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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.
