From MEPIS Documentation Wiki

Packages that are marked with a ^"p" are pre-installed in MEPIS 7.0.

This is not an exhaustive list of Linux software, it's just a list of most common used and generally considered as the "best" software that's available in Linux. See also linux app finder for a more complete list of software.

Most of these packages are available from the standard repositories and can be installed through Synaptic or apt-get. If you don't find your package in the repos, then download from the website. For installing such packages please check: Software Installation Guide.

Contents 1 Office Productivity 1.1 Office Suites 1.2 Text Editing 1.3 Desktop Publishing 1.4 FAX 1.5 PDF 1.5.1 Readers 1.5.2 Writers 1.5.3 Conversion 1.6 Business Management 2 Home Productivity 2.1 Money Management 2.2 Media Management 2.2.1 Photo 2.2.2 Music 2.3 Records Management 3 Internet (Client) 3.1 Browser 3.2 RSS Reader 3.3 Communication Software 3.3.1 Email 3.3.2 Instant Messenger 3.3.3 Voice Chat 3.3.4 Video Chat 3.3.5 IRC 3.4 File Sharing 3.5 FTP 3.6 Web Page Design 4 Internet (Server) 4.1 Web Server 4.2 FTP Server 4.3 Content Management System 4.4 E-Mail Server 4.5 PBX Server 4.6 Wireless Portal Authentication 5 Graphics 5.1 Image Editors 5.2 Image Viewers 5.3 CAD 5.4 Scanner 6 Audio 6.1 Music Player 6.2 Music Ripper 6.3 Music composer/editors 7 Video 7.1 Video Player 7.2 Video Recording/Ripping 7.3 Video Editor 8 Security 8.1 Firewall 8.2 AntiVirus 8.3 AntiRootKit 8.4 Vulnerability Scanner 9 Utilities 9.1 Backup 9.2 Advanced file tools 9.3 System Admin 9.4 Network Monitor 9.5 Bandwidth Manager 9.6 Program Scheduler 9.7 SNMP 9.8 SQL Database 9.9 Distributed Systems 9.10 Clustering 9.11 Virtual Machine 9.12 Emulation & Compatibility 9.13 Genealogy 9.14 Screen Saver 9.15 Remote Access 10 Programming 11 Science 12 Games 12.1 Running Windows Games in MEPIS 12.2 Adventure Games 12.3 Arcade Games 12.4 Board Games 12.5 Card Games 12.6 Tactics & Strategy 12.7 Other 13 Children 13.1 General 13.2 Education 13.3 Desktop Fun 13.4 Graphics 14 Desktop Environments

Office Productivity

Office Suites

• openoffice.org ^p -- the most popular office suite for Linux. Only Writer and Calc supplied by default with MEPIS 7. More here
• Kile -- Kile is a user friendly TeX/LaTeX editor for the KDE desktop environment.

Text Editing

Simple Word processing / rich text

• abiword -- simple and quick wordprocessor with basic features.

Simple Spreadsheet processing

• gnumeric -- quick functional spreadsheet program

Simple database

• kexi -- simple, functional database progrem

GUI textfile editors

• kate ^p -- good textfile editor and "IDE lite" for programming and config files. Features syntax highlighting for many languages, multiple files open in a single instance, many other nice features.
• kwrite ^p -- light version of Kate
• kedit -- KDE's ultra-lite text editor.

Console text editors

• Nano ^p -- text based (console application) editor.
• vi ^p -- default text editor for console; also try vim, it's similar but works better with a standard pc keyboard.
• qemacs -- text based (console application) editor.

Desktop Publishing

• Scribus -- professional publishing features

FAX

1. Use an internet fax service. Choice and price of service depends on volume and services needed, see this fax price comparison.
2. Use a desktop application. You should install a Postscript printer before using any of these.
   1. Use Efax-gtk on Postscript documents
   2. Use KdeprintFax ^p on documents in common formats such as *.doc, *.rtf, *.html, or *.txt
   3. For Open Office ^p, consult the documentation.

PDF

Readers

• kpdf ^p
• acroread (Adobe Reader 7) -- allows text and image copying

Writers

• OpenOffice.org Writer ^p
• KWord -- part of KOffice
• kprinter ^p -- kprinter has a "print to PDF file" feature, any program that can print using kprinter can potentially print to PDF.
• pdfedit -- fill in pdf forms and more

Conversion

• pdftohtml
• pdftotext
• kprinter ^p -- KDE capabilty: any program that can print through kprinter can print a PDF file.

