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    My Favorite Linux Applications

    Here are some of my favorite programs I find useful in Linux. They are in alphabetical order. Most of them have a little explanation. If you have additional questions you can ask.


    AbiWord
    Atril Document Viewer
    Bluetooth Manager blueman-manager
    Catfish File Search
    Clamav
    Clamtk
    Discover Software Center
    Déjà Dup BackUps
    Font Downloader-Download and install fonts directly from Google fonts website.
    Font Manager
    FreeFileSync-Folder Comparison and Synchronization
    GNOME Software
    Google Chrome
    GParted-Partition Editor
    Haruna Media Player
    KDiskFree-Displays information about hard disks and other storage devices
    LibreOffice Writer
    Muon Package Manager
    Oracle VM VirtualBox
    QSnapStore
    Shortwave-Internet radio player with over 30,000 stations
    Spectacle-Screenshot Capture Utility
    Stacer-Linux System Optimizer and Monitoring
    Synaptic Package Manager
    System-config-printer
    System Profiler and Benchmark
    TimeShift-System Restore Utility
    Trash-Desktop shortcut to deleting files. Making easy to retrieve a file that was deleted.
    Ubuntu Cleaner-Ubuntu Cleaner is a tool that makes it easy to clean your ubuntu system.

    #2
    Any "favourite" list should have no more than half a dozen entries.

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      #3
      Favorites? I dunno.
      What do I use at least weekly, if not daily?
      Things I have to install myself:


      Yakuake (drop-down terminal)
      Steam
      OpenRGB (don't judge me!!! ) - this one is cross-platform
      virt-manager (for virtual machines)

      Less commonly used:
      Skanlite
      Cameractrls for webcam controls
      Ktouch
      Filelight
      OBS
      Openshot
      Proton-up Qt.


      Originally posted by JeffRedd View Post

      Discover Software Center

      GNOME Software

      Muon Package Manager

      QSnapStore

      Synaptic Package Manager
      I think that is pretty much all of the app stores and package managers, lol. Except for Apper.
      Quite redundant, but that is not always a negative thing.
      Last edited by claydoh; Aug 17, 2023, 01:56 PM.

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        #4
        These I use most of the day every day at work:
        • firefox
        • vim (gvim mostly)
        • konsole + zsh
        • dolphin
        Regards, John Little

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          #5
          Originally posted by Montmorency View Post
          Any "favourite" list should have no more than half a dozen entries.
          Well, I guess my list has more favorites than your list does. Of course you don't have install all of them.

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            #6
            Originally posted by claydoh View Post
            I think that is pretty much all of the app stores and package managers, lol. Except for Apper.
            I believe Kubuntu comes Muon Package Manager pre-installed. The other one (which is also handy) is Synaptic Package Manager and I believe it’s comes pre-installed in the Debian distro. Apper! You mean I missed one? (hehe)

            I really enjoy “Shortwave”, the internet radio player. And I use a few Bluetooth speakers when I’m in the Kitchen. No matter what your taste is in music, you will find there.

            I also really like, and frequently use, Clamav and Clamtk. One is the anti-virus itself and the other one the GUI. I have it set up so I can just right click on any file and have it scanned for viruses. This is especially helpful if it is not maintained by Canonical or some other trusted or well-known source.





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              #7
              Originally posted by JeffRedd View Post
              Clamav and Clamtk.
              these primarily are for scanning files for Windows viruses - email and file servers, that sort of thing. Not overly useful on Linux desktops, in most cases.

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                #8
                Dolphin: seems obvious but I use it a lot every day and it's the best file manager ever. hands down. Custom service menus are genius. Xtree Pro Gold was my previous favorite, LOL.

                Handbrake
                GIMP
                Synergy
                0 A. D.

                I use two browsers regularly: Vivaldi and Brave.

                Still haven't found an eMail front end I love. I use Mailspring but it has occasional issues.

                In the Kubuntu world I haven't found a package manager worth a crap. Muon was looking very good until the developer dropped it in 2015. The installers are pretty much garbage too, although Calamares is showing potential. I really miss Amarok. Strawberry just isn't more than just OK.

                Please Read Me

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                  #9
                  I always install inxi also.
                  Dave Kubuntu 20.04 Registered Linux User #462608

                  Wireless Script: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...5#post12350385

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by oshunluvr View Post
                    Dolphin: seems obvious but I use it a lot every day and it's the best file manager ever. hands down. Custom service menus are genius. Xtree Pro Gold was my previous favorite, LOL.
                    Konqueror, then Dolphin, is probably why I chose KDE back in the day. I didn't include this or Gwenview, since they are already included.

                    I missed mentioning mc. I was going to include Gimp, but it seems I have not used it since I last did a fresh install on a new ssd, sometime early this year? I never installed it.

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                      #11
                      My mostly used 6 applications are:

                      Konsole - as I check for updates daily
                      Thunderbird Mail
                      Chromium Web Browser - I no longer use Firefox as it fails on several of the sites that I use.
                      Kontact - I use this for all of my appointments as well as to check on past events.
                      Dolphin
                      LibreOffice Writer & Calc

                      In addition to the above list, there are another 12 applications that I find necessary but I use less often, say once per week or less:

                      Audacity
                      Pulse Audio Volume Control
                      Zoom latest update now works on wayland
                      Youtube Downloader
                      Kdenlive
                      Kazam
                      Libreoffice Impress
                      Spectacle
                      Gimp
                      System Settings
                      glmark2-es2-wayland

                      Many thanks to the developers who have supplied such a great system which means I only visit my Windows 10 System occasionally to do updates​ which take for ever and I am so glad I am using Kubuntu Mantic.
                      Last edited by NoWorries; Aug 24, 2023, 01:15 AM. Reason: Zoom changed to wayland

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                        #12
                        Thank you Jeff Redd for Atril Document Viewer​,
                        it is what I needed for my work.
                        My fav now, along with.
                        LibreOffice
                        Inkscape
                        GIMP
                        Skanlite
                        Gwenview
                        Spectacle
                        Firefox
                        VLC Media player
                        the terminal and inxi

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                          #13
                          Neomutt - e-mail client
                          Newsboat - rss client
                          Kate
                          Pipe Viewer for youtube
                          MPV

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by TinyTim View Post
                            Thank you Jeff Redd for Atril Document Viewer​,
                            You're welcome. It's always good to see what other people are using. Here is another one of my favorites and something that I use almost everyday. It's called uCareSystem-Core.

                            UCareSystem An all in one system update and maintenance tool for Ubuntu and Debian operating systems and derivatives

                            Updates the list of available packages

                            Downloads and installs the available updates

                            Checks if there are older Linux kernels on the system and removes them. It keeps the current kernel and one previous kernel

                            Cleans the cache of the downloaded packages

                            Removes obsolete packages

                            Removes orphan packets

                            Deletes package configuration files from packages that have been uninstalled by you

                            All of above tasks will be performed automatically without any user intervention

                            To install:

                            1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa: utappia/stable
                            2. sudo apt update
                            3. sudo apt install ucaresystem-core
                            4. sudo ucaresystem-core

                            ​Then sudo ucaresystem-core
                            ​ is what you use whenever you want to update your system.

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