Software-List

Linux Software

Automatically generated from README.md

Applications

Audio

• CAVA → Cross-platform Audio Visualizer.
• Cider → Cross-platform Apple Music experience.
• Audacity → Recording and editing sounds.

Backup

• Rclone → A command-line program to manage files on cloud storage.
• Rclone browser → A simple cross platform GUI for Rclone.

Communication

• Discord → A instant messaging and VoIP social platform.
• Fluxer → Instant messaging app and VoIP social media platform.
• TeamSpeak 3 → A VoIP social platform.
• Vesktop → Customizable and privacy friendly Discord desktop client.

Compression

• 7-Zip → Utility for manipulating archives. Formats 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR are supported fully, other formats can be unpacked.
• WinRAR → A powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce the size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files.

Developer Tools

• FileZilla → FTP, FTPS and SFTP client.
• Github Desktop → A GUI for using GitHub.
• MySQL Workbench → SQL IDE for mySQL.

Email

• Proton Mail Client → End-to-end encrypted email for Proton Mail users.

Fonts

• Hemi Head → Blocky, aggressive lettering of classic American muscle cars.
• Iosevka → Versatile typeface for code.
• Raleway → Elegant sans-serif typeface.

Games

• Bolt → Third-party Jagex Launcher
• Prism Launcher → Minecraft launcher with the ability to manage multiple instances, accounts and mods.
• RetroArch → A frontend for emulators, game engines and media players. ¹
• Steam → A digital distribution service and storefront for video games.

Graphics

• GIMP → A Photoshop-like program that’s free.
• krita → Raster graphics editor.

Productivity

• f.lux → Automatically adjust your computer screen to match lighting.
• LibreOffice → Office productivity software suite.
• OpenDeck → Desktop application for using Elgato Stream Deck.
• Piper → GTK application to configure gaming devices.
• Solaar → Linux device manager for Logitech devices.
• Vicinae → Native launcher for your desktop.
• WinBoat → Electron app which allows you to run Windows apps on Linux using a containerized approach.

Security

• NordVPN → Lithuanian VPN service.

Terminal

• Ghostty → Terminal emulator.
• Peaclock → Customizable clock, timer, and stopwatch for the terminal.
• Starship → Customizable prompt for any shell.
• Termius → Secure and easy-to-use SSH client
• WTF → Acronym dictionary within the terminal.
• WTF (wtfutil) → Personal information dashboard.

Text Editors

• Atom → A hackable text editor for the 21st Century. ²
• Sublime Text 4 → Powerful text editor for code, markup and prose.
• Visual Studio Code → Build and debug modern web and cloud applications.

Theming

• Kvantum → SVG-based theme engine for Qt.
• Millennium → Modding framework to use themes/plugins for the desktop Steam Client.

Utilities

• AnyDesk → Remote Desktop.
• btop → Resources monitor.
• CPU-X → Gathers information on main computer components.
• GParted → Partition editor, graphical front-end for GNU Parted.
• K3b → CD/DVD/Blu-ray burning and ripping application.
• LocalSend → Cross-platform alternative to AirDrop
• OpenRGB → RGB Sync with multiple brand support.
• qBittorrent → BitTorrent client.
• QDirStat → Graphical disk usage analyzer.
• QDiskInfo → A utility that monitors and displays the health of your hard drive, including basic information, S.M.A.R.T. values, and disk temperature.
• RustDesk → Remote Desktop.
• Stow → Symlink farm manager.
• strace → diagnostic, debugging and instructional userspace utility for Linux.
• Ventoy → Used for creating bootable USB media storage devices
• VMWare Workstation Pro → Desktop hypervisor for local virtualization of virtual machines. ³

Video

• FFmpeg → Suite of libraries and programs for handling video, audio, and other multimedia files and streams.
• Kooha → Simple screen recorder.
• Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) → Video recording and live streaming software.
• VLC → Multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

Web Browser

• Brave → Fast, secure, and privacy-focused Chromium browser that blocks ads and trackers, and offers a built-in VPN, AI assistant, and search engine.
• Ungoogled Chromium → Chromium browser with a lightweight approach to removing Google web service dependency.
• Zen Browser → Open-source fork of Mozilla Firefox, with its main focus being privacy and customizability.

Guides

• Beginner Exploring Linux

Miscellaneous

• ProtonDB → Check games compatibility on Linux.

1. You can see my RetroArch setup here. ↩

2. Atom is End of Life as of 2022 and has been archived. Older versions are still available to use. ↩

3. See my VMWare install guide here. ↩