Applications
The number of applications installed by default is higher for DVD editions than for editions small enough to fit on a CD. Their selection is also tailored to the choice between GNOME, KDE, Xfce, and MATE. The XBMC environment can be run without loading the full desktop environment.
The following table summarizes the software included in GNOME, KDE, Xfce, and MATE versions:
| Type of Program | GNOME Version | KDE Version | Xfce Version | MATE Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BitTorrent Client | Transmission | - | Transmission | Transmission |
| E-mail Client | Evolution | KMail | - | - |
| IRC Client | XChat | Konversation | XChat | XChat |
| Compositing window manager | Mutter | KWin | Xfwm | Macro |
| Drop down terminal | Guake | Yakuake | - | - |
| Text editor | gedit | KWrite | Leafpad | Pluma |
| Image processing | GIMP | - | GIMP | - |
| Archive tool | File Roller | Ark | File Roller | Engrampa |
| Photo manager | Shotwell | Gwenview | Shotwell | Eye of MATE |
| Browser | Chromium | Chromium | Midori | Midori |
| Burning program | Brasero | K3b | - | - |
| Media Center | XBMC | XBMC | - | - |
| Media player | Totem | VLC media player | Totem | - |
| Instant messaging | Empathy | Kopete | Pidgin | - |
| Network Manager | NM Applet | KNetworkManager | NM Applet | NM Applet |
| Music Player | Exaile | Amarok | Exaile | Audacious |
| Office suite | LibreOffice | LibreOffice | LibreOffice | - |
| Virtual terminal | GNOME Terminal | Konsole | Terminal | MATE Terminal |
| Portable Document Format viewer | Evince | Okular | ePDFView | Atril |
Considerable software is also available in the main repository.
Many Microsoft Windows executables are automatically run in Wine.
Other applications include Adobe Reader, Audacity, Clementine, aMSN, Celestia, Eclipse, FileZilla, GnuCash, Google Earth, Inkscape, Kdenlive, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Sunbird, Mozilla Thunderbird, Nero Burning ROM, Opera, Picasa, Skype, Teamviewer, VirtualBox, Vuze and Wireshark.
Games (open-source and proprietary) include Doom 3, Eternal Lands, Nexuiz, OpenArena, Quake, Quake 2, Quake 3, Quake 4, Sauerbraten, The Battle for Wesnoth, Tremulous, Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Urban Terror, Vendetta Online, Warsow, Warzone 2100, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, World of Padman and Xonotic.
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