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# Awesome Puppy Linux



![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/awesome-puppy-linux/master/puppy-linux-logo.png)



**Puppy Linux** is an [awesome Linux distro](https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/awesome-puppy-linux/blob/master/why-puppy-linux-is-awesome.md), and here's a list of all the best Puppy Linux releases, derivatives and supported programs.



Feel free to **contribute** / **star** / **fork** / **pull request** . 


Any **recommendations** and **suggestions** are welcome.



Visit the [Puppy Linux Hompage](http://puppylinux.com/).



Or **join us** at the famously friendly [Puppy Linux Forum](https://forum.puppylinux.com/).



We're always happy to help our newest members, so **[become a member](https://forum.puppylinux.com/ucp.php?mode=register)** now.



## Table of Contents



- [Official releases](#official-releases)

- [Puppy Derivatives](#puppy-derivatives) (spins-offs, remixes, etc)

- [Puppy Sites](#puppy-sites)

- [Puppy Documentation](#puppy-documentation)

- [Applications](#applications)

  - [Puppy Linux programs](puppy-linux-programs)

  - [Audio](#audio)

  - [Chat Clients](#chat-clients)

  - [Command-line programs](#command-line-programs)

  - [Data Recovery](#data-recovery)

  - [Desktop Customization](#desktop-customization)

  - [Desktop Environments](#desktop-environments)

  - [Development](#development)

  - [E-Book Utilities](#e-book-utilities)

  - [Editors](#editors)

  - [Email Utilities](#email)

  - [File Manager](#file-manager)

  - [Games](#games)

  - [Graphics](#graphics)

  - [Internet](#internet)

  - [Productivity](#productivity)

  - [Security](#security)

  - [Sharing Files](#sharing-files)

  - [Terminal](#terminal)

  - [Utilities](#utilities)

  - [Video](#video)

  - [Others](#others)

- [General Linux Websites](#general-linux-websites)

- [Contributors](#contributors)

- [Guideline to Contribute](#guideline-to-contribute)



## Official releases:



| Release Name                                                       | Supported systems | Release Date | Built from                      |

| ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------- | ------------ | ------------------------------- |

| [FossaPup64](https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?f=146&t=820)| 64 bit           | Sep, 2020    | Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal) amd64  |

| [Rasppup](https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?f=33&p=620&i=1)| armhf 32-bit     | July 2020    | Raspbian Buster armhf           |

| [BionicPup32](http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=113244) | 32 bit            | April, 2018  | Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic) i686  |

| [BionicPup64](http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=114311) | 64 bit            | Sept, 2018   | Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic) amd64 |

| [ScPup](http://oldforum.puppylinux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=114980)| 32 and 64 bit    | Dec 2018     | Slackware Current               |

| [DpupStretch](http://oldforum.puppylinux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=112125) | 32 bit    | Dec 2017     | Debian Stretch i686             |

| [Slacko-14.2](http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=106479) | 32 and 64 bit     | April, 2016  | Slackware 14.2                  |

| [XenialPup](http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=106479)   | 32 bit            | April, 2016  | Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial) i686  |

| [XenialPup64](http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=107331) | 64 bit            | June 2016    | Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial) amd64 |

| [Slacko-14.1](http://slacko.eezy.xyz/)                             | 32 and 64 bit     | Nov 2015     | Slackware 14.1                  |

| [TahrPup](http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=96178)      | 32 bit            | Oct 2014     | Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Tahr) i686    |

| [TahrPup64](http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=96748)    | 64 bit            | Dec 2014     | Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Tahr) i686    |



More versions are available on the [official releases downloads page](http://puppylinux.com/download.html)



## Puppy derivatives:



- [Barebones Puppies](http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=83841) - various stripped-down versions of Puppy Linux.

- [EasyOS](https://easyos.org/about/how-and-why-easyos-is-different.html) - created by Barry Kauler, the original creator and developer of Puppy Linux.

- [FatDog64](https://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/web/) - a 64 bit Linux OS, started life as a Puppy fork, now an (excellent) independent distro.

- [MacPup](http://macpup.org/) - a beautiful version of Puppy Linux, using the e3 window manager, styled similarly to Mac OS.

- [Puppy Arcade 11](https://archive.org/download/Puppy_Linux_Puppy_Arcade/slacko_arcade.iso) - a [retro gaming distro](http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=92414), supports many retro consoles and platforms.

- [Simplicity Linux](http://www.simplicitylinux.org/) - a fast, well-rounded distro, multiple flavours (Xfce, LDXE, others).

