Word Processors

• soffice - Open Office 1.0.1 - the best office suite we have
• abiword - light-weight wysiwyg word processor
• kword - light-weight frame based word processor. pseudo-wysiwyg: what's printed looks different from what's on the screen
• texmacs - WYSIWYG interface for the document language
• ktexmaker2 - non-wysiwyg text editing environment for the document language

Spreadsheets

• soffice - Open Office 1.0.1 - the best office suite we have
• gnumeric - capable spreadsheet similar to excel in layout. lots of functions and good import filters.
• kspread - very basic spreadsheet

Presentation Software

• soffice - Open Office 1.0.1 - the best office suite we have
• kpresenter - good presentation software - bad at importing Powerpoint, Impress or Other Presentation files

Mail Clients

• evolution - good email client similar to Microsoft Outlook
• kmail - good email client similar to Eudora or Microsoft Outlook Express
• mozilla - Mozilla Mail is a good cross-platform email client

Text Editors

• vim - the only text editor you'll ever need. A tutorial can be found here.
• emacs and xemacs - text editor, lisp environment and kitchen sink
• kate - kde text editor that supports syntax highlighting and embedded console window
• nano - basic easy to use text editor - light on features - PICO clone
• joe - basic easy to use text editor - light on features

3D Modelers

• blender - hard to use 3d modeler
• povray - renderer/ray tracer employing scene files

HTML Editors

• mozilla - Mozilla Composer - easy to use, WYSIWYG HTML Editor
• quanta - more advanced html editor
• bluefish - basic html editor

Parallel Programming

• MPI

  • lam - an MPI run-time environment

• PVM

  • pvm - another parallel programming environment

Programming Languages

• Assembler

  • spim - MIPS assembler/emulator
  • nasm - x86 assembler with standard Intel syntax
  • gcc - x86 assembler with sysv syntax

• C

  • icc - Intel Compiler Collection
  • gcc - GNU Compiler Collection

• C++

  • icc - Intel Compiler Collection
  • g++ - GNU Compiler Collection

• Fortran

  • g77 - Fortran 77 compiler from GCC
  • ifc - Intel Fortran compiler 7.0

• Java

  • java and javac - JDK 1.4.0 - JDK 1.2.2 is also available, but not the default

• Lisp

  • clisp - Interpreter for Common Lisp
  • emacs and xemacs - Lisp Environment

• ML

  • sml - Standard ML of New Jersey interpreter

• Pascal

  • fpc - Free Pascal Compiler

• Prolog

  • gprolog - Prolog interpreter

• Perl

  • perl - Duct tape of the Internet

• Python

  • python - object-oriented language with unique syntax

• Ruby

  • ruby - object-oriented language with Perl-like syntax

• Scheme

  • mit-scheme - Scheme Environment from MIT

• Smalltalk

  • gst - GNU Smalltalk Interpreter

Web Browsers

• netscape - not good browser, but some sites require it
• mozilla - modern, high quality browser and basis for Netscape 7 series
• konqueror - better browser than netscape, not as good as mozilla
• galeon - high quality, featureful browser using the mozilla rendering engine
• lynx - basic text based web browser
• links - more capable text based web browser

Image Utilities

• gimp - high quality raster image editor of photoshop caliber
• dia - vector based diagramming program like visio.
• kivio - another diagramming program like dia.
• xfig - ancient vector drawing program.

Math Software

• xmaxima - symbolic algebra program, a descendent of the DOE Macsyma
• octave - A Matlab clone, used for numerical computation and numerical linear algebra
• gnuplot - general purpose plotting software