Highly Recommendable Applications
Brief Recommendations
All of these applications can be easily installed by typing
apt-get update && apt-get install [package_name] as root. It is possible to write more than one package name this command. A different way of installing these applications is to install them with a graphical user interface resp. with the package management software synaptic. To do so, it might be necessary to install synaptic first (apt-get install synaptic).
Office programs etc.
krename (rename multiple files)
gscan2pdf (scan and save documents)
ding (German-English dictionary)
trans-de-en (the file containing the words for ding)
planner (Project management software)
griffith (organize your DVD collection)
glabels (create and print labels and business cards)
kompozer (graphical html-editor)
Install all: apt-get install krename gscan2pdf ding trans-de-en planner griffith glabels kompozer
Audio & Video:
audacity (edit sound files)
easytag (tag your mp3 files)
kid3 (tag your mp3 files - 2)
lmms (create songs with different soundtracks)
kino (Video editor)
kdenlive (standard video-editor, wide functionality)
timidity (outputs Midi-Sounds from a Keyboard/digital piano)
freepats (various sound-types for Midi-Keyboards)
aconnectgui (program to connect timidity, vkeybd and the sound karte. Runn aconnectgui using the script shown
here∞ )
vkeybd (tune in the right sound for your keyboard (go to - view - program list). Additional information you can get
here∞)
performous (karaoke program like ultrastar deluxe)
streamtuner (Record radio streams from the internet)
ripperx (rip mp3s - backup your purchased audio cds)
pana (successor of amarok 1.4x. Pana was created out of Amarok 2.x criticism. Pana can be downloaded
here∞. And installed like described
here∞. It is also possible to simply install the ubuntu-deb-package with
dpkg -i [paketname].deb
Install all: apt-get install audacity easytag kid3 lmms kino kdenlive performous streamtuner ripperx timidity aconnectgui freepats vkeybd
System software:
prelink (speed up the system)
preload (speed up the system)
readahead (speed up the system)
grsync (backup-programm)
dvdisaster (read broken/scratched DVDs and CDs)
gtk-recordmydesktop (Record screen content as a video)
virtualbox (Install a virtual machene / a different operation system on linux: Installation instructions: simply type !vbox in the Kanotix-IRC and follow the instructions)
isomaster (create and read from Iso files)
tango-icon-theme (Beautiful Icon Theme)
filelight (Analyze file sizes on data mediums)
gnome-disk-utility (benchmark harddiscs. The program to be run is called
palimpsest)
hardinfo (Various system benchmarks and full system informations)
kschutdown (Shut down computer in x-minutes)
kteatime (Simple timer for KDE)
gnome-system-monitor (pretty system monitor)
q4wine (nice tool to organize and configure windows programs running with wine)
Install all: apt-get install dvdisaster prelink preload readahead hardinfo gnome-disk-utility gtk-recordmydesktop isomaster tango-icon-theme filelight grsync kschutdown kteatime gnome-system-monitor q4wine
Image Editing:
inkscape (best vector draw- and edit program - opens SVG-files)
gcolor2 (read colors in hex-numbers from the screen)
krita (Drawing and image manipulation program like gimp but in one window)
gwenview (best image viewer. It is recommended to install the kipi-plugins first to get poster-printing, batch conversion etc.)
digicam (complete image sorting and management program)
gimp (refernce image editing program)
scribus-ng (layout programm. To get the older but more stable program, install scribus without -ng at the end)
Install all: apt-get install inkscape gcolor2 krita scribus-ng digicam gimp
Security software:
rkhunter (finds rootkits/trojan horses: to execute: type: rkhunter -c (as root in the terminal))
chrootkit (finds rootkits/trojan horses: to execute: type: chrootkit (as user in the terminal))
Various software:
amule (p2p client: emule für linux)
marble (a kind of google earth for linux with openstreetmap-maps)
dosbox (run dos games on linux)
rss-glx (Beautiful screensaver package. To get this running you've got to install
this∞ first.
Kcomteten4 (nice screensaver. First download
source∞) (
then apt-get install xorg-dev libavahi-qt3-dev kdelibs-dev
then unpack sourcecode and ./configure
then make
then su password
then make install)
gnome-screensavers
Games: (don't install the newest versions of these games via the package management, but get them from the websites and install them manually!)
nexuiz (3d-shooter high graphics quality)
warsow (fast comic-shooter)
urban terror (great shooter - counter strike clone)
sauerbraten (super fast shooter)
Various addons for KDE: (recommended to have a more comfortable, easy to use system and to get additional functionalities)
apt-get install kdepim-kfile-plugins kdemultimedia kdeaddons system-config-gtk-kde qtcurve gtk-qt-engine kipi-plugins mplayerthumbs gtk2-engines gtk2-engines-cleanice rkhunter chkrootkit tesseract-ocr tesseract-ocr-deu tesseract-ocr-eng pdftk pdftk pdfjam poppler-utils ghostscript kipi-plugins
Other Programme: (not part of the debian/kanotix-repository)
sepiola (online Backup)
skype (chat program)
jalbum (create photo galleries)
truecrypt (safe platform independent program to cipher USB-sticks, container files or full partitions. Get the installation file
here∞ , install and then follow
these∞ instructions)
Important extensions for OpenOffice/LibreOffice:
Language Tool (better dictionary for spell checking)
Professional Template Pack (better document templates)
Read Text (Read text as audio)
sund presenter console (very good for presentations)
sun pdf import extension (edit PDF-documents)
Important extensions for Gimp:
G'mic (many, many effect filters. Download
here∞)
To get
Multimedia-program recommendations, also for programs which cannot be listed here for legal reasons please contact me
directly∞-
Install all recommended programs:
apt-get install kdepim-kfile-plugins kdemultimedia kdeaddons system-config-gtk-kde qtcurve gtk-qt-engine kipi-plugins mplayerthumbs gtk2-engines gtk2-engines-cleanice rkhunter chkrootkit tesseract-ocr tesseract-ocr-deu tesseract-ocr-eng pdftk pdftk pdfjam poppler-utils ghostscript kipi-plugins amule marble dosbox rkhunter chrootkit inkscape gcolor2 krita glabels kompozer scribus-ng gimp dvdisaster hardinfo gnome-disk-utility gtk-recordmydesktop isomaster tango-icon-theme q4wine filelight grsync kschutdown kteatime gnome-system-monitor prelink preload readahead audacity easytag kid3 lmms kino kdenlive timidity aconnectgui freepats vkeybd performous streamtuner ripperx krename gscan2pdf ding trans-de-en planner griffith