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category: en
type: paper
layout: paper
tags: настройка, linux, archlinux
title: Apps which I use
short: my-desktop
description: Here is a short paper devoted to the set of applications and extensions that I use everyday on my home computer.
---
<h2><a name="apps" class="anchor" href="#apps"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Applications</h2>
<ul>
  <li><p align="justify"><b>Shell</b> - zshrc and nothing else. You may find a small description of my settings <a href="/2014/01/14/about-zshrc/">here</a>. They are stored <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arcan1s/dotfiles/master/zshrc">here</a> (or <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arcan1s/dotfiles/master/zshrc_server">here</a>).</p></li>

  <li><p align="justify"><b>DE</b> - I use KDE as Desktop Environment. And that's why most of apps are qt-based. Some KDE settings are below.</p></li>

  <li><p align="justify"><b>Graphic editors</b> - <a href="http://kde.org/applications/graphics/gwenview/">gwenview</a> is used for viewing images, <a href="http://kde.org/applications/graphics/kolourpaint/">kolourpaint</a> is used for simple editing pixel images, <a href="http://www.gimp.org/">gimp</a> (without plugins, since they are not needed for me) - for editing and <a href="http://www.inkscape.org/">inkskape</a> is used as editor of vector graphics.</p></li>

  <li><p align="justify"><b>Browser</b> - I use Firefox. Some Firefox settings are below. Chromium is used as additional browser, elinks is used as console browser.</p></li>

  <li><p align="justify"><b>IM client</b> is <a href="http://qutim.org">qutIM</a>. It is a cross-platform, multiprotocol and full featured client. <a href="http://kde.org/applications/internet/kopete/">Kopete</a>, which I used before it, crashes, does not work correctly and does not work normally with codepage. Also I don't use a console client since I use a tablet IM. And I use Skype for skype obviously.</p></li>

  <li><p align="justify"><b>Mail client</b> is <a href="http://kde.org/applications/internet/kmail/">kmail</a>. It is a full featured client (and I use most of them), looks pretty and it is easy to use. If it will be DE-undepended it will be better.</p></li>

  <li><p align="justify"><b>IRC client</b> is <a href="http://konversation.kde.org/">konversation</a>. It is a simple IRC client. Though as far as I remember qutIM also supports IRC protocol, I prefre to use a special IRC client.</p></li>

  <li><p align="justify"><b>Torrent client</b> is <a href="http://www.transmissionbt.com/">transmission</a> with Qt5 interface (it has gtk interface too). It is also used for server but without GUI.</p></li>

  <li><p align="justify"><b>Video player</b> is <a href="http://mpv.io/">mpv</a>, since mplayer died and mplayer2 was born deadborn. Graphical frontend are not needed.</p></li>

  <li><p align="justify"><b>Audio player</b> is <a href="http://qmmp.ylsoftware.com/">qmmp</a>. It is a good winamp-like player. Flick of the wrist you may make a handy interface for it (simpleui).</p></li>

  <li><p align="justify"><b>Audio/video editors</b>: <a href="http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=29024">kdenlive</a> is used as video editor, <a href="http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=29024">soundkonverter</a> is used as audio editor, <a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/EasyTAG">easytag</a> is used for editing audio tags (unfortunately, it is a gtk-based, but I didn't find a better tool for it). And command line and scripts written on bash are used too.</p></li>

  <li><p align="justify"><b>Office</b>: <a href="http://wps-community.org/">Kingsoft Office</a> is used as alternative of Microsoft Office; it has no any feature, but it looks normally, it is qt-based and it is said that it has a good support for standart formats. (Linux version has an alfa stage.) <a href="http://kile.sourceforge.net/">Kile</a> is used as LaTeX frontend. <a href="http://kde.org/applications/graphics/okular/">Okular</a> is used as document viewer. And I use <a href="http://goldendict.org/">GoldenDict</a> as dictionary.</p></li>

  <li><p align="justify"><b>Editors</b>: <a href="http://www.kde.org/applications/utilities/kwrite/">kwrite</a> is used as a simple text editor, <a href="http://www.kde.org/applications/utilities/kate/">kate</a> (and <a href="http://zaufi.github.io/kate-cpp-helper-plugin.html">cpp-helper</a> plugin) is used as advanced text editor. And I begin to use <a href="https://atom.io/">atom</a> now. And of cource I use vim in console.</p></li>

