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avast!
A Linux software offering of the popular Avast antivirus scanner. |
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Clam AntiVirus
The original open source virus scanner. |
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AVG
A version of AVG’s Virus Scanner for Linux. |
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BitDefender
Powerful virus protection with a free license for personal use. |
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GUFW
A graphical interface for the UFW firewall. |
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Shorewall
Linux software to make managing iptables easier. |
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Firestarter
A good quality firewall with graphical interface. |
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Mondo Rescue
A capable disk recovery toolkit. |
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TestDisk
A utility to recover lost partitions. |
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safecopy
A Linux software utility that extracts data from damaged areas and replaces dd. |
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PhotoRec
A video, document, and archive recovery utility. |
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ddrescue
A simple data recovery utility. |
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CrashPlan
An excellent, sophisticated backup program. |
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BackupPC
An open source backup system with web interface. |
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Deja Dup
An extremely simple but effective backup program. |
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LuckyBackup
A simple backup program for quick and easy protection. |
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rsync
A configurable console-based synchronization program that is commonly used in backup situations. |
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fwbackups A flexible backup program which can backup to another computer. |
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Ubuntu-Tweak
A great control panel to manage many features in Ubuntu. |
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System Monitor
Simple and interesting Linux software to view systems stats. |
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Google Chrome/Chromium
A great browser from Google based on open source projects. |
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Firefox
The world’s most popular open source web browser. |
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Midori
A lightweight webkit browser. |
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Opera
The “fastest and most advanced” browser available today. |
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Epiphany
A simple web browser that is commonly shipped with GNOME. |
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Links
Links is text WWW browser with tables and frames. It runs on Linux, Unix, OS/2 and Windows. |
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reKonq A refreshed default KDE browser which sports an uncluttered interface. |
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Thunderbird
Most popular cross-platform open source email client. |
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Claws Mail
A user-friendly, lightweight, and fast email client. |
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Evolution
A great email and calendar program for GNOME. |
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KMail
A full-featured email client specifically for KDE. |
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Kopete
Great IM Linux software for KDE. |
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Pidgin
the most popular open source cross-platform IM program. |
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XChat
An easy to use IRC client. |
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Empathy
An IM client similar to Pidgin, for shipping with GNOME. |
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TeamSpeak 3
Great multi-platform voice chat program. |
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Gwibber
A straight-forward social messaging app. |
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Liferea
An easy-to-use and effective RSS feed reader. |
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Emesene
Chat Linux software that allows you to connect to different networks like MSN, Gtalk, Facebook chat, Jabber and others. |
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Skype
The most popular VoIP desktop client. |
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Inkscape
A great editor for SVG files. |
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Shotwell
A simple photo manager for GNOME. |
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F-Spot
A photo manager like Shotwell but with more features. |
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Cheese Photo Booth
Take pictures with many funky effects. |
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GIMP
The most popular open source image editor. |
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Scribus
A great desktop publishing program with many features. |
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digiKam
An advanced digital photo management application for Linux, Windows, and Mac-OSX. |
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Darktable
A sophisticated program to work with digital negatives and RAW images. |
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Banshee
A great iTunes-like music manager. |
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Rhythmbox
Similar to iTunes and doesn’t depend on Mono. |
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MPlayer
A very capable media player. |
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OggConvert
Able to convert most media types into the open source OGG format. |
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Sound Juicer
Rips music off of your CDs into MP3s. |
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Amarok
A great music manager for the KDE desktop environment. |
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Audacious A functional media player which uses little resources. |
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Tomahawk Play music for many different offline and online sources. |
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Audacity A powerful audio recorder and editor that is available on all major platforms. |
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Clementine An easy to use music player which rivals Rhythmbox and Banshee. |
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Mixxx Fantastic audio mixing Linux software that is ideal for DJ environments. |
