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While you can get the Linux system and use it for free, you can also run on the system a wide range of free applications such as well-known and commonly-used software including Firefox web browser and the LibreOffice application suite. Among various free applications, here you might find the best free software for Linux, including those products reviewed and recommended by our editors in the various sections. Other programs that work as potential alternatives to Windows applications or even perform better than them are also listed here for the benefit of users who migrate from Windows to Linux or run dual systems on their computers. |
Linux, occasionally referred to as GNU/Linux, is an open source and free operating system predominantly known for its use in servers, but has increasingly become commonplace in desktop, notebook and netbook computers in recent years after newer and enhanced versions of Linux distributions, Ubuntu or Linux Mint for example, are developed and offered free to users.|
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This list of Best Free Software for Linux now includes 141 applications in 95 categories. To read brief descriptions of the applications, click a page number or a category icon below.
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Page 2. Home and Office
Page 3. Image Tools
Page 4. Multimedia
Page 5. Disk and File Tools
Page 6. Desktop and System
Page 7. Security and Privacy
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good stuff, keep it up
Isn't 99.999& of software for Linux free anyway?
You're quite right, but it would be better if one can find best free among the free.
Dear Sirs: Thank you very much for your advise in programs for Linux. Many people, including me, are in the transition from Windows to Linux and we need information on free programs replacing those utilized in Windows.
You're welcome.
another audio editor for linux -sweep:
http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/index.html
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check it out.
i like the Evolution mail client ans SMPlayer for media player (uses MPlayer)
Great list , hopefully you will keep adding to it , thanks
Amarok is a very popular music player and manager on Linux.
7-Zip does not have a GUI for Linux. I found PeaZip to be the best File Archiver/Zip Utilitie.
Good suggestion, Super2cool, updated in the list.
BTW, has anyone tried Q7Z, which is a 7-Zip or P7Zip GUI?
Yes, Amarok is quite popular as commented in some reviews. Personally I found Banshee to have a better user interface and easier to use. Both are having pros and cons.
Thanks for the reply. I suggested Amarok, because I have read its very popular in the Linux community, and many people use it. If there are good choices of softwares, then those should be mentioned, so that people are aware of the softwares available.
Amarok is available for windows too, but not yet stable.
how about a good audio/video converter?
oh and Wormux, Battle for Wesnoth, Battle Tanks, Glest, FreeCiv, and Warzone 2100 are definitely some of the better linux games.
For audio and video converters, added three good contenders in the list. For the various games suggested, I'll try them out when I get time. Very good suggestions.
The hpyerlinks for "persona finance software" and "office suites" needs to be swapped; they are wrong right now.
Thanks for the heads up. The links are fixed now.
Songbird for music!http://getsongbird.com/
I like Rythmbox for my music and prefer Gnome apps to KDE (except for photo managing where Digikam is preferred)...
A great tool for adding additional hard drives and auto-mounting is Pysdm. Very useful for Ubuntu Desktop. For Ubuntu Server, Webmin is a great tool to remotely manage your server.
Cool, thanks a lot... we should have a mac list since you're opening from windows... I could provide a first draft if you want...
Pat
We would love to develop this area of the site further. If you are able to help please use the 'contribute' link at the top of the page.
So what's the best Linux AV? Here's the Wikipedia page on Linux malware http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware. So now that we know that Linux does need AV after all (hackers are targeting it now thanks to its growing popularity),
I found these 3 that are free and not only find but also REMOVE whatever malware they find:
*ClamTk http://clamtk.sourceforge.net/index.html
*Avira for Linux http://www.free-av.de/en/download/download_servers.php
*QtFprot http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=10381
Are any of these better than others?
An AV won't protect you from hackers but when I was running Ubuntu I used BitDefender. The GUI is more like most Windows owners will be used to if this is an issue and it was highly effective. Its purpose is only to stop windows virus from spreading through a network (in windows pc). It also can be use to scan your windows partition if you have dual-boot system.
Free for personal use only.
http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-80-en--BitDefender-Antivirus-Scanner-...
There's also some good advice here:
http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/
Check out the games Hedgewars, and Teeworlds. Both are pretty fun. They are in the ubuntu software repo.
I prefer a directory music player, no play-list-mania.
In Windows 1by1 is perfect, a very convenient GUI (and I found the .dll's to play all audio formats).
The Linux clone for this is MOC.
It "text-based" so looks ugly (and you have to read the usage manual to know the hot-keys), however it plays all audio formats out of the box.
And starting to use it after installing is not very logical. You won't find an icon nor a menu item. You have to start it from the commandline with the command MOCP.
However when it runs, and you have selected a particular directory with audio-files, it plays as convenient as 1by1.
Ive tried Teeworlds, it says "Input Not Supported" and the computer hangs. Bad experience for me.
Forgot to mention I was running it on Ubuntu Karmic Koala. So now I have to remove the game.
A video editor for Linux : www.openshotvideo.com