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== Linux ==
 
== Linux ==
 
 
 
 
===Video Players===
 
===Video Players===
 
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* Wine - Skyrim, Oblivion, Morrowind, Warcraft 2, Starcraft, Starcraft 2
 
* Wine - Skyrim, Oblivion, Morrowind, Warcraft 2, Starcraft, Starcraft 2
 
* Other - [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/ Dwarf Fortress]
 
* Other - [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/ Dwarf Fortress]
 
== Windows ==
 
 
===Video Players===
 
*[http://mpc-hc.org/ MPC-HC] - open-source;
 
   
 
===Audio Players===
 
*[http://www.foobar2000.org/ foobar2000] - freeware; lightweight and customizable
 
*[http://getmusicbee.com/ MusicBee] - freeware; customizable and powerful
 
 
===PDF Readers===
 
*[http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/free-pdf-reader.html SumatraPDF] - free and open source document reader
 
 
===Image Viewer===
 
*[http://www.irfanview.com/ IrfanView]
 
*[http://www.oldversion.com/windows/acdsee/ ACDSee Classic]
 
*[http://picasa.google.com/ Picasa Photo Viewer]
 
 
===Image Editor===
 
*[http://www.gimp.org/ GIMP]
 
*[http://paint.net/ Paint.NET]
 
 
===Video Converter===
 
*[http://handbrake.fr/ HandBrake]
 
 
===Audio Editor===
 
*[http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Audacity]
 
 
===Office Suite===
 
*[http://www.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice]
 
*[https://www.libreoffice.org/ LibreOffice]
 
 
===Text Editor===
 
*[http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ Notepad++]
 
*[http://www.vim.org/ (g)Vim]
 
*[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Emacs]
 
 
===Hex Editor===
 
*[http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/xvi32/xvi32.htm/ XVI32]
 
*[http://frhed.sourceforge.net/en/ Frhed]
 
 
===Archiving===
 
*[http://www.7-zip.org/ 7-Zip]
 
 
===Encryption===
 
*[http://www.truecrypt.org/ Truecrypt]
 
 
===Disk Burning===
 
*[http://www.imgburn.com/ ImgBurn]
 
*[http://www.burnaware.com/ BurnAware] - free and non-free version
 
 
===Virtual CD/DVD Drive===
 
*[http://wincdemu.sysprogs.org/ WinCDEmu]
 
 
===Anti-Virus/Malware===
 
*[http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security-essentials-download/ Mircosoft Security Essentials]
 
*[http://www.malwarebytes.org/ MalwareBytes]
 
*[http://www.eset.com/us/home/products/antivirus/ Nod32] ''(non-free)''
 
 
===Firewall===
 
*Windows Default
 
*Your Router's Firewall
 
*[http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/free-download.html/ Comodo Firewall]
 
*[http://www.zonealarm.com/ ZoneAlarm]
 
 
===Defragmenter===
 
*[http://www.piriform.com/defraggler/ Defraggler]
 
 
===Cleaner===
 
*[http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download/ CCleaner]
 
*[http://singularlabs.com/software/ccenhancer/ CCEnhancer] - CCleaner additions
 
*[http://www.revouninstaller.com/download-freeware-version.php/ Revo Uninstaller]
 
 
===File Recovery===
 
*[http://www.piriform.com/recuva/download/ Recuva]
 
*[http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk/ TestDisk]
 
 
===Computer Specs===
 
*[http://www.piriform.com/speccy/ Speccy]
 
*[http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/ GPU-Z]
 
*[http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html/ CPU-Z]
 
 
===Virtual Machine===
 
*[http://www.vmware.com/ VMWare] ''(non-free)''
 
*[https://www.virtualbox.org/ VirtualBox]
 
 
  
 
== Mac ==
 
== Mac ==

Revision as of 10:00, 29 January 2014

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Other article: Recommended software (Windows)

Linux

Video Players

Recommended

  • CMPlayer
  • VLC
  • SMPlayer2
  • SMPlayer
  • xt7-Player

Minimalistic

  • mpv
  • mplayer2
  • mplayer

Audio Players

Recommended

  • Guayadeque
  • gmusicbrowser
  • Banshee
  • Rhythmbox
  • Quod Libet
  • Clementine

Minimalistic

  • DeaDBeeF
  • mpDris2

Terminal

  • mpd+ncmpcpp
  • cmus
  • moc

Torrentclients

Recommended

  • Deluge
  • KTorrent
  • qBittorrent
  • Tixati

Minimalistic

  • Transmission-gtk
  • ruTorrent

Terminal

  • rTorrent
  • Deluge-Console
  • Transmission-CLI

Web Browsers

Recommended

  • Firefox
  • Chromium
  • Iceweasel
  • Opera
  • Midori

Minimalistic

  • luakit
  • surf
  • uzbl

Terminal

  • ELinks
  • Lynx
  • w3m

Full botnet

  • Chrome
  • Internet Explorer
  • Rockmelt

Email Clients

Recommended

  • Thunderbird
  • Evolution
  • Claws Mail

Terminal

  • Mutt

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

  • termite
  • Sakura
  • urxvt
  • evilvte
  • LXTerminal
  • xfce4-terminal
  • xterm

Terminal (multiplexer)

  • tmux

Image Viewers

Recommended

  • Gwenview
  • XnView MP
  • Picasa
  • gThumb
  • Viewnior

Minimalistic

  • Geeqie
  • feh

Framebuffer

  • fbv
  • fim
  • jfbview

Art/Creation

Image

  • GIMP
  • Inkscape
  • Krita
  • KolourPaint

3D

  • Maya
  • Blender

Audio

  • LMMS
  • Ardour
  • Audacity

Video

  • Kdenlive

IRC Clients

Recommended

  • HexChat

Terminal

  • Irssi
  • WeeChat

VOIP

Recommended

  • Mumble,
  • Teamspeak(non-free)

Game Console Emulators

     Atari - Hatari, Stella, Atari++, atari800
    
     NES           - Higan, Nestopia, FCEUX, TuxNES, Termboy (terminal), Mednafen
     SNES          - Higan, Snes9x, ZSNES, Mednafen
     N64           - Mupen64Plus, CuteMupen, CEN64
     Gamecube      - Dolphin
     Wii           - Dolphin
     Virtual Boy   - Reality Boy
     Game Boy      - Higan, Gambatte, Mednafen
     Game Boy Color- VBA-M, Higan, Gambatte, Mednafen
     GBA           - VBA-M, Higano, Mednafen
     DS            - DeSmuME
    
     Playstation - PCSXR, ePSXe, psx, Mednafen
     PS2         - PCSX2
     PSP         - PPSSPP
    
     Sega Master System - Kega-Fusion, Osmose, Dega
     Sega Mega Drive    - Kega-Fusion, Regen, Generator, DGen, Mednafen
     Sega Genesis       - Kega-Fusion, Gens/GS, Gens, Regen, Generator, DGen, Mednafen
     Sega CD            - Kega-Fusion, Gens/GS, Gens
     Sega Saturn        - Yabause
     Sega Dreamcast     - lxdream
     Sega Game Gear     - Kega-Fusion, Osmose, Dega, Mednafen
    
     DOS - DOSBox

Games

Steam

Complete list of steam games for linux

  • Major - Left 4 Dead 2, Portal, Half Life, Half Life 2, Counterstrike, Team Fortress 2, Garry's Mod, Dota 2, Metro 2033, Metro Last Light
  • Other - Kerbal Space Program, Starbound, Pixel Piracy, Rogue Legacy, Prison Architect, Rust, Beat Hazard, Faster Than Light, Dungeons of Dredmore

Other

Mac

Package Managers