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VLC Media Player
A media player that can handle virtually everything. |
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Kdenlive
An elaborate non-linear video editor for KDE. |
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Openshot
An innovative video editor with 3D effects. |
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Pitivi
A simple and easy-to-use video editor for GNOME. |
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Totem
A simple media player for common formats. |
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Blender
Highly advanced 3D content creation software that has created numerous open source video games and movies. |
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Xvidcap
An efficient way of capturing your video into a video using console-based commands. |
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XBMC
A very advanced open source media center that is easily installable and extensible. |
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GParted
The most popular partition editor for Linux. |
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Nautilus
Default file navigator for GNOME. |
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Dolphin
Default file navigator for KDE with social media features. |
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Thunar
A lightweight file navigator for XFCE. |
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Krusader
An advanced two-pane file navigator commonly used with KDE. |
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Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer
A graphical, menu-driven viewer that you can use to view and monitor your disk usage and folder structure. |
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GNU Midnight Commander File Manager
GNU Midnight Commander is a file manager for free operating systems. |
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muCommander A highly powerful file manager with a dual-pane interface. |
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LibreOffice
An enhanced office suite based off of OpenOffice. |
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OpenOffice
The original open source office suite. |
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Abiword
A lightweight word processor, usually replaces full office suites. |
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Gnumeric
A great lightweight replacement for spreadsheet programs. |
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Xournal
Take notes or annotate with high detail. |
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PyRoom
Write anything without any distractions. |
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Kate A functional text editor which is the default in KDE. |
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Calligra An office suite optimized for the KDE desktop environment. |
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Tomboy
A great note-taking Linux software application. Download/strong> |
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Gnote
Gnote is a port of Tomboy to C++. |
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Hamster Time Tracker
Tracks the time you spend on projects. |
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Gnome-Do
A quick way to launching your applications. |
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Docky
One of the best docks around. |
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Avant Window Navigator
A good dock alternative to Docky. |
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Cairo
Another dock alternative to Docky and AWN. |
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Shutter
An amazingly advanced screenshot tool. |
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Dropbox
The top file synchronization tool, for Linux. |
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QuickSynergy
An easy way to share your mouse and keyboard between multiple computers. |
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Gnome Tweak Tool
The easiest way to configure advanced settings while using Gnome Shell. |
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Zim A wiki-note system for your desktop to stay organized. |
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Kupfer A Gnome-Do lookalike that does not have any Gnome dependencies. |
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Wunderlist A visually clean to-do list Linux software which syncs on their own servers. |
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Nitro Tasks A simple to-do list application which can sync with Ubuntu One and Dropbox. |
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Ubuntu One A specialized cloud-storage solution by Canoncial made especially for Ubuntu users with 5GB free. |
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GNOME
The most widely used GTK desktop environment. |
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KDE
A beautifully flashy desktop environment based on Qt. |
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LXDE
An extremely lightweight desktop environment to maximize performance. |
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Enlightenment
A desktop environment that is lightweight yet aesthetically good-looking. |
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Xmonad
A simple tiling window manager that allows great customization. |
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Openbox
A very bare-bone desktop environment that uses almost no resources on its own. |
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Xfce
A lightweight but highly capable GTK desktop environment that still makes use of panels by default. |
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Razor-qt A lightweight desktop environment based on Qt, the same technology which KDE uses. |
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Cinnamon A replacement for Gnome Shell which mimics a more traditional desktop layout. |
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File Roller
The default archive manager in GNOME. |
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Ark
A feature-rich archive manager for KDE. |
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Tar
Provides the ability to create tar archives, as well as various other kinds of manipulation. |
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Brasero
A utility to burn CDs. |
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Gmount ISO
A simple program to mount ISO files to folders. |
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K3b
The CD/DVD Kreator for Linux. |
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Transmission
Linux software for downloading torrents. |
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Deluge
