and fast word processor +  * Description: Utility for computing message digests or checksums 
-  * Website: http://www.abisource.com +  * Website: http://gtkhash.sourceforge.net/
-  * Remarks: //Can pull *some* gnome dependencies (printing is based on libgnomeprint, for example.) Compile yourself to avoid them //+
  
-==== Epdfview ==== +== JGR == 
-  * Description:free lightweight PDF document viewer +  * Description:unified GUI for the R programming language, based on Java 
-  * Website:  http://www.emma-soft.com/projects/epdfview/+  * Website: http://cran.at.r-project.org/web/packages/JGR/index.html
  
-==== Gnumeric ==== +== gfa == 
-  * Description: Spreadsheet application +  * Description: Small and fast address book 
-  * Website: http://www.gnumeric.org +  * Website: http://gfa.sourceforge.net
-  * Remarks: //Can pull *some* gnome dependencies (printing is based on libgnomeprint and mandatory, for example.) Compile yourself to avoid them //+
  
-==== LyX ==== +== Figaro's Password Manager 2 (fpm2) == 
-  * Description: Document Processor, an almost-WYSIWYG frontend to LaTeX +  * Description: GTK+2 password manager tool 
-  * Website: http://www.lyx.org/ +  * Website: http://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/
- +
  
-==== RedNotebook ==== +== OpenDict == 
-  * Description: Graphical diary and journal helping you keep track of notes and thoughts +  * Description: Computer dictionary for several dictionary formats 
-  * Website: http://rednotebook.sourceforge.net/+  * Website: http://opendict.idiles.com 
 +  * Remarks: //wxPython application//
  
-==== Zim ==== +== Qalculate! == 
-  * Description: desktop wiki and outliner +  * Description: Multi-purpose desktop calculator 
-  * Website: http://zim-wiki.org/ +  * Website: http://qalculate.sourceforge.net/
-  * Remarks: //Python application//+
  
-==== Notecase ==== +== PasswordMaker Java Edition == 
-  * Description: Hierarchical note manager (akaoutliner) +  * Description: A Java-based cross-platform solution to create unique, secure passwords compatible with PasswordMaker.org 
-  * Website: http://notecase.sourceforge.net/ +  * Website: http://code.google.com/p/passwordmaker-je/
-  * Remarks: **Notecase discontinued. NotecasePro is not Free Software** +
-==== Osmo ==== +
-  * Description: Personal organizer that includes calendar, task manager and address book +
-  * Website: http://clayo.org/osmo/+
  
-==== Dayplanner ==== +== R Commander == 
-  * Description: Calendar with reminder and scheduled alarms +  * Description: A basic-statistics GUI for the R programming language, based on the tcltk toolkit 
-  * Website: http://www.day-planner.org+  * Website: http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr
-  * Remarks: //Perl application//+  * Remarks: //Needs to be installed from within R//
  
-==== Sunbird ==== +== RStudio == 
-  * Description: Full-featured and easy to use calendar application, built upon Mozilla Toolkit +  * Description: An intuitive and powerful integrated development environment (IDE) for R 
-  * Website: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/+  * Website: http://www.rstudio.org/
  
-==== StickWiki ==== 
-  * Description: Self-contained desktop wiki 
-  * Website: http://stickwiki.sourceforge.net/ 
-  * Self-modifying XHTML file 
  
-==== TeXmacs ==== +== Recordmydesktop == 
-  * Description: A more-featured text/book writer with hypertext features and an integrated browser mode +  * Description: Very lightweight utility to record your desktop in OGV format 
-  * Website: http://www.texmacs.org +  * Website: http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/index.php
-  * Remarks: Although the name suggests it, neither TeX nor Emacs is required to get it compiled and running. TeXmacs is self-contained but needs guile-gtk for the interface. TeXmacs is in the overworks, and much of the internas (switching to cairo, etc.) and interface will change in the near future.+
  
-==== TiddlyWiki ==== +== Skippy-XD == 
-  * Description: a single html file which has all the characteristics of a wiki +  * Description: Standalone composited Exposé-like window picker for X11 
-  * Website: http://www.tiddlywiki.com/+  * Website: http://code.google.com/p/skippy-xd/
  
-==== Xpdf ==== +== Tasks == 
-  * Description: A basic PDF viewer for X11 +  * Description: simple To Do list application 
-  * Website: http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf+  * Website: http://pimlico-project.org/tasks.html
  
-==== Cabaret Stage  ==== +===== File Managers =====
-  * Description: A JAVA/GTK+ PDF-Editor +
-  * Website: http://www.cabaret-solutions.com/en/downloads +
-  * Remarks: **NON-FREE(only free for non commercial use)**+
  
 +== xfe ==
  
-===== Network Applications =====+  * Description: Super fast, highly configurable dual-panel file manager 
 +  * Website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xfe/ 
 +  * Remarks: To make it dual-panel select: view/two panels
  
-==== Midori ==== +== Tux Commander == 
-  * Description: A lightweight web browser based on WebKit +  * Description: Tux Commander is a windowed file manager with 2 panels side by side similar to popular Total Commander or Midnight Commander file managers. 
-  * Website: http://www.twotoasts.de+  * Website: http://tuxcmd.sourceforge.net/ 
 + 
 +== Rodent == 
 +  * Description: Advanced file manager 
 +  * Website: http://xffm.org/ 
 +  * Remarks: //Formerly Xffm and part of Xfce// 
 + 
 +== Thunar == 
 +  * Description: Modern, fast and intuitive file manager 
 +  * Website: http://www.xfce.org/projects/thunar/
   * Remarks: **Xfce project**   * Remarks: **Xfce project**
  
-==== Postler ==== 
-  * Description: A lean mail reader with an opinionated interface 
-  * Website: https://bugs.launchpad.net/postler 
-  * Remarks: //Discontinued// 
  
