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@ -2,79 +2,79 @@ The list is built pointing to software that have alternatives with less dependen
Certainly it would be great to have a comparative on resource usage tho. Wanna help?
*__Terminal Pager__: less -> most
* __Terminal Pager__: less -> most
*__Chat Client__: Pidgin -> Finch (+ irssi mode) -> Centerim -> Bitlbee
*__E-Mail Client__: Thunderbird -> Alpine -> Mutt
*__RSS Feed and Podcast__: Liferea -> Newsbeuter -> Newsboat
*__IRC Client__: HexChat -> Weechat -> Irssi
*__VoIP__: Skype -> Mumble -> Linphone -> sscall
* __Chat Client__: Pidgin -> Finch (+ irssi mode) -> Centerim -> Bitlbee
* __E-Mail Client__: Thunderbird -> Alpine -> Mutt
* __RSS Feed and Podcast__: Liferea -> Newsbeuter -> Newsboat
* __IRC Client__: HexChat -> Weechat -> Irssi
* __VoIP__: Skype -> Mumble -> Linphone -> sscall
*__Application Launcher__: GNOME Do -> ratmenu -> dmenu -> pdmenu -> slmenu
*__Compositing Window Manager__: Compiz -> Compton -> Xcompmgr
*__Display Color Temperature__: flux -> Redshift -> sct
*__Graphical Settings__: Wpgtk -> LxAppearance -> GSettings -> xsettings
*__Keybinding__: Xbindkeys -> sxhkd -> loadkeys (+ keymaps)
*__Wallpaper Changer__: FEH -> hsetroot -> xsetroot -> imagemagick (but use 10MB more RAM than the others)
* __Application Launcher__: GNOME Do -> ratmenu -> dmenu -> pdmenu -> slmenu
* __Compositing Window Manager__: Compiz -> Compton -> Xcompmgr
* __Display Color Temperature__: flux -> Redshift -> sct
* __Graphical Settings__: Wpgtk -> LxAppearance -> GSettings -> xsettings
* __Keybinding__: Xbindkeys -> sxhkd -> loadkeys (+ keymaps)
* __Wallpaper Changer__: FEH -> hsetroot -> xsetroot -> imagemagick (but use 10MB more RAM than the others)
*__CD-DVD Burn and Copy__: K3b -> Brasero -> cdw
*__Device Management__: Udisks (+ udevil) -> pmount -> bashmount
* __CD-DVD Burn and Copy__: K3b -> Brasero -> cdw
* __Device Management__: Udisks (+ udevil) -> pmount -> bashmount
*__Virtual Machine__: VirtualBox -> AQEMU + kvm -> Qemu + kvm
* __Virtual Machine__: VirtualBox -> AQEMU + kvm -> Qemu + kvm
*__Batch Renamer__: GPRename -> qmv (renameutils)
*__Duplicate Files Removal__: dupeGuru -> Fdupes
*__File Archiver__: PeaZip -> Xarchiver -> Atool
*__File Manager__: SpaceFM -> Ranger -> Midnight Commander -> noice
* __Batch Renamer__: GPRename -> qmv (renameutils)
* __Duplicate Files Removal__: dupeGuru -> Fdupes
* __File Archiver__: PeaZip -> Xarchiver -> Atool
* __File Manager__: SpaceFM -> Ranger -> Midnight Commander -> noice
*__File Scraper__: JDownloader -> youtube-dl -> cclive -> Plowshare
*__FTP Client__: FileZilla -> lftp
*__Torrent Client__: qBittorrent -> RTorrent -> transmission-daemon (+ transmission-remote-cli, or use the web interface that comes with transmission-daemon)
* __File Scraper__: JDownloader -> youtube-dl -> cclive -> Plowshare
* __FTP Client__: FileZilla -> lftp
* __Torrent Client__: qBittorrent -> RTorrent -> transmission-daemon (+ transmission-remote-cli, or use the web interface that comes with transmission-daemon)
*__System Information__: zCI -> screenfetch -> inxi
*__Disk Usage__: QDirStat -> Baobab -> Ncdu -> df
*__System Monitor__: gnome-system-monitor -> Conky -> htop -> nmon -> top
* __System Information__: zCI -> screenfetch -> inxi
* __Disk Usage__: QDirStat -> Baobab -> Ncdu -> df
* __System Monitor__: gnome-system-monitor -> Conky -> htop -> nmon -> top
*__Multiple Streams__: pulseaudio -> apulse
*__Audio Editing__: Audacity -> SoX
*__Audio Mixer and Equalizer__: pavucontrol -> Qastools -> alsa-utils + Alsaequal
*__Metadata__: Easytag -> Beets -> ExifTool
*__Screenshots__: Shutter -> scrot -> maim -> ImageMagick