An awesome but unappreciated cross-platform BitTorrent client. |
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Miro
Download torrents and online videos. |
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Uget
Free, open source download manager. |
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Wget
Non-interactive commandline tool for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols. |
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Urban Terror
A popular first person shooter with good performance. |
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Alien Arena
High detail first person shooter with sci-fi attitude. |
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Warzone 2100
Futuristic real time strategy game for survival. |
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FlightGear
The best open source cross-platform flight simulator. |
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Extreme Tux Racer
A fun game to slide Tux down hills and collect fish. |
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Nexuiz
Another high detail, futuristic first person shooter. |
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Supertuxkart
A racing game similar to Mario Kart. |
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The Mana World
A fictional open source MMORPG. |
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openBVE
A fantastic open source train simulator. |
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Pingus
A lemmings-like game with a good number of levels. |
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Red Eclipse
A fast-paced, fun futuristic shooter that runs well on most hardware. |
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Lincity-NG A replica of Sim City, the game where you build and maintain your own city. |
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OpenTTD A fantastic transportation tycoon game. |
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Steam A game content delivery system and social network which allows you to buy Windows, Mac, and Linux compatible games and download them anywhere. |
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LastPass
Cross-browser and cross-OS online password manager. |
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KeePassX
Open source password manager to stores passwords locally and encrypted. |
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TrueCrypt
An open source solution to great file encryption. |
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GnuCash
Manages your money in multiple accounts and currencies. |
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Redshift
Changes the color temperature of your screen to prevent tired eyes. |
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WINE
A compatibility layer for some Windows programs. |
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Compiz
The best desktop effects on Linux. |
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Eclipse
A full featured programming IDE. |
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Geany
A lightweight programming code editor. |
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KMyMoney
Another money management program with KDE integration. |
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Kwin
Great-looking desktop effects, commonly used on KDE desktops. |
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DraftSight
A 2D CAD editor, one of the few for Linux. |
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BleachBit
BleachBit quickly frees disk space and tirelessly guards your privacy. |
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GRAMPS Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System. A genealogy application to keep track of family members and their history. |
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Emacs
An extremely customizable editor that does more than just plain text. |
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Vim
A more complex editor for the terminal with plenty of features. |
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Nano
A simple, uncomplicated editor for the terminal. |
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Gedit
A powerful editor out-of-the-box, and a favorite among many GNOME users. |
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Bluefish
Editor for programmers with focus on dynamic and interactive websites. |
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Leafpad
A simple GTK+ text editor that emphasizes simplicity. |
Disclaimer: All Linux software listed were thoroughly reviewed. MakeUseOf is not responsible for any damage and/or data loss
that might result from use of any of the above mentioned applications.
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thanks
k3b is missing from your CD/DVD tools
And that’s a very good, easy to use program.
yes it is better than Brasero
thanks for the input, we’ll check them out
k3b is better than Brasero , Brasero has corrupted many of my dvd rw discs (checked my disc drive its perfectly ok)
debian is missing in the destro list and so is mandriva
why are the default softwares given here aren’t there any alternatives
for the most part they are the defaults because they are the best. this isn’t windows we are talking about.
Enigmail provides PGP compatible support for mail encryption with Thunderbird.
In Ubuntu The All Movies And Games And Softwares And Songs Are Not Supporting How To Execute That All ….
movies can be played by downloading and installing ubuntu restricted extras
some games and softwares can be executed by using wine
I have to compliment the Shutter developers for making the best screen capture tool I have ever had the pleasure of using. Check it out!
thanks, will check it out
For netbook users (like me) GIMP is not a pleasure to use. A great alternative is Pinta!
Also I really miss Audacious in this list!
Now I’m gonna check out Miro and Deluge:)
Thanks!
deluge is goooooooooood
Nice compilation of useful softwares for Linux! Good work
I can’t believe the absence of digiKam and Kate from this list!
You forgot digiKam
Add:
- Emesene
- Arora
- ePDFViewr
- Graveman
- Leafpad
- Bleachbit
thanks for the recommendation, we’ll check them out
2 things: XFCE is missing in the desktop environments, as well as AssaultCube in the games.
XFCE is a good Lightweight desktop environment. AssaultCube is a good lightweight FPS.
XFCE is really good. I got a free laptop from a relative, but it’s kind of old with a Celeron processor and 1GB of RAM. I just installed Xubuntu and it ran awesome. Took me a while to figure out that it won’t boot from DVDs though, only CDs.
I only have 5.91 GB left on my MBP, so I’m gonna see if I can use this laptop as an iTunes server or some sort of extra storage.
nice great help if you are unsure what programs to use great selection.
