Recommended software

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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

• 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

Video Players

• MPC-HC - open-source;

Audio Players

• foobar2000 - freeware; lightweight and customizable
• MusicBee - freeware; customizable and powerful

PDF Readers

• SumatraPDF - free and open source document reader

Image Viewer

• IrfanView
• ACDSee Classic
• Picasa Photo Viewer

Image Editor

• GIMP
• Paint.NET

Video Converter

• HandBrake

Audio Editor

• Audacity

Office Suite

• OpenOffice
• LibreOffice

Text Editor

• Notepad++
• (g)Vim
• Emacs

Hex Editor

• XVI32
• Frhed

Archiving

• 7-Zip

Encryption

• Truecrypt

Disk Burning

• ImgBurn
• BurnAware - free and non-free version

Virtual CD/DVD Drive

• WinCDEmu

Anti-Virus/Malware

• Mircosoft Security Essentials
• MalwareBytes
• Nod32 (non-free)

Firewall

• Windows Default
• Your Router's Firewall
• Comodo Firewall
• ZoneAlarm

Defragmenter

• Defraggler

Cleaner

• CCleaner
• CCEnhancer - CCleaner additions
• Revo Uninstaller

File Recovery

• Recuva
• TestDisk

Computer Specs

• Speccy
• GPU-Z
• CPU-Z

Virtual Machine

• VMWare (non-free)
• VirtualBox

Mac

Package Managers

• HomeBrew
• MacPorts