Best software

General

• Desktop environment: WindowMaker

Internet

• Browser: Firefox
• Email: KMail
• Download manager: wget

Graphics

• Bitmap editor: GIMP
• Vector graphics: Inkscape
• Image viewer: gqview
• For Image viewer, see also kuickshow

Music

• Windows music player: WinAmp
• Mac music player: iTunes
• Linux music player: AmaroK
• Sound editing: Audacity
• CD ripping: iTunes on Mac

Video

• Video player: kaffeine

Programming

• Graphics: OpenGL
• Graphical user interface: PyQT
• Form layout: qt-designer
• Data processing: perl
• Scripting: Javascript
• Editor: kate

Office

• Word processor: AbiWord
• Mac word processor: Pages
• Document editing: LaTeX
• For Document editing, see also Mozilla composer
• Project planning: Faces
• Diagrams: OpenOffice draw
• Spreadsheet: gnumeric
• Finance: kmymoney2
• For Finance, see also gnucash

System

• File manager: konqueror
• CD burning: K3B
• Software updates: APT