I have flirted with various graphics applications at times and have a collected all the links I found useful on a separate page. Note that this page is old and there are quite possibly some dead links.
Linux App Collections
- Freshmeat's app index - Bleeding edge apps.
- Scientific Applications on Linux - Unnumerable science apps.
- Linuxapps - 32bitsOnline's App site.
- Linux Links - A nice collection of links to linux software.
Editors/Tools
- VIM Home Page - I'm a convert... [SF] [cream]
- Xemacs Home Page - My old editor.
- Jed - Emacs without the kitchen sink.
- DDD - Great visual debugger.
- MicroEmacs - A compact emacs clone.
General Apps
- Mutt - Great email client.
- Zsh - A better shell.
- rdiff-backup - Something I need to start using.
- PLWM - Roll your own WM with python.
- Irate - Indy music rating radio app.
- OpenBox - My current favorite WM. Hey mulberry.
- Ion - Very customizable tiling WM.
- Xmonad - Technilogically interesting tiling WM.
- GKrellM - System monitor.
- Exim - Email MTA with filtering.
- Themes.Org - Themes for windowmanagers, desktops, etc.
- Mozilla - Best chance for a decent web browser. [firebird]
- Narval - Useful Agents? [article]