here is some free and open source softwares
development:
- notepad++ & notepadqq - simple but powerful text and code editor
- geany - simple ide
- vscodium - floss binaries of vs code
- kate - ide like text editor
- nextcloud - easy to use file hosting software for servers
- filezilla - ftp client
- gedit - powerful text editor
- micro - a easy to use terminal text editor
graphics:
- krita - designed for artist but can be used for basic photo editing
- photogimp - a modification of gimp that transforms its interface into one similar to photoshop's
- pinta - paint.net alternative.
- blender - hard to learn but really powerful 3d creation software
productivity:
- okular - document viewer and editor
- superproductivity - todo list with some extra features
- libreoffice - alternative to office 365
- onlyoffice - best compatible alternative to office 365
- thunderbird - mail client that includes calender, rss feed, adress book, newsgroups and chat features and if you are a maniac like me you can use it like a browser with some extensions
utilities:
- gnome disk utility - my favorite disk partition tool for linux
- bottles - really good app that allows you to run windows apps on linux with wine really easily
- peazip - best winrar alternative
- ventoy - create usb flash drives that can boot into different isos
- kde connect - integrate your phone to your computer
- converter - local image converter
- easy effects - audio effects for pipewire applications
- handbrake - local video converter
- virtualbox - virtualization tool that good at everything except gaming
- transmission - lightweight torrent client
- openssh - connect to another computers command line
- tigervnc - connect to another computer
multimedia:
- vlc - simple and useful media player
- obs studio - not very simple but very powerful video recording and live streaming app
- vokoscreenng - very simple and useful and powerful video recorder software
- shotcut - easy and useful video editor
- tenacity - simple but powerful audio editor
- kdenlive - simple and powerful video editor
- rhythmbox - audio player
- cheese - take photos and videos with you webcam
security:
- clamav & clamtk - antivirus
- bitwarden - online and free synchronized password manager
- keybase - encrypted open source cloud file storage utility that has 250gb free storage
gaming:
- prism launcher - a really good Minecraft client that forked from multimc
- vinegar - roblox wine wrapper with some extra features for gaming
- lutris - a really good game manager
browsers:
- floorp - a firefox fork that have improvements and some customization options
- epiphany - basic browser with a beatiful gui
- firefox - web browser
- waterfox - based on firefox
- librewolf - a firefox fork that focuses on privacy
- brave - chromium based privacy oriented browser(have some anti privacy features)
- tor browser - dark web browser
internet:
- freetube - youtube client(it is really good)
communication:
- armcord - discord client
- revolt - discord alternative that has nitro features for free
- jitsi - video conferencing software
- element - matrix client. very secure
android apps:
- vendroid - discord client
- jerboa - lemmy client
- aves - gallery
- simple dialer
- simple mp - simple music player
- newpipe - youtube client(newpipe sponsorblock is better)
- mint calculator
- clock you
- open camera
- element
- firefox
- revolt
- simple sms messenger
- stealth - reddit client
- shitter - mastodon client
- brave
- keybase
- proton mail
- record you
- ringdroid - basic audio editor
- simple draw pro
- qr scanner (pfa)
- imagepipe - basic image editor and converter
- clipious - youtube client
- phonograph plus - advanced music player
- pocket paint - advanced image editor
- evil insult generator - very bad app
- frozen bubble - simple game
- limbo x86 - android qemu port
- lentil translate
- batch uninstaller
- bitwarden
- simple file manager pro
- f-droid - application store
- markor - text editor
- riseup vpn
- seal - android yt-dlp gui frontend
- unexpected keyboard
linux - operating system(actually kernel)