Gnu+Linux software

I have put together a list of the essential Gnu+Linux applications that many users prefer to use.

Email clients

• Thunderbird
• Mailspring
• Evolution

 

Media Production

• Lightworks (proprietary video editing software)
• Kdenlive (open-source video editing software)
• Audacity (digital audio editor)
• Ocenaudio (digital audio editor)
• Ardour (digital audio editor)
• DevedeNG (DVD and CD authoring utility)

Office and productivity suites

• OnlyOffice
• OpenOffice
• LibreOffice

Music players 

• Lollypop
• Rhythmbox
• Elisa

Web browsers

• Firefox
• SeaMonkey
• Falkon
• LibreWolf
• Chromium (BSD license)
• Brave (Mozilla Public License)
• Google Chrome (Proprietary)
• Microsoft Edge (Proprietary)

rip an Audio CD

• KAudioCreator
• Sound Juicer
• Asunder
• Ripperx

Video Players

• VLC Media Player
• Dragon Player
• Gnome Videos

CD, DVD and Blu-ray authoring

• K3b (from KDE Burn Baby Burn)
• Brasero CD 
• Xfburn

Media Converters

• HandBrake
• SoundConverter

Screen Recording and Streaming Tools

• Simple screen recorder
• Kazam 
• recordmydesktop
• OBS (Screen Recording and Streaming)
• VokoscreenNG (video or tutorial creator)

Media Server Software

• Kodi
• Plex (Proprietary)

Backup Tools

• Timeshift
• Bacula

Virtualization Apps

• Oracle VM VirtualBox
• QEMU
• VMware Workstation Pro (Proprietary)

Webcam recording software.

• Webcamoid
• Kamoso
• Cheese
• OBS

PDF viewer

• Okular
• evince
• LibreOffice Draw PDF editing
• Master PDF Editor (Proprietary)

Video conferencing

• Zoom (Proprietary)
• Skype (Proprietary)
• Jitsi Meet
• OpenMeetings
• Google Meet (Proprietary)
• Caprine Facebook Messenger

USB Image Writer Tools 

•  Gnome Multi-Writer
•  BalenaEtcher
•  Unetbootin
•  Fedora Media Writer
•  SUSE Studio Imagewriter

Messaging

• Pidgin

Photo editing/enhancing

• Photivo (photo processor.)
• Darktable (alternative to Adobe Lightroom)
• RawTherapee (alternative to Adobe Lightroom)
• Upscaler by Hari Rana (resolution enhancement)
• Gimp (photo editing alternative to Adobe’s Photoshop)