Linux Journal | December 2012 | Issue 224 - ACM Digital Library

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FEATURE Readers’ Choice Awards 2012BEST MICROBLOGGINGCLIENT36.8% Gwibber16% Other16% Tweetdeck13.9% Choqok5.2% Pino5% HootSuite2.7% Seesmic2.5% Jaiku1.4% Nitwit.7% Spaz73.3% LibreOffice12% Google Docs8.4% OpenOffice.org3.8% Other1.2% GNOME Office.5% Calligra Suite.5% KOfficeBESTOFFICE SUITE.2% IBM Lotus SymphonyBEST SINGLE OFFICE PROGRAMThere were significant write-ins for LibreOffice Writer, which we should havelumped together with OOWriter. Or, maybe we shouldn’t have. Nonetheless,based on the office suite results, it makes sense that LibreOffice Writer sharesthe top spot with OOWriter. Again in the second-place spot is AbiWord. Ifyou’re looking for a fairly robust, no-nonsense word processor, it’s tough tobeat the single-purpose AbiWord.27.2% OOWriter18.6% AbiWord13% OOCalc12.8% Scribus9.6% Other6.6% Gnumeric6.4% LyX3.7% KWord1.2% KSpread.9% OOImpress74 / DECEMBER 2012 / WWW.LINUXJOURNAL.COM
BEST GRAPHICS/DESIGN TOOLThis year, GIMP tops the list again as the favoritegraphics/design tool. Now that it supports singlewindow mode, we suspect it will only gain inpopularity. For some reason, folks found it difficult tonavigate the many-window default layout of GIMP. Ifyou’re coming from Photoshop, that single windowview makes you feel much more at home using Linux.67.8% GIMP13.3% Inkscape8% Blender3.6% ImageMagick3% Krita2.3% LibreOffice Draw1.2% Other.8% OpenOffice DrawBEST DIGITAL PHOTOMANAGEMENT TOOLdigiKam edges out Picasa again this year, butsince Google dropped the Linux version of Picasa, the number two spot will be gapingopen next year. As the husband of a photographer, I have hundreds of thousands ofphotos to manage, and quite honestly, I haven’t found a great way to keep track ofthem on any platform. digiKam and Shotwell certainly get better and better every year;the question is whether local native apps or cloud-based storage will truly be king.22.5 digiKam22.2% Picasa17.3% Shotwell11% F-spot8.4% gThumb8.1% Gwenview4.9% Other3.7% GQview1.6% Bibble Professional.3% gtkam84.6% AudacityBEST AUDIO TOOL7.2% Ardour 4.4% Other 3.8% LMMSWWW.LINUXJOURNAL.COM / DECEMBER 2012 / 75
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