- [studio](http://puppystudio.tiddlyspot.com/) - a music production focused Puppy with excellent performance.



Many more derivatives, remixes, spin-offs and unofficial releases are available in the [Puppy Derivatives](http://murga-linux.com/puppy/index.php?f=35) of the Puppy forum.



## Puppy Sites



- [Puppy Linux Homepage](http://puppylinux.com)

- [Puppy Linux Forum](https://forum.puppylinux.com/)

- [Puppy Linux Search Engine](https://puppysearch.neocities.org/index.html)

- [Alternative Puppy Forum](http://puppylinux.info/)

- [Puppy Linux at Linux Questions](https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/puppy-71/)

- [Puppy Linux on DistroWatch](https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=puppy)



## Puppy Documentation



### Installing Puppy Linux



- [How to install Puppy Linux, with screenshots](https://www.wikihow.com/Install-Puppy-Linux)

- [How to install Puppy Linux](http://puppylinux.com/install.html)

- [How to dual-boot Puppy with Windows 10, using LICK](https://www.trishtech.com/2016/09/install-puppy-linux-in-dual-boot-mode-windows-10/)

- [How to dual-boot Puppy with Windows XP](http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=44098)



### Guides and Tutorials



- [A beginners guide to installing puppy](http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=199289) - a guide from one of our most experienced members

- [Puppy How-To videos](http://rhinoweb.us/) - useful tutorials and guides

- [What is Puppy Linux](http://puppylinux.com/)



### IRC channels



- [#puppylinux](irc://irc.freenode.net/puppylinux)



## Applications



### Puppy Linux programs



These open source programs are exclusive to Puppy Linux, and were developed by the Puppy Linux community.



- [FFConvert](http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=54056) - Convert media files between different formats and presets.

- [pBurn](http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=23881) - A nice CD/DVD burning program, supports lots of formats.

- [PeasyPrint](http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=546198) - a simple GUI to help users print their photos, documents, etc.

- [Pkg](https://gitlab.com/sc0ttj/Pkg) - a powerful command-line package manager, similar to `apt-get`, `pkg-tools`, or `yum` (etc).

- [Pmount](https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/woof-CE/blob/216ab0dda0157d4275aaf8f49ee39cfb265962e4/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/usr/sbin/pmount) - a super easy way to mount and unmount your hard drives, USBs, etc.

- [Pmusic](http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=31206) - A very powerful and flexible music player, supports local files, online streams, radio, playlist management, and much more.

- [Pnethood](http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=23464) - Access your local networks "network neighbourhood".

- [pRecord](http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=49907) - A simple GUI to make it easy to record audio.

- [Pup-advert-blocker](http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=59290) - easily block adverts, adware, malware etc (uses /etc/hosts)

- [PuppyPhone](http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=70867) - A free, easy to use VoIP program.

- [PupSnap](http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=61361) - A more advanced screen capture program, with lots of settings.

- [PupSysInfo](http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=73101) - A really simple to use, informative system hardware info program (similar to HardInfo).

- [TakeAShot](http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=84528) - A simple screen capture program.

- [UExtract](http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=87864) - very, very powerful file archive manager (unzip/unpack almost any format!)

- [Woofy](http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=57037) - A simple GUI to create custom versions of Puppy Linux from an ISO file.

- [YASSM](http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=478154) - Yet Another Samba Setup Manager - manager your SAMBA (Windows and NFS) network shares.



Visit the [Puppy forums](https://forum.puppylinux.com/) for many more Puppy Linux specific programs, scripts, hacks and tricks.



### Audio



- [Airtime](https://www.sourcefabric.org/en/airtime/download/) - Airtime is the open broadcast software for scheduling and remote station management [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/sourcefabric/Airtime) ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Ardour](https://ardour.org/) - Record, Edit, and Mix on Linux ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Audacity](http://www.audacityteam.org/download/linux/) - Free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds. [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/audacity/audacity) ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Clementine](https://www.clementine-player.org/) - Play numerous lossy and lossless audio formats. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Hydrogen](http://www.hydrogen-music.org/hcms/node/21) - Advanced drum machine for GNU/Linux. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Let's make music](https://lmms.io/download/#linux) - Making music on your PC by creating melodies and beats, synthesizing and mixing sounds, arranging samples and much more. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Mixxx](http://www.mixxx.org/download/) - Free DJ software that gives you everything you need to perform live mixes, veritable alternative to Traktor. [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx) ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [SoundJuicer](http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/20126/rip-audio-cds-with-sound-juicer/) - CD Ripping tool for GNOME ![Freeware][freeware icon]



