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== Linux ==
	

===Video Players===
* Recommended : CMPlayer, VLC, SMPlayer2, SMPlayer, xt7-Player
* Minimalistic: mpv, mplayer2, mplayer
     
===Music Players===
* Recommended : Guayadeque, gmusicbrowser, Banshee, Rhythmbox, Quod Libet, Clementine
* Minimalistic: DeaDBeeF, mpDris2
* Terminal    : mpd+ncmpcpp, cmus, VLC, moc
     
===Torrent Clients===
* Recommended : Deluge, KTorrent, qBittorrent, Tixati
* Minimalistic: Transmission, ruTorrent
* Terminal    : rTorrent, Deluge-Console, Transmission-CLI
     
===Web Browsers===
* Recommended : Firefox, Chromium, Iceweasel, Opera
* Minimalistic: Midori
* Terminal    : ELinks, Lynx, w3m
     
===Programming Text Editors===
* Recommended : gVim, Emacs, gedit, Kate, Acme
* Terminal    : Vim, Emacs, nano, ed
     
===File Managers===
* Recommended : Dolphin, Nemo, Nautilus
* Minimalistic: SpaceFM, PCManFM, Thunar
* Terminal    : Ranger, Midnight Commander, Vifm
     
===Terminal Emulators===
* Recommended           : Konsole, Terminology, Guake, Yakuake, Terminator, GNOME-Terminal
* Minimalistic          : Sakura, urxvt, evilvte, LXTerminal, xfce4-terminal, xterm
* Terminal (multiplexer): tmux
     
===Image Viewers===
* Recommended : Gwenview, XnView MP, Picasa, gThumb
* Minimalistic: Geeqie, feh
* Framebuffer : fbv, fim, jfbview
     
===Art/Creation===
* Image : GIMP, Inkscape, Krita, KolourPaint
* 3D    : Maya, Blender
* Audio : LMMS, Ardour, Audacity
* Video : Kdenlive
     
===Game Console Emulators===
      Atari - Hatari, Stella, Atari++, atari800
     
      NES           - Higan, Nestopia, FCEUX, TuxNES, Termboy (terminal)
      SNES          - Higan, Snes9x, ZSNES
      N64           - Mupen64Plus, CuteMupen, CEN64
      Gamecube      - Dolphin
      Wii           - Dolphin
      Virtual Boy   - Reality Boy
      Game Boy      - Higan, Gambatte
      Game Boy Color- VBA-M, Higan, Gambatte
      GBA           - VBA-M, Higano
      DS            - DeSmuME
     
      Playstation - PCSXR, ePSXe, psx
      PS2         - PCSX2
      PSP         - PPSSPP
     
      Sega Master System - Kega-Fusion, Osmose, Dega
      Sega Mega Drive    - Kega-Fusion, Regen, Generator, DGen
      Sega Genesis       - Kega-Fusion, Gens/GS, Gens, Regen, Generator, DGen
      Sega CD            - Kega-Fusion, Gens/GS, Gens
      Sega Saturn        - Yabause
      Sega Dreamcast     - lxdream
      Sega Game Gear     - Kega-Fusion, Osmose, Dega
     
      DOS - DOSBox
     
===More Games===
      Steam Major - Left 4 Dead 2, Portal, Half Life, Half Life 2, Counterstrike, Team Fortress 2, Garry's Mod, Dota 2
      Steam Other - Kerbal Space Program, Starbound, Pixel Piracy, Rogue Legacy, Prison Architect, Rust, Beat Hazard, Faster Than Light, Dungeons of Dredmore
      FOSS - Red Eclipse, Stepmania, Tales of Maj'Eyal, Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup, Cube 2, 0AD, Planeshift, Xonotic
      Wine - Skyrim, Oblivion, Morrowind, Warcraft 2, Starcraft, Starcraft 2
      Other - Dwarf Fortress

== Windows ==

=== Media ===

*'''[http://www.foobar2000.org/ Foobar2000]''' - freeware; lightweight and customizable music player (unsure if botnet wich by default makes it botnet)
*'''[http://mpc-hc.org/ MPC-HC]''' - open-source multimedia player