Business Management

• vtiger -- manage customers, inventory, purchasing, sales, marketing; easy setup, pre-configured, GPL.

• simpleticket -- A simple Trouble Ticket System for IT, Non-Tech Customer Support, ISP/TelCo, etc., GPL.

• journyx -- Employee time and expenses tracking for Projects, Billing, Payroll, etc. Free full unlimited use for up to 10 users (not open source).

• UltimateEMR -- Electronic Medical Record system for small practice physicians. open source.

• os4ed -- Management Software for Educational Administration and Student records. open source.

• Drupal -- Content management platform.

• CiviCRM -- open source constituent relationship management solution.
• gnotime -- open source project time tracking and invoicing application

• KPlato -- Project Management program.
• Open Project -- complete replacement for MS Project

Home Productivity

Money Management

• cbtracker -- checkbook tracker
• Gnucash -- a double-entry book-keeping personal finance system similar to Quicken
• Kmymoney -- an application similar to Microsoft Money, available for download (as kmymoney2) through Synaptic

See also the GNU GPL section of this comparison of accounting software

Media Management

Photo

• digiKam ^p -- an advanced digital photo management application
• Picasa -- a free management system from Google available through Synaptic

See also this Comparison of image management software

Music

• Amarok ^p -- powerful software for organizing your music collection

See also this comparison of audio players.

Records Management

• basKet note pads -- provides several baskets into which the user can drop notes, links, images, sounds, files, colors, application launchers, etc.

Internet (Client)

Browser

• Firefox ^p -- stand-alone browser based on Mozilla.
• IceWeasel -- Firefox variant with entirely free software
• mozilla -- full Internet suite.
• Opera -- fast and full Internet suite.
• dillo -- small and very fast browser. Ideal for viewing downloaded html files.

RSS Reader

• akregator ^p
• liferea

Communication Software

Email

• Thunderbird ^p
• KMail ^p
• Evolution 2.0 -- MS Outlook replacement with PDA support
• sylpheed-claws -- simple and very fast email client based on GTK+

Instant Messenger

• Pidgin (Gaim is now Pidgin) -- multiprotocol client (AIM/ICQ, GoogleTalk, MSN, Yahoo, Jabber, IRC).
• Kopete ^p -- multiprotocol client (AIM/ICQ, GoogleTalk, MSN, Yahoo, Jabber, IRC).
• meebo -- useful service in case your company blocks IM: multiprotocol browser client. Use this meebo link for secure connection.

Voice Chat

• Skype ^p
• OpenWengo open source alternative to Skype, it has webcam capability.
• KPhone

Video Chat

• Ekiga -- typically picks up supported webcam's audio and video. Available through the repos, and works with compatible programs for for Windows and Mac platforms.
• aMSN -- MSN Messenger clone available through the repos.
• OpenWengo -- open source alternative to Skype, it has webcam capability.
• GYachI -- a Yahoo! client for Linux with webcam support.
• Skype

IRC

• xchat ^p
• chatzilla
• irssi-- a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems
• Other programs have IRC capabilities: Kopete, Pidgin, and Opera.

File Sharing

• aMule -- eDonkey Client.
• ktorrent ^p -- BitTorrent Client
• azureus -- Java based BitTorrent Client.
• frostwire -- Gnutella2 Client, LimeWire Pro fork, open source, No content blocking, No restrictive trademark.

FTP

• kget -- advanced gui download manager
• Konqueror^p -- KDE's file browser, good for browsing FTP also!
• gFTP ^p
• ftp ^p -- console application
• wget ^p -- advanced cli download manager

Web Page Design

• Nvu -- visual (wysiwyg) editor . Unofficial bug-fix release is now called KompoZer.
• Bluefish -- code editor.
• Quanta Plus
• Aptana -- Dreamweaver-like Web Page builder/IDE. easy aptana.deb (Open With Kpackage).

Internet (Server)

Web Server

• Lighttpd -- fast and efficient.
• Apache -- the most popular web server in the world. Version 2 recommended.

FTP Server

• proftpd -- presinstalled on SOHO server

Content Management System

• Joomla! -- (free Mambo fork)
• XOOPS -- also get Xoops Protector v3 to defend XOOPS from various attacks.
• WebGUI -- web application development framework that handles content management.

