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===PDF Readers===
 
===PDF Readers===
 
*[http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/free-pdf-reader.html SumatraPDF] - free and open source document reader
 
*[http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/free-pdf-reader.html SumatraPDF] - free and open source document reader
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===Image Viewer===
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*[http://www.irfanview.com/ IrfanView]
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*[http://www.oldversion.com/windows/acdsee/ ACDSee]
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===Image Editor===
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*[http://www.gimp.org/ GIMP]
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*[http://paint.net/ Paint.NET]
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===Video Converter===
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*[http://handbrake.fr/ HandBrake]
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===Audio Editor===
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*[http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Audacity]
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===Office Suite===
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*[http://www.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice]
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*[https://www.libreoffice.org/ LibreOffice]
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===Text Editor===
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*[http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ Notepad++]
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*[http://www.vim.org/ (g)Vim]
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*[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Emacs]
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===Hex Editor===
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*[http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/xvi32/xvi32.htm/ XVI32]
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*[http://frhed.sourceforge.net/en/ Frhed]
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===Archiving===
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*[http://www.7-zip.org/ 7-Zip]
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===Encryption===
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*[http://www.truecrypt.org/ Truecrypt]
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===Disk Burning===
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*[http://www.imgburn.com/ ImgBurn]
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===Virtual CD/DVD Drive===
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*[http://wincdemu.sysprogs.org/ WinCDEmu]
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===Anti-Virus/Malware===
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*[http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security-essentials-download/ Mircosoft Security Essentials]
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*[http://www.malwarebytes.org/ MalwareBytes]
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*[http://www.eset.com/us/home/products/antivirus/ Nod32] ''(non-free)''
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===Firewall===
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*Windows Default
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*Your Router's Firewall
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*[http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/free-download.html/ Comodo Firewall]
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*[http://www.zonealarm.com/ ZoneAlarm]
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===Defragmenter===
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*[http://www.piriform.com/defraggler/ Defraggler]
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===Cleaner===
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*[http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download/ CCleaner]
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*[http://www.revouninstaller.com/download-freeware-version.php/ Revo Uninstaller]
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===File Recovery===
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*[http://www.piriform.com/recuva/download/ Recuva]
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*[http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk/ TestDisk]
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===Computer Specs===
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*[http://www.piriform.com/speccy/ Speccy]
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*[http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/ GPU-Z]
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*[http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html/ CPU-Z]
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Revision as of 20:28, 28 January 2014

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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, VLC, moc

Torrent Clients

  • 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

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

Windows

Video Players

Audio Players

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

PDF Readers

Image Viewer

Image Editor

Video Converter

Audio Editor

Office Suite

Text Editor

Hex Editor

Archiving

Encryption

Disk Burning

Virtual CD/DVD Drive

Anti-Virus/Malware

Firewall

Defragmenter

Cleaner

File Recovery

Computer Specs