Nice post! Thanks!
I think Terminal is the best built-in software
thanks, will check them out
Looking for an ”Easy, step-by-step’ procedure for hooking up my old desktop PC to the Network.
I loaded Ubuntu and can’t figure it out. Need some very basic help here.
Hello,
Could you ask this on MakeUseOf Answers, http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/
Aibek
By now I’m sure you got what you need, but in the instance that you haven’t, Linux Mint is much more user friendly. Ubuntu done right, as they say.
Good list.
Would like to have seen this refined a little more. I also think you should take a look at Komodo Edit. It’s an open-source editor I’ve come to really like.
A neat,useful and a good compilation
Good site to give some useful information for starters of Linux who is not aware of the available sources and info on Linux – Thanks for your information-RSV
what are the best editors for pdf files in linux? can you add your choices to the list, tks
PDF Studio 7 Pro – It’s a very powerful PDF viewer and editor, that can convert other file types into PDF, and can output PDF for printing or as images.
PDF Studio 7 Demo Version is in the top 10 Free Downloads in March 2012 on the Ubuntu Software Center.
its ok
It’s unbelievable my buddy’s step-sister makes USD77/hr on the internet. She has been out of work for 5 months but last month her income was USD7463 just working on the internet for a few hours. Here’s the site to read more… MakeCash17.cøm
This I can use in my Mint 12.Thank you very much.I will tell my friends.
Nice Effort.
woa! perfect thank you very much….
Please mention the diff tools………….
I am using gvimdiff(gvim -d) and kdiff3.
Very usefull!
Missing from mail clients is Mutt. Missing from desktop environments (window managers) is Awesome. Missing from communication is Irssi, Bitlbee, and ZNC. Missing from others is Tmux. Missing from distributions is Gentoo. Other than these puzzling oversights, it’s a pretty good list.
Please include LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition). I think this is the best os available.
I can see they have listed even the softwares of windows here, mostly the Anit VIRUS, Does my OCELOT really need then. GUYS don’t show greedness here of softwares
how can i get beginner command list? …plz let me know ..thz alot…
here you go, http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/linux-commands-reference-pdf
There should be a “terminals” section and Terminator should be top on the list.
yep, totally missed debian. oh well.
Warsow should be in the Games section, imo.
Deadbeef is a lightweight, feature rich audio player.
Also Parcellite, glipper or some other good clipboard manager(I don’t know any KDE ones).
You missed out on NetBeans! I tried most of the listed code-editors, but NetBeans is by far the most awesometastic of all!
Add two tiny but useful software:
QuickSynergy for mouse and keyboard sharing
XVidCap for screen recording
i love linux. have been using linux for years. this is a helpful page to many im sure. however i thought id throw in my 2 senses…
linux is a complicated multiple distribution mess. anyone who has no idea how to use a computer is offended by linux because it doesnt have a mainstream set of rules. there are a million ways to skin the cat with linux, and if nothing else works, get out a text editor and a terminal…YIKES! the thought of doing that for someone who uses a computer to ONLY get on youtube, watch a movie, play a game, and send out email to everyone in their friend list on tuesday is absurd at best.
now ive used distros from damn small, off the wall shit like puppy linux and easy peasy, useful systems like centos (for a thin client) all the way to ubuntu & red hat enterprise systems. and after learning how to navigate, use and make functional, i want to say this:
make a standard distribution that works on all levels of hardware with a software payload that enables video playback of an .mkv, .avi, & mp4 file built it. along with mp3 support. no one wants to know what a good bad or “ugly set” are. america is stupid, the rest of the world isnt far behind. it has to be something geared to a completely computer illiterate individual, like google’ s chrome os.
now theres a well thought out way. the user has no control over their data, it is stored in a server, in the right directory. in the same place every time, with redundant backup. the user never has to know where it goes, just what goes in.
it reminds me of hg wells the time machine when he meets the eloi and he asks: where does the food come from, who farms it?” the eloi replied: “it just grows, it always grows.” (completely ignorant that a cannibalistic race of underground animals are cultivating the food, and the eloi…
why do we aspire toward underachievement? when is a car going to drive its self so i can stop stressing over the dip shit on their cell phone trying to drink coffee on the freeway driving 72mph?
whatever happened to edubuntu? why dont they get together with the TTC and build a college in a box. i already did.
wake up world. please?
