Desktop

using all the time:

  • Kubuntu — Linux distro (since 2009?)
    • will probably move to ArchLinux or some other distro that is lighter by default and more configurable by nature.
  • Awesome — tiling window manager (since 29 Aug 2010)
  • Firefox — web browser (since ~Apr 2003 until late 2009; since Dec 2010)
    • Pentadactyl — make it easy to navigate without touching the mouse (since 18 Dec 2010)
  • roxterm — terminal emulator (since 29 Aug 2010)
  • dmenu — application launcher (since Feb 2010)
  • nm-applet — network management app (since May 2010)
  • kmix — audio control
  • klipper — clipboard helper
  • hamster — time tracker (since Apr 2010)
  • Thunderbird + Lightning (since 11 Jan 2011)
  • gajim — instant messaging (since 25 Sep 2011)

using rarely:

  • arandr — multiple monitor manager (randr, xrandr, krandr and grandr failed)
  • Dolphin — file manager
  • Gwenview — image viewer
  • K3B — cd/dvd burner
  • Clementine (since ~Apr 2010), Foobnix (since ~Mar 2011), Exaile, Amarok, mpd/Sonata — various players, none of them is OK. I used to love Amarok but it's too slow nowadays; hope they'll optimize it.

(To do: find a free alternative to the shady Skype. Try Gizmo, Wengophone, Jabbin)

Organizers

  • OrgTool — an unfinished organizer app that I've been writing on Django and later migrated to Tool+Docu and paper :)

Development

  • Development/production server OS: any decent Linux distro (such as Debian) or FreeBSD
  • Vim — text editor (since 28 Feb 2010)
  • Mercurial — distributed version control system
  • Python — main programming language (desktop, work)

Office

  • OpenOffice.org — office suite (offline)
  • Google Docs — office suite (online)
    (far from ideal, actually; I think I'll prefer some wiki engine)

Graphics

  • Inkscape — vector graphics editor
  • GIMP — raster graphics editor

Sound

Games

  • Battle for Wesnoth — a nice turn-based strategy with a HoMM2-like (but unique!) atmosphere, and it's absolutely open and free
  • Civilization IV — the perfect time killer =)

software that I haven't used for a while

  • Alpine — e-mail client (since 09 Sep 2010 until 11 Jan 2011)
  • Vimperator (since 26 Nov 2010 until 18 Dec 2010)
  • Chromium — web browser (since late 2009? until Dec 2010)
    • with Vimium (since ~Apr 2010 until Dec 2010)
  • urxvt — terminal emulator (since ~Feb 2010 until Sep 2010)
  • kxkb — keyboard layout switcher (until Sep 2010 — now using a one-liner script for setxkbmap)
  • xmonad — tiling window manager (Mar—Aug 2010)
  • knetworkmanager — network management app (until May 2010)
  • gnome-volume-control-applet — audio control (in May 2010)
  • openSUSE (until 2010)
  • ASPLinux (until ~2007) — Linux distro
  • PekWM — lightweight window manager (Feb 2010)
  • Fluxbox — lightweight window manager, desktop environment (~Jan—Feb 2010)
  • KDE — desktop environment (until Feb 2010)
    • Konqueror — web browser & file manager (until ~2009)
    • Kopete — instant messenger (until ~2008 or 2009)
    • Amarok — audio player / collection manager (until 2010)
    • Kaffeine — video player (media player actually) (until ~2009)
    • KRunner — application launcher (until Feb 2010)
    • Plasma — applet framework, new in KDE4 (jeez, the first functional desktop in my life) (until Feb 2010)
  • Kate — editor & more (until March 2010)
  • Violet and UMLet — UML editors
  • Acunote — web-based agile project management (supports Scrum)
  • Yakuake — a KDE terminal emulator (until Feb 2010)
  • KDevelop — IDE (until ~2007)
  • Subversion — centralized VCS (I don't use it after switching to Mercurial in June 2008)
  • KDESvn — Subversion frontend
  • Trac — web-based project management and bug/issue tracker
  • MySQL GUI Tools — MySQL frontends (awful yet free)
  • Sqliteman — SQLite frontend (nice one; Qt4)
  • ToDo lists
    • Todoist (online tool) — light & smart ToDo-list service, good keyboard shortcuts (until ~mid-2009)
  • Mindmapping
    • View Your Mind (VYM) — mindmapping tool. Keyboard-friendly.
    • KDissert — mindmapping tool with ability to build large documents from mind maps. Less keyboard-friendly.
  • Guarddog — a GUI for iptables (yes, I know, a true linuxoid must remember all the stuff, but...)
  • Gramps — a professional genealogy program