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  1. Ubuntu icon
     2379 likes

    Ubuntu is a community developed, Linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Ubuntu
    Ubuntu 24.04 with Gnome 46
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    173 alternatives
    3.8
    Good49 reviews
  2. MobaXterm icon
     229 likes

    MobaXterm is an enhanced terminal app that brings the advanced features of a Unix-like command-line to Windows. It takes the power of Cygwin and wraps it in a sleek, visual interface that's super easy to use, lightweight and portable.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    MobaXterm tabbed terminal
    Graphical SFTP browser
    Multi-execution
    +7
    Remote Unix desktop (XDMCP)
    123 alternatives
    4.4
    Very Good11 reviews
  3. NoMachine icon
     118 likes

    Access remote computers easily with enterprise-class speed and features supporting any content including audio and video.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Raspberry Pi
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    +2
    NX client running on Linux (KDE)
    132 alternatives
    3.5
    Good6 reviews
  4. LXDE icon
     122 likes

    The "Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment" is an extremely fast-performing and energy-saving desktop environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Screenshot of the LXDE desktop. It's simple, lightweight, fast, modern, internationalized, and standard-compliant.
    LXPanel Provides the common features of a desktop panel. The panel can generate menu for installed applications automatically from *.desktop files.
    PCManFM - lightweight and feature-rich file manager with tabs and volume-management support
    +1
    LXDE on FreeBSD
    30 alternatives
  5. i3 icon
     71 likes

    i3 is a dynamic tiling window manager with clean, readable and documented code, featuring extended Xinerama support, usage of libxcb instead of xlib and several improvements over wmii.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    i3 with VIM, git, MPlayer, i3bar
    dzen2, VIM, bash, top
    Screenshot by Michael Stapelberg
    +1
    i3pystatus, mpd, watson time tracker, nerd fonts
    84 alternatives
  6. Quickshell icon
     8 likes

    Quickshell is a toolkit for building status bars, widgets, lockscreens, and other desktop components using QtQuick. It can be used alongside your wayland compositor or window manager to build a complete desktop environment.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    A lockscreen.
    A simple audio mixer built with the Pipewire API.
    A mostly faithful clone of Wlogout made using Quickshell.
    +2
    A Linux parody of the activate windows watermark on Microsoft Windows.
    25 alternatives
  7. Xed icon
     23 likes

    A text editor forked from Pluma and Gedit. Xed is the default text editor of Linux Mint. It can be customized and is available in multiple languages.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    +4
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    159 alternatives
  8. awesome icon
     39 likes

    awesome is a highly configurable, next generation framework window manager for X. It is very fast, extensible and licensed under the GNU GPLv2 license.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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    awesome screenshot 1
    awesome with a number of terminals open.
    +2
    Screenshot by folcraed
Source: https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome/issues/1395#issuecomment-272668779
    85 alternatives
  9. Repeat icon
     9 likes

    Repeat is a full-fledged, Java mouse/keyboard record/replay and automation hotkeys/macros creation using modern programming languages, and more advanced automation features. Working across three major OSes: Windows, OSX, and Linux.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
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    75 alternatives
  10. VcXsrv icon
     22 likes

    Windows X-server based on the xorg git sources (like xming or cygwin's xwin), but compiled with Visual C++ 2010. Source code can also be compiled with VS2008, VS2008 Express Edition and VS2010 Express Edition.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    7 alternatives
  11. IceWM icon
     11 likes

    IceWM is a Window Manager for X Window System. It is fast and memory-efficient, and it provides many different looks including Windows'95, OS/2 Warp 3,4, Motif.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    IceWM screenshot 1
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    +2
    IceWM screenshot 3
    74 alternatives
  12. Wayback icon
     2 likes

    Wayback is an experimental X compatibility layer which allows for running full X desktop environments using Wayland components. It is essentially a stub compositor which provides just enough Wayland capabilities to host a rootful Xwayland server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
    • Wayland
  13. dwm icon
     24 likes

    dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle and floating layouts. All of the layouts can be applied dynamically, optimising the environment for the application in use and the task performed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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    84 alternatives
  14. WebDeck icon
     7 likes

    Remotely control any computer using customizable browser-based button panels, with no need for hardware or cloud services, on any touchscreen device.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
    Device exemple
    Adding a button 1
    Example theme
    +4
    Adding a button 2
    10 alternatives
  15. Xmonad icon
     26 likes

    xmonad is a dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell. In a normal WM, you spend half your time aligning and searching for windows. xmonad makes work easier, by automating this.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • X11
    • Haskell
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    +2
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    82 alternatives
  16. Phoenix is a new X server, written from scratch in Zig (not a fork of Xorg server). This X server is designed to be a modern alternative to the Xorg server.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    6 alternatives
  17. wmii icon
     9 likes

    wmii is a small, dynamic window manager for X11. It is scriptable, has a 9p filesystem interface and supports classic and tiling (acme-like) window management. It aims to maintain a small and clean (read hackable and beautiful) codebase.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    75 alternatives
  18. Fusuma icon
     2 likes

    Fusuma is multitouch gesture recognizer. This gem makes your linux PC able to recognize swipes or pinchs and assign shortcuts to them.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    3 alternatives
  19. Eagle Mode icon
     4 likes

    Eagle Mode is an advanced solution for a futuristic style of man-machine communication in which the user can visit almost everything simply by zooming in. It has a professional file manager, file viewers and players for most of the common file types, a chess game, a 3D mines...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    File-Manager View
    1 alternatives