E-Mail Server

• Citadel -- Groupware Suite (email server, calendar & scheduling, address books, bulletin boards, list server, instant messaging) with AJAX web client, GPL.
• qmail -- Email Server Suite.
• Postfix -- see how-to's for anti-virus/spam (How-To or How-To).

PBX Server

• Asterisk PBX -- private telephone Branch eXchange server, VoIP compatibility.

Wireless Portal Authentication

• ChilliSpot
• more and more

Graphics

Image Editors

• GIMP ^p -- or GIMPshop adds photoshop menu emulation.
• Krita -- easy to use.
• Inkscape -- Vector Graphics application.
• Xara Xtreme ^p

Image Viewers

• Picasa -- picture organizer and editor from Google.

• showFoto digiKam ^p -- KDE photo manager.

• kuickshow -- an image browser/viewer with a nice filebrowser to select images to be shown, slideshow support

• gqview-- simple image browser with thumbnail capability. Uses GTK+ 2.x. Available through synaptic or apt-get.

• qiv -- Quick Image Viewer (qiv) is a very small and fast GDK/Imlib image viewer. Available through synaptic or apt-get.

• gwenview -- feature-packed yet fast image viewer and browser; Can rotate and mirror images without harming EXIF data in jpegs (unlike some other simple viewers/editors).

• ImageMagick ^p -- Command line image viewer with basic editing capabilities which comes preinstalled with MEPIS. You activate it via the CLI: /usr/bin/display.

CAD

• PythonCAD -- PythonCAD a CAD software writen in Python.
• qcad -- 2D
• VariCAD, download / Debian Installer
  

1. alternative download - icewalkers.com
2. freshmeat.net

Scanner

• kooka ^p-- scan and OCR program (install gocr separately)
• Xsane -- another choice with intuitive interface
• quiteinsane a graphical frontend for SANE that also has a plugin for GIMP

Audio

Music Player

• amarok ^p
• juK
• xmms ^p -- light music player, clone of Winamp
• kaffeine -- a straight-forward media player

Music Ripper

• kaudiocreator -- rips music from CDs.
• streamripper -- rips from online radio stations.
• Grip -- has the ripping capabilities of cdparanoia builtin, but can also use external rippers (such as cdda2wav)

Music composer/editors

• Audacity -- cross-platform open-source software for recording and editing sounds
• rosegarden sequencer + more
• muse mixer
• zynaddsubfx synth
• hydrogen drum machine
• djplay dj tools, not available in repos for 7.0
• terminatorx dj scratching
• rivendell' radio station manager, not available in repos for 7.0
• studio software -- list of software for MEPIS 6.5, some may be unavailable for 7.0 at this time

Video

Video Player

• mplayer ^p -- kmplayer ^p
• xine
• kaffeine
• vlc
• SMPlayer

Video Recording/Ripping

• k9copy -- similar to dvdshrink, easy to use.
• dvdrip -- rip dvds to avi/mpeg/divx/xvid, available through Synaptic/apt-get
• avidemux -- a virtualdub clone, available through Synaptic/apt-get
• option -- dvddecryptor plus dvdshrink run in MS Windows emulator wine.
• XDVDshrink -- open source dvdshrink, only copies the main film. Use alien to convert to .deb.
• tovid -- a collection of video disc authoring tools; it can help you create your own DVDs, VCDs, and SVCDs for playback on your home DVD player. Unofficial .deb available.
• lxdvdrip -- a Command Line Tool to make a copy from a Video DVD for private use.

Video Editor

• List for a complete video editing suite. -- somewhat dated but still very useful
• Cinelerra Debian installation - Professional level editor
• qdvdauthor -- a complete DVDAuthoring solution for Linux with the emphasis of ease of use and a complete set of functionality
• DeVeDe -- emphasis os on ease of use and simplicity.: highly recommended for newbies (make sure python-glade2 is installed).
• Jahshaka -- realtime editing and effects system.
• Avidemux -- free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks
• kdenlive -- non linear video editor for the KDE environnment

Security

Firewall

• firestarter
• guarddog ^p

AntiVirus

• clamav ^p and klamav ^p, its KDE frontend.

AntiRootKit

• rkhunter - command line rootkit and vulnerability scanning tool.
• chkrootkit -- checks for rootkits on local system

Vulnerability Scanner

• nessus -- has open source version.
• snort -- Intrusion Detection Software, open source, in use by govt./military.

