I personally I'm a huge fan of Amarokmintero wrote:Which apps are the best ones in your opinion?
http://amarok.kde.org
Killer Apps for Linux
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Re: Killer Apps for Linux
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Is there something like Amarok but for video files ... sort of an Amarok that can handle videos too? Other "killer apps" coming to my mind:clem wrote:Same here. IMHO, Amarok is by far the most impressive killer-app under Linux.
* MPlayer: plays just about everything. Killer.
* VLC: same as above; depends on your taste which one you prefer
* TVtime: the best TV app I know!
* k3b: this is by far the best burning app; with plugins such as "emovix" you can even create bootable DVD's that will auto-boot and auto-play any movies stored on it! This is totally *killer* as it allows me to distribute holiday videos and videos of my baby-daughter amongst my not-so-tech-savvy relatives living far away in distant countries. All they need to do is to pop-in the DVD into a computer, the rest is done automagically for them!
* OpenOffice: Free office suite for free people
It's ability to export to PDF on the fly is why I consider this being a *killer* app, it allows me to create professionally looking documents and share it with my coworkers; PDF will make sure it gets displayed on their screens exactly as I intended.* GIMP: for the creative amongst us; can be vastly expanded with tons of plugins that are floating around on the web ... And you can't beat the price: free!
* Kopete: knows about almost every important chat protocol. Killer!
* VirtualBox: free virtualisation app, better than VMware but open source. Killer!
* Cedega: for the gamers amongst us. Not free, though.
* CrossOver office: Same as above. Not free but still pretty close to "killer".
What I --and probably many million others too-- am really looking for would be a "killer" server app to replace Microsoft Exchange with. "Evolution" as a client is very buggy and prone to crashes IMHO and thus does not (yet?) deserve the title of being a "killer app". And the server apps I have seen so far did not yet really convince me that Microsoft's Exchange will be replaced any time soon in most of the companies who use it.
Any suggestions in this category?
Isn't that just a player? What I am missing is something like a video player which can handle collections of video files, display the context, show Wikipedia entries, handle various collections on the fly, link up with video streams (just as Amarok can link you up with web radio stations), and so on.mintero wrote:scorp123 wrote: Is there something like Amarok but for video files ... sort of an Amarok that can handle videos too?
gxine (+gxineplugin)
I know all of them ... "kolab" and "zimbra" are probably the most promising ones but I don't think you could convince a M$ Exchange shop to drop that M$ crap and use something like "kolab" instead ..
Doesn't that one only handle remote streams? Maybe I should take a look again ...mintero wrote: Democracy player?
Yeah, you see??mintero wrote: Well, it's difficult but with Zimbra maybe....it is featureful tool (email, shared calendars, contacts and files, Jabber, WebUI and WebAdminUI, antivirus, antispam etc) But it is very heavy, almost a linux CD...