### Chat Clients



- [Messenger for Desktop](https://messengerfordesktop.com/#download) - An app for Facebook messenger. [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/Aluxian/Facebook-Messenger-Desktop) ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Pidgin](http://askubuntu.com/questions/307622/update-pidgin-using-apt-get) - A universal chat client. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [ScudCloud](https://github.com/raelgc/scudcloud/) - A Slack-client for linux. [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/raelgc/scudcloud/) ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Skype](https://www.skype.com/en/) - Skype keeps the world talking, for free. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Telegram](https://desktop.telegram.org/) - A messaging app with a focus on speed and security, it’s super fast, simple and free. [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/overtake/telegram) ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Viber](https://www.viber.com/en/products/linux) -Viber for Linux lets you send free messages and make free calls to other Viber users on any device and network, in any country ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Whatsie](https://github.com/MerkeX/whatsie) - Whatsapp unofficial client for ubuntu/linux. [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/MerkeX/whatsie) ![Freeware][freeware icon]



### Command-line programs



- TODO



### Data Recovery



- [System Rescue CD](http://www.system-rescue-cd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage) - SystemRescueCd is a Linux system rescue disk available as a bootable CD-ROM or USB stick for administrating or repairing your system and data after a crash. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Test Disk](http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk) - TestDisk is powerful free data recovery software! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Photorec](http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec) - PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost files including video, documents and archives from hard disks, CD-ROMs, and lost pictures (thus the Photo Recovery name) from digital camera memory. ![Freeware][freeware icon]



### Desktop Environments and Window Managers



- [JWM](http://joewing.net/projects/jwm/) - lightweight window manager with taskbar and menus. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [JWM Desk](http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=869688) - a GUI to manage and configure your JWM settings, themes, etc. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [OpenBox](http://openbox.org/wiki/Main_Page) - lightweight, minimalist window manager, often used with 3rd-party taskbars. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [LXDE](https://lxde.org/) - fast yet beautiful desktop environment. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Xfce](https://www.xfce.org/) - Xfce Desktop Environment. ![Freeware][freeware icon]



### Development



- [Android studio](https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html) -The Official IDE for Android : Android Studio provides the fastest tools for building apps on every type of Android device.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Atom](https://atom.io/) - Hackable text editor for the 21st century. [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/atom/atom) ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Arduino IDE](https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software) - The open-source Arduino Software (IDE) makes it easy to write code and upload it to the board. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Code::Blocks](http://www.codeblocks.org/) - Code::Blocks is a free C, C++ and Fortran IDE built to meet the most demanding needs of its users. It is designed to be very extensible and fully configurable. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Codelite](http://codelite.org/) - A Free, open source, cross platform C,C++,PHP and Node.js IDE. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Eclipse](https://eclipse.org/ide/) Eclipse is famous for our Java Integrated Development Environment (IDE), but our C/C++ IDE and PHP IDE are pretty cool too![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Geany](https://www.geany.org/) - Geany is a text editor using the GTK+ toolkit with basic features of an integrated development environment. It was developed to provide a small and fast IDE, which has only a few dependencies from other packages. [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://www.geany.org/Download/Git)![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Git](https://git-scm.com/) - Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/) - Powerful IDE for JAVA ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Lighttable](http://lighttable.com/) - the next generation code editor! Support live coding. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Nemiver](https://github.com/GNOME/nemiver) - Nemiver is a project to write a standalone graphical debugger that integrates well in the GNOME desktop environment. [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/GNOME/nemiver) ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [NodeJS](https://nodejs.org/en/) - Node.js® is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Oh-my-zsh](https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh) A delightful community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration. ![Freeware][freeware icon] [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh)

- [PyCharm](https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/) - Powerful IDE for Python ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Postgresql](https://www.postgresql.org/download/) - PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Postman](https://www.getpostman.com) - Postman, help us test API quickly.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [QT Creator](https://www.qt.io/ide/) Fully-stocked cross-platform integrated development environment for easy creation of connected devices, UIs and applications.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Rabbit VCS](http://rabbitvcs.org/) RabbitVCS is a set of graphical tools written to provide simple and straightforward access to the version control systems you use. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Sublime](https://www.sublimetext.com/) - One of the best text editor of all time. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Swift](https://swift.org/download/) - Swift is a general-purpose programming language built using a modern approach to safety, performance, and software design patterns. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [VSCode](https://code.visualstudio.com) - Visual Studio Code is a lightweight but powerful source code editor which runs on your desktop and is available for Windows, OS X and Linux. It comes with built-in support for JavaScript, TypeScript and Node.js and has a rich ecosystem of extensions for other languages (C++, C#, Python, PHP) and runtimes.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Zsh](http://www.zsh.org/) - A powerful command line shell. [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](http://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/master/tree/)



