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<h1><a name="included_and_recommended_apps" id="included_and_recommended_apps">Included and recommended apps</a></h1>
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Listed below are recommended audio, video and productivity apps for GNU/Linux complete with a short description.
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<p>
Many of these apps are, or will be, included on the KXStudio DVD. Those not included are easily installed from the repositories in most cases.
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<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Amarok</strong>                  Feature-packed music player with support for syncing with ipods (up to 4th gen)</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Ardour</strong>			The original Linux DAW</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Audacious</strong>		Uncomplicated music player with good JACK support</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Audacity</strong>		Popular cross-platform sound editor but with poor JACK support</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Avidemux</strong>            Simple video editing and conversion tool ala Virtualdub</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Blender 3D</strong>		Powerful 3D modelling, animation, rendering and compositing</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Cadence</strong>			Controls and monitors various Linux sound systems</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>cadence-jackmeter</strong>       Cadence-JackMeter is a digital peak meter for JACK</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>cadence-xycontroller</strong>    Cadence-XY Controller is a simple XY widget that sends and receives data from Jack MIDI</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Carla</strong>			Audio plugin host (LADSPA, LV2, VST etc)</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Catia</strong>                   Catia is a JACK Patchbay, with some neat features like A2J bridge support and JACK Transport</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>cinepaint</strong>		HDR, High bit-depth movie still editor</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Claudia</strong>                 Claudia is a LADISH frontend; it's just like Catia, but focused on session management through LADISH</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>darktable</strong>		Virtual lighttable and darkroom</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>DeVeDe</strong>			Creates DVD video and (S)VCD discs from movie files</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>DIN (Din Is Noise)</strong>	Advanced fluid microtonal synthesis with drones and melodic effects, oriented toward Indian classical music</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Dolphin</strong>			The default KDE file manager</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Firefox</strong>			The original and best web browser</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>FileZilla</strong>		(s)<acronym title="File Transfer Protocol">FTP</acronym> client (and server)</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>GIMP</strong>			GNU Image Manipulation Program - Photoshop alternative</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>gnumeric</strong>            A superior spreadsheet to the one included in LibreOffice or OpenOffice</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Guitarix</strong>		JACK virtual guitar amplifier</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Handbrake</strong>		Cross-platform DVD ripping and video transcoding</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Hydrogen</strong>		JACK drum machine and sequencer, note: many additional drum-kits are available by installing the package “hydrogen-drumkits”</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>IDJC</strong>			Internet DJ Console is for live, web radio production. Features voip integration</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Inkscape</strong>		Leading open source vector graphics editor</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>JAmin</strong>			JACK stereo audio mastering tool</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>k3b</strong>			CD, DVD and BD burning</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Kdenlive</strong>		KDE video editor, similar to Sony Vegas</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>ksnapshot</strong>		Take screenshots of windows or desktops</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>LibreOffice</strong>		<acronym title="Microsoft">MS</acronym> Office-compatible word processor, spreadsheet and presentation suite</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>LightWorks</strong>          Professional, high-end video editor used in Hollywood productions (currently beta and 64-bit only)</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Lincoder</strong>		Java/mencoder based batch video conversion tool</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Lingot</strong>			Instrument tuner</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>LMMS</strong>			FruityLoops-esque sequencer w/ integrated synths</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>mhwaveedit</strong>		Lightweight sound editor with good JACK support</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Mixxx</strong>			DJ mixing software</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>MusE</strong>			DAW with good MIDI editing features and some integrated plugins</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Musescore</strong>		Professional quality music notation and scoring</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Mypaint</strong>			Bitmap paint program that can simulate real painting techniques</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Okular</strong>			<acronym title="Portable Document Format">PDF</acronym> and document viewer</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Paulstretch</strong>		Ambient sound generation via stretched sound recordings, extreme stretch lenghts and many controls over the sound</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>QDVDauthor</strong>		DVD menu authoring</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Qsynth</strong>			Allows use of SoundFont files</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Qsampler</strong>		Allows use of sfz and gigasampler sample sets</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Qtractor</strong>		Fast, lightweight DAW</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>REAPER</strong>			Powerful Windows-based DAW, officially supported under Wine</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Recorditnow</strong>		Record your desktop to a video file</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Rakarrack</strong>		JACK Guitar FX processor</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Rosegarden</strong>		MIDI sequencer with integrated notation</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>samplv1</strong>			Simple sampler available as LV2 plugin and JACK app</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>scribus</strong>			Professional layout and publishing software</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>smplayer</strong>		Excellent audio and video playback app</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Soundkonverter</strong>		batch audio file conversion</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Sooperlooper</strong>		live looping sampler</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>sunvox</strong>			Advanced module tracker with integrated synths, samplers and JACK support</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Swami</strong>			SoundFont editor</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>synfig</strong>			Powerful 2D vector animation software</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>TAL-Noisemaker</strong>		Superb sounding, fully automatable softsynth plugin</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>VLC</strong>			The famous VLC media player</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>VMPK</strong>			Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Wine</strong>			Wine allows most <acronym title="Microsoft">MS</acronym> Windows software to run under GNU/Linux</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>XCFA</strong>			Another sound conversion tool with more options than soundkonverter</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>XJadeo</strong>			X JACK video monitor plays video in sync with a external time source (eg Ardour)</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Zynaddsubfx</strong>		JACK synthesizer</div>
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