07. Common Applications

Question 1

We need to use network-aware applications to take advantage of the Internet. These include:

Answer 1

1. Web browsers
2. Email clients
3. Streaming media applications
4. Internet Relay Chats
5. Conferencing software

Question 2

Web Browsers

Answer 2

1. Firefox
2. Google Chrome
3. Chromium
4. Epiphany (renamed web)
5. Konqueror
6. linx, lynx, w3m
7. Opera

Question 3

Email Applications

Question 4

Most email clients use the (1)____________________ or the older (2)__________________ to access emails stored on a remote mail server.

Answer 4

1. Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
2. Post Office Protocol (POP)

Question 5

Graphical email clients:

Answer 5

1. Thunderbird
2. Evolution
3. Claws Mail

Question 6

Text mode email clients:

Answer 6

1. Mutt
2. mail

Question 7

Other Internet Applications

Answer 7

1. FileZilla
2. Pidgin
3. Hexchat

Question 8

Intuitive graphical FTP client that supports FTP, Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), and FTP Secured (FTPS). Used to transfer files to/from (FTP) servers.

Answer 8

FileZilla

Question 9

To access GTalk, AIM, ICQ, MSN, IRC and other messaging networks.

Answer 9

Pidgin

Question 10

To access Internet Relay Chat (IRC) networks.

Answer 10

Hexchat

Question 11

office suites used to create and edit different kinds of files such as:

Answer 11

1. Text (articles, books, reports, etc.)
2. Spreadsheets
3. Presentations
4. Graphical objects.

Question 12

Most Linux distributions offer ________, an open source office suite that started in 2010 and has evolved from OpenOffice.

Answer 12

LibreOffice

Question 13

The component applications included in LibreOffice are:

Answer 13

1. Writer: Word Processing
2. Calc: Spreadsheets
3. Impress: Presentations
4. Draw: Create and edit graphics and diagrams

Question 14

Advanced editors customized for programmers’ needs, such as:

Answer 14

1. vi
2. emacs

Question 15

Compilers for every computer language that has ever existed.

Answer 15

1. gcc and clang for programs in C and C++
2. Golang
3. Rust.

Question 16

Debuggers such:

Answer 16

1. Valgrind
2. gdb

Question 17

Source and Revision control systems:

Answer 17

1. git (and associated interfaces to it, including GitHub and GitLab)
2. Apache Subversion.

Question 18

Complete Integrated Development Environments (IDE’s) such as:

Answer 18

1. Visual Studio
2. Eclipse

Question 19

Multimedia Applications (Sound Players) such as:

Answer 19

1. Amarok
2. Audacity
3. Audacious
4. Rhythmbox

Question 20

Mature MP3 player with a graphical interface, that plays audio and video files, and streams (online audio files). It allows you to create a playlist that contains a group of songs, and uses a database to store information about the music collection.

Answer 20

Amarok

Question 21

Used to record and edit sounds. Audacity has a simple interface to get you started.

Answer 21

Audacity

Question 22

Audacious

Answer 22

Another smart audio media player.

Question 23

Supports a large variety of digital music sources, including streaming Internet audio and podcasts. The application also enables search of particular audio in a library. It supports smart playlists with an automatic update feature, which can revise playlists based on specified selection criteria.

Answer 23

Rhythmbox

Question 24

Multimedia Applications (Movie Players) such as:

Answer 24

1. VLC
2. MPlayer
3. Xine
4. Totem

Question 25

Movie editors are used to edit videos or movies. Linux systems offer a number of movie editors:

Answer 25

1. Blender 2. Cinelerra 3. FFmpeg

Question 26

Create 3D animation and design. Blender is a professional tool that uses modeling as a starting point. There are complex and powerful tools for camera capture, recording, editing, enhancing and creating video, each having its own focus.

Answer 26

Blender

Question 27

Capture, compose, and edit audio/video.

Answer 27

Cinelerra

Question 28

Record, convert, and stream audio/video. FFmpeg is a format converter, among other things, and has other tools such as ffplay and ffserver.

Answer 28

FFmpeg

Question 29

Graphic editors allow you to create, edit, view, and organize images of various formats, like (JPEG or JPG), (PNG), (GIF), and (TIFF).

Answer 29

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)

Question 30

JPEG or JPG stands for

Answer 30

Joint Photographic Experts Group

Question 31

PNG stands for

Answer 31

Portable Network Graphics

Question 32

GIF stands for

Answer 32

Graphics Interchange Format

Question 33

TIFF stands for

Answer 33

Tagged Image File Format

Question 34

The ______________________ is a feature-rich image retouching and editing tool similar to Adobe Photoshop and is available on all Linux distributions.

Answer 34

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)

Question 35

Some features of the GIMP are:

Answer 35

1. It can handle any image file format. 2. It has many special purpose plugins and filters. 3. It provides extensive information about the image such as: a. layers, b. channels c. histograms.

Question 36

Multimedia Applications (Graphics Utilities) such as:

Answer 36

1. Eye of Gnome (eog) 2. Inkscape 3. convert 4. Scribus

Question 37

is an image viewer that provides slide show capability and a few image editing tools, such as rotate and resize. It can also step through the images in a directory with just a click.

Answer 37

Eye of Gnome (eog)

Question 38

is an image editor with lots of editing features. It works with layers and transformations of the image. It is sometimes compared to Adobe Illustrator.

Answer 38

Inkscape

Question 39

is a command line tool (part of the ImageMagick set of applications) that can modify image files in many ways. The options include file format conversion and numerous image modification options, such as blur, resize, despeckle, etc.

Answer 39

convert

Question 40

is used for creating documents used for publishing and providing a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) environment. It also provides numerous editing tools.

Answer 40

Scribus