### E-Book Utilities



- [Calibre](http://calibre-ebook.com/) - Incredibly ugly but powerful software for ebook management and conversion. [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre) ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Foxit](https://www.foxitsoftware.com/products/pdf-reader/) - Foxit Reader 8.0—Award-winning PDF Reader. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [FBReader](https://fbreader.org/content/fbreader-beta-linux-desktop) - One of the most popular eReader apps. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Lucidor](http://www.lucidor.org/lucidor/) - Lucidor is a computer program for reading and handling e-books. Lucidor supports e-books in the EPUB file format, and catalogs in the OPDS format. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Okualr](https://okular.kde.org/) - Okular is a universal document viewer based developed by KDE. Okular works on multiple platforms, including but not limited to Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, \*BSD, etc.![Freeware][freeware icon]



### Editors



- [Atom](https://atom.io/) - Hackable text editor for the 21st century. [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/atom/atom) ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Bluefish](http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html) - Bluefish is a powerful editor targeted towards programmers and webdevelopers, with many options to write websites, scripts and programming code.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Brackets](http://brackets.io/) - A modern text editor that understands web design. [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/adobe/brackets) ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Geany](https://www.geany.org/) - Geany is a text editor using the GTK+ toolkit with basic features of an integrated development environment. It was developed to provide a small and fast IDE, which has only a few dependencies from other packages. [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://www.geany.org/Download/Git)![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Gedit](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit) -gedit is the GNOME text editor. While aiming at simplicity and ease of use, gedit is a powerful general purpose text editor.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Leafpad](http://tarot.freeshell.org/leafpad/) - Leafpad is a simple, lightweight GTK+ text editor, designed to do the basics well.

- [Lighttable](http://lighttable.com/) -the next generation code editor! Support live coding. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Sublime](https://www.sublimetext.com/) - One of the best text editor of all time. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [VSCode](https://code.visualstudio.com) - Visual Studio Code is a lightweight but powerful source code editor which runs on your desktop and is available for Windows, OS X and Linux. It comes with built-in support for JavaScript, TypeScript and Node.js and has a rich ecosystem of extensions for other languages (C++, C#, Python, PHP) and runtimes.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Vim](www.vim.org/download.php) -Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. It's useful whether you're already using vi or using a different editor. [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/vim/vim)![Freeware][freeware icon]



### Email



- [Evolution](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution/) - Evolution is a personal information management application that provides integrated mail, calendaring and address book functionality. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Geary](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Geary) - Geary is an email application built for GNOME 3. It allows you to read and send email with a simple, modern interface.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Thunderbird](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/) - Thunderbird is a free email application that’s easy to set up and customize and it’s loaded with great features. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Wmail](https://github.com/Thomas101/wmail) - Gmail & Google Inbox unofficial desktop client for linux [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/Thomas101/wmail)![Freeware][freeware icon]



### File Manager



- [7Zip](http://www.7-zip.org/download.html) - Unzip any zip files![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Double Commander](http://doublecmd.sourceforge.net/) - Double Commander is a cross platform open source file manager with two panels side by side. It is inspired by Total Commander and features some new ideas.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Marlin](https://launchpad.net/marlin) - The sexiest fish in the large sea of file managers, Marlin is well-designed with a focus on speed, simplicity, ease of use. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Nautilus](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Nautilus) - Nautilus (Files) is a file manager designed to fit the Gnome desktop design and behaviour, giving the user a simple way to navigate and manage its files.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Ranger](https://github.com/ranger/ranger) - a very powerul and easy to use terminal based file manager, with support for Vim key bindings, plugins and more.

- [ROX](http://rox.sourceforge.net/desktop/ROX-Filer) - The ROX-filer file manager is an excellent, powerful file manager with many features, such as executing shell commands, custom right click options and more.

- [Synapse](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/+source/synapse) - Best application launcher on linux.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Double Commander](http://doublecmd.sourceforge.net/) - Double Commander is a cross platform open source file manager with two panels side by side. It is inspired by Total Commander and features some new ideas.![Freeware][freeware icon]



### Filesystem



- [Bleach bit](https://www.bleachbit.org/) -BleachBit quickly frees disk space and tirelessly guards your privacy. Free cache, delete cookies, clear Internet history, shred temporary files, delete logs, and more ... ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [GD map](http://gdmap.sourceforge.net/) - A tool to visualize disk usage. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [GParted](http://gparted.org/) - Disk Partition utility for ubuntu/linux. ![Freeware][freeware icon]



### Games



- [Civilization5](http://www.civilization5.com/) - Sid Meier’s Civilization® is recognized as one of the greatest strategy franchises of all-time.

- [FreeCiv](http://freeciv.org/) - An open source remake of Sid Meier’s Civilization® 2, recognized as one of the greatest strategy franchises of all-time.

- [Minecraft](https://minecraft.net/en/download/?ref=m) - Minecraft is a game about placing blocks and going on adventures. Explore randomly generated worlds and build amazing things from the simplest of homes to the grandest of castles.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [PlayOnLinux](https://www.playonlinux.com/en/) - Play Windows Game on Linux. [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/PlayOnLinux/POL-POM-4) ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Steam](http://store.steampowered.com/) - Awesome Gaming platform, which open the gates to many games.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Wine](https://www.winehq.org/) - Wine (originally an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emulator") is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems, such as Linux, Mac OSX, & BSD [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/wine-mirror/wine) ![Freeware][freeware icon]



### Graphics



- [Aftershot](http://www.aftershotpro.com/en/products/aftershot/pro/) - A powerful alternative to Adobe Photoshop!

- [Agave](http://home.gna.org/colorscheme/) - Agave is a very simple application for the GNOME desktop that allows you to generate a variety of colorschemes from a single starting color![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Blender](https://www.blender.org/) - a free and open source complete 3D creation pipeline for artists and small teams.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Cinepaint](http://www.cinepaint.org/) - Open source deep paint software ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Darktable](http://www.darktable.org/) - darktable is an open source photography workflow application and RAW developer![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Digikam](http://www.digikam.org/) - digiKam is an advanced digital photo management application for Linux![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Fotoxx](http://www.kornelix.net/fotoxx/fotoxx.html) - Fotoxx is a free open source Linux program for image editing and collection management.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [GIMP](https://www.gimp.org/downloads/) - GIMP is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Hugin](http://hugin.sourceforge.net/) - an easy to use cross-platform panoramic imaging toolchain based on Panorama Tools.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Inkscape](https://inkscape.org/en/) - A powerful, free design tool for you , whether you are an illustrator, designer, web designer or just someone who needs to create some vector imagery![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Krita](https://krita.org/en/) - Open Source Software for Concept Artists, Digital Painters, and Illustrators![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Luminance HDR](http://qtpfsgui.sourceforge.net/) - Luminance HDR is an open source graphical user interface application that aims to provide a workflow for HDR imaging.![Freeware][freeware icon] [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/LuminanceHDR/LuminanceHDR)

- [OpenShot](http://www.openshot.org/) - OpenShot is a free, simple-to-use, feature-rich video editor for Linux.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Pitivi](http://www.pitivi.org/) - A free video editor with a beautiful and intuitive user interface, a clean codebase and a fantastic community.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Radiance](http://www.radiance-online.org/) - Radiance - A Validated Lighting Simulation Tool![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Shotwell](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Shotwell) - Shotwell is a photo manager for GNOME 3.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [StopMotion](http://linuxstopmotion.org/) - Linux Stopmotion is a Free Open Source application to create stop-motion animations. It helps you capture and edit the frames of your animation and export them as a single file.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Xara Extreme](http://www.xaraxtreme.org/) - Xara Xtreme for Linux is a powerful, general purpose graphics program for Unix platforms including Linux, FreeBSD![Freeware][freeware icon]



### Internet



- [Chrome](https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html) - A popular Web Browsers with a lot of plugins/apps.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Firefox](www.mozilla.org/firefox) - A popular Web Browsers with a lot of plugins/apps.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Midori](https://www.midori-browser.org/) - very small and lightweight WebKit based browser.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [NetSurf](https://www.netsurf-browser.org/) - tiny browser, very fast, custom rendering engine, even works in the framebuffer.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Palemoon](https://www.palemoon.org/) - a lightweight browser, based on Firefox, minimal dependencies, low CPU and RAM usage.![Freeware][freeware icon]



### Productivity



- [Ambient Noise](https://itsfoss.com/ambient-noise-music-player-ubuntu/) