Linux Essentials
The must haves for anyone using Linux!
Like this appFixes the pain of finding dependencies for youself!
- Software Installer
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
Like this appLaunchpad is a collaboration and Bazaar code hosting platform for (primarily open-source) software projects.
- Source Code Hosting Service
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- Python
Like this appRun Linux programs on macOS, a different Linux distro, or a different architecture.
- Compatibility Layer Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Linux
Like this appAutomate and simplify physical to only VMware virtual machine conversions as well as conversions from other virtual machine formats to only vdmk with VMware vCenter Converter.
- Free Personal • Open Source
- Windows
Like this appOpenbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.
- Window Manager
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- BSD
Like this appMakes Partitioning so much easier and supports many filesystems!
- Partition Manager
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
Like this appIt has built in support for checkboxes like in Windows Explorer!
- File Manager
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- KDE
- Flathub
Like this appMakes it easy to create and share your own distro!
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
Like this appRuns Windows Application by Right Click, or Double Click runs really well does all the work for you.
- Compatibility Layer Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Linux
- Android
- Android Tablet
- BSD
- Flathub
Like this appOpen Source Web Brower
- Web Browser
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- BSD
- iPad
- AppImageHub
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- Haiku
- Flatpak
- Homebrew
- Chocolatey
- Gecko
Like this appIncase you need a Virtual Keyboard and also as an anti-keylogger.
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
Like this appEasy to use if you are used to Microsoft Paint.
- Digital Painting Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- Flathub
- KDE
Like this appReally stable and I like how easy to is to transfer files with. Lacks checkboxes though.
- File Manager
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Linux
- GNOME
- MacPorts
- XQuartz
Like this appMakes it really easy to hash files in folders.
- Folder Comparison Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Like this appGood like Gparted and has some additional features to check out.
- Partition Manager
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- KDE
Like this appEssential for using the computer at night.
- Screen Dimmer
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Like this appEssential to protect your privacy. Can support routing all traffic through tor, or select applications.
- Anonymizing Network
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Like this appYou should route all your traffic through a VPN at least! Lacks GUI for Linux though. I'll make a bash script to do that one day.
- VPN Service
- Freemium • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Cloudron
Like this appYou should route all your traffic through a VPN at least! $3.33 a month, but gives you so many locations, its fast and has a GUI!
- VPN Service
- Paid • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Google Chrome
- Tomato
- Opera
- pfSense
- OpenVPN
- Firefox
- DD-WRT
Like this appKeeps you anonymous, and is great for web browsing. Streaming might be a bit slow so use VPN's and Firefox for that.
- Web Browser
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- OpenBSD
Like this appReally good for playing Videos because supports so many formats! Also use it for playing music and it lets you adjust the bass and treble with advanced contol!
- Audio Player
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- BSD
- iPad
- AppImageHub
- Apple Watch
- Snapcraft
- Google Chrome
- Apple TV
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- F-Droid
- Kindle Fire
- Haiku
- Android TV
- Homebrew
- Chocolatey
Like this appThe must have if you like Virtualizing, and you should get into it. Also if your Windows Apps don't work in Wine or Play on Linux you can use a Minimalized Windows like Windows Vista as a last resort.
- Virtualization Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Oracle Solaris
Like this appGreat at night so all that blue light doesn't bother your eyes!
- Color Temperature Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
Like this appFinnaly! A GUI to find packages, and its not a single store, It lets you add repositories if you can't get what you are looking for!
- Software Installer
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- Debian
- Xfce
- Like this app
Really useful if you are trying to get something work that's an RPM made for RedHat based distros on Debian based distros! Its a way to convert packages between the two. Its a Command Line Interface, but its easy to use because you only need like two commands.
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
Like this appIf it doesn't run on Wine, you can manually configure it to run. Also has some Windows Apps preconfigured for you.
- Compatibility Layer Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
- Wine
- FreeBSD
Like this appIts based off of Chromium just degooglified. It protects your privacy, and I like it because you can get Chrome Apps to work in it.
- Web Browser
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- Homebrew
- Chocolatey
Like this appUbuntu Software Center has Hundreds of Applications to Choose From. It is my favorite store to get free software!
- App Store
- Free • Proprietary
- Linux
- Online
- Ubuntu
Linux and Linux distros don't have much applications out of the box they expect you to download them manually and search for repositories yourself and edit config files to make things work. Its 2018 and also why should you waste time manually configuring things and looking for the software you need to make Linux usable for you? That's why I have created this list.