Here are some common Linux tools that can be helpful:
- Shell:
bash - Editor:
Emacs,Vim - Development:
GCC, ‘make’,ld,Scheme48,j2sdk,Perl,Python,Tcl/Tk,… - Scientific writing:
LaTex - Plotting:
MetaPost - Image processing:
ImageMagick - Numerical computing:
Scilab - Algebraic computing:
MAXIMA - Encryption:
GnuPG - Compression:
tar,gzip,bzip2,zip,rar - WWW server:
apache - FTP client:
lftp,ncftp - Download tool:
wget - Chinese input:
XSIM,SCIM - Sync tool:
rsync