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Benchmark-Project releases application list
The LiSoG>>Project: Open Source based Desktop Benchmark has released its application list. The applications are part of the workflows that will be validated by the benchmark. Dr. Jutta Kreyss gave a lecture on the project at the LinuxTag 2008 in Berlin.
Application list
Dr. Jutta Kreyss already introduced the application list her talk (german only) at the LinuxTag 2008 on May 29th 2008 in Berlin.
- Office Suite: OpenOffice.org with its components Writer, Calc, Draw und Impress
- Image Processing: GIMP
- File Archive: zip, unzip
- E-Mail: Thunderbird
- Collaboration: Thunderbird with Lightning Plugin
- PDF-Viewer: Acrobat Reader
- Media Player: Video LAN Client (VLC)
- Encryption: GnuPG
- CD ISO-Images: mkisofs as part of the cdrtools
- Screenshots: Key "Print" on the keyboard
- Webbrowser: Firefox
- Desktop Search: Nutch as Frontend for Apache Lucene
- Project Management: GanttProject
Criteria for choosing the applications
Applications complying the following criteria will be preferred:
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The application runs with no OS dependencies
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The application supports open standards and formats
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The application provides a command line interface
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The application communicates with equivalent MS products
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The application is barrier-free
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The application offers ease of use for the end user
Desktop Management im Einsatz mit Open Source
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