[Essentials] Linux Software

[dAVID_]

There's already a thread for freeware essentials but since most people use Windows there's some software on that list that will only run on Windows or under Wine.

This thread is specifically for Linux software. Windows programs that can run on Linux with Wine do not count.
The format is the same as the freeware essentials thread.

Essentials:
LibreOffice
GIMP

Recommended:



Endorsed:
Audacity
Chromium
Firefox
FileZilla
Thunderbird
Wine

Somewhat useful:

 

[dAVID_]

+1 GIMP
+1 LibreOffice
+1 Wine

 

[chocoboss]

Firefox / Chromium
Fillezilla
Thunderbird
GIMP
Libreoffice
Audacity

 

[Youtubuntu]

CLI - command line (user) interface
GUI - graphical user interface

Essential:

• filelight - Visualize disk usage
• qtqr - Basic QR encoder/decoder
• qbittorrent - A torrent client very similar to uTorrent, but no ads + open-source
• lm-sensors - CLI tool for getting sensor output (rpm, temperatures)
• htop - CLI task manager. When your window manager is frozen or something you can press CTRL+ALT+F2 and maybe figure something out or just close vital apps and restart.

Recommended:

• cheese - Basic webcam app (take snapshots, clips)
• krita - Best for drawing
• glimpse - When you're not happy with GIMP and want to try something based on it
• youtube-dl-gui - Excellent downloader for video sites. There's multiple different apps with the same name
  
• youtube-dl - THE video site downloader (CLI)
• kdeconnect - App for OS integration with Android devices. Needs to be installed on both sides

Endorsed:

• synaptic - A more advanced GUI package manager for deb-based systems (Debian and Ubuntu derivatives)
• screenfetch - Quick CLI tool to get system information
• deadbeef - Barebones, lightweight music player
• calibre - Ebook manager and reader
  
• inkscape - Vector graphics editor
• meld - An okay diff app
• phoronix-test-suite - Full testing suite for benchmarking stuff. Some games are supported as well
• simplescreenrecorder - For when OBS is an overkill and the user doesn't want to learn it as they probably won't need it in the future
• Joplin - Note-taking app. Alternative to Evernote/OneNote

Shout out to AlternativeTo.net site for whenever you need software similar to something, but different (OS support, open-source, free, different in some other way).

 

[Mustacheboyo]

Internet
Firefox, FileZilla

Audio Player and Audio Tools
Cantata, Audacity, Kid3

Text Editing/Writing Software
Geany, LibreOffice

Multimedia
Openshot, KDEnLive, Gimp, Flameshot, Inkscape


PS: Extras
Tux Paint, Tux Math, Tux Racing, SuperTux 2

 

[tech3475]

Gparted.

 

[smileyhead]

I haven't used Linux in years, but what I remember using in my Ubuntu phase (and wasn't preinstalled):
+1 Audacity
+1 Google Chrome (or Chromium)
+1 FileZilla
+1 Wine
+1 Steam
+1 PlayOnLinux

 

[TimLyon]

1. Firefox
2 LibreOffice

 

[Joom]

+1 Lutris - Makes playing Windows games through WINE a breeze.
+1 Brave - A privacy focused Chromium browser (available for all major OSs, even iOS and Android).
+1 stubby - Offers the ability to round robin (you can use an unlimited number of DNS servers as opposed to two to three) DNS over HTTPS for an added layer of privacy. Very nice to have if you have an ISP who snoops on everything and you don't want to shell out for a VPN.
+1 i-MSCP - This one is more for your web hosts/network admins, but it's an excellent FOSS alternative to cPanel and WHMCS. I've ran it for years for my own personal use, and it makes running a web/mail/FTP server stupid simple.
+1 ownCloud - This is another web application, but if you've ever wanted to run your own version of Dropbox or GDrive, this is for you.
+1 Transmission - Possibly my favorite torrent client. It's no frills, a standard for private trackers, and the web daemon is very nice for seedboxes. You can even easily implement the daemon into ownCloud, so you can get whatever you torrent automatically sync'd to your local PC.
+1 Polybar - For the ricers. If you don't run a DE, and just stick with a WM, this is a highly customizable panel. It's like if tint2 and pypanel made a baby.
+1 Evolution - The GNOME email client. It has a similar layout to Thunderbird, but is still maintained as opposed to the latter.
+1 Spotify - Hear me out on this one. Aside from the Android version, the Linux Spotify client can be easily "cracked". You can't get all of the premium features since they're server side, but you can at least block all the ads by patching the client component that handles ad requests. This is much preferable to the Windows and macOS variants, which require running third-party software just to achieve the same effect. https://github.com/abba23/spotify-adblock-linux
+1 Proton - This is Valve's fork of WINE, which has been revolutionary for gaming on Linux. It can also be incorporated into Lutris for those games that benefit from Proton but you don't own through Steam.

 

[Queue]

Firefox and/or Chromium
VLC and/or MPV
Lutris if you're into gaming

Personally, I really enjoy KDE Plasma. And whenever I install that:

Konsole
Kate
Dolphin
Gwenview

 

[Tess1er]

+1 for KDE Connect. I cannot live without it anymore

Also, I love Flameshot for taking screenshots. It’s incredibly convenient

 

[Joom]

I Like Groza & M416 in PUBG Game.

And what does this have to do with Linux?

 

[smallissue]

+1 GNU IceCat
+1 PaleMoon
+1 Tor

@IC_ uwu