*__Screencasting__: Open Broadcaster Studio -> SimpleScreenRecorder -> FFmpeg
*__Video Transcoding__: HandBrake -> WinFF -> FFmpeg
* __Multiple Streams__: pulseaudio -> apulse
* __Audio Editing__: Audacity -> SoX
* __Audio Mixer and Equalizer__: pavucontrol -> Qastools -> alsa-utils + Alsaequal
* __Metadata__: Easytag -> Beets -> ExifTool
* __Screenshots__: Shutter -> scrot -> maim -> ImageMagick
* __Screencasting__: Open Broadcaster Studio -> SimpleScreenRecorder -> FFmpeg
* __Video Transcoding__: HandBrake -> WinFF -> FFmpeg
*__DNS Resolution__: Unbound + NDS -> BIND9
*__Network Manager__: Wicd -> NetworkManager -> ConnMan -> SetNet
* __DNS Resolution__: Unbound + NDS -> BIND9
* __Network Manager__: Wicd -> NetworkManager -> ConnMan -> SetNet
*__Ebook Viewer__: Calibre -> Zathura
*__Printers__: CUPS -> LPR
*__Word Processor__: Libreoffice Writter -> Abiword -> WordGrinder + pandoc
*__Spreadsheets__: Libreoffice Calc -> Gnumeric -> SC-IM + pandoc
*__Text Editor (and IDE)__: Emacs (nox) -> Vim -> Nano -> Vile -> xwpe -> GNU Zile
* __Ebook Viewer__: Calibre -> Zathura
* __Printers__: CUPS -> LPR
* __Word Processor__: Libreoffice Writter -> Abiword -> WordGrinder + pandoc
* __Spreadsheets__: Libreoffice Calc -> Gnumeric -> SC-IM + pandoc
* __Text Editor (and IDE)__: Emacs (nox) -> Vim -> Nano -> Vile -> xwpe -> GNU Zile
*__Disk Cleaner__: BleachBit -> bleachbit_cli -> shred
*__Storage Encryption__: VeraCrypt -> tcplay (TrueCrypt implementation) -> Keyringer -> Tomb
*__Password Manager__: KeePassX -> kpcli / pass (+ pass-tomb)
* __Disk Cleaner__: BleachBit -> bleachbit_cli -> shred
* __Storage Encryption__: VeraCrypt -> tcplay (TrueCrypt implementation) -> Keyringer -> Tomb
* __Password Manager__: KeePassX -> kpcli / pass (+ pass-tomb)
*__Version Control__: Git (+ tig) -> Fossil -> RCS
* __Version Control__: Git (+ tig) -> Fossil -> RCS
*__Configuration Management__: Puppet -> CFEngine -> cdist
* __Configuration Management__: Puppet -> CFEngine -> cdist
*__CAD__: AutoCAD -> FreeCAD -> OpenSCAD
*__Graphing Calculato__r: KAlgebra -> GraphMonkey -> Maxima + PLplot
* __CAD__: AutoCAD -> FreeCAD -> OpenSCAD
* __Graphing Calculato__r: KAlgebra -> GraphMonkey -> Maxima + PLplot
*__Firewall__: gufw -> ufw -> iptables -> nftables
* __Firewall__: gufw -> ufw -> iptables -> nftables
*__Cloud__: Google Drive -> Nextcloud -> vsftpd -> sftp
*__E-Mail Filtering (LDA)__: Dovecot -> procmail
*__E-Mail Server (MTA)__: Postfix -> Exim -> cmail
*__E-Mail Spam Filter__: DSPAM -> SpamAssassin
*__VPN__: OpenVPN -> WireGuard
*__Web Caching__: Decentraleyes on a web browser -> Squid
*__Web Filtering__: Ad blocker on a web browser -> Pi-hole -> Privoxy
*__Web Server__: Apache -> Nginx -> lighttpd -> darkhttpd -> Bucktooth (+ Bucky)
* __Cloud__: Google Drive -> Nextcloud -> vsftpd -> sftp
* __E-Mail Filtering (LDA)__: Dovecot -> procmail
* __E-Mail Server (MTA)__: Postfix -> Exim -> cmail
* __E-Mail Spam Filter__: DSPAM -> SpamAssassin
* __VPN__: OpenVPN -> WireGuard
* __Web Caching__: Decentraleyes on a web browser -> Squid
* __Web Filtering__: Ad blocker on a web browser -> Pi-hole -> Privoxy
* __Web Server__: Apache -> Nginx -> lighttpd -> darkhttpd -> Bucktooth (+ Bucky)
*__BIOS__: Coreboot -> Libreboot
*__Boot Loader__: GRUB 2 -> GRUB Legacy -> SYSLINUX -> LILO (or ELILO for UEFI)
*__Service Manager__: SysVinit + bum -> SysVinit + OpenRC -> sinit (+ daemontools-encore or perp)
*__IPC__: DBus -> ipcs
* __BIOS__: Coreboot -> Libreboot
* __Boot Loader__: GRUB 2 -> GRUB Legacy -> SYSLINUX -> LILO (or ELILO for UEFI)
* __Service Manager__: SysVinit + bum -> SysVinit + OpenRC -> sinit (+ daemontools-encore or perp)
* __IPC__: DBus -> ipcs