Desktop Software for Linux

Essential Applications

Application Description Command / Web Site
KeepassXC Password Manager
VLC Media Player
Inkscape Vector graphic editor
Gimp Photo and Graphics editor
Kate Text Editor
RClone Synchronizes cloud drives locally https://github.com/rclone/rclone/releases (distro packages are usually outdated)
Xournal++ For PDF edits, like filling forms
Filezilla FTP Client
KDEnlive Video Editor
Ksnip Screen capture with editor
Posterazor Print large images in multiple pages https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/stethewwolf/posterazor
MusicPod Podcasts Client and Music Player flatpak install flathub org.feichtmeier.Musicpod
Flameshot Screenshot capture
qBittorrent Lightweight Bittorrent Client
puddletag Music tag editor
LibreCAD CAD application, mostly for 2D
FreeCAD CAD application for 3D modeling
VeraCrypt Create encrypted volumes
Font Manager Fonts Manager and Google Fonts browser https://github.com/FontManager/font-manager

More Applications

Application Description Command / Web Site
OBS Software for broadcasting and video creation
NormCap OCR on screen capture https://dynobo.github.io/normcap/
Peek Record screen to gif
Pikopixel Graphics editor at pixel level
mintstick Graphical tool that allows you to format USB sticks and create bootable USB sticks
Synfig 2D animation https://www.synfig.org/
Blockbench Low poly 3D editor

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