Utilities

Backup

• mondo -- easy to use
• amanda -- backup multiple computers to single large capacity tape drive.
• keep ^p -- good basic backup program
• partimage -- backs up partitions into a compressed image file
• g4l -- a hard disk and partition imaging and cloning tool similar to Norton Ghost
• clonezilla -- another imaging package that saves and restores only used blocks
• konserve -- system tray app that makes periodic backups
• dar -- a powerful backup utility with many options, and a GUI kdar is also available

Advanced file tools

• Kompare -- a tool to view and compare differences between files, part of the kdesdk package
• KFileReplace -- used to search and replace a list of strings in a file tree
• KHexEdit -- an editor for the raw data of binary files

System Admin

• KSystemLog -- a system log viewer tool
• webmin -- web-based frontend for comprehensive system administration
• Puppet -- multi-server admin tool, automation, propagation, easier than other similar multi-server tools.

Network Monitor

• zabbix -- advanced monitoring, alerting and visualisation. review.
• cacti -- easy to use frontend for RRDTool.
• Nagios -- host and service monitor designed to inform you of network problems before your users.
• OpenNMS -- Network Monitor System.

Bandwidth Manager

• bandwidth arbitrator -- fair division of bandwidth, dynamic, auto-configuring. Author also sells rack mount.

Program Scheduler

• Kcron -- allows you to schedule the automatic operation of any program

SNMP

• MRTG -- Multi Router Traffic Grapher, monitors SNMP network devices and graphs traffic.

SQL Database

• PostgreSQL -- feature rich, enterprise class, easy to use, standards compliant, in use by Hospitals, etc.
• FirebirdSQL -- not as easy to use, but solid, high performance, low overhead, enterprise class, in use by 911 call centers, etc.
• MySQL -- high compatibility; this once plebeian database is gaining ground in features and stability.
• EnterpriseDB -- Oracle compatible, built upon PostgreSQL, integrated pre-configured drivers, admin & reporting tools, closed source but has a free version. Sony Online (Everquest,SWG,etc.) is switching from Oracle to this.
• db4objects -- object database for rapid development and faster object queries. GPL. review.
• SQLite -- "a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world." Public domain. Excellent for projects that don't require or want a server implementation. Examples: Amarok ^p, digiKam ^p

Distributed Systems

• OpenAFS -- Distributed Filesystem. Phase-out your old insecure centralized file/ftp server.
• centrify -- (not free) MS Active Directory integration for Linux servers. Note: Samba4 will soon have some of this functionality.

Clustering

• OpenSSI -- Single System Image (many computers appear as one system to the user/program), has debian Sarge version.
• dcc -- Debian Cluster Components, multi-server collaborative processing.
• article -- clustering tools overview and discussion.

Virtual Machine

• VirtualBox -- free for non-commercial use. GPL version free for any users.
• VMWare -- VMWare is a desktop virtualization software for software developers/testers and enterprise IT professionals that runs multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single PC. VMWare player and VMWare server are available for free.
• Parallels -- (not free) Parallels is a desktop virtualization solution that enables users to create multiple independently operating, completely self-contained virtual machines on a single PC.
• qemu -- free, not terribly fast or sturdy, but fun to play with. Networking can be troublesome.
• xen -- open source
• user-mode-linux -- open source

Emulation & Compatibility

• Cedega -- (not free) Run games written for MS Windows.
• Crossover Office -- (not free) MS Windows API implementation - Runs software made for MS Windows.
• DOSbox -- nice DOS emulator, mostly good for playing old DOS games. Easier to use with dosbox front end.
• IEs4Linux -- web developers test your sites on IE. Easy script installs IE v6, v5.5, & v5. GPL.
• ifs -- provides MS Windows with read/write access to Linux Ext2/Ext3 file systems.
• ntfs-3g^p -- provides Linux with read/write access to MS Windows NTFS file systems.
• snes9x -- Super Nintendo emulator.
• stella -- Atari 2600 console simulator. Ahhh, nostalgia.
• WINE -- MS Windows API implementation - Runs software made for MS Windows.

Genealogy

• gramps -- Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System.

Screen Saver

• Xscreensaver
• electric sheep -- automated collaborative screen saver.

Remote Access

• NX Client and Server -- very fast remote desktop program. Features clustering, load sharing, clients for Linux/Windows/Mac/Solaris.
• ssh ^p -- terminal OpenSSH client, also available through GUI in Konqueror by using kioslave protocol fish://ip_address
• vncviewer
• vncserver
• LTSP -- Linux Terminal Server Project - deploy cheap low-maintenance thin clients - setup instructions.