-==== Claws Mail ====+== PCManFM == 
 +  * Description: Very similar to thunar, with a more nautilus-like feature set. Lightweight. 
 +  * Website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pcmanfm/ 
 + 
 +== emelFM2 == 
 +  * Description: An "orthodox" two-pane file manager 
 +  * Website: http://emelfm2.net/ 
 + 
 +====== Development ====== 
 +== Diffuse == 
 +  * Description: Graphical tool for merging and comparing text files 
 +  * Website: http://diffuse.sourceforge.net/ 
 + 
 +== Geany == 
 +  * Description: Fast and lightweight IDE 
 +  * Website: http://www.geany.org/ 
 + 
 +== MadEdit == 
 +  * Description: An Open-Source and Cross-Platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ and wxWidgets 
 +  * Website: http://madedit.sourceforge.net/ 
 + 
 +== Heraia == 
 +  * Description: Lightweight HEX-Editor 
 +  * Website: http://heraia.tuxfamily.org/ 
 + 
 +== Medit == 
 +  * Description: Programming text editor 
 +  * Website: http://mooedit.sourceforge.net 
 + 
 +== Meld == 
 +  * Description: Graphical diff and merge tool 
 +  * Website: http://meld.sourceforge.net/ 
 +  * Remark: written in Python (PyGTK) 
 + 
 +== Oxalis == 
 +  * Description: Quick HTML pages creation with templates 
 +  * Website: http://sergejx.mysteria.cz/oxalis/ 
 + 
 +== PIDA == 
 +  * Description: An IDE that uses the tools already available rather than attempting to reinvent each one (embedding vim, using any version control system) 
 +  * Website: http://pida.co.uk/ 
 +  * Remark: written in Python 
 + 
 +== SciTE == 
 +  * Description: A free GTK+-based source code editor 
 +  * Website: http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html 
 + 
 +== vim/gvim == 
 +  * Description: Versatile editor/IDE 
 +  * Website:  http://vim.sf.net 
 + 
 +====== Education ====== 
 + 
 +====== Games ====== 
 + 
 +====== Graphics ====== 
 + 
 +== Ristretto == 
 +  * Description: Image viewer 
 +  * Website: http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/ristretto 
 +  * Remarks: **Xfce project** 
 + 
 +== Viewnior == 
 +  * Description: a fast and simple image viewer similar to Ristretto 
 +  * Website: http://xsisqox.github.com/Viewnior/ 
 + 
 +== Comix == 
 +  * Description: (archived) Image viewer 
 +  * Website: http://comix.sourceforge.net/index.html 
 +  * Remarks: Discontinued, see MComix below 
 + 
 +== MComix == 
 +  * Description: (archived) Image viewer 
 +  * Website: http://mcomix.sourceforge.net/ 
 + 
 +== Dia == 
 +  * Description: A diagramming tool 
 +  * Website: http://live.gnome.org/Dia 
 + 
 +== GImageView == 
 +  * Description: Minimal ACDSee-like image viewer 
 +  * Website: http://gtkmmviewer.sourceforge.net/ 
 + 
 +== Gcolor2 == 
 +  * Description: GTK+2 Color Selector 
 +  * Website: http://gcolor2.sourceforge.net/ 
 + 
 +== Geeqie == 
 +  * Description: Lightweight image viewer. It was forked from GQview. 
 +  * Website: http://geeqie.sourceforge.net/ 
 + 
 +== gtkam == 
 +  * Description: gtkam is the official GTK2 GUI for libgphoto2. Browse you photos from your camera. 
 +  * Website: http://gphoto.sourceforge.net/proj/gtkam/ 
 + 
 +== Gimmage == 
 +  * Description: Minimalistic image viewer 
 +  * Website: http://gimmage.berlios.de 
 + 
 +== Gimp == 
 +  * Description: GNU Image Manipulation Program 
 +  * Website: http://www.gimp.org 
 +  * Remarks: heavie dependencies 
 + 
 +== Pinta == 
 +  * Description: easy to use drawing/editing program. 
 +  * Website: http://pinta-project.com/ 
 +  * Remarks: Mono Application 
 +== gpicview == 
 +  * Description: A Simple and Fast GTK+ Image Viewer 
 +  * Website: http://lxde.sourceforge.net/gpicview 
 + 
 +== mtPaint == 
 +  * Description: Lightweight GtK+2 image manipulation program 
 +  * Website: http://mtpaint.sourceforge.net/ 
 + 
 +== GQview == 
 +  * Description: An image browser for X 
 +  * Website: http://gqview.sourceforge.net 
 +  * Remarks: //Does not currently appear to be under active development// 
 + 
 +== Inkscape == 
 +  * Description: Full featured open source SVG editor 
 +  * Website: http://www.inkscape.org 
 +  * Remarks: //Can pull *some* gnome dependencies Compile yourself to avoid them // 
 + 
 +== Mirage == 
 +  * Description: Image viewer and editor 
 +  * Website: http://mirageiv.berlios.de/ 
 +  * Remarks: //python application// 
 + 
 +====== Internet ====== 
 +== Sylpheed == 
 +  * Description: Slim but fully featured, GTK+ based Email Client (and News Reader) 
 +  * Website: http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en 
 +  *  
 +== Claws Mail ==
   * Description: Email Client, News Reader, Feed Reader, Calendar ...   * Description: Email Client, News Reader, Feed Reader, Calendar ...
   * Website: http://www.claws-mail.org   * Website: http://www.claws-mail.org
   * Remarks: //Formerly known as Sylpheed Claws, can publish calendar data to [[http://www.xfce.org/projects/orage/|Orage]].//   * Remarks: //Formerly known as Sylpheed Claws, can publish calendar data to [[http://www.xfce.org/projects/orage/|Orage]].//
  
-==== Geary  ==== +== Balsa ==
-  * Description: A lightweight, easy-to-use, feature-rich email client +
-  * Website: http://redmine.yorba.org/projects/geary/wiki +
- +
-==== Xchat ==== +
-  * Description: A GTK+-2 based IRC client +
-  * Website: http://www.xchat.org +
- +
-==== Balsa ====+
   * Description: GTK+-based, written in C. Uses a library version of the Mutt mailer as its "engine"   * Description: GTK+-based, written in C. Uses a library version of the Mutt mailer as its "engine"
   * Website: http://pawsa.fedorapeople.org/balsa/   * Website: http://pawsa.fedorapeople.org/balsa/
   * Remarks: depends on gnome-icon-theme, depends on libgtkhtml which needs libgnomeui)   * Remarks: depends on gnome-icon-theme, depends on libgtkhtml which needs libgnomeui)
  
-==== Gajim ==== +== Geary  == 
-  * Description: Full-supported Jabber Client +  * Description: A lightweight, easy-to-use, feature-rich email client 
-  * Website: http://www.gajim.org+  * Website: http://redmine.yorba.org/projects/geary/wiki 
-  * Remarks: //Python application//+ 
 +== Postler == 
 +  * Description: A lean mail reader with an opinionated interface 
 +  * Website: https://bugs.launchpad.net/postler 
 +  * Remarks: //Discontinued//
  
