Software

Development

• VirtualBox – Virtual environment for OS experimentation

Games

• CurseForge – World of Warcraft Addon Manager for Linux
• Heroic Games Launcher – GOG and Epic Games Launcher
• Lutris – Game Launcher, also does GOG and Epic and a few others
• Steam – Play thousands of games on Linux!

Image Viewers and Editors

• GIMP – Very complex but great image editor
• IrfanView – Image viewer via WINE works great!
• Pinta – It started as similar to Paint.net with an ultra modern interface (not necessarily better)

Internet

• Betterbird – Email Client
• Brave Browser – Best browser for privacy
• Proton Mail – Private Email
• Proton VPN – For keeping your doings more private
• Signal – Secure and Private Messaging
• Video Downloader – Name says it all

Multimedia

• Audacity – Audio Editor
• Kdenlive – Better Video Editor for more complex work
• Open Broadcaster Software – Streaming and Capture
• OpenRGB – Needed a way to control my RGB 😊
• Shotcut – Video Editing tool, very nice 🙂
• Spotify – Internet music player
• VLC – Best media player

Productivity

• LibreOffice – MS Office compatible
• NotepadNext – Sweet code / text editor

System Utilities

• BleachBit – System and Junk File Cleaner
• CoreCtrl – Fan, CPU and GPU control
• CPU-X – CPU-Z for Linux
• Detwinner – Dupe photo and file finder
• FileZilla – FTP program
• GParted – Drive manager and clone tool
• Hidamari – Live Wallpapers
• K3B – CD / DVD Burner
• Nextcloud – Use this for backups/sharing across devices
• PeaZip – Handy zip/compression software
• ProtonPlus – Simple Tool for Proton and more!
• RustDesk – Remote Desktop that beats using TeamViewer!
• Syncthing – Secure File Synchronization
• Syncthing Tray – Tray Icon and Utility for Syncthing
• Wine – Necessary to make Windows games and apps possible.

If there is something you think I should try or have advice to give, please email me!