**TOP 10 LINUX COOL TOOLS**

[EXplore_System135]

**ALL THE CREDIT GOES TO CHIP MEMBERS**


1) Amarok

The media player Amarok is capable of everything you can imagine. Play Last.fm streams, create intelligent playlists, gather Wikipedia information on artists or even tell it to download lyrics for your favourite songs.



Download Link:- http://amarok.kde.org/

2) gDesklets

gDesklets is stylish tool which brings you weather forecasts, news tickers, system information displays, or music player controls onto your desktop. The plugins can be pasted onto your desktop with transparency and give you a truly customised workspace that you can call your own.



Download Link:- http://www.gdesklets.de/

3) Pidgin

Pidgin is a sophisticated multi-protocol instant messenger. Various installable plugins make Pidgin a superb messenger. Learn about your friend's online statistics, import masses of smilies and other media and save logs of all conversations.



Download Link:-http://www.pidgin.im/

4) Firefox

Mozilla´s Firefox browser is something loved by the Linux community. The new Firefox 3.0.1 protects you from internet threats and comes with cool new features. Searching for available plugins with a built-in search mechanism and the benefit from Firefox's new image rendering engine are just two examples.



Download Link:- http://download.chip.asia/in/Firefox-for...76058.html

5) SuperTux

SuperTux is a Super Mario clone with a penguin as the main character. Run and jump through affectionately designed levels, collecting as many coins as possible. Tricky hidden passages often have the most valuable gifts waiting.



Download Link:- http://download.chip.asia/in/Supertux-fo...51528.html

6) VirtualBox

With VirtualBox you can virtualise 32-bit x86 computer systems. Virtual machines are the ideal environment for software tests or emulation of operating systems under a host OS.



Download Link:- http://www.virtualbox.org/

7) Skype

Voice over IP communication via Skype is not reserved for Windows and Mac users. There's also a version which offers the free telephone application with video chat capabilities to the Linux community.



Download Link:- http://download.chip.asia/in/Skype-Linux...15297.html

8) Brasero

Brasero is an universal disk burning utility with advanced features for all kind of burning projects. Audio disks, for instance, can be created from nearly all kinds of audio file types like ogg, flac, mp3 etc.. Brasero also lets you save your projects, continue them later and burn them when you're ready.



Download Link:- http://www.gnome.org/
OR
http://download.chip.asia/in/Brasero-Lin...03288.html

9) gtkpod

gtkpod substitutes iTunes on Linux systems. Add or delete tracks to and from your Apple iPod device without having to fall back to Windows and iTunes. You can also edit album art or use your iPod with media players like Rythmbox or Amarok.



Download Link:- http://download.chip.asia/in/gtkpod-Linu...03774.html

10) TrueCrypt

TrueCrypt is an encryption software which offers transparent real-time on-the-fly encryption. It enables you to create virtual encrypted disks within a file, or a device-hosted encrypted volume on either a partition or an entire storage device such as a flash drive.



Download Link:- http://www.truecrypt.org/


Thanks to http://download.chip.asia/in/15-Cool-Lin...b=5&show=3 for this list.

[Ireqom]

Sweet! Thx a lot. The mediaplayer looks nice!

[p0w3r0fchr1st]

wow. Thank you. I was looking for the Itunes frogram for linux.

[Reece]

Had all but the game. Might try it, I loved Super Mario. Lol.

[TheDoctor]

Nice. I wanted a something like gDesklets and SuperTux.

[Elektrisk]

How about citing your sources? I'm getting really tired of your leeched posts. I'm no moderator, but you're likely to be banned/limited if you keep it up.

[R3c0nna1ssanc3]

Thanks Ill save this for when I switch back to linux.

[InsideSin]

Thanks, I'm thinking of dual booting Linux and some of these look very interesting... I'll try them if I do decide to use Linux.

[TheDoctor]

gDesklet isn't working for me for some reason. Is there anything like it you can recommend ?

[...w3]

downloaded the mario clone (had all the rest)

i would add
ktorrent : http://ktorrent.org/ (torrent client)
alien : http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man1/alien.1.html (converts from red hat to deb and tar.gz and vice versa)
freesco : http://www.freesco.org/ (firewall for paranoid people like me - for xperienced users...use guarddog if ure new to linux ....link: http://www.simonzone.com/software/guarddog/)
Bluefish : http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html (web editor which supports everything)

all credits go to me ;)