• Artix Linux icon
  • Arch Linux icon
  • CachyOS icon
  • Limine icon
  • rEFInd - Boot Manager icon
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linux how i like it

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everything possibly linux really

Distros

  1. Artix Linux is a fork (or continuation as an autonomous project) of the Arch-OpenRC and Manjaro-OpenRC projects. Artix Linux offers a lightweight, rolling-release operating system featuring the OpenRC init software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Artix Linux screenshot 1
  2. Arch Linux is an independently developed, x86_64 optimized GNU/Linux distribution targeted at competent Linux users. It uses pacman, its home-grown package manager, to provide updates to the latest software applications with full dependency tracking.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    arch with KDE 4.4 desktop
    another arch with KDE 4.3 desktop
    arch for console addict
    +1
    arch with openbox window manager
  3. CachyOS icon
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    CachyOS is a performance-centric Arch Linux icon Arch Linux distribution designed to deliver a stable, efficient, and user-friendly computing environment. It offers the full power and flexibility of a rolling-release system, enhanced by advanced...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    CachyOS screenshot 1
    CachyOS screenshot 1
    CachyOS screenshot 2
    +2
    CachyOS screenshot 3

Bootloaders

  1. Limine icon
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    Limine is an advanced x86/x86_64 BIOS and UEFI bootloader that supports modern PC features such as Long Mode, 5-level paging, multi-core startup, and more thanks to the stivale and stivale2 boot protocols.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Limine screenshot 1
  2. rEFInd is a fork of the rEFIt icon rEFIt boot manager for computers based on the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) and Unified EFI (UEFI). Like rEFIt, rEFInd is a boot manager, meaning that it presents a menu of options to the user when the computer...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    rEFInd - Boot Manager screenshot 1
    rEFInd - Boot Manager screenshot 1
    rEFInd - Boot Manager screenshot 2
    +1
    rEFInd - Boot Manager screenshot 3

FS Formats

  1. btrfs icon
     Like

    Btrfs is a modern copy on write (CoW) filesystem for Linux aimed at implementing advanced features while also focusing on fault tolerance, repair and easy administration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

Inits

  1.  Like

    Service monitoring / "init" system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    cntchngusrnme’s note

    "features of systemd init without the downsides"

  2.  Like

    OpenRC is a dependency-based init system that works with the system provided init program, normally /sbin/init. It is not a replacement for /sbin/init. OpenRC is 100% compatible with Gentoo init scripts, which means you can probably find one for the daemons you want to start in...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
  3. systemd icon
     Like

    systemd is a suite of basic building blocks for a Linux system. It provides a system and service manager that runs as PID 1 and starts the rest of the system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    systemd screenshot 1
    cntchngusrnme’s note

    it works and is known but.. really? we can do better than this

Desktops

  1. Plasma is a cross-device work environment by the KDE Community where trust is put on the user's capacity to best define their own workflow and preferences.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • postmarketOS
    • openSUSE
    • Arch Linux
    • Fedora
    • FreeBSD
    • SteamOS
    • Wayland
    A typical Plasma desktop looks like this
    KDE Plasma 5.16
    Plasma Widgets
    +3
    KDE Plasma screenshot 3
  2. niri icon
     Like

    Windows are arranged in columns on an infinite strip going to the right. Opening a new window never causes existing windows to resize.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    niri screenshot 1
    niri screenshot 1
  3. Hyprland icon
     Like

    An independent tiling Wayland compositor written in C++. Noteworthy features of Hyprland include dynamic tiling, tabbed windows, a clean and readable C++ code-base, and a custom renderer that provides window animations, rounded corners, and Dual-Kawase Blur on transparent windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • openSUSE
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • FreeBSD
    • Alpine Linux
    • Slackware
    • Wayland
    Screenshot of a preconfigured setup
    Hyprland screenshot 1
    Hyprland screenshot 2
    +3
    Hyprland screenshot 3

Virtual Containers

  1. Podman icon
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    Podman is a daemon-less container runtime for managing containers, pods, and container images. It is intended as a counterpart to CRI-O, to provide low-level debugging not available through the CRI interface used by Kubernetes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Red Hat
    Manage containers. Part 1 of 3. Supported engines and orchestrators include Podman, Docker, Lima, kind, Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat OpenShift Developer Sandbox.
    Manage containers. Part 2 of 3.
    Manage containers. Part 3 of 3. Using Terminal.
    +5
    Build, pull, and push images. Part 1 of 3.

Build containers from a Dockerfile / Containerfile, or pull images from remote repositories to run.

Manage accounts for and push your images to multiple container registries.
  2. WinBoat icon
     Like

    Seamlessly runs Windows applications on Linux through an intuitive interface, supporting native OS-level windows, easy installation, and shared directories.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Docker
    WinBoat screenshot 1
    WinBoat screenshot 1
    WinBoat screenshot 2
    +2
    WinBoat screenshot 3
    cntchngusrnme’s note

    for windows apps

  3. DistroShelf is a graphical interface for managing Distrobox containers on Linux. It provides an easy way to:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Linux Mobile
    DistroShelf screenshot 1
    cntchngusrnme’s note

    for apps that dont meet your distro

Terminals

  1. Ghostty icon
     Like

    Cross-platform terminal emulator combining fast GPU acceleration, native UI, and modern features for interactive CLI environments, fully compliant.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Homebrew
    Ghostty screenshot 1
    Ghostty screenshot 1
    Ghostty screenshot 2
    +1
    Ghostty screenshot 3

