Tour of Xfce Software ("I Need a Program That Does This")
Table of Contents
- Office Applications
- Image Editor
- Image Viewers
- PDF Readers
- E-Readers
- RSS Reader
- Scanners
- Multimedia Players
- Multimedia Ripping and Conversion
- Desktop Recording and Screen Capture Tools
- Sound and Video Editing
- Internet
- Audiovisual Communication
- Chat Applications
- Torrent Client
- System Applications
One of the core aims of the Korora Project is to provide an out-of-box Linux experience that can take care of the average's users daily needs with entirely free software. To save you the trouble of digging through every preinstalled application, we have compiled a list of the prepackaged applications within each version of Korora that fulfill a specific purpose. This will hopefully save you some trouble from immediately downloading more software when the right tool may already be installed.
Xfce largely uses GNOME apps among its inventory of preinstalled applications. However, a handful of Xfce-specific applications are used as well, such as Xfce's in-house image viewer, ristretto.
On top of this, there are additional packages added by Korora.
Office Applications
PURPOSE: I Need To Edit Some Documents
- LibreOffice Writer (Document Editor, like Microsoft Word)
- LibreOffice Calc (Spreadsheet editor, like Microsoft Excel)
- LibreOffice Draw (Image and flowchart editor, like Microsoft Visio)
- LibreOffice Impress (Presentation and slide editor, like Microsoft Powerpoint)
- Project Management (plan projects)
Image Editor
PURPOSE: I Need to Touch Up Some Photos
Image Viewers
PURPOSE: I Just Want to Look at Some Photos
PDF Readers
- Evince (Under the name "Document Viewer")
E-Readers
RSS Reader
Scanners
PURPOSE: I Need to Scan a Document
Multimedia Players
PURPOSE: I Need to Play Some Music or Video
- VLC (Audio and Video player; supports most multimedia formats with no additional codecs)
- Audacious (Audio player)
Multimedia Ripping and Conversion
PURPOSE: I Need to Rip My CD or DVD
- Asunder CD Ripper
- Handbrake (Transcodes CDs, DVDs, and Blurays)
- Sound Converter (Converts audio files to other formats)
- Xfburn (CD Burner)
Desktop Recording and Screen Capture Tools
PURPOSE: I Need to Take a Screenshot
- Xfce4 Screenshooter (Under the name "Screenshot")
- recordMyDesktop
Sound and Video Editing
Internet
Audiovisual Communication
PURPOSE: I Need to Call / Video Conference With Someone