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ALTERNATIVES TO BLOATWARE

The list is built pointing to software that have alternatives with less dependencies, and addressing dependencies was the easy thing to do. One thing tho, some particular tools were included because they add less dependencies overall while keeping a system functional. One such example is imagemagick and ffmpeg, by which you can do a lot of work and replace many tools by just using those with scripts and replace something like a screenshot utility. TL;DR is about the unix principle and you can have a fully functional system pretty damn minimal with that.

Certainly it would be great to have a comparative on resource usage tho. Wanna help?

TOC

  1. ANDROID APPS
  2. Command Line
  3. Communication
    3.1. Desktop Client
  4. Desktop
  5. Disk Tools
  6. Decentralized Networking
  7. Emulation And Virtualization
  8. Enterprise
  9. File Utilities
  10. Filesharing
  11. Finance
  12. Forensics
  13. Monitoring
    13.1. Benchmarking
    13.2. System Information
    13.3. System Monitoring
  14. Multimedia
    14.1. ASCii Art
    14.2. Audio
    14.3. Image
    14.4. Metadata
    14.5. Video
  15. Network Setup
  16. Office
  17. Package Management
  18. Pentesting
    18.1. Exploitables
    18.2. Network Scanner
    18.3. Network Tampering
    18.4. Password Cracking
    18.5. Vulnerability Scanner
  19. Privacy
  20. Programming
  21. Remote Access
  22. Science And Engineering
  23. Security
    23.1. Containment
    23.2. Honeypots
    23.3. Host Intrusion
    23.4. Network Intrusion
  24. Server
    24.1. Server Authentication
  25. System Tools

ANDROID APPS

  • Launcher: Silverfish
  • Facebook: Tinfoil for Facebook
  • Twitter: Tinfoil for Twitter
  • YouTube: NewPipe
  • E-Books: Document Viewer
  • Notes: miniNoteViewer

All apps are from F-Droid, may not be much but is a start.

Command Line

Communication

Desktop Client

Desktop

  • Application Launcher: rofi -> ratmenu -> dmenu -> pdmenu -> iSelect -> slmenu
  • Boot Screen: Plymouth -> Splashy -> Fbsplash -> <BOOTLOADERS>
  • Clipboard: CopyQ -> clipmenu -> snippy -> xclip / XSel
  • Compositing Window Manager: Compiz -> Compton -> Xcompmgr
  • Cursor: keynav, GPM
  • Desktop Character: Kawari + Ninix-aya (for Ukagaka) -> Gnome KiSS -> Oneko -> xevilteddy -> Xteddy
  • Display Color Temperature: Redshift -> sct
  • Display Settings: DDCcontrol, xrandr
  • Graphical Settings: Wpgtk -> LxAppearance -> GSettings -> xsettings
  • Keybinding: Xbindkeys -> sxhkd -> loadkeys (+ keymaps)
  • Keyboard Layout: XKB -> xmodmap -> loadkeys (+ keymaps)
  • Login Manager: SLiM -> Qingy
  • Macro Recorder: Autokey -> Sikuli -> Easystroke -> xdotool -> GNU Xnee
  • Nested Display: Xephyr -> Xnest
  • Notification Daemon: dunst -> slstatus
  • Notification Server: Libcanberra + Libnotify -> xmessage
  • Panel: Avant Window Navigator -> Global Menu -> Tint2
  • Screensaver: XScreenSaver -> XLockmore -> i3lock -> sxlock -> slock
  • Status Bar Client: Dzen -> bevelbar -> Lemonbar
  • Status Bar Server: monky -> i3status
  • Animated Wallpaper Changer: Xphoon, xfireworks, Xsnow, xmountains, Xplanet, ImageMagick (animate)
  • Still Wallpaper Changer: FEH -> hsetroot -> imagemagick (but use 10MB more RAM than the others)
  • Terminal As Wallpaper: root-tail -> xrootconsole
  • Video Wallpaper Changer: mpv -> VLC (nvlc) -> MPlayer
  • Window Manager: FVWM (+ FvwmTabs and 4dwm theme) -> IceWM -> i3 -> s3d (+ s3dfm, it's a 3D desktop!) -> Amiwm -> MWM -> Ratpoison -> dwm (+ dwmstatus) -> FrankenWM -> TinyWM -> Twin -> VWM
  • Window Manipulation: QuickTile -> wmctrl -> wmutils
  • Worskpace Pager: 3D-Desktop -> Skippy-XD
  • X Event Display: xprop -> xwininfo -> xev

