[Wylug-discuss] Favourite FOSS apps and tools?

[Louisa Parry]

I don't know how many (if any) Wyluggers are on the ubuntu-uk mailing
list but someone has started a discussion on there about favourite FOSS
applications.  Since it's a nice change to have a really positive
discussion about the great things FOSS software can do - and I've learnt
about some new stuff to try out - I thought it might be fun to ask the
same questions over here.

So then - which FOSS applications/tools do you enjoy using and why?
what's been your best find?  what can't you live without?

Personally, I'm a big fan of Inkscape - it took a while to get my head
around it but now I love it to bits and use it just about every day.  It
makes designing stuff (or playing with fonts) actually enjoyable rather
than a banging-head-against-wall level chore.  I also think Dasher is
great.

My best finds have been those random bits of hobby-specific software
that I didn't think would exists - GRAMPS for genealogy and the even
more obscure KXStitch for designing cross-stitch sewing patterns (even
though the Linux geeks/cross-stitch crossover must be tiny).  The wide
range of FOSS stuff available amazes me.

And it's hard to beat the various puzzle/card (etc) games available -
many, many hours lost :)

Anyone else care to share?

-Louisa :)

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Louisa Parry <louisa at louisaparry.co.uk>