{"id":3267,"date":"2010-07-03T04:20:05","date_gmt":"2010-07-03T08:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/?p=3267"},"modified":"2010-07-03T04:20:05","modified_gmt":"2010-07-03T08:20:05","slug":"best-lightweight-apps-for-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/best-lightweight-apps-for-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Lightweight Apps for Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/harbhag.wordpress.com\/2010\/07\/02\/best-lightweight-applications-for-linux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">harbhag.wordpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the list of some of the best Lightweight applications available in Linux . I hope you like it . <\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Browsers :<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abaco_(web_browser)\">Abaco<\/a><\/strong> A multi-page graphical web browser<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arora_(browser)\">Arora<\/a><\/strong> A cross platform web browser built using Qt and WebKit<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chromium_(web_browser)\">Chromium<\/a><\/strong> The open-source project behind Google Chrome<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conkeror\">Conkeror<\/a><\/strong> A highly programmable web browser based on Mozilla XULRunner<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dillo\">Dillo<\/a><\/strong> A small, fast graphical web browser built on FLTK<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ELinks\">Elinks<\/a><\/strong> An advanced and well-established feature-rich text mode web browser<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tkhtml.tcl.tk\/hv3.html\">Hv3<\/a><\/strong> A minimalist web browser based on tkhtml3<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kazehakase\">Kazehakase<\/a><\/strong> GTK+ web browser that uses the Gecko rendering engine<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Links_(web_browser)\">Links<\/a><\/strong> A text WWW browser, similar to Lynx<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twotoasts.de\/index.php?\/pages\/midori_summary.html\"><strong>Midori<\/strong><\/a> is a lightweight web browser based on Gtk and WebKit. It passes the ACID3 test<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.netsurf-browser.org\/\">Netsurf<\/a><\/strong> has its own rendering engine, is written in C and is extremely lightweight.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/surf.suckless.org\/\">Surf<\/a> <\/strong>is another lightweight WebKit-based browser, which follows the \u201cSuck less philosophy\u201d . Which means, the software is even more lightweight (basically, the browser itself is a single C source file).<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uzbl.org\/\">Uzbl<\/a><\/strong> \u201cweb interface tools which adhere to the unix philosophy.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Email Clients :<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/alpine\/\">Alpine<\/a><\/strong> is another powerful, and user-friendly text-based mail and news client.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutt.org\/\">Mutt<\/a><\/strong> is a small but very powerful text-based mail client.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sylpheed.sraoss.jp\/en\/\">Sylpheed<\/a><\/strong> is a simple, lightweight but featureful, and easy-to-use GTK based e-mail client<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.claws-mail.org\/\">Claws<\/a><\/strong> is a user-friendly, lightweight, and fast GTK based email client.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sup.rubyforge.org\/\">Sup<\/a><\/strong> is yet another powerful, text-based mail client; it is still under development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Instant Messengers :<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitlbee.org\/main.php\/news.r.html\"><strong>Bitlbee<\/strong><\/a> is a way to use other IM to your IRC client .<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centerim.org\/index.php\/Main_Page\">Centerim<\/a><\/strong> is a curses based fork of Centericq which supports several protocols.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/emesene.org\/\">Emesene<\/a><\/strong> is a Python\/GTK+ instant messenger for the Windows Live Messenger network.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/developer.pidgin.im\/wiki\/Using%20Finch\">Finch<\/a> <\/strong>is a curses based version of Pidgin.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pidgin.im\/\">Pidgin<\/a><\/strong> is a multiprotocol instant messenger.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>IRC :<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nenolod.net\/\">Conspire<\/a><\/strong> Lightweight, simple, and powerfull.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/irssi.org\/\">Irssi<\/a><\/strong> is a modular text mode IRC client with Perl scripting.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tools.suckless.org\/ii\/\"><strong>II<\/strong> <\/a>Ultimate lightweight, literally `tail -f` the convo and `echo` back your replies.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ueber.net\/code\/r\/ircfs\">ircfs<\/a><\/strong> is a file system interface to irc written in\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/limbo.cat-v.org\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/limbo.cat-v.org\/\">Limbo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lostirc.sourceforge.net\/\">LostIRC<\/a><\/strong> is a simple IRC client.