  <li><p align="justify"><b>Scientific soft</b>. Chemical visualizers are <a href="http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/">vmd</a>, <a href="http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/">chimera</a> and <a href="http://pymol.org/">pymol</a>. Physics simulator is <a href="http://kde.org/applications/education/step/">step</a>. Calculator is <a href="http://kde.org/applications/education/kalgebra/">kalgebra</a> and console <a href="http://ipython.org/">ipython</a>. <a href="http://qtiplot.com/">Qtiplot</a> is used for drawing graphs and data analysis (scidavis, which is its fork, unfortunately, is half-dead), <a href="http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/">grace</a> is used for only drawing graphs. <a href="http://ruby.chemie.uni-freiburg.de/~martin/chemtool/chemtool.html">Chemtool</a> is used as alternative of ChemDraw.</p></li>

  <li><p align="justify"><b>System applications</b>. File manager is <a href="http://kde.org/applications/system/dolphin/">dolphin</a>, <a href="http://doublecmd.sourceforge.net/">doublecmd</a> is used as twin-panel manager. Terminal emulators are <a href="http://yakuake.kde.org/">yakuake</a> and <a href="http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html">urxvt</a> (as windowed emulator). Archiver graphical interface is <a href="http://kde.org/applications/utilities/ark/">ark</a>.</p></li>
</ul>


<h2><a name="kde" class="anchor" href="#kde"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>KDE settings</h2>
<p align="justify">Here is a screenshot:<br>
<a href="/resources/screenshots/kde.png"><img src="/resources/preview/kde_prev.jpg"></a></p>

<p align="justify">QtCurve is used as Qt style, its settings may be found <a href="https://github.com/arcan1s/dotfiles/tree/master/qtcurve">here</a>, window decorations are presented by QtCurve too. Cursor theme is <a href="http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Ecliz?content=110340">ecliz-small</a>. Plasma theme is <a href="http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Volatile?content=128110">volatile</a>. Icon pack is  <a href="http://nitrux.in/">compass</a>. I use fonts which are based on Liberation.</p>

<p align="justify"><b>Used widgets</b> (from left to right, top to bottom) are: <a href="https://launchpad.net/plasma-widget-menubar">menubar</a>, <a href="http://userbase.kde.org/Homerun">homerun</a> with transparent icon, <a href="http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=144808">icontask</a>, <a href="/projects/netctl-gui/">netctl</a>, default KDE tray, <a href="http://agateau.com/projects/colibri/">colibri</a> for notifications, <a href="/projects/pytextmonitor">pytextmonitor</a>.</p>

<p align="justify">As a bonus material <a href="https://github.com/arcan1s/dotfiles/blob/master/themes/yakuake/My%20color.colorscheme">here</a> is a settings for konsole bright colors:<br>
<a href="/resources/screenshots/zshrc_demo.png"><img src="/resources/preview/zshrc_demo_prev.jpg"></a></p>


<h2><a name="firefox" class="anchor" href="#firefox"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Firefox settings</h2>
<p align="justify">I do not use a special settings, thus I get you a list of used add-ons:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p align="justify"><b>Adblock plus</b>.</p></li>
  <li><p align="justify"><b>Add to search bar</b> is used for custom searchs.</p></li>
  <li><p align="justify"><b>Auto Refresh</b> is used for auto update pages.</p></li>
  <li><p align="justify"><b>Clone tab</b> adds "Clone tab" function.</p></li>
  <li><p align="justify"><b>Close tab by double click</b>.</p></li>
  <li><p align="justify"><b>HideScrollbars</b> is used for hiding scrollbars, because they look horrible in Qt environment.</p></li>
  <li><p align="justify"><b>PrivateTab</b> adds private tab (not the window).</p></li>
  <li><p align="justify"><b>RSS icon in url bar</b>.</p></li>
  <li><p align="justify"><b>Dictionaries for spellchecking</b> (eng/rus).</p></li>
  <li><p align="justify"><b>Space Next</b>. If I tap a space at the bottom of a page, it will be perceived as pushing the "Next" button.</p></li>
  <li><p align="justify"><b>Speed Dial</b> is a simple express panel.</p></li>
  <li><p align="justify"><b>Status-4-Evar</b> is a normal status bar.</p></li>
  <li><p align="justify"><b>tab delabelifier</b> minimizes inactive tabs.</p></li>
  <li><p align="justify"><b>Tab Scope + Tab Scope Tweaker</b> is tab tooltip.</p></li>
  <li><p align="justify"><b>accessKey</b> do not work now. But it is needed for easy navigation from keyboard (opera-like).</p></li>
  <li><p align="justify"><b>FXOpera</b> is a normal minimalistic look.</p></li>
</ul>