-==== Liferea ====+== Liferea ==
   * Description: A lightweight GTK+ RSS feed reader   * Description: A lightweight GTK+ RSS feed reader
   * Website: http://liferea.sourceforge.net/   * Website: http://liferea.sourceforge.net/
  
-==== Linkage ====+== Linkage ==
   * Description: Lightweight GTK+ Bittorrent client   * Description: Lightweight GTK+ Bittorrent client
   * Website: http://code.google.com/p/linkage/   * Website: http://code.google.com/p/linkage/
   * Remarks: written in C++ using libgtkmm and libtorrent, homepage shows it is not maintained (18 Nov 09)   * Remarks: written in C++ using libgtkmm and libtorrent, homepage shows it is not maintained (18 Nov 09)
  
-==== Deluge ====+== Deluge ==
   * Description: Full-featured, GTK+ native Bittorrent client   * Description: Full-featured, GTK+ native Bittorrent client
   * Website: http://deluge-torrent.org   * Website: http://deluge-torrent.org
-  * Remarks: //python application// +  * Remarks: //python application// - It uses twise as memory as Transmission and has more dependencesUse  Transmission and if it did not satisfy your needsuse this.
- +
-==== Sylpheed ==== +
-  * Description: Slim but fully featured, GTK+ 2.x based Email Client (and News Reader) +
-  * Website: http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en +
-  * Remarks: Can support gnomeif wished+
  
-==== Transmission ====+== Transmission ==
   * Description: fast BitTorrent client with low memory use and lots of features.   * Description: fast BitTorrent client with low memory use and lots of features.
   * Website: http://www.transmissionbt.com   * Website: http://www.transmissionbt.com
   * Remarks: GTK+ application written in C.  The backend can be run as a daemon without a gui.   * Remarks: GTK+ application written in C.  The backend can be run as a daemon without a gui.
  
-==== Uget Download Manager ====+== Uget Download Manager ==
   * Description: download manager written in GTK+, it has many features.   * Description: download manager written in GTK+, it has many features.
   * Website: http://urlget.sourceforge.net/   * Website: http://urlget.sourceforge.net/
  
-==== Pidgin ====+== Pidgin ==
   * Description: An instant messenger client for several protocols   * Description: An instant messenger client for several protocols
   * Website: http://pidgin.im   * Website: http://pidgin.im
   * Remarks: Formerly known as Gaim   * Remarks: Formerly known as Gaim
  
-==== Jitsi ====+== Jitsi ==
   * Description: An audio/video and chat communicator that supports many protocols (SIP, XMPP, etc.)   * Description: An audio/video and chat communicator that supports many protocols (SIP, XMPP, etc.)
   * Website: http://jitsi.org/   * Website: http://jitsi.org/
   * Remarks: Formerly known as SIP Communicator   * Remarks: Formerly known as SIP Communicator
  
-==== Linphone ====+== HexChat == 
 +  * Description: A GTK+-2 based IRC client 
 +  * Website: https://hexchat.github.io/ 
 + 
 +== Gajim == 
 +  * Description: Full-supported Jabber Client 
 +  * Website: http://www.gajim.org/ 
 +  * Remarks: //Python application// 
 + 
 +== Linphone ==
   * Description: A SIP/VoIP softphone with support for voice, video, and text instant messaging   * Description: A SIP/VoIP softphone with support for voice, video, and text instant messaging
   * Website: http://www.linphone.org/   * Website: http://www.linphone.org/
  
-==== Pino ====+== Pino ==
   * Description: A lightweight Twitter-client written in Vala   * Description: A lightweight Twitter-client written in Vala
   * Website: http://pino-app.appspot.com/index   * Website: http://pino-app.appspot.com/index
  
-==== gFTP ====+== gFTP ==
   * Description: Graphical FTP client   * Description: Graphical FTP client
   * Website: http://www.gftp.org   * Website: http://www.gftp.org
  
-==== Grsync ====+== Grsync ==
   * Description: A GUI for rsync   * Description: A GUI for rsync
   * Website: http://www.opbyte.it/grsync/   * Website: http://www.opbyte.it/grsync/
  
-==== IcQnD ====+== IcQnD ==
   * Description: GTK+ 2 GUI for the Licq Instant Messenger   * Description: GTK+ 2 GUI for the Licq Instant Messenger
   * Website: http://icqnd.sourceforge.net   * Website: http://icqnd.sourceforge.net
  
-==== Kazehakase ==== +== pyNeighborhood ==
-  * Description: A GTK+ web browser based on the Webkit or Gecko engine +
-  * Website: http://kazehakase.sourceforge.jp +
- +
-==== Dillo ==== +
-  * Description: web-browser that is only 420 kilobytes in size and is based on GTK1 libraries, it is very fast however provides limited functionality. +
-  * Website: http://www.dillo.org/ +
-  * Remarks: // viewed at: http://linuxondesktop.blogspot.com/2007/03/13-applications-to-install-on-ubuntu.html // +
- +
-==== pyNeighborhood ====+
   * Description: A smbfs(samba) frontend, a GTK+ 2 rewrite of LinNeighborhood.   * Description: A smbfs(samba) frontend, a GTK+ 2 rewrite of LinNeighborhood.
   * Website: http://pyneighborhood.sourceforge.net   * Website: http://pyneighborhood.sourceforge.net
   * Remarks: //python application//   * Remarks: //python application//
  
-==== SpiderOak ====+== SpiderOak ==
   * Description: A secure and free cross-platform online backup, sync and storage solution   * Description: A secure and free cross-platform online backup, sync and storage solution
   * Website: https://spideroak.com/   * Website: https://spideroak.com/
  
-==== Yarssr ====+== Yarssr ==
   * Description: Yet Another RSS Reader that displays its results in the notification area   * Description: Yet Another RSS Reader that displays its results in the notification area
   * Website: http://yarssr.sourceforge.net/   * Website: http://yarssr.sourceforge.net/
   * Remark: //PERL application//   * Remark: //PERL application//
 +===== Web Browser =====
 +== Midori ==
 +  * Description: A lightweight web browser based on WebKit
 +  * Website: http://www.twotoasts.de
 +  * Remarks: **Xfce project**
  