Disk Tools

  • CD-DVD Burn and Copy (Backends): cdrtools -> cdrkit -> cdrskin
  • CD-DVD Burn and Copy (Frontends): K3b -> Brasero -> cdw
  • CD-DVD Ripping: Sound Juicer -> fre ac -> cdparanoia (+ ABCDE)
  • Custom Install CD: Respin -> Remastersys -> Distroshare -> PinguyBuilder -> Customizer -> Ubuntu Customization Kit -> Mklivecd
  • Device Management: Udisks (+ udevil) -> pmount -> bashmount
  • Disk Cloning and Writing: dd -> dcfldd -> dc3dd
  • Live USB: UNetbootin -> MultiCD
  • Partitioning: Gparted -> cfdisk -> GNU Parted -> fdisk / sfdisk
  • System Backup: Systemback -> Bacula -> FSArchiver -> CYA

Decentralized Networking

Emulation And Virtualization

Enterprise

  • Business Intelligence: JasperReports
  • CRM: SugarCRM
  • Enterprise Resource Planning: IDempiere -> LedgerSMB
  • Human Resource Software: OrangeHRM
  • Invoice: Simple Invoices
  • Project Management: GanttProject -> ProjectLibre

File Utilities

Filesharing

Finance

Forensics

  • Application Profiling: Valgrind (+ Callgrind)
  • Data Recovery: dvdisaster -> ddrescue -> TestDisk (PhotoRec)
  • Debugger: DDD -> CGDB -> GDB
  • Virtual Memory Debugger: scanmem & Gameconqueror -> varedit
  • Java Debugger: VisualVM
  • Browser Debugger: Firebug
  • Forensic Analysis Framework: The Sleuth Kit -> DFF -> Radare
  • Hex Editors: HT Editor -> dhex
  • Sandbox: Cuckoo Sandbox
  • Steganalysis: Virtual Steganographic Laboratory -> Stegdetect

Monitoring

Benchmarking

System Information

System Monitoring

Multimedia

ASCii Art

  • ANSI Drawing: cadubi -> SHPaint -> MysticDraw
  • ANSi Viewer: ANSiMat
  • ASCii Animation: blessed -> Durdraw -> drawille
  • ASCii Banner: shellpic -> TOIlet -> FIGlet -> sysvbanner
  • ASCii Drawing: JavE -> textdraw -> Aewan
  • ASCii Presentations: wopr -> blessed-contrib
  • Image to ASCii: jp2a
  • Video to ASCii: libcaca -> AAlib

Audio

Image

  • Bitmaps to Vector Conversion: AutoTrace -> Potrace
  • Diagram Editor: Pencil Project -> Dia -> Graphviz
  • Bitmap Graphics Digital Drawing: Krita -> MyPaint -> XPaint -> GrafX2 / uberpaint
  • Coloring Digital Drawing: STYLE2PAINTS
  • Fonts Digital Drawing: FontForge
  • Vector Digital Drawing: Inkscape -> Xfig
  • Image Editing: RawTherapee -> darktable -> Gimp + G'MIC -> ImageMagick (display, import)
  • Image Optimizing: pngcrush -> pngquant -> OptiPNG
  • Image Viewer: Feh -> sxiv -> display (ImageMagick) -> fim / fbi (fbida)
  • Plotting: Gnuplot -> PLplot
  • Screenshots: Shutter -> scrot -> maim -> import (ImageMagick) -> fbcat (FBGrab)