Programming

• NetBeans IDE -- cross-platform Java IDE. Available free for non-commercial use.
• KDevelop -- KDevelop is an easy to use Integrated Development Environment for developing C/C++ applications under X11.
• WebGUI -- web application development framework that handles content management.
• OpenLaszlo -- web application development framework. article.
• Gambas -- Gambas is a free development environment based on a Basic interpreter with object extensions, like Visual Basic™
• subversion -- version control system for source code, a compelling replacement for CVS.
• mercurial -- distributed version control system for source code. GPL.
• monotone -- distributed version control system for source code. GPL.
• savane -- web-based Free Software Development Hosting System with bug tracking, project & member management, mailing lists.
• Python Language -- Rapid Application Development. Dynamic object-oriented.

• TurboGears -- Web Development Framework (application centric).
• Django -- Web Development Framework (CMS/Publisher centric).
• SqlAlchemy -- SQL toolkit and Object Relational Manager.
• Twisted -- Networking engine (event driven, multi-protocol, multi-server).
• IronPython -- .NET wrapper. Your python code runs as a real .NET app).
• JPython -- Java wrapper. Your python code runs as a real Java app).
• iPython -- improved interactive shell.
• demos -- Python demonstration and training videos.

Science

• R -- Free/Open Source flavour of S-Plus.
• ESS -- (EMACS Speaks Statistics) R interface for the EMACS editor.
• GRASS -- GIS package.
• Celestia -- 3d model of the solar system, very educational.
• GnuPlot -- GnuPlot is a command-line driven interactive data and function plotting utility.
• Octave -- GNU Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It uses GnuPlot for graphing.
• Euler -- EULER is a program for quickly and interactively computing with real and complex numbers in the style of MatLab.
• KStars -- KStars is a Desktop Planetarium for KDE.
• rasmol -- shows different views of molecules.
• Folding@Home -- proteine folding distribute computing.

Games

First Please see; This list of Games that can be installed on MEPIS -- currently being redone and not available

Running Windows Games in MEPIS

• Cedega

Adventure Games

• adonthell
• kq

Arcade Games

• AlienArenaGE -- 3D FPS, has linux version, by CodeRED, not open source.
• Cube -- 3D FPS, has linux version, open source.
• tuxkart -- a Go-kart racing game.
• tuxracer/ppracer -- slalom ski-ing game
• supertux -- superMario type clone
• pingus -- a lemmings clone
• blobwars
• defendguin -- a defender clone.
• games -- a great Open Source Games collection, most have Linux versions.

Board Games

• xboard + gnuchess -- chess game.
• Risk -- Java-based Risk clone.

Card Games

• kpat ^p --- a.k.a. patience; 14 versions of solitaire
• pysol --- probably the biggest collection of solitaire games in one program. dozens of cardsets available as well.

Tactics & Strategy

• freeciv -- clone of Civilization.
• lincity -- clone of Simcity.
• Battle for Wesnoth -- available through Synaptic/apt-get as wesnoth

Other

• foobillard -- nice billiard game available from the repos

Children

General

• Install command for kids games and activities

Education

• TuxMath -- arithmetic learning game. Similar to the classic "Missile Command" game, except to shoot down the falling bombs kids must solve a mathematical problem and type in the answer. Difficulty and speed can be tailored to the child's age and ability. Much for fun than a time test!
• TuxType -- typing tutor. Kids type in the letter or word on a falling fish and tux eats the fish if they're right.
• GCompris -- collection of various educational games for children bundled together in a series of submenus. Most of the games are fairly simple, probably best for pre-schoolers.
• Childsplay -- another collection of educational games aimed at young children.

Desktop Fun

• xpenguins -- summon swarms of penguins to waddle about the desktop. Can be customized with a variety of characters and behaviors. (need to enable "allow programs to run in root window" in KDE).
• oneko -- cartoon kitten that follows your mouse around the screen. Switches can change it to a puppy, little boy, little girl, and others.
• xteddy -- kids can choose from a variety of friends to place on the screen.

Graphics

• TuxPaint -- is meant to be a simple drawing program for young children. It IS meant to be fun and easy to use. Sound effects and a cartoon character help let the user know what's going on, and keeps them entertained.
• Ktuberling -- simple "Mr Potato Head" type game for little ones learning to use the mouse. Choose from Potato, Penguin, or Underwater canvas/accessory sets.

Desktop Environments

• Fluxbox -- fast and customizable low resource X11 Window manager
• Enlightenment
• Beryl