-==== Chromium ====+== xombrero == 
 +  * Description: A minimalist web browser with sophisticated security features designed-in 
 +  * Website: https://opensource.conformal.com/wiki/xombrero 
 + 
 +== Kazehakase == 
 +  * Description: A GTK+ web browser based on the Webkit or Gecko engine 
 +  * Website: http://kazehakase.sourceforge.jp 
 + 
 +== Dillo == 
 +  * Description: web-browser that is only 420 kilobytes in size and is based on GTK1 libraries, it is very fast however provides limited functionality. 
 +  * Website: http://www.dillo.org/ 
 +  * Remarks: // viewed at: http://linuxondesktop.blogspot.com/2007/03/13-applications-to-install-on-ubuntu.html // 
 + 
 +== Chromium ==
   * Description: lightweight & fast WebKit-based Webbrowser   * Description: lightweight & fast WebKit-based Webbrowser
   * Website: http://code.google.com/chromium/   * Website: http://code.google.com/chromium/
 +  * Remarks: Although it's fast at the beginning, it gets slow after a while.
 +
 +
 +====== Multimedia ======
  
 +===== Playback =====
  
-===== Multimedia: Playback (GStreamer) =====+=== GStreamer ===
  
-==== GStreamer ====+== GStreamer ==
   * Description: multimedia framework   * Description: multimedia framework
   * Website: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/   * Website: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
-  * Remarks: many frontends.+  * Remarks: many frontends, codecs come in packages they can not be installed independent
  
-==== Parole ====+== Parole ==
   * Description: Media player based on GStreamer   * Description: Media player based on GStreamer
   * Website: http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/parole   * Website: http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/parole
   * Remarks: **Xfce Project**   * Remarks: **Xfce Project**
  
-==== Pragha ====+== Pragha ==
   * Description: lightweight GTK+ music manager/player   * Description: lightweight GTK+ music manager/player
   * Website: http://pragha.wikispaces.com/   * Website: http://pragha.wikispaces.com/
  
-==== Foobnix ====+== Snappy == 
 +  * Description: Video player based on clutter and GStreamer 
 +  * Website: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Snappy 
 + 
 +== Foobnix ==
   * Description: Media player based on GStreamer   * Description: Media player based on GStreamer
   * Website: http://foobnix.appspot.com/news/eng   * Website: http://foobnix.appspot.com/news/eng
   * Remarks: //python application//   * Remarks: //python application//
-==== Exaile ====+ 
 +== Exaile ==
   * Description: GTK+ media player aiming to be similar to KDE's Amarok   * Description: GTK+ media player aiming to be similar to KDE's Amarok
   * Website: http://www.exaile.org   * Website: http://www.exaile.org
   * Remarks: //python application//   * Remarks: //python application//
  
-==== Mesk ====+== Mesk ==
   * Description: Audio player based on GStreamer   * Description: Audio player based on GStreamer
   * Website: http://mesk.nicfit.net   * Website: http://mesk.nicfit.net
   * Remarks: //python application//   * Remarks: //python application//
  
-==== XNOISE ====+== XNOISE ==
   * Description: XNOISE is a media player for Gtk+ with a slick GUI, great speed and lots of features.   * Description: XNOISE is a media player for Gtk+ with a slick GUI, great speed and lots of features.
   * Website: http://code.google.com/p/xnoise/   * Website: http://code.google.com/p/xnoise/
  
-==== Quod Libet ====+== Quod Libet ==
   * Description: GTK+ audio only player   * Description: GTK+ audio only player
   * Website: http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet   * Website: http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet
   * Remarks: //python application//   * Remarks: //python application//
  
-===== Multimedia: Playback (Xine) =====+=== Xine ===
  
-==== xine ====+== xine ==
   * Description: multimedia playback engine   * Description: multimedia playback engine
   * Website: http://www.xine-project.org   * Website: http://www.xine-project.org
   * Remarks: comes with a frontend(xine-ui)   * Remarks: comes with a frontend(xine-ui)
  
-==== Xfmedia ====+== Xfmedia ==
   * Description: The Xfce media player   * Description: The Xfce media player
   * Website: http://spuriousinterrupt.org/projects/xfmedia   * Website: http://spuriousinterrupt.org/projects/xfmedia
   * Remarks: **Xfce project** obsolete   * Remarks: **Xfce project** obsolete
  
-==== Goggles Music Manager ====+== Goggles Music Manager ==
   * Description: Light weight music manager and player.    * Description: Light weight music manager and player. 
   * Website: http://code.google.com/p/gogglesmm/   * Website: http://code.google.com/p/gogglesmm/
   * Remarks: //Based on the FOX toolkit, xine for audio and sqlite3 as the database backend.//   * Remarks: //Based on the FOX toolkit, xine for audio and sqlite3 as the database backend.//
  
-==== gxine ====+== gxine ==
   * Description: GTK+ media player   * Description: GTK+ media player
   * Website: http://www.xine-project.org   * Website: http://www.xine-project.org
  
-===== Multimedia: Playback (MPlayer) =====+=== MPlayer ===
  
-==== MPlayer ====+== MPlayer ==
   * Description: media player   * Description: media player
   * Website: http://www.mplayerhq.hu   * Website: http://www.mplayerhq.hu
   * Remarks: comes with a GTK+ frontend(gmplayer)   * Remarks: comes with a GTK+ frontend(gmplayer)
  
-==== Gnome-MPlayer ====+== Gnome-MPlayer ==
   * Description: Gnome MPlayer is a simple GUI for MPlayer. It is intended to be a nice tight player and provide a simple and clean interface to MPlayer.   * Description: Gnome MPlayer is a simple GUI for MPlayer. It is intended to be a nice tight player and provide a simple and clean interface to MPlayer.
   * Dependencies: The main dependency is on GTK2, GLIB2 and DBUS.   * Dependencies: The main dependency is on GTK2, GLIB2 and DBUS.
   * Website: http://code.google.com/p/gnome-mplayer/   * Website: http://code.google.com/p/gnome-mplayer/
  
-===== Multimedia: Playback (MPD) =====+=== MPD ===
  
-==== MPD ====+== MPD ==
   * Description: runs in the background playing music from its playlist.   * Description: runs in the background playing music from its playlist.
   * Website: http://mpd.wikia.com   * Website: http://mpd.wikia.com
   * Remarks: Has many front ends   * Remarks: Has many front ends
  
