====== Recommended Linux software ======

===== Desktop =====

^Task                         ^Recommended       ^Runners-up             ^
|Word processing              |Openoffice write |MS Office under vmware |
|Spreadsheet                  |Openoffice calc  |                       |
|Presentation                 |Latex Beamer     |Openoffice impress     |
|Mathematics                  |Maxima, Sage     |Maple                  |
|Statistics                   |SPSS             |R, Rcmdr               |
|Scientific Wordprocessing    |LateX            |                       |
|Mail                         |Thunderbird      |                       |
|Calendar                     |Lightning        |                       |
|Browser                      |Thunderbird      |Chromeium              |
|Virtualisation               |VMware           |                       |


===== Server =====
^Task                         ^ Recommended     ^ Runner-up             ^
|Lan server base OS           |Ubuntu Server    |                       |
|Web server base OS           |Debian           |                       |
|Mailserver                   |Postfix          |                       |
|Webserver                    |Apache           |                       |

===== Software development =====
^Task                         ^Software      ^ Runner up                    ^
|RAD                          |lazarus| MS C# visual studio 2008|
|Programming editor           |vim/gvim w/ snipmate | |
|General purpose IDE          |eclipse| |
|File comparison              |meld| |


{{tag>}}

~~LINKBACK~~
~~DISCUSSION~~