JDownloader is one of the best download managers too
if you are looking for a download client for bittorrent, try deluge, the gui is similar to utorrent (which is most widely used.)
you will also need the “good”, “bad” and “ugly” set along with vlc media player and gxine (i love this player because it handles almost everything, and you can skin the interface like winamp.) amarok will manage your ipod/phone.
open source the world.
For me the best and fastest text/code editor is Geany (gedit is slow and not so smart).
Music: Audacious
Movie: Smplayer + VLC
Virtual machine: Oracle Virtualbox
the best text editor is kate it is really amazing
Check out
Clementine player (Amarok 1.4 “clone”) http://www.clementine-player.org/
G-thumb (image viewer/editor) http://live.gnome.org/gthumb
Seamonkey (Email client/web browser/html editor) http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
MyPaint (Digital painting program) http://mypaint.intilinux.com/
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fedora 16 , linux mint 12 are the latest version anyway nice selection of most used software for linux
there is no Jdownloader
Awesome. Personally used Bluefish before, and loved it.
Gnome-Pie is the best launcher out there for ANY linux distro
The easy to use interface adds a lot of cool effects to your desktop
Awesome informative post.
After installing Linux, you need these programs for sure;
All of these can be install via synaptic or whatever software channel in other distros.
Web Design:
Quanta Plus ( only supported up to ubuntu 11.04 )
Kompozer
jEdit
Compression:
Peazip
Photo handling:
Phatch
Webcam:
Cheese Webcam booth
Desktop Search:
Catfish
Games:
Dolphin Gamecube / Wii Emulator
Mupen64+ Nintendo 64 Emulator
Graphics:
gcolor2
Gimp ( doesn’t ship with ubuntu anymore )
3D Graphics:
Blender 3d
Multimedia:
gstreamer ugly set
thanks
Great…..Thanks.
Xfce really should be on this list IMHO.
thanks for the input, we’ll check it out
I’d like to nominate fotoxx. Lightweight, easy, fairly simple – not too complicated. Edit photos for the crowd who don’t need all the features and complications of Gimp.
awesome.
as good as Gnome Commander
Sabana rancak ko ….
i like
Broken link – http://picasa.google.com/linux/
DeaDBeeF is a great lightweight music player for Linux/*nix systems,it;s not bloated like the others audio players, keeping it simple as possible.
It’s the best Foobar2000 alternative for Linux
Instantbird is also a very good communication tool…
i miss the (imo) best media center software in known universe
take a look at xbmc.org, i think it could be listed here, too.
And, by the way: it’s a sin, you don’t have Debian listed here
thanks for the input, we’ll check out the XBMC before the next update to the page
“Basket” is missing in productivity. At least I like it.
thanks, we’ll check it out
i miss a lot here:
- rsync (backup)
- xfce (desktop environment)
- licq (communication)
- debian (distribution)
and some more…
thanks for the recommendations we’ll go over them
Great Collections dude keep it up……..
Thanks
but why you forgot Xfce in Desktop Envirenment
We have added it to our list of apps to look into. Thanks for the suggestion!
Well ! interesting post.. All under one page.. Thanks
I think you should update this page. Ubuntu 12.04 is out, and Unity is much better than it was in 11.04 and 11.10.
Please add Quanta, a great programmer’s editor
Two nice utilities: regexxer (to search your files using regular expressions) and kodos (regex builder)
My Firefox add-ons: DownThemAll (download manager), Scrapbook (downloader for off-line browsing and archiving), Firebug (edit, debug HTML, CSS, Javascript). Sync was an add-on, now is integrated in Firefox (superDuper! take your environment everywhere… )
One for the toolkit: Parted Magic. It’s a live CD, small (187 MB) and full of recovery tools. Can read Linux and Windows partitions. Transfer data between them. After loading in memory CD is ejected so you can use the drive. My favorite tools there: the partition editor, MC (midnight commander), Firefox + flash reader (for Facebook and Youtube). Network is easily recognized. Leafpad for editing. Hexedit for hexadecimal editing. Testdisk for disk checking. More than 115 utilities in on CD.