-==== Xfmpc ====+== Xfmpc ==
   * Description: Graphical GTK+ MPD client (Music Player Daemon)   * Description: Graphical GTK+ MPD client (Music Player Daemon)
   * Website: http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfmpc   * Website: http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfmpc
   * Remarks: **Xfce project**   * Remarks: **Xfce project**
  
-==== Ario ====+== Ario ==
   * Description: A GTK client for MPD inspired by Rhythmbox but much lighter and faster.   * Description: A GTK client for MPD inspired by Rhythmbox but much lighter and faster.
   * Website: http://ario-player.sourceforge.net/   * Website: http://ario-player.sourceforge.net/
  
-==== Gimmix ====+== Gimmix ==
   * Description: GTK+ MPD client   * Description: GTK+ MPD client
   * Website: http://gimmix.berlios.de   * Website: http://gimmix.berlios.de
  
-==== Sonata ====+== Sonata ==
   * Description: Elegant GTK+ MPD client   * Description: Elegant GTK+ MPD client
   * Website: http://sonata.berlios.de   * Website: http://sonata.berlios.de
   * Remarks: //python application//   * Remarks: //python application//
  
-===== Multimedia: Playback (XMMS 2) =====+=== XMMS 2 ===
  
-==== XMMS 2 ====+== XMMS 2 ==
   * Description: runs in the background playing music from its playlist.   * Description: runs in the background playing music from its playlist.
   * Website: http://xmms2.org   * Website: http://xmms2.org
   * Remarks: Has many front ends   * Remarks: Has many front ends
  
-==== Abraca ====+== Abraca ==
   * Description: GTK+ XMMS2 client   * Description: GTK+ XMMS2 client
   * Website: http://abraca.xmms.se/   * Website: http://abraca.xmms.se/
  
-===== Multimedia: Playback =====+=== Other ===
  
-==== Audacious ====+== Audacious ==
   * Description: A fork and rewrite of Beep Media Player   * Description: A fork and rewrite of Beep Media Player
   * Website: http://audacious-media-player.org   * Website: http://audacious-media-player.org
-  * Remarks: comes with a GTK+ UI+  * Remarks: comes with a GTK+, Qt, Winamp 2.x skin support
  
-==== Aqualung ====+== Aqualung ==
   * Description: Cross-platform music player with gapless playback & LADSPA plugins   * Description: Cross-platform music player with gapless playback & LADSPA plugins
   * Website: http://aqualung.factorial.hu/   * Website: http://aqualung.factorial.hu/
  
-==== DeaDBeeF ==== +== cmus == 
-  * Description: Ultimate Music Player For GNU/Linux+  * Description: Super powerful, super easy, super light-weight music player 
 +  * Website: https://cmus.github.io/ 
 +  * Remarks: It's a cli music-player but easier than any gui one I've ever worked with. Spend 5 minutes reading [[https://github.com/cmus/cmus/blob/master/Doc/cmus-tutorial.txt|this tutorial]] and you'll never use other music-player. 
 + 
 +== DeaDBeeF == 
 +  * Description: A very lightweight plugin based GTK2 or GTK3 music player
   * Website: http://deadbeef.sourceforge.net/   * Website: http://deadbeef.sourceforge.net/
-  * Remark: It has Foobar-like interface+  * Remark: Fully customizable interface, massive file format support even without big frameworks like GStreamer
  
-==== Potamus ====+== Potamus ==
   * Description: Lightweight audio player with a simple interface and an emphasis on high audio quality   * Description: Lightweight audio player with a simple interface and an emphasis on high audio quality
   * Website: http://offog.org/code/potamus.html   * Website: http://offog.org/code/potamus.html
  
-==== VLC media player ====+== VLC media player ==
   * Description: A media player supporting a large number of multimedia formats   * Description: A media player supporting a large number of multimedia formats
   * Website: http://www.videolan.org   * Website: http://www.videolan.org
-  * Remarks: Qt4+  * Remarks: Qt 
 + 
 +== mpv == 
 +  * Description: mpv is a fork of mplayer2 and MPlayer. It shares some features with the former projects while introducing many more. 
 +  * Website: http://mpv.io 
 +  * Remarks: Qt 
 + 
 +== bomi == 
 +  * Description: bomi is a graphical user interface(GUI) player based on mpv. 
 +  * Website: https://bomi-player.github.io 
 +  * Remarks: Qt 
 +== Qmmp == 
 +  * Description: A lightweight audioplayer but it can also play videos via mplayer 
 +  * Website: http://qmmp.ylsoftware.com 
 +  * Remarks: Qt, Winamp Classic Skins 
 +== KISS Player == 
 +  * Description: A simple, cross-platform and lightweight music player 
 +  * Website: http://sf.net/p/kissplayer/ 
 +  * Remarks: FLTK and FMOD 
 + 
 +== Yarock == 
 +  * Description: Yarock is Modern Music Player designed to provide an easy and pretty music collection browser based on cover art 
 +  * Website: https://launchpad.net/yarock 
 +  * Remarks: Qt
  
  
-===== Multimedia: Ripping Tools =====+===== Ripping Tools =====
  
-==== Asunder ====+== Asunder ==
   * Description: A simple GTK+-2 CD ripper and encoder   * Description: A simple GTK+-2 CD ripper and encoder
   * Website: http://littlesvr.ca/asunder/   * Website: http://littlesvr.ca/asunder/
  
-==== xfburn ====+== xfburn ==
   * Description: An easy to use CD/DVD burning program. Supports images and data discs so far.   * Description: An easy to use CD/DVD burning program. Supports images and data discs so far.
   * Website: http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfburn   * Website: http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfburn
   * Remarks: **Xfce project**   * Remarks: **Xfce project**
  
-==== Bombono DVD ====+== Bombono DVD ==
   * Description: DVD authoring program   * Description: DVD authoring program
   * Website: http://www.bombono.org/, http://sf.net/projects/bombono/   * Website: http://www.bombono.org/, http://sf.net/projects/bombono/
  
-==== EasyTAG ====+== EasyTAG ==
   * Description: GTK+ utility for editing MP2, MP3, MP4, FLAC, Ogg and other media tags   * Description: GTK+ utility for editing MP2, MP3, MP4, FLAC, Ogg and other media tags
   * Website: http://easytag.sourceforge.net   * Website: http://easytag.sourceforge.net
  
