guide:linux:apps

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Useful Linux applications

See also: CLI Applications for admins

  • rofi – fast application launcher and window switcher
  • uLauncher – another application launcher with lots of plugins. Looks sexy and is based on Python and HTML, so it's a bit slow.
  • xfce4-terminal – terminal emulator
  • Zim Wiki – personal desktop wiki
  • Qalculate! – calculator
  • Geany – fast mini-IDE / Editor
  • Lutris – game installer and runner

Internet

  • Firefox – Browser
  • Element – chat application

Office

  • LibreOffice
  • Kexi – fast database application

File management

  • Recoll – fast indexing file search

Multimedia

  • mpv – video player with minimal UI
  • VLC – video player with good playlist GUI
  • guayadeque – music player with smart playlist feature, handles huge music collections
  • VideoMorph – Python GUI for transcoding videos
  • soundKonverter – transcode audio files

coding

  • vscode – IDE with lots of plugins (based on electron, sadly)

system tools

  • Barrier – share mouse and keyboard between two PCs (client-server), "software KVM"
  • Last modified: 2021-01-26 10:39