Miro wants a donation before you can download it….
We tested it and it downloads just fine.
NAZMUS-007
Ubuntu is now 11.10 isn’t it?
great information! thanks
so good
What about LaTeX and other educational packages.
check out Darktable: one of the most perfomant Raw converters around!
This provides an excellent snapshot of Linux distros and app. No criticism of the distro section those certainly the are the major ones. One suggestion for the Audio section is Audacious – it a simple, light media player that you can skin. IT doesn’t try to manage all your multimedia files it just plays music. There isn’t a similar app listed in that section that could be said to be like Audacious and do one thing well.
I was bemused by the Desktop Environment section. I’ve never heard of Xmonad and enlightenment is relatively niche. Lxde is up there but where is Xfce. A lot more people have started using Xfce recently due to the Gnome 3/Unity debacle and I’d estimate it the most popular DE after Gnome and KDE.
Good, thank you for the list, w’ll check them
hi can anyone advice me what is the best linux based operating systemm and what is the difference between apple mas osx and linux .. which one do you recommend which is user friendly and not complicated.and doesnt destroy my system
Macho, I recommend you to ask you question on MakeUseOf Answers.
Give http://www.pclinuxos.com a try, good community and a solid distro for desktop users.
What about DarkTable at photo section?
Blender is also a video editor. Its not easy, but its very powerful. It has the extra added bonus of being a 3D modeler. The video editor is the less known side of Blender. Personally I find Blender really awesome for my video editing ( I have only tried Openshot and that wasnt as powerful as Blender, the other editors I havent used, yet).
I googled to the website, it is great. And I also would like to recommend an audio player called Audacious, it is kind of a pure and simple player, but full featured. It may reminds you the foobar2000 on the Windows Platform. I believe it worth a try.
had no idea there were so many software utilities for Linux, very good! I’m sure it all works better then Microsoft
some suggestions:
backup: fwbackups – good for one time or incremental bakups
maintenance: gconf cleaner – cleans preferences database, your maintenance section might also include bleachbit (you have it listed under Others software, but it is a system cleaner), the maintenance could also include Gparted (it is not really a file manager)
Productivity: Zim (wiki note taking)
What is the best font viewer/manager?
Best pdf editor? (to insert pages, etc)
best twitter client?
tks for your work, it is becoming a one stop page for the best apps
I suggest PDF Studio as a PDF editor on Linux to insert pages, annotate, fill forms, etc…
Konqueror is no longer the KDE internet browser.
ReKonq has replaced it.
+ Audacity [audacity.sourceforge.net/] – a free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds.
+ OpenTTD [www.openttd.org/en/] – an open source simulation game based upon Transport Tycoon Deluxe.
+ muCommander [www.mucommander.com/] – a lightweight, cross-platform file manager with a dual-panel interface.
+… (quite a list).
ubuntu tweak no longer works after 11.04 and it is for ubuntu only so why it is under best of linux software
Thanks for the heads-up, Reý! We will remove it asap or with the next revision of this page.
Razor-qt should be included in desktop environments its fast and works fine
I have recently changed from windows to linux mint. Best move I ever made. Thanks makeuseof for all the linux info and guides.
Glad you made the switch!
Geany editor is Scintella based! I use SCiTE editor and use it as my core editor in Linux Mint; it’s awesome! Here’s a good overall review (July 2010) of SCiTE;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7415085&postcount=33
Thanks for the suggestion Frank!
Krita could be in the Photos/Images category.
And Clementine in the Audio category.
reKonq is also an alternative browser for KDE users.
Awesome piece of work, very well organised and graphically stunning, well done guys.
Foremost is a great data recovery option for Linux, one that doesn’t require the partition to be mounted (an important difference compared to some of the tools listed).
is there a program for converting media ( audio & video ) ?
