I made it to Linux! What is your must-have FOSS or Free Software for linux?

Unmapped, 7 months ago

I always keep GIMP and VLC player installed. If you get comfortable using command line. Tmux and Neovim are a great duo.

blakeus12, 7 months ago

thank you rat-salute

Jumuta, 7 months ago

• helix (vim like text editor)
• kate (kde text editor)
• dolphin (kde file manager)
• supertuxcart (most modern linux game)

Zastyion345, 7 months ago

I would recommend XonoticIts like unreal tournament and its fantastic. Smooth as butter no lags.

arisunz, 7 months ago

random suggestion but do you play guitar? take a look at guitarix if so, you won’t be disappointed

aida, 7 months ago

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blakeus12, 7 months ago

appreciate it! lenin-heartedit: LibreWolf is awesome! TYSM!!!

jacob, 7 months ago

Here’s some creative software that replace the functionalities of Adobe software & more.

• photo editing: GIMP
• vector images: Inkscape
• drawing/painting: Krita (GIMP also fine for this)
• video editing: kdenlive
• 3d modelling, animating, etc.: Blender
• audio editing: Tenacity (Audacity fork made after the buyout without telemetry)
• DAW: LMMS
• media player: VLC or mpv

if there’s any other specific software you’re looking for a FOSS alternative to, don’t hesitate to ask. You always have more options on Linux than you’d think.

blakeus12, 7 months ago

thank you! i appreciate it!

panosalevropoulos, 7 months ago

For DAW, you may also want to check out Zrythm and Ardour.

tho, 7 months ago

ncdu

rem26_art, 7 months ago

for a bit more context, ncdu is a Disk Usage analyzer that runs in the terminal. If you've ever used WizTree on windows, its kinda like that. Really useful to see whats taking up space on your disk

heygooberman, 7 months ago

I personally recommend LibreWolf over Firefox. It is a fork of Firefox, but it includes some additional settings for better privacy.

Flameshot is a pretty useful screenshot tool that functions similar to the Snip tool on Windows.

If you’re going to be installing apps via Flatpak, I recently learned of an app called Warehouse that allows you to view all the Flatpak apps you installed, the user data associated with each app, and their file location.

If you want another option for LibreOffice, you can try OnlyOffice, but I personally prefer LibreOffice.

If you’re looking for a text editor that’s like Notepad++, I recommend checking out NotepadQQ.

Finally, if you want a notebook app similar to Microsoft OneNote, I’d like to recommend Joplin.

Deregon, 7 months ago

For Flatpak apps, along with Warehouse, Flatseal allows you to view and edit permissions for each app, which is not only useful but sometimes mandatory when an app has misconfigured permissions

heygooberman, 7 months ago

Oh yes, Flatseal is also a good tool to have! Thanks for adding that!

jacob, 7 months ago

BONUS: here’s some command-line toys that are not useful or necessary, but are just real fun to take a look at especially if you’re new to linux:

• cmatrix (does the matrix code rain thing)
• cowsay (ascii cow with speech bubble)
• sl (steam locomotive in your terminal)
• cbonsai (generate bonsai tree)
• neofetch (this one is actually very useful and will print system information in an aesthetically pleasing way)

blakeus12, 7 months ago

wow, neofetch is really cool! thank you!

GigglyBobble, 7 months ago

It's mandatory for online boasting.

dbx12, 7 months ago

You forgot the package hollywood.

ikiru, 7 months ago

Thanks for this!

backhdlp, 7 months ago

fastfetch is neofetch in C instead of bash, makes it much faster.

WeLoveCastingSpellz, 7 months ago

Cmatrix,SL and neofetch work on android too through termux, I bet others would too, but I have only tested these two

jacob, 7 months ago

Another nice-to-have is KDE Connect, it connects your desktop with your phone to sync notifications, send files, control media playback, use as remote input, share clipboard, send commands, and more

possiblylinux127, 7 months ago

I’m not sure it will work with cinnamon.

jacob, 7 months ago

It should work normally, there’s even cinnamon applets for controlling it from the panel

electric_nan, 7 months ago

I use it in Cinnamon.

possiblylinux127, 7 months ago

Good to know

possiblylinux127, 7 months ago

Nextcloud

cmnybo, 7 months ago

KiCAD for PCB design.
PulseView for USB logic analyzers.
DSRemote for remote control of Rigol oscilloscopes.
FreeCAD for 3D CAD.
SDR++ and SDRangel for SDR.
Fldigi, wsjtx & QSSTV for ham radio digital modes.

Sabata11792, 7 months ago

I haven touched my hackRF for years. Got to give SDRangel a try.

MagneticFusion, 7 months ago

KiCAD is a gem

sic_semper_tyrannis, 7 months ago

Welcome! As for the basics: Bleachbit (system cleaner) Flatseal (Flatpak permission managed) Elisa (music player) GTKHash (GUI way to verify checksums) FreeTube (YouTube front end) Okular (PDF viewer & editor)

dust_accelerator, 7 months ago

Depends what device you run, but Xournal++ is useful. Otherwise pdftk.

jack, 7 months ago

Xournal++ is for drawing over pdfs like MS OneNote

starman, 7 months ago

Helix editor

rem26_art, 7 months ago

Blender: If you're interested in 3D modeling or Animation
Inkscape: If you have any need for a vector graphics program thats a bit like Adobe Illustrator
OBS: If you need to do any screen recording or livestreaming
Haruna Video Player: It plays videos and can also play youtube videos if you paste in a link. (This also pulls in yt-dlp as a dependency, which allows you to download youtube videos and the like from a terminal)
btop: A nice looking system resource monitor that runs in a terminal