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scrollz.com\/\">ScrollZ<\/a><\/strong> is an advanced IRC client based on ircII.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/weechat.org\/\">WeeChat<\/a><\/strong> is a fast, light &amp; extensible curses-based IRC client.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/xchat.org\/\">Xchat<\/a><\/strong> is a GTK+ X client with Perl and Python scripting support.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bitbucket.org\/emg\/pcw\">pcw<\/a><\/strong> is a frontend for\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/tools.suckless.org\/ii\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/tools.suckless.org\/ii\">ii<\/a> that opens a new terminal for each channel (depends on\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/bitbucket.org\/emg\/srw\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/bitbucket.org\/emg\/srw\">srw<\/a> by default)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Torrent Clients :<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deluge_(software)\">Deluge<\/a><\/strong><strong> <\/strong>User-friendly BitTorrent client written in Python and wrapped with PyGTK<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/QBittorrent\">qBittorrent <\/a><\/strong>The closest open source (GNU GPL v2 license) equivalent to \u00b5torrent<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/harbhag.wordpress.com\/2010\/06\/30\/tutorial-using-rtorrent-on-linux-like-a-pro\/\">rTorrent <\/a><\/strong>Simple and lightweight ncurses BitTorrent client<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/harbhag.wordpress.com\/2010\/06\/20\/how-to-install-transmission-2-0-in-ubuntu-10-049-10\/\">Transmission <\/a><\/strong>Simple and easy-to-use BitTorrent client with (GTK+) GUI and CLI front-ends<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/aria2.sourceforge.net\/\">Aria2<\/a><\/strong> An advanced, lightweight CLI download manager that supports many protocols including bittorrent and metalink<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Audio Players :<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ario-player.sourceforge.net\/\">Ario<\/a> <\/strong>is very feature-rich GTK2 client for mpd, inspired by Rhythmbox<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cmus.sourceforge.net\/\">C*<\/a> Music Player <\/strong>is a very feature-rich ncurses-based music player.<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cicsmemoryplayer.com\/index.php?n=CPlay.Download\">cplay<\/a> <\/strong>is a curses front-end for various audio players.<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/code.google.com\/p\/gogglesmm\/\">Goggles Music Manager <\/a><\/strong>is a music collection manager and player that automatically categorizes your music, supports gapless playback, features easy tag editing, and internet radio support.<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/moc.daper.net\/\">MOC(Music On Console)<\/a> <\/strong>is an ncurses console audio player with support for the MP3, Ogg, and WAV formats.<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>ncmpc <\/strong>is a curses client for mpd.<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pragha.wikispaces.com\/\">Pragha<\/a> <\/strong>is a GTK+ music manager that was a fork of Consonance Music Manager.<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bitcheese.net\/wiki\/QMPDClient\">QmpdClient<\/a> <\/strong>is Qt4 based mpd client.<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sonata.berlios.de\/\">Sonata <\/a><\/strong>is an elegant GTK+ music client for mpd.<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpg123.de\/\">mpg123<\/a> <\/strong>A fast free MP3 console audio player for Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Hpux and near all other UNIX systems. Also decodes mp1 and mp2 files.<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Video Players :<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kdekorte.googlepages.com\/gnomemplayer\">Gnome-Mplayer<\/a><\/strong> is a simple GTK-based GUI for\u00a0<a title=\"Mplayer\" href=\"http:\/\/wiki.archlinux.org\/index.php\/Mplayer\">mplayer<\/a> without heavy Gnome dependencies<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/projects.gnome.org\/totem\/\">Totem<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mplayerhq.hu\/\">Mplayer<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/smplayer.sourceforge.net\/\">SMPlayer<\/a><\/strong> is a complete frontend for mplayer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Image Editors :<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mtpaint.sourceforge.net\/\">mtPaint<\/a><\/strong> is a graphic editing program geared towards creating indexed palette images and pixel art.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Image Viewers :<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/linuxbrit.co.uk\/feh\/\">Feh<\/a><\/strong> is a fast, lightweight image viewer that uses imlib2 .<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lxde.sourceforge.net\/gpicview\/\">GPicView<\/a><\/strong> is a simple and fast image viewer for X. Made by the developers of LXDE<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/gqview.sourceforge.net\/\">GQview<\/a><\/strong> is an image browser that features single click access to view images and move around the directory tree.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/geeqie.sourceforge.net\/\">Geeqie<\/a><\/strong> is a lightweight image browser and viewer (fork of GQview), with additional functionality like RAW files view.