Shells

  1. Zsh icon
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    Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell) which of the standard shells most resembles the Korn shell (ksh); its compatibility with the 1988 Korn shell has been gradually increasing. It includes enhancements of many types, notably in the command-line editor, options for...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Linux Mobile
    zsh suggestions in action
  2. Bash is the shell, or command language interpreter, that will appear in the GNU operating system. Bash is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and C shell (csh). It is intended to conform to the IEEE POSIX P1003.2/ISO 9945.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Linux Mobile
    • Mac
    Bash using the ls command
    cntchngusrnme’s note

    when you dont know zsh yet

CLIs

  1. eza icon
     Like

    A modern alternative to ls.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    cntchngusrnme’s note

    the modern alternative to ls

  2. yt-dlp icon
     Like

    Command line program that's a youtube-dl icon youtube-dl fork that downloads videos from YouTube and over 1000 sites. The main focus of this project is adding new features and patches while also keeping up to date with the original project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Linux Mobile
    • Termux
    • Haiku
    yt-dlp screenshot 1
    yt-dlp screenshot 1
  3. FFmpeg icon
     Like

    Cross-platform multimedia framework performing decoding, encoding, transcoding, muxing, demuxing, streaming, filtering, and playback for nearly all media formats.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Linux Mobile
    • Haiku
    FFmpeg screenshot 1
    FFmpeg screenshot 1
    FFmpeg screenshot 2
    +1
    FFmpeg screenshot 3
  4. Fastfetch icon
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    Fastfetch is a neofetch-like tool for fetching system information and displaying them in a pretty way. It is written mainly in C, with performance and customizability in mind. Currently, Linux, Android, FreeBSD, MacOS and Windows 7+ are supported.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Terminal
    • FreeBSD
    • Termux
    Fastfetch screenshot 1
    Fastfetch screenshot 1
    Fastfetch screenshot 2
    +2
    Fastfetch screenshot 3
    cntchngusrnme’s note

    neofetch is DEAD and fastfetch is the new fetch

  5. The TLDR pages are a community effort to simplify the beloved man pages with practical examples.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    TLDR pages screenshot 1

TUIs

Package Management

  1. Shelly icon
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    Shelly is a modern, visual, and intuitive interface for your Arch Linux system. Not just a wrapper, but a native ground-up experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Shelly screenshot 1
    cntchngusrnme’s note

    manage arch and AUR and appimages and flatpaks!

  2. Octopi icon
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    Octopi is the highest rated graphical user interface for the Arch Linux pacman package management tool in AUR. It is written in C++ using the Qt toolkit and its source code is hosted on GitHub. The first commits date from February 2013.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    Octopi screenshot 1
    Octopi screenshot 1
    Octopi screenshot 2
    +1
    Octopi screenshot 3
    cntchngusrnme’s note

    to manage arch and AUR packages

  3.  Like

    Paru is an AUR helper written in Rust and based on the design of yay. It aims to be your standard pacman wrapping AUR helper with minimal interaction.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Manjaro Linux
    Paru screenshot 1
    cntchngusrnme’s note

    install AUR packages easily, used by octopi

  4. Flatpak icon
     Like

    Distributing applications on Linux is a pain: different distributions in multiple versions, each with their own versions of libraries and packaging formats. Flatpak is here to change all that. It allows the same app to be installed on different Linux distributions, including...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Flatpak screenshot 1
    Flatpak screenshot 1
    Flathub.org is the Flatpak home of hundreds of apps which can be easily installed on any Linux distribution
  5. Flatseal icon
     Like

    Flatseal is a graphical utility to review and modify basic permissions from your Flatpak applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Dark theme. And allow access to "Other files" or folders.
    Flatseal screenshot 1
    Flatseal screenshot 2
    +1
    Flatseal screenshot 3

Text Editing

  1. Micro icon
     Like

    Micro is a terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking advantage of the full capabilities of modern terminals.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
    Micro screenshot 1
    Micro screenshot 1
    Micro screenshot 2
    +2
    Micro screenshot 3
    cntchngusrnme’s note

    nano but better

  2. Neovim icon
     Like

    Refactored version of Vim with enhanced extensibility and modern plugin architecture.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chocolatey
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
    Neovim screenshot 1
    Neovim screenshot 1
    cntchngusrnme’s note

    the go to for completely replacing gui text editors

  3. Blazing fast, collaborative code editor with real-time multi-user support, built-in Vim mode, language-aware syntax trees, integrated terminal, and multi-buffers.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Zed Editor screenshot 1
    Zed Editor screenshot 1
    Zed Editor screenshot 2
    +6
    Zed Editor screenshot 3
  4. VSCodium icon
     Like

    This repository contains a build file to generate FLOSS release binaries of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code - Open Source ("Code - OSS") project, the open source core of the proprietary Visual Studio Code icon Visual Studio Code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Electron
    • Snapcraft
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
    VSCodium screenshot 1

Music Apps

  1. MusicBee icon
     Like

    Manages and organizes music libraries, playlists, and folders, supports podcasts and web radio, advanced tagging, CD ripping, device sync, and multiple audio formats.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Promo 1: Main Features
    Promo 2: Main Features
    Now Playing view
    +8
    -Library View.
-Waveform Seekbar / Progress bar
    cntchngusrnme’s note

    has to be emulated

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there are some missing entries elogind - apps that depend on logind from systemd eudev - fork of udev to isolate udev functionality

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