21 of the Best Free Linux Productivity Tools
One of the essential ingredients to running a successful
business is maintaining an advantage over your competition. Many
different types of computer software can significantly enhance
performance at the workplace, or in the home. A polished office suite,
a reliable backup system, an intuitive desktop environment, even a
welcome break from reality with an immersive game all have their part
to play in helping users achieve their maximum potential.
However, this article focuses predominately on software that
helps individuals organise their day, capture and retrieve information,
and assist them fulfilling their various roles in life (whether as a
parent, employer, employee, good neighbour etc), as well
as streamlining the desktop.
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is
available, we have compiled a list of 21 high quality Linux
productivity tools. Hopefully, there will be something of
interest for anyone who wishes to organise their daily life.
Now, let's explore the 21 productivity tools at hand. For
each
title we have compiled its own portal page, providing a screenshot of
the software in action, a full description with an
in-depth analysis of
its features, together with links to relevant resources and reviews.
| Personal Information Manager |
| Chandler |
Innovative capabilities in calendar sharing
to support workgroup collaboration |
| Evolution |
Integrated
mail, addressbook and calendaring functionality |
| Kontact |
Unites mature and proven applications |
| qOrganizer |
A
general
organizer |
| Spicebird |
Based on Mozilla Thunderbird's
code |
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| Note Manager |
| BasKet
Note Pads |
Organizing, sharing, and taking notes |
| Incollector |
Information
collector |
| NoteCase |
Hierarchical
note manager |
| Tomboy |
GNOME
desktop note-taking application |
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| Search Tool |
| Beagle |
Search documents, chat logs, email and contact lists in
a
similar way to Spotlight |
| Recoll |
Personal
full text search tool |
| Tracker |
Object database, extensible tag/metadata database,
search tool and indexer |
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| Application Launchers |
| GNOME
Do |
Specify actions to perform on search results |
| Launchy |
Indexes shortcuts and files |
| Katapult |
Quickly
launch applications or open files |
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| Mind Mapping |
| FreeMind |
Visualise ideas, projects,
brainstorming, concepts, internet research |
| Semantik |
Produce
complicated documents very quickly and efficiently |
| View
Your Mind |
Store and
modify information in an intuitive way |
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| Calendar |
| Sunbird |
The
Mozilla Calendar application |
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| Terminal Emulator |
| Yukake |
Drop-down
terminal emulator based on KDE
Konsole technology |
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| Calculator |
| SpeedCrunch |
High
precision and powerful desktop calculator |
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Last Updated Monday, April 04 2011 @ 03:20 PM EDT
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