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mirageiv.berlios.de\/\">Mirage<\/a><\/strong> is a fast and simple GTK+ image viewer.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/goodies.xfce.org\/projects\/applications\/ristretto\">Ristretto<\/a><\/strong> is a fast and lightweight picture-viewer for the Xfce desktop environment.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/spiegl.de\/qiv\/\">QIV<\/a><\/strong> (Quick Image Viewer) is a very small and fast gdk\/Imlib image viewer.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/xsisqox.github.com\/Viewnior\/about.html\">Viewnior<\/a><\/strong> Viewnior is a simple, fast image viewer with a minimalistic GTK2 interface.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Calendars :<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/culot.org\/calcurse\/\"><strong>Calcurse<\/strong><\/a> is a curses calendar and scheduling system.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roaringpenguin.com\/products\/remind\"><strong>Remind<\/strong><\/a> is a highly sophisticated text-based calendaring and notification system.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pessimization.com\/software\/wyrd\/\"><strong>Wyrd<\/strong><\/a> is an curses front-end to Remind.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.duke.edu\/~dgraham\/wxRemind\/\"><strong>wxRemind<\/strong><\/a> is a Python text and graphical frontend to Remind.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>PDF Tools:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/naihe2010.github.com\/apvlv\/\"><strong>apvlv<\/strong><\/a> is a lightweight PDF viewer with VIM key bindings.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emma-soft.com\/projects\/epdfview\/\"><strong>ePDFView<\/strong><\/a> is a free lightweight PDF document viewer using Poppler and GTK+ libraries.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ccxvii.net\/mupdf\/\"><strong>MuPDF<\/strong><\/a> is a lightweight PDF viewer and toolkit written in portable C. It is one of the lightest available.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foolabs.com\/xpdf\/\"><strong>Xpdf<\/strong><\/a> is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.<\/li>\n<li><strong>zathura<\/strong> is another lightweight PDF viewer similar to apvlv, only lighter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Text Editors:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/acme.cat-v.org\/\"><strong>Acme<\/strong><\/a> a minimalist and flexible programming environment by Rob Pike.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nongnu.org\/beaver\/\"><strong>Beaver<\/strong><\/a> is an Early AdVanced EditoR.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geany.org\/\"><strong>Geany<\/strong><\/a> is a text editor using the GTK+ 2 toolkit with basic features of an integrated development environment.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tarot.freeshell.org\/leafpad\/\"><strong>Leafpad<\/strong><\/a> is a notepad clone for GTK+ 2.x that emphasizes simplicity.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mooedit.sourceforge.net\/\"><strong>medit<\/strong><\/a> is intended to be a useful programming and around-programming text editor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mousepad<\/strong> is a simple text editor for Xfce based on Leafpad.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nano-editor.org\/\"><strong>nano<\/strong><\/a> is an easy-to-use text editor, with on-screen key binding information, based on pine\u2019s pico editor.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pyroom.org\/\"><strong>PyRoom<\/strong><\/a> is a great distractionless PyGTK text editor, a clone of the infamous WriteRoom<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sam.cat-v.org\/\"><strong>Sam<\/strong><\/a> a graphical text editor by Rob Pike (still used by Ken Thompson and others).<\/li>\n<li>Vi,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vim.org\/\"><strong>Vim<\/strong><\/a>, gVim, the classic vi text editor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Word Processors:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abisource.com\/\"><strong>Abiword<\/strong><\/a> is a full-featured word processor, there is also an even lighter version in the AUR, Abiword-light.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/txt2tags.sourceforge.net\/\"><strong>txt2tags<\/strong><\/a> is a dead-simple, KISS-compliant lightweight, human-readable markup language to produce rich format content out of plain text files<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Todo List Managers:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ginatrapani.github.com\/todo.txt-cli\/\"><strong>Todo.txt<\/strong><\/a> manages your Todo list from the command line.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>File Managers:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/emelfm2.net\/\"><strong>emelFM2<\/strong><\/a> is file manager that implements the popular two-pane design.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnight-commander.org\/\"><strong>Midnight<\/strong><\/a> Commander is a console-based, dual-paned, file manager.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pcmanfm.sourceforge.net\/\"><strong>PCManFM<\/strong><\/a> is a lightweight file manager which features tabbed browsing and can optionally manage the desktop background.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/freshmeat.net\/projects\/ranger\"><strong>Ranger<\/strong><\/a> is a console based file manager with vi bindings, customizability, and lots of features.