-==== Gaupol ====+== Gaupol ==
   * Description: Editor for text-based subtitle files   * Description: Editor for text-based subtitle files
   * Website: http://home.gna.org/gaupol/   * Website: http://home.gna.org/gaupol/
  
-==== Gpodder ====+== Gpodder ==
   * Description: Podcast manager that syncs with portable audio devices    * Description: Podcast manager that syncs with portable audio devices 
   * Website: http://gpodder.berlios.de   * Website: http://gpodder.berlios.de
   * Remarks: //python application//   * Remarks: //python application//
  
-==== Graveman! ====+== Graveman! ==
   * Description: Graveman! is a GTK+ frontend for cdrecord, mkisofs, readcd, sox, flac, dvd+rw-format/dvd+rw-tools and cdrdao    * Description: Graveman! is a GTK+ frontend for cdrecord, mkisofs, readcd, sox, flac, dvd+rw-format/dvd+rw-tools and cdrdao 
   * Website: http://graveman.tuxfamily.org   * Website: http://graveman.tuxfamily.org
  
-==== Tagtool ====+== Tagtool ==
   * Description: A program to edit ID3 tags   * Description: A program to edit ID3 tags
-  * Website: http://pwp.netcabo.pt/paol/tagtool/+  * Website: <del>http://pwp.netcabo.pt/paol/tagtool/</del>  Invalid Link
  
-==== HandBrake ====+== HandBrake ==
   * Description: Multithreaded video transcoder   * Description: Multithreaded video transcoder
   * Website: http://handbrake.fr/   * Website: http://handbrake.fr/
  
-==== Thoggen ====+== Thoggen ==
   * Description: Simple and beautiful DVD ripping based on GStreamer and GTK+   * Description: Simple and beautiful DVD ripping based on GStreamer and GTK+
   * Website: http://thoggen.net/   * Website: http://thoggen.net/
-==== Transcoder ====+== Transcoder ==
   * Description: Simple video converter based on ffmpeg   * Description: Simple video converter based on ffmpeg
   * Website: http://transcoder84.sourceforge.net/   * Website: http://transcoder84.sourceforge.net/
-==== Transcoder Audio Edition ====+== Transcoder Audio Edition ==
   * Description: Simple audio converter based on ffmpeg   * Description: Simple audio converter based on ffmpeg
   * Website: http://transcoderae84.sourceforge.net/   * Website: http://transcoderae84.sourceforge.net/
  
-==== mhWaveEdit ====+== mhWaveEdit ==
   * Description: Program for playing, editing, and recording sound files   * Description: Program for playing, editing, and recording sound files
   * Website: http://gna.org/projects/mhwaveedit   * Website: http://gna.org/projects/mhwaveedit
  
-===== Multimedia: Misc ===== +===== Misc ===== 
-==== Imagination ====+== Imagination ==
   * Description: A lightweight and simple DVD and video slide-show maker    * Description: A lightweight and simple DVD and video slide-show maker 
   * Website: http://imagination.sourceforge.net/   * Website: http://imagination.sourceforge.net/
  
-===== Graphic/Photo Applications =====+====== Office ======
  
-==== Ristretto ==== +== Xfce4 Dictionary == 
-  * Description: Image viewer +  * Description: A dictionary, spelling checker and speed reader application 
-  * Website: http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/ristretto+  * Website: http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict
   * Remarks: **Xfce project**   * Remarks: **Xfce project**
  
-==== Viewnior ==== +== Orage == 
-  * Description: a fast and simple image viewer similar to Ristretto +  * Description: Modern calendar application 
-  * Website: http://xsisqox.github.com/Viewnior/ +  * Website: http://www.kolumbus.fi/~w408237/orage
-==== Comix ==== +  * Remarks: **Xfce Project**
-  * Description(archived) Image viewer +
-  Website: http://comix.sourceforge.net/index.html +
-  Remarks: Discontinued, see MComix below+
  
 +== Abiword ==
 +  * Description: A full-featured, yet light and fast word processor
 +  * Website: http://www.abisource.com
 +  * Remarks: //Can pull *some* gnome dependencies (printing is based on libgnomeprint, for example.) Compile yourself to avoid them //
  
-==== MComix ==== +== Zathura == 
-  * Description: (archived) Image viewer +  * Description: minimalistic document viewer, that mainly focuses on keyboard interaction. 
-  * Website: http://mcomix.sourceforge.net/ +  * Website: http://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/
-==== Dia ==== +
-  * Description: A diagramming tool +
-  * Website: http://live.gnome.org/Dia+
  
-==== GImageView ==== +== MuPDF == 
-  * Description: Minimal ACDSee-like image viewer +  * Description: a lightweight PDF and XPS viewer 
-  * Website: http://gtkmmviewer.sourceforge.net/+  * Website: http://www.mupdf.com/
  
-==== Gcolor2 ==== +== Gnumeric == 
-  * Description: GTK+2 Color Selector +  * Description: Spreadsheet application 
-  * Website: http://gcolor2.sourceforge.net/+  * Website: http://www.gnumeric.org 
 +  * Remarks: //Can pull *some* gnome dependencies (printing is based on libgnomeprint and mandatory, for example.) Compile yourself to avoid them //
  
-==== Geeqie ==== +== LyX == 
-  * Description: Lightweight image viewer. It was forked from GQview. +  * Description: Document Processor, an almost-WYSIWYG frontend to LaTeX 
-  * Website: http://geeqie.sourceforge.net/+  * Website: http://www.lyx.org/ 
 +  
 +== RedNotebook == 
 +  * Description: Graphical diary and journal helping you keep track of notes and thoughts 
 +  * Website: http://rednotebook.sourceforge.net/
  
-==== gtkam ==== +== Zim == 
-  * Description: gtkam is the official GTK2 GUI for libgphoto2. Browse you photos from your camera. +  * Description: A desktop wiki and outliner 
-  * Website: http://gphoto.sourceforge.net/proj/gtkam/+  * Website: http://zim-wiki.org/ 
 +  * Remarks: //Python application//
  
-==== Gimmage ==== +== Notecase == 
-  * Description: Minimalistic image viewer +  * Description: Hierarchical note manager (aka. outliner) 
-  * Website: http://gimmage.berlios.de+  * Website: http://notecase.sourceforge.net/ 
 +  * Remarks: **Notecase discontinued. NotecasePro is not Free Software**
  
