This is a list for a fully open source Workspace. You should find software for every application. The goal is that ths workspace can work on any operating system. Ideology is that as much as possible is stored in files and not in hidden DBs. If some application is not accounted for, just contact me.
Markdown editor for Mac, Windows, and Linux with real-time preview and distraction-free interface. Open source, free on GitHub, supports various Markdown specs.
Documentation and Notes
Free and open-source office suite with advanced word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, vector graphics, math formula editor, and database tools.
General use documents
On-premises file sync, universal access, integrated collaboration, real-time communication with privacy and data control focus.
Filesync
Anki is a program that makes remembering things easy. Because it is a lot more efficient than traditional study methods, you can either greatly decrease your time spent studying or greatly increase the amount you learn.
Flash Cards
Flexible accounting software for personal and small business use, GnuCash is freely available under the GNU GPL, supporting multiple OS and financial tasks.
Accounting
Cross-platform, free media player supports multimedia files, DVDs, streaming, offers hardware acceleration, 4K, lossless audio, and more.
Multimedia Player
Open-source browser with Gecko engine, supporting HTML add-ons and providing privacy features like Enhanced Tracking Protection and third-party cookie blocking.
Webbrowser
Godot Engine is a feature-packed, cross-platform game engine to create 2D and 3D games from a unified interface. It provides a comprehensive set of common tools, so that users can focus on making games without having to reinvent the wheel.
Game Engine
Free open-source suite with advanced photo retouching, composition, batch processing, plugin extensibility, custom scripting, and wide file format compatibility.
Pixel Graphics
Open-source DTP tool with flexible layouts, typesetting, CMYK support, and interactive PDFs, ideal for creating newspapers and brochures.
Desktop Publishing
Open source vector graphics editor supporting SVG with features like custom brushes, pressure sensitivity, and layer management across multiple platforms.
Vector Graphics
QElectroTech is a free software to create electric diagrams. QElectroTech is under GNU/GPL license. It is currently available for Windows, Mac OS and Linux.
Electrical CAD
QCAD is an application for computer aided drafting in 2D. With QCAD you can create technical drawings such as plans for buildings, interiors, mechanical parts or schemas and diagrams.
2D CAD - Community Edition is open source
A versatile open-source 3D CAD modeler with modular architecture, suitable for engineering applications across multiple platforms, supporting Python scripting.
3D CAD
Free open-source 3D software for modeling, texturing, rigging, animation, rendering, compositing, video editing, and simulation.
Animation and 3D Modeling
Comments
Great list. this is pretty close to what I default install on any new Ubuntu desktop