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Antergos
antiX
Arch
Bedrock Linux
BunsenLabs
Debian
Devuan
elementary OS
Fedora
Gentoo
Linux Lite
Linux Mint
Linux Mint Debian Edition
Mageia
Manjaro
MX Linux
Nanolinux
NuTyX
OpenMandriva
openSUSE Leap
openSUSE Tumbleweed
PClinuxOS
Peppermint
Puppy
Salix
Slackware
Solus
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
Ubuntu
Void Linux
Zorin OS
Seriously? Not a single KDE-centered Distro?
Kubuntu! KDE Neon! Netrunner!
Alpine
Claws Mail
Evolution
Geary
Gnus
Icedove
Kmail
Mailspring
mutt
SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups
Sylpheed
Thunderbird
I use Thunderbird for Email client. I never like 'Evolution' because it was wrapped in with the Gnome Desktop in intrusive ways that I did not like. I do have a Claws on one or two Raspberries and it is fine. I like the Portability of Thunderbird which keeps its tentacles within its own Folder.
I have been using CopyQ and I very much like it. I have just upgraded one of my machines to Fedora 31 and it is not working right now. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.
I suggest adding MX Linux because it can be run as a Live distros just like the others and has presistance. MX Linux is the big brother of antiX. Please forgive my spelling as I have yet to find a spelling checker in Linux that actually works.
Acme
Atom
elvis
Emacs
Geany
gedit
jEdit
joe
Kate
KKEdit
KWrite
leafpad
medit
Midnight Commander Editor
nano
Neovim
Notepadqq
pico
pluma
sam
Scite
Sublime Text
vi
vim
xed
Bad Voltage
FLOSS Weekly
Geek News Radio
GNU World Order
Going Linux
Late Night Linux
Linux Action News
Linux Action Show
Linux For the Rest of Us
Linux Luddites
Linux Unplugged
Linux Voice
mintCast
Sunday Morning Linux Review
SystemAU
The Changelog
The LinuxLink TechShow
Ubuntu Podcast
RE: Desktop Distribution of the Year
As Salix is now, apparently, inactive, you might want to consider replacing it with Slackel, which is based on Salix. Just a thought
Other category addition suggestions:
Live Distribution of the Year
MX
Browser of the Year
Otter Browser (same concept as Vivaldi, but implemented better)
IDE of the Year
Blue Griffon
Linux/Open Source Podcast of the Year
Joe Colins' EZEE LINUX
PDF Viewer of the Year
YACReader; though a good comic reader, it also works well as a PDF Reader
These are the ones I use:
Desktop Distribution: MX
Live Distribution: antiX
Browser: Opera & Otter
Desktop Environment: Xfce
Window Manager: Fluxbox
Audio Media Player: VLC
Video Media Player: VLC
IDE: Blue Griffon
Text Editor: Geany
File Manager: PCManFM
E-mail client...I have used Earthlink's Webmail since 1999; that said, Geary looks and feels most like what I am familiar with
Programming Language: C & Perl
Secure Messaging Application: Telegram
Graphics Editor: Inkscape
PDF Viewer: YACReader
Antergos
antiX
Arch
Bedrock Linux
BunsenLabs
Debian
Devuan
elementary OS
Fedora
Gentoo
Linux Lite
Linux Mint
Linux Mint Debian Edition
Mageia
Manjaro
MX Linux
Nanolinux
NuTyX
OpenMandriva
openSUSE Leap
openSUSE Tumbleweed
PClinuxOS
Peppermint
Puppy
Slackel
Slackware
Solus
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
Ubuntu
Void Linux
Zorin OS
SMPlayer is a cross-platform graphical front-end for MPlayer and forks of Mplayer using GUI widgets offered by Qt. SMPlayer is free and open-source software subject to the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later.[4] SMplayer has been localized in more than 30 languages.....
TrueCrypt is a discontinued source-available freeware utility used for on-the-fly encryption (OTFE). It can create a virtual encrypted disk within a file, or encrypt a partition or the whole storage device (pre-boot authentication).
On 28 May 2014, the TrueCrypt website announced that the project was no longer maintained and recommended users find alternative solutions. Though development of TrueCrypt has ceased, an independent audit of TrueCrypt (published in March 2015) has concluded that no significant flaws are present.[5]
Alternatives include a freeware project based on the TrueCrypt code, VeraCrypt, as well as numerous other commercial and open-source products.
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