-==== Gimp ==== +== Osmo == 
-  * Description: GNU Image Manipulation Program +  * Description: Personal organizer that includes calendar, task manager and address book 
-  * Website: http://www.gimp.org+  * Website: http://clayo.org/osmo/
  
-==== gpicview ==== +== Dayplanner == 
-  * Description: A Simple and Fast GTK+ Image Viewer +  * Description: Calendar with reminder and scheduled alarms 
-  * Website: http://lxde.sourceforge.net/gpicview+  * Website: http://www.day-planner.org/ 
 +  * Remarks: //Perl application//
  
-==== mtPaint ==== +== Sunbird == 
-  * Description: Lightweight GtK+2 image manipulation program +  * Description: Full-featured and easy to use calendar application, built upon Mozilla Toolkit 
-  * Website: http://mtpaint.sourceforge.net/+  * Website: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/
  
-==== GQview ==== +== StickWiki == 
-  * Description: An image browser for X +  * Description: Self-contained desktop wiki 
-  * Website: http://gqview.sourceforge.net +  * Website: http://stickwiki.sourceforge.net/ 
-  * Remarks: //Does not currently appear to be under active development// +  * Self-modifying XHTML file
-==== Inkscape ==== +
-  * Description: Full featured open source SVG editor +
-  * Website: http://www.inkscape.org+
  
-==== Mirage ==== +== TeXmacs == 
-  * Description: Image viewer and editor +  * Description: A more-featured text/book writer with hypertext features and an integrated browser mode 
-  * Website: http://mirageiv.berlios.de/ +  * Website: http://www.texmacs.org 
-  * Remarks: //python application//+  * Remarks: Although the name suggests it, neither TeX nor Emacs is required to get it compiled and running. TeXmacs is self-contained but needs guile-gtk for the interface. TeXmacs is in the overworks, and much of the internas (switching to cairo, etc.) and interface will change in the near future.
  
 +== TiddlyWiki ==
 +  * Description: a single html file which has all the characteristics of a wiki
 +  * Website: http://www.tiddlywiki.com/
  
-===== Development Applications ===== +== Xpdf == 
-==== Diffuse ==== +  * Description: A basic PDF viewer for X11 
-  * Description: Graphical tool for merging and comparing text files +  * Website: http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf
-  * Website: http://diffuse.sourceforge.net/+
  
-==== Geany ==== +== Cabaret Stage  == 
-  * Description: Fast and lightweight IDE +  * Description: A JAVA/GTK+ PDF-Editor 
-  * Website: http://www.geany.org/+  * Website: http://www.cabaret-solutions.com/en/downloads 
 +  * Remarks: **NON-FREE(only free for non commercial use)**
  
-==== MadEdit ==== +====== System ======
-  * Description: An Open-Source and Cross-Platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ and wxWidgets +
-  * Website: http://madedit.sourceforge.net/ +
-==== Heraia ==== +
-  * Description: Lightweight HEX-Editor +
-  * Website: http://heraia.tuxfamily.org/+
  
-==== Medit ==== +== Terminal == 
-  * Description: Programming text editor +  * Description: Vte based/gtk+-2 lightweight X-terminal 
-  * Website: http://mooedit.sourceforge.net +  * Website: http://docs.xfce.org/apps/terminal/start
- +
-==== Meld ==== +
-  * Description: Graphical diff and merge tool +
-  * Website: http://meld.sourceforge.net/ +
-  * Remark: written in Python (PyGTK) +
- +
-==== Oxalis ==== +
-  * Description: Quick HTML pages creation with templates +
-  * Website: http://sergejx.mysteria.cz/oxalis/ +
- +
-==== PIDA ==== +
-  * Description: An IDE that uses the tools already available rather than attempting to reinvent each one (embedding vim, using any version control system) +
-  * Website: http://pida.co.uk/ +
-  * Remark: written in Python +
- +
-==== SciTE ==== +
-  * Description: A free GTK+-based source code editor +
-  * Website: http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html +
- +
-==== vim/gvim ==== +
-  * Description: Versatile editor/IDE +
-  * Website:  http://vim.sf.net +
- +
- +
-===== Accessories ===== +
- +
-==== Mousepad ==== +
-  * Description: Lighweight text editor for Xfce +
-  * Website: http://www.xfce.org/projects/mousepad/+
   * Remarks: **Xfce project**   * Remarks: **Xfce project**
 +  * drop down is now part of the default terminal
 +== xfce4-xkb-plugin ==
 +  * Description: Keyboard layout indicator and switcher
 +  * Website: http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-xkb-plugin
  
-==== Squeeze ==== +== HardInfo == 
-  * Description: An archive manager for Xfce +  * Description: GTK+2 System information and benchmark tool 
-  * Website: http://squeeze.xfce.org/ +  * Website: http://hardinfo.berlios.de/HomePage
-  * Remarks: **Xfce project** +
  
-==== Thunar ==== +== Keyboard Status Monitor (key-mon) == 
-  * Description: Modern, fast and intuitive file manager +  * Description: Utility to show live keyboard and mouse status for teaching and screencasts 
-  * Website: http://www.xfce.org/projects/thunar/ +  * Website: http://code.google.com/p/key-mon/
-  * Remarks: **Xfce project**+
  
-==== Leafpad ==== +== xfce-polkit == 
-  * Description : Lightweight editor +  * Description: A minimal policykit authentication agent. 
-  * Website: http://tarot.freeshell.org/leafpad/ +  * Website: https://github.com/ncopa/xfce-polkit
-  * Remarks: An alternative editor for Mousepad+
  
-==== Xarchiver ==== +== LightDM == 
-  * Description: Simple archive manager +  * Description: A lightweight display manager 
-  * Website: http://xarchiver.sourceforge.net/+  * Website: https://launchpad.net/lightdm 
 +  * Remarks: not really lightweight on dependencies 
  
-==== File-Roller ==== +== Meta Tracker == 
-  * Description: Full featured archive manager +  * Description: Tool designed to extract information and metadata about your personal data so that it can be searched easily and quickly 
-  * Website: http://fileroller.sourceforge.net+  * Website: http://www.gnome.org/projects/tracker
-  * Remarks: <del>//Has no dependencies on Gnome libraries//</del> Now depends on Nautilus+  * Remarks: //The daemon does not require Gnome dependencies. To perform the searches, use a tool like catfish. (viewed at: http://linuxondesktop.blogspot.com/2007/03/13-applications-to-install-on-ubuntu.html)//
  