Metadata

Video

  • Compositing: CinePaint -> Natron
  • Datamoshing: Autodatamosh
  • 2D Digital Animation: Synfig -> OpenToonz
  • 3D Digital Animation: Blender
  • Screencasting: Open Broadcaster Studio -> SimpleScreenRecorder -> FFmpeg -> ttyrec (+ seq2gif)
  • Video Editing: Kdenlive -> Cinelerra-cv -> OpenShot -> FFmpeg
  • Video Player: MPV -> nvlc (VLC) -> MPlayer
  • Video to gif: Video2Gif -> convert (ImageMagick) -> FFmpeg
  • Video Transcoding: HandBrake -> WinFF -> FFmpeg

Network Setup

Office

  • CHM Viewer: xCHM -> CHMLib (extract_chmLib)
  • Desktop Publishing: Scribus
  • Document Processor: Emacs (AUCTeX) -> LyX -> GNU TeXmacs
  • Ebook Viewer: Calibre -> Okular -> Zathura -> fimgs (fim) / fbgs (fbida)
  • Flashcards: Anki
  • Gamification: HabitRPG -> Habitica
  • Input Method Editor: iBus -> Fcitx -> SCIM
  • Mind Mapping: FreeMind
  • Office Suites: LibreOffice -> Siag Office -> catdoc (xls2csv, catppt, wordview)
  • Offline Dictionary: Goldendict -> Artha -> Dico, dict
  • Outliner: TreeSheets -> Vault 3 -> GJots2 -> Emacs (Org-mode) -> Vim (Vimoutliner or Vim-orgmode) -> hnb -> snb
  • PDF Editing: PDF SaM -> Poppler
  • Personal Assistant: Mycroft, betty, Climate, Suicide Linux
  • Personal Organizer: Wyrd -> calcurse -> when -> cal
  • Presentation: Beamer -> Sozi -> Text Presentation Program
  • Printers: CUPS -> LPR
  • Repetitive Strain Injury: Workrave
  • Speed Reading: speedread
  • Spell Check: Aspell
  • Spreadsheets: Libreoffice Calc -> Gnumeric -> Oleo -> SC-IM + Pandoc
  • Text Editor (and IDE): Emacs (nox) -> Vim -> Nano -> Vile -> xwpe (full IDE in the terminal) -> GNU Zile
  • Text Formatting and Pretty Printing: unoconv -> Pandoc, par -> fmt (Textutils)
  • Text-To-Speech: Orca -> Gespeaker -> eBook-speaker (+ pandoc) -> eSpeak
  • Typing Training: Klavaro -> nlkt -> GNU Typist
  • Weather Forecast: AWeather -> Weather Util -> rrdweather
  • Word Processor: Libreoffice Writter -> Abiword -> MinEd -> WordGrinder + Pandoc

Package Management

Pentesting

Exploitables

Network Scanner

Network Tampering

Password Cracking

Vulnerability Scanner

Privacy

Programming

Remote Access

  • Configuration Management: Puppet -> CFEngine -> cdist
  • Control Panel: Webmin
  • Diskless Booting: iPXE -> netboot
  • PC-Mobile Connection: KDE Connect -> Wammu -> BitPim -> AndroidTools
  • Remote Desktop Client: rdesktop -> Remmina -> fbvnc
  • Remote Desktop Server: xrdp
  • Remote Execution: pconsole
  • Remote File Manager: KodExplorer
  • Remote Login: Mosh -> OpenSSH -> lsh
  • Remote X Apps: Xpra > X11 forwarding
  • Reverse Shell: icmpsh -> RevSh
  • Serial Console: Minicom -> Picocom -> Qodem / GNU Screen
  • Server Provisioning: FAI
  • Wake-on-LAN: wakeonlan

Science And Engineering

Security

Containment

Honeypots

Host Intrusion

Network Intrusion

  • Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) Block and Circumvention: zapret
  • Firewall: gufw -> ufw -> iptables (+ ipset) -> nftables
  • Man-In-The-Middle (MITM) Detection: ArpON, Arpalert
  • Network Intrusion Detection: Snort -> Suricata
  • Network Intrusion Prevention: Fail2ban -> Sshguard

Server

Server Authentication

System Tools