ThunderBird Mail ( IMAP,POP with auto registration for gmail, yahoo! ) WPS Office ( Microsoft office file support, 700million users cross platform, cloud and mobile support ) PDF Studio ( Non Free, fully featured Adobe acrobat replacement. Okular ( Universal cross platform document viewer based developed by KDE. ![]() Libre Office ( Distribution supported, Fully open source office suite: Calc, Draw, Impress, Math, Writer ) OwnCloud ( cloud storage with desktop integration and mobile app sync)Ĭlipgrab ( Fast Automated Youtube Downloader with Queuing and quality selector) Syncthing ( Encrypted opensource data sync software, no central server, private clusters)ĭropbox ( with desktop sync and integration ) Telegram ( Cross platform, Part open source, Encrypted group messenger with private P2P mode) Tox ( Open source encrypted communication platform for voice, video and chat ) ![]() Hexchat ( Cross platform, Themeable IRC Client) Pideon messenger ( Google Talk, Yahoo!, IRC, MSN, XMPP) Gwibber ( Basic Twitter notification software ) Mumble ( Secure, certificated local server or remote hosted messaging, high quality positional audio )ĭiscord ( Free, Proprietary, closed source, cross platform messaging alternative to teamspeak/skype )Ĭorebird ( Modern, easy and fun Twitter software client ) Midori ( Open source, Lightweight extensible browser suitable for casual browsing ) Opera ( Closed source & Fully featured browser with good HiDPI support ) Vivaldi ( Proprietary freeware/ opensource component, Customizable browser for the power user )įirefox ( Open source, well featured browser Required for Gnome Extension Integration )Ĭhrome ( Closed source & fast browser, Required for Netflix compatibility ) This isn’t a definitive list by any means.Ĭommunication Internet Access, Offline Storage & Download ManagementĬhromium ( Open source browser based on Google Chrome ) I sense that some new comers or casually interested folk are looking for alternatives to their existing software, in many cases it is not needed. This thread is really just to raise some awareness about the range of available software on Linux that is typically the main stay applications of Microsoft Windows, Most software here is actually cross platform or allows for Account integration into many mainstream & popular services with no fuss. ![]() For People with A Peaked Interest in Linux, Concerned about a lack of Typical software …
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