Sebastian: Create page with a few example programs

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Create page with a few example programs

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The LWP comes with some software preinstalled as it is based on a regular Ubuntu installation and we add some packages for convenience. As a one-fits-it-all installation, we can't add too much software by default to avoid bloat. You can however install most software yourself [[install packages|system-wide on personal machines]] or in your [[home directory|$HOME directory on shared machines]].

Below you can find some recommended programs for various purposes.

= Office =

* LibreOffice: free and open source writing (LibreOffice Writer), presentation (LibreOffice Impress), drawing (LibreOffice Draw) and more programs similar to other *Office solutions. Largely compatible with proprietary document types, but promoting open document types (ODF/ODT) or export to PDF for portability and interoperability.

= File editing, coding =

* gedit: simple GUI editor, installed by default on Ubuntu
* Kate: GUI, split windows, syntax highlighting
* VIM: command line editor, heavily customizable and extendable
* Emacs: command line, "the extensible, customizable, self-documenting, real-time display editor"
* VSCode: popular development tool, but bloated (more of an IDE) and developed by [https://www.ecis.eu/documents/Finalversion%20Consumerchoicepaper.pdf Microsoft]

Git

* [https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit lazygit]: simple terminal UI for git commands

= Desktop =

* screenshots and screen recording
** Spectacle: (full) window, time-delayed screenshot, rectangular selection, etc. with configurable keyboard shortcuts.
** Open Broadcaster Software (OBS): free and open source software for video recording and live streaming

= Maths, Visualization and Computer Algebra =

* Mathematica
* MatLab
* Python: Matplotlib, Seaborn

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