BSD alternatives, user-end applications
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* fluxbox is based on now abandoned blackbox which was developed for FreeBSD. | * fluxbox is based on now abandoned blackbox which was developed for FreeBSD. | ||
* golem - FreeBSD window manager | * golem - FreeBSD window manager | ||
| − | * hs-xmonad - haskell based | + | * hs-xmonad - xmonad is a haskell based tiling window manager |
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* lumina - desktop built for FreeBSD, it uses fluxbox and relies on the qt toolkit | * lumina - desktop built for FreeBSD, it uses fluxbox and relies on the qt toolkit | ||
* matwm2 | * matwm2 | ||
* mcwm - based on ctwm, evilwm, tinywm | * mcwm - based on ctwm, evilwm, tinywm | ||
| − | * spectrwm - tiling window manager | + | * spectrwm - tiling window manager. based on dwm and xmonad |
* wmfs - floating and tile window manager | * wmfs - floating and tile window manager | ||
* wmii | * wmii | ||
Revision as of 05:59, 28 October 2015
Here are common BSD, other non-proprietary, and select proprietary licensed equivalents for common user-end application needs. Many listed programs are for desktop applications.
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PDF creation
- Print/scribus
Word Document
- Editors/abiword
Science and Math
- Math/sage (GPL) replaces Matlab, Mathematica, Magma, Maple
Database
- Databases/sqlitebrowser - graphical SQLite database
Desktop
BSD style desktops/window managers with BSD/MIT compatible licenses.
- ctwm - twm extension
- cwm - Calm Window Manager is OpenBSD's default window manager.
- dwm
- fluxbox is based on now abandoned blackbox which was developed for FreeBSD.
- golem - FreeBSD window manager
- hs-xmonad - xmonad is a haskell based tiling window manager
- lumina - desktop built for FreeBSD, it uses fluxbox and relies on the qt toolkit
- matwm2
- mcwm - based on ctwm, evilwm, tinywm
- spectrwm - tiling window manager. based on dwm and xmonad
- wmfs - floating and tile window manager
- wmii
Ports management
Port management programs with minimal dependencies and MIT/BSD style licenses.
- pchecker - checks the ports tree for errors
- portfind - search for ports. portfind relies on perl.
- portmaster - upgrade ports. portmaster has no dependencies
- portsearch - search for ports. has no dependencies.