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rox.sourceforge.net\/\"><strong>ROX<\/strong><\/a> is a small and fast file manager which can optionally manage the desktop background and panels.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thunar.xfce.org\/index.html\"><strong>Thunar<\/strong><\/a> is fast and responsive with a good start up time and directory load time.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/vifm.sourceforge.net\/\"><strong>Vifm <\/strong><\/a>is a ncurses based two-pane file manager with vi like keybindings.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/roland65.free.fr\/xfe\/index.php\/\"><strong>Xfe<\/strong><\/a> X File Explorer (Xfe) is an MS-Explorer or Commander like file manager for X.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>GUI Compression Tools:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/squeeze.xfce.org\/\"><strong>Squeeze<\/strong><\/a> is a modern and advanced archive manager.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/xarchive.sourceforge.net\/\"><strong>Xarchive<\/strong><\/a> is a GTK+ 2 front-end for various command line archiving tools.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xarchiver\"><strong>Xarchiver <\/strong><\/a>is a lightweight desktop independent archive manager built with GTK+ 2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>CD\/DVD Burning Tools:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/code.google.com\/p\/recorder\/\"><strong>recorder<\/strong><\/a> is a graphical frontend of cdrkit\/cdrtools, cdrdao, mkisofs and growisofs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Login managers:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.archlinux.org\/index.php\/CDM\"><strong>CDM<\/strong><\/a> provides an ultra-minimalistic, yet full-featured login manager written in bash.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/slim.berlios.de\/\"><strong>SLiM<\/strong><\/a> provides a lightweight and elegant graphical login solution.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/qingy.sourceforge.net\/\"><strong>Qingy<\/strong><\/a> is ultralight and very configurable graphical login independent on X Windows.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Monitors:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/conky.sourceforge.net\"><strong>Conky<\/strong><\/a> is a lightweight, scriptable system monitor.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/htop.sourceforge.net\/\"><strong>htop<\/strong><\/a> is a simple, ncurses interactive process viewer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Panels:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nsf.110mb.com\/bmpanel\/\"><strong>BMPanel<\/strong><\/a> (BitMap Panel) is a lightweight, NETWM compliant panel for the X11 system.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fbpanel.sourceforge.net\/\"><strong>fbpanel<\/strong><\/a> is a lightweight, NETWM compliant desktop panel.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lxde.org\/\"><strong>LXPanel<\/strong><\/a> is a lightweight X11 desktop panel (part of LXDE).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pypanel.sourceforge.net\/\"><strong>PyPanel<\/strong><\/a> is a lightweight panel\/taskbar written in Python and C (HOWTO).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/code.google.com\/p\/tint2\/\"><strong>Tint<\/strong><\/a> is a simple panel\/taskbar intentionally made for openbox3, but should also work with other window managers (HOWTO).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pancakehttp.net\/\"><strong>pancake<\/strong><\/a> is a highly configurable, modular panel for X.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Terminals:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lilyterm.luna.com.tw\/index_en.html\"><strong>Lilyterm<\/strong><\/a> is a light and easy to use libvte based X Terminal Emulator.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rox.sourceforge.net\/\"><strong>ROXTerm<\/strong><\/a> is a tabbed, VTE-based terminal emulator with a small footprint.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rxvt.sourceforge.net\/\"><strong>urxvt<\/strong><\/a> is a highly extendable unicode enabled rxvt-clone terminal emulator featuring tabbing, url launching, quake-style dropdown, pseudo-transparency, and is extensible with perl.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sakura<\/strong> is a terminal emulator based on GTK+ and VTE.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/invisible-island.net\/xterm\/\"><strong>xterm<\/strong><\/a> is a terminal emulator for the X Window System.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Trays:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/icculus.org\/openbox\/2\/docker\/\"><strong>Docker<\/strong><\/a> is a docking application which acts as a system tray.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stalonetray.sourceforge.net\/\"><strong>Stalonetray<\/strong><\/a> is a stand-alone system tray.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gna.org\/projects\/fvwm-crystal\/\"><strong>Trayer<\/strong><\/a> swallows GTK+ 1.2\/2.x application docklets, and KDE docklets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Window managers:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/awesome.naquadah.org\/\"><strong>Awesome<\/strong><\/a> is a floating and tiling window manager initially based on a dwm code rewriting.<\/li>\n<li><a 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