diff --git a/ALTERNATIVES.md b/ALTERNATIVES.md index 17dd32c..10ce4bb 100644 --- a/ALTERNATIVES.md +++ b/ALTERNATIVES.md @@ -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 Calculator: 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: 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