Someone asked me some weeks ago for a complete list of all the software I daily use (as a laptop user, not as a developer, because that is a different business), so here it is:
- Desktop: Gnome/Metacity/Nautilus
- RSS reader: Liferea
- IM: Gaim
- IRC: Xchat
- Browser: Firefox
- Newsreader: Pan
- E-mail: Mutt (work) & Evolution (personal e-mail)
- Music: Muine & Banshee
- Notes: Tomboy
- CD/DVD Toaster: gnomebaker
- Digital camera: gtkam
- Docs&slides: LaTeX & OOo
- Bibtex: JavRef
- Spreadsheet: gnumeric
- Fast Editing: Jed, Vi, Gedit
- Editing: Emacs
- P2P: aMule, gnome-btdownload, nicotine
- Podcast: iPodder
- PM: Planner
- PDF/PS: Evince & acroread & gv
- Pics: Gimp, F-spot, Gthumb, eog
- Movies: Totem, mplayer
- Internet voice conference: skype
I use other programs now and then, but this is the complete list of the ones I currently depend on. Some of them I have been using for years, some others I have just discovered. Most of them are part of the Gnome project. Most of them are GTK based.
I only use daily two proprietary pieces of software: acroread because I need to read some PDFs still not supported by Evince or other free readers; and skype because I save a lot of money, when travelling, using skypeout.
I will do again the same list next year by the same month in order to check how stable I am selecting my software.