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FXP Packages

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libconfig is a simple library for processing structured configuration files. This file format is more compact and more readable than XML and unlike XML, it is type-aware, so it is not necessary to do string parsing in application code. It is very compact and well-suited for memory-constrained systems like handheld devices. The library includes bindings for both the C and C++ languages. It works on POSIX-compliant UNIX systems (GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD) and Windows (2000, XP and later).

lua is a free software light-weight programming language designed for extending applications. Lua is also frequently used as a general-purpose, stand-alone scripting language.

meld is a visual diff and merge tool. You can compare two or three files and edit them in place (diffs update dynamically). You can compare two or three folders and launch file comparisons. You can browse and view a working copy from popular version control systems such such as CVS, Subversion, Bazaar-ng and Mercurial.

Emulators

dosbox is a DOS emulator/virtual machine for X11 and Unix. It allows you to play many of the old games you grew up loving, as well as many apps designed to run on DOS.

Games

supertux is a classic 2D jump'n run sidescroller game in a style similar to the original SuperMario games.

Network

bogofilter is a mail filter that classifies mail as spam or ham (non-spam) by a statistical analysis of the message's header and content (body). The program is able to learn from the user's classifications and corrections.

pidgin-otr is Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging for Pidgin. It allows you to have private conversations over instant messaging when talking on Pidgin.

transmission is a lightweight open source BitTorrent client, providing useful functionality without feature bloat. It consists of a daemon, a GTK+, Qt and CLI client.

Office/Productivity

inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. Supported SVG features include shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, patterns, and grouping. Inkscape also supports Creative Commons meta-data, node editing, layers, complex path operations, bitmap tracing, text-on-path, flowed text, direct XML editing, and more. It imports formats such as JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and others and exports PNG as well as multiple vector-based formats.

libreoffice is a productivity suite that is compatible with other major office suites, and available on a variety of platforms. It is free software and therefore free to download, use and distribute.

puddletag is a audio tag editor for GNU/Linux similar to the Windows program Mp3tag. Unlike most taggers for GNU/Linux, it uses a spreadsheet-like layout so that all the tags you want to edit by hand are visible and easily editable.

texlive (TeXLive binaries, support files, TeX formats) This package contains all binaries (including xindy, asymptote, and biber) and many support files, TeX formats and packages, and other files included in the TeXLive TeX distribution. This should be adequate for the needs of most TeX users. The remaining stuff can be found in texlive-extra, texlive-fonts, and 8texlive-docs.

Sound Tools

audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. With Audacity one can record live audio, convert tapes and records into digital recordings, edit Ogg, MP3, and WAV sound files, and much more.

lame is an educational tool to be used for learning about MP3 encoding. The goal of the LAME project is to use the open source model to improve the psycho acoustics, noise shaping, and speed of MP3.

lmms is a free cross-platform alternative to commercial programs like FL Studio, which allow you to produce music with your computer. This includes the creation of melodies and beats, the synthesis and mixing of sounds, and arranging of samples. You can have fun with your MIDI-keyboard and much more; all in a user-friendly and modern interface.

Video Tools

kamerka takes photos using your webcam and shiny animated QML interface. Kamerka is an Qt4 app using KDE4 libraries. It uses Video4Linux to get image from webcam and is able to save photos. Interface is based on QML and uses it's possibilities to show easy to use animated UI.

ffmpeg2theora is a simple converter to create Ogg-Theora files. It currently provides only command-line interface to convert any files that ffmpeg can decode.

regionset allows you to check and set the region code of DVD drives.

Windows

compton is a compositor for X, and a fork of xcompmgr-dana. Out of frustration with the low count of standalone lightweight compositors, compton was forked from Dana Jansens' fork of xcompmgr and refactored. Bugs were fixed and features were added.

feh is an image viewer at heart, though it does other cool stuff. feh features include simple image viewing, multiple image viewing (slideshow), multiple image viewing in multiwindows, image viewing in fullscreen, image list mode, loadable/unloadable listing, recursive file opening, saving/loading filelists, loading images via http, reloading after delay, montage creation, and more.

gtk-chtheme allows you to change your gtk+2.0 theme. Themes installed on the system are presented for selection and available for preview on the fly. This works very well for any user wanting to utilize a gtk2 theme for a window manager environment.

murrine-themes is a collection of Murrine family themes for GTK2, GTK3 and XFWM. Also, there are a few themes for metacity and openbox window managers that can be used if you have these installed.

openbox-menu is a pipemenu for Openbox window manager. It provides a dynamic menu listing installed applications. Most of the work is done by the LXDE library menu-cache.

openbox-themes package which provided by Debian contains various themes for the Openbox window manager.

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foxtrotgps is an easy to use, fast, lightweight mapping application for use with (or without) GPS.

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