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= Productivity =
An overview of packages that fit the properties of the Eee PC.  Packages should be lightweight, due to the limited capabilities of the Eee PC’s hardware; and also should be easily navigable without a mouse, due to the restrictions imposed on some by the trackpad.

== Applications ==

=== Desktop Managers ===
 * DebianPkg:lxde: Very lightweight desktop manager with good interface and features.

=== PDF Viewers ===
 * DebianPkg:xpdf: Lightweight and has a nice fullscreen mode with zoom.
 * DebianPkg:epdfview: Lightweight pdf viewer based on popular libs

=== Word Processors ===
 * DebianPkg:abiword: A perfect fit for the Eee PC, it’s lightweight and lets you edit and save some standard formats (.doc, .rtf, .pdf,...) no .odt though unless you install the plugins (~10MB).
 * DebianPkg:scite: Lighter-weight than abi-word. Scite is a GTK-based Programming Editor, tabbed and feature-ful.

=== Web browsers ===
 * DebianPkg:iceweasel: Debian’s version of Firefox, the same in all but branding due to licensing issues. Very [[DebianEeePC/Software/Productivity/IceweaselConfigurations|configurable]] for the small screen. Recommended is the backport of iceweasel.
 * DebianPkg:netsurf: Small, but modern webbrowser in development. No tabs yet though.
 * DebianPkg:links2: Lightweight Webbrowser with text-mode, SVGA and X support. No CSS support.
 * [[Opera]]: ''Non-free'', efficient webbrowser with full-screen mode, needs less disk space than Iceweasel/Firefox, etc. but is faster and more featureful (if you don’t count addons).
 * DebianPkg:iceweasel-vimperator: Iceweasel plugin that gives Iceweasel vim-like keybindings and removes most GUI functions.
 * DebianPkg:lynx: Lightweight text-based web browser.
 * DebianPkg:chromium: is debian's version of Google's Chrome and works well in the eeepc. 

=== Chatting ===
 * DebianPkg:ayttm: Lightweight multi-use client.
 * DebianPkg:irssi: Light text only IRC client.  Very extensible and scriptable.
 * DebianPkg:linphone: VoIP video-phone. Like skype, but open-source. Free calls to other users, or create an account and pay for calls to house and mobile phones worldwide.
 * DebianPkg:bitlbee: added to irssi or other irc client this will connect to most messengers, icq, fb, etc.
 * [[Skype]]: ''Non-free'' Available and runs well. Download and install manually.

=== Office Work ===
 * DebianPkg:gnumeric: Lightweight spreadsheet software which does most of the more common functions well and will cope with many formats of spreadsheet files. Depending on your system it may need a few of gnome's libs.
 * DebianPkg:LibreOffice: The replacement for OpenOffice and seems to be not too big in it's basic form.

=== Mail/News Aggregators ===
 * DebianPkg:mutt: Powerful, customizable e-mail client.  Feature-rich, lightweight, and runs in a CLI.  Quite lightweight.
 * DebianPkg:rsstail: Very minimalist RSS aggregator.  Acts pretty much like tail for RSS feeds.
 * DebianPkg:nrss: Ncurses RSS feed aggregator. Single pane design, fast, and lightweight.
 * DebianPkg:newsbeuter: Another CLI rss aggregator.  Similar keybindings to mutt.  Easy to navigate through quickly only using a keyboard.
 * DebianPkg:canto: Flexible ncurses Atom/RSS newsreader for the console with great usability.
 * DebianPkg:icedove: Mailclient based on the mozilla model firebird.

=== Map Applications ===
 * DebianPkg:foxtrotgps: lightweight and fast map and gps application, keyboard shortcuts, made for small screens, offline map use of openstreetmap, openaerialmap, maps-for-free.

=== Screen Shots ===
 * DebianPkg:gpe-screenshot: Lightweight and simple screenshot application.

=== Download & Torrent ===
 * DebianPkg:transmission: free, lightweight BitTorrent client with GTK graphical interface.

=== Games ===
 * DebianPkg:frozenbubble: lightweight game of shoot the bubbles.

=== Misc. ===
 * DebianPkg:virtualbox: runs ok for small virtual machines not using X or at least minimal X. Most eeepc's have 1Gb RAM, but if that is extended the virtualisation improves dramatically.