-==== Cairo-Dock ==== +== Wicd == 
-  * Description:light, eye-candy, fully themable, MacOSX-like animated dock for any Linux desktop +  * Description:wired and wireless network manager which aims to provide a simple interface to connect to networks with a wide variety of settings
-  * Website: http://developer.berlios.de/projects/cairo-dock/ +  * Website: http://wicd.sourceforge.net/
-  * Remarks: Some plugins have many dependencies, needs composite extension +
- +
-==== Catfish ==== +
-  * Description: GTK+ desktop search frontend +
-  * Website: http://software.twotoasts.de/?page=catfish+
   * Remarks: //python application//   * Remarks: //python application//
  
-==== Deducer ==== +== ConnMan == 
-  * Description: An intuitive, cross-platform graphical data analysis system +  * Description: ConnMan is a daemon for managing Internet connections within embedded device and integrates a vast range of communication features usually split between many daemons such as DHCP, DNS and NTP. The result of this consolidation is low memory consumption with a fast, coherent, synchronized reaction to changing network conditions. 
-  * Website: http://www.deducer.org/manual.html +  * Website: https://01.org/connman 
-  * Remarks: //A free easy to use alternative to proprietary software such as SPSS, JMP, and MinitabIt is based on JGR and shouldgenerallyto be installed from with-in R//+  * ConnMan-UI-gtk: https://github.com/tbursztyka/connman-ui 
 +  * connman-ncurses: https://github.com/eurogiciel-oss/connman-json-client 
 +  * connman-dmenu: https://github.com/march-linux/connman_dmenu 
 +== Ceni == 
 +  * Description: A Curses user interface for configuring network interfaces with ifupdown. 
 +  * Manual: http://manual.siduction.org/en/inet-ceni-en.htm 
 +  * Source: http://chili.siduction.org/projects/siduction/wiki/Ceni 
 +== Wpa_supplicant == 
 +  * Description: wired and wireless network manager which provides connections to networks with a wide variety of settings. 
 +  * Manpage: http://linux.die.net/man/5/wpa_supplicant.conf 
 +  * Remarks: //Installed as a dependency by most other network managers (e.g., Wicd)however can be used directly in roaming mode and via gui interface using wpa-gui//
  
-==== Ding ==== +== Font-manager == 
-  * Description: An Tk-based offline/desktop dictionary lookup program for X11/Linux, Unix, which contains a German-English dictionary and works with multiple databases/text files +  * Description: GTK+2 font-manager written in python 
-  * Website: http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~fri/ding/+  * Website: http://code.google.com/p/font-manager/
  
-==== emelFM2 ==== +== BUM Boot-Up-Manager == 
-  * Description: An "orthodox" two-pane file manager +  * Description: A GTK+ Runlevel-Editor 
-  * Website: http://emelfm2.net/+  * Website: http://www.marzocca.net/linux/bum.html 
 +  * Remarks: Debian-like System
  
-==== Galculator ==== +== X-tile == 
-  * Description: GTK+ based calculator +  * Description: Tile windows in different ways 
-  * Website: http://galculator.sourceforge.net+  * http://www.giuspen.com/x-tile/
  
-==== Google Gadgets ==== +====== Other ======
-  * Description: GTK+ or Qt4 based Widget-Engine +
-  * Website: http://code.google.com/p/google-gadgets-for-linux/+
  
-==== GPA ==== 
-  * Description: GNU Privacy Assistant is a graphical frontend for the GNU Privacy Guard (gpg) 
-  * Website: http://www.gnupg.org 
- 
-==== GPeriodic ==== 
-  * Description: Comprehensive periodic table of elements 
-  * Website: http://gperiodic.seul.org/ 
- 
-==== GtkHash ==== 
-  * Description: Utility for computing message digests or checksums 
-  * Website: http://gtkhash.sourceforge.net/ 
- 
-==== JGR ==== 
-  * Description: A unified GUI for the R programming language, based on Java 
-  * Website: http://cran.at.r-project.org/web/packages/JGR/index.html 
- 
-==== gfa ==== 
-  * Description: Small and fast address book 
-  * Website: http://gfa.sourceforge.net 
- 
-==== Figaro's Password Manager 2 (fpm2) ==== 
-  * Description: GTK+2 password manager tool 
-  * Website: http://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/ 
- 
-==== OpenDict ==== 
-  * Description: Computer dictionary for several dictionary formats 
-  * Website: http://opendict.idiles.com 
-  * Remarks: //wxPython application// 
- 
-==== Qalculate! ==== 
-  * Description: Multi-purpose desktop calculator 
-  * Website: http://qalculate.sourceforge.net/ 
- 
-==== PasswordMaker Java Edition ==== 
-  * Description: A Java-based cross-platform solution to create unique, secure passwords compatible with PasswordMaker.org 
-  * Website: http://code.google.com/p/passwordmaker-je/ 
- 
-==== R Commander ==== 
-  * Description: A basic-statistics GUI for the R programming language, based on the tcltk toolkit 
-  * Website: http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr/ 
-  * Remarks: //Needs to be installed from within R// 
- 
-==== RStudio ==== 
-  * Description: An intuitive and powerful integrated development environment (IDE) for R 
-  * Website: http://www.rstudio.org/ 
- 
- 
-==== Recordmydesktop ==== 
-  * Description: Very lightweight utility to record your desktop in OGV format 
-  * Website: http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/index.php 
- 
-==== Rodent ==== 
-  * Description: Advanced file manager 
-  * Website: http://xffm.org/ 
-  * Remarks: //Formerly Xffm and part of Xfce// 
- 
-==== Skippy-XD ==== 
-  * Description: Standalone composited Exposé-like window picker for X11 
-  * Website: http://code.google.com/p/skippy-xd/ 
- 
-==== Tasks ==== 
-  * Description: simple To Do list application 
-  * Website: http://pimlico-project.org/tasks.html 
- 
-==== Tux Commander ==== 
-  * Description: Tux Commander is a windowed file manager with 2 panels side by side similar to popular Total Commander or Midnight Commander file managers. 
-  * Website: http://tuxcmd.sourceforge.net/