( i use UBUNTU 12.04 )
For video I’d recommend Handbrake (which I should probably add to the list!). For audio, check out the Audio section.
Very helpful list.
+1 for the Gimp for graphic design
Really good list. Helpful for linux beginners.
Vishal
I would really like to recommend GRAMPS the genealogy software that has been around for years and is a fantastic tool for people researching their family tree. One of the main reasons I persevered with Linux was GRAMPS. Although ported to other OSes, it runs best on Linux. If anyone need help writing a review, please ask, me or anyone in the GRAMPS community.
We will look into it. The acronym is interesting – Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System.
Many thanks Saikat, its not the only interesting thing
It has been documented on MUO here
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/gramps-open-source-genealogy/ where I added the comment with the username Adrian. It has moved on much more since 2008. Thanks again, I am best on UK genealogy but if you need pointers to research your own, let me know
I have used Windows for a long while and thougth it the best OS untill it hanged-up on me. and a friend suggested that i try linux(ubuntu 11.04) and have never look back or regreted my leap of faith. HOWEVER, the move by ubuntu developers to the unity desktop sucks!!!!!! I think many ubuntu fans ,like me are disappointed.MY solution to that? , i installed MINT (MAYA) and love the feel of it.
thanks for making my life soooooooooooooo easy
nice collection
Nice list, you are missing some new apps like:
music player: beatbox -> is a cool player and looks good
backup tool -> Back in time -> is like time machine makes snapshots of the files, every time that the directories changes or every period of time
Dock -> plank -> new dock based on docky and is soo fast with unity api support
App stores -> Ubuntu sotware center
Utility for system energy -> jupiter applet -> allows you to control de energy use of the laptop/netbook for linux
Clipboard tool -> diodon/ClipIt -> diodon has integration with Unity
Terminal-> gnome terminal/pantheno terminal/Konsole
Cloud -> ubuntu one -> cloud sync, like dropbox with linux, windows and mac app
Email desktop app -> geary -> a gnome email desktop app focused on a very minimalist and good designed UI
Office suites -> Calibre and Libreoffice-> Calibre is the new office suite for KDE
Contact manager -> gnome contacts / dexter
Calendar -> Maya -> elementary OS calendar app
Tools for Developers -> Netbeans/ Eclipse/ sublime text 2
Editor -> scratch -> elementary OS text editor
Utilities -> gpick -> color picker for gnome is very useful
Task manager -> wunderlis / nitro task -> nitro include integration with ubuntu one cloud sync
RSS reader -> lightread -> the best rss reader, looks cool and includes awesome features
WIndows manager -> gala -> is a new windows manager for elementary OS, is a fresh, fast and well designed windows manager
New Distros-> elementary OS-> based on ubuntu but with it’s own DE, apps and WIndows manager
Thanks for all these recommendations. We will look into them soon and include them when we update the list.
I think it’s high time that “Cinnamon” is included in the “Desktop Environment” section! The project is great and is quite matured by now.
Under Productivity, you need to add Kupfer. It’s like Gnome-Do, but without having to install all those Gnome dependencies (when running Openbox, etc)
Sorry, not much of a fan of this page. There are many places to find linux apps. Do we really need another one that lists multiple apps that accomplish basically the same thing. What is needed is a place that lists apps with their function and features and allows some kind of user ranking system so that a person looking for an app can make a judgement about what they should install without having to install every app individually and then finding out it offers basic functionality. Why list default gnome or kde apps when people are probably looking to replace them with something that offers more functionality than they already have or that is not availalble in their app store. Right now I am looking for a font manager, any suggestions? tks for your help
thanks for the feedback. We’ll be changing the layout for this section in the next couple of months and see if we can implement any of your recommendations.
In regards to your question about font manager, I recommend you ask it on MakeUseOf Answers, http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/
Just a heads up, Avast seems to stopped development on their linux version. There is not a trace of it to be found except and old page that takes a lot of digging to find. It has the old link but it now redirects to COMODO which is broken on linux kernels later than 3.2. Just thought I would share. Cant wait to see an updated list with maybe user ratings? Hmmm..
You can add HON to games section.