RavS
mintRSH
India
Linux Enthusiast.
Twitter handle: @twitRSH
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Tutorials
| Title | Score |
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Software reviews
| Software | Score |
|---|---|
| dosbox "Works great. Comes in handy sometimes." |
4 |
| compiz "Excellent window manager! (haven't tried anything else though :)" |
5 |
| ttf-mscorefonts-installer "Should be installed by default I would say." |
4 |
| winff "Good, Does the job, but can get better." |
4 |
| gufw "Don't use it." |
3 |
| compizconfig-settings-manager "Love to spend time setting different stuffs :)" |
4 |
| p7zip-full "Must have utility!" |
5 |
| ffmpeg "Useful for encoding. But can be made better." |
4 |
| evince "Great! But I would love to have a highlighting feature added to it." |
5 |
| anki "Good." |
4 |
| glipper "Comes in handy sometimes." |
4 |
| nvidia-settings "Quite useful. But I just set it once and forget about it :)" |
4 |
| screen "Useful!" |
4 |
| mintbackup "Good." |
4 |
| timer-applet "Useful! But can be improved." |
4 |
| alacarte "Quite good. Use it a lot!" |
5 |
| cowsay "Sometimes funny. Other times, don't care." |
3 |
| gnome-subtitles "Does the job. Good!" |
4 |
| hardinfo "Quite Comprehensive!" |
5 |
| idle-python3.1 "Pretty Coo!" |
5 |
| sun-java6-jdk "Java Programmer? Install it and then read further... " |
5 |
| gnome-terminal "Just works! Great! Must must have!" |
5 |
| screenlets "Good but could be better." |
3 |
| easytag "Awesome! If u use a PMP this is quite necessary." |
5 |
| gedit-plugins "Makes a useful editor even more useful!" |
4 |
| brasero "Simple and easy to use. Just does the job." |
4 |
| virtualbox-guest-additions "Quite necessary if you want to have a full fledged user experience on Virtualbox!" |
5 |
| docky "Is there anything better than this?" |
4 |
| gedit "An awesome editor. Just works..." |
5 |
| cheese "Quite Good, but I am looking for a more configurable software." |
4 |
| audacious "Beautiful Audio Player, used it for quite sometime. But now have moved to Clementine!" |
4 |
| grep "Tried and Tested! If u r CLI champ, u know it's utility!" |
5 |
| unzip "Necessary while working on CLI" |
5 |
| build-essential "Name is self explanatory! " |
5 |
| lynx "Fun to try out, but I don't find it too useful." |
3 |
| vuze "A lot of features. But it also makes it bloated and heavy on resources. I use Deluge instead." |
3 |
| sun-java6-plugin "Quite essential over the Internet." |
4 |
| qbittorrent "Works fine. But had a few problems with it. So moved to Deluge now." |
4 |
| xchat "Quite great! But should only be used by hardcore IRC users. Casual users are better off using Pidgin instead." |
4 |
| mint-artwork-common "Great!" |
4 |
| mintwelcome "That's right RobinJ!" |
4 |
| mintnanny "Quite good. Works when u want to stop some sites from opening. And others can have a hard time finding out why it refuses to open!" |
4 |
| mintdesktop "Pretty simple but great tool. Can have a bit more option." |
4 |
| mintinstall "Quite good but can get better. Use it more often than Synaptic." |
4 |
| gdebi "Saves the day when you can't install a particular software through Package Manger/PPAs" |
4 |
| mintupdate "Quite awesome! Keeps the system up to date." |
5 |
| bleachbit "Quite good for cleaning up your system. Though not as good as CCleaner for Windows I guess. A must, but handle this one with care!" |
4 |
| pyroom "Started using this some time before. Now can't live without it! If u are a writer, this is a must try!" |
5 |
| vim-gnome "Works good. A little bit less scary than using vim directly inside the terminal. Can be a good start for learning vim." |
4 |
| vim "Trying to learn it. A bit difficult to use at first, but gets better all the time if u stick with it :)" |
4 |
| opera "Excellent browser but needs love from Web app providers to show its true potential. Some of the Web Apps don't work as great in it." |
4 |
| transmission "Quite simple and fast. But it's interface is a bit of put-off for me. I like Deluge more. Even qBittorrent is good." |
4 |
| thunderbird "I think it is quite great Email client (though haven't used others much). But I am more comfortable using Webmail." |
5 |
| gnome-mplayer "Not required if u have VLC" |
4 |
| mplayer "Good, but I like VLC most! :)" |
4 |
| shutter "A bit bloated I guess, I am more comfortable with the default screen grabber, or the one that comes with Image editors." |
3 |
| gimp "Powerful Editor but can do with some interface overhaul." |
5 |
| startupmanager "Works great for me. Though can be a little more comprehensive." |
5 |
| gcc "often comes handy, even if u are not a programmer." |
5 |
| p7zip "An excellent archive manager. I use 7zip too on Windows!" |
5 |
| shotwell "Pretty good." |
4 |
| synaptic "A bit slow, but an excellent package manager." |
5 |
| gnome-disk-utility "A very small but useful utility to have on your system." |
4 |
| deluge "Does the job properly without much show. Though I have to connect it manually everytime I restart the computer and that is a bit pain." |
4 |
| nautilus "Feels a bit slow but is a great workhorse for managing files according to me." |
4 |
| computer-janitor-gtk "Good, but handle with care. It may cause some programs to not work or even break your system, if not used properly!" |
3 |
| gnome-system-monitor "A bit heavy. But is a necessary tool to have. Linux counterpart to Windows task manager if I may say." |
4 |
| imagination "Have used it once or twice. Has produced great results. A little slow though." |
4 |
| totem "Use it as a backup player for VLC. Like its clean interface. Good but can be better." |
4 |
| adobe-flashplugin "Works pretty great in Linux. Seldom gives problems." |
4 |
| pyrenamer "Does the job. And does it good." |
4 |
| mint-artwork-gnome "Good, but can be better. I want better Mint!" |
4 |
| shiki-brave-theme "Great!" |
4 |
| light-themes "Ambiance. One of the best themes available out there. Must try!" |
5 |
| sun-java6-jre "Necessary to have." |
4 |
| ubuntu-tweak "An excellent program if you like tweaking your Ubuntu based Distro like me." |
5 |
| mintmenu "Pretty good. But I look forward to see it get better & faster over time." |
4 |
| pidgin "Pretty coo! I would say. Chit-chatters would like it big time." |
5 |
| unetbootin "Like fiddeling with distros? You need this!" |
4 |
| wine "Works on a lot of apps. Can be a great saviour sometime." |
4 |
| chromium "Pretty coo! Use it if u don't use Google Chrome." |
4 |
| g++ "I wonder why it isn't installed by default" |
4 |
| geany "Wow.." |
4 |
| openoffice.org "Well if u don't want to throw in any money, this is the best suite out there. Trying its best but still scope of lot of improvement." |
4 |
| gnome-do "Wasn't every functional for me. Have started using Synapse instead." |
3 |
| wine1.2 "A must have, really, if u have something to do with Windows executables." |
5 |
| firefox "When u don't use IE, this is 'real' Internet Explorer for you. Cheers to FOSS!!" |
5 |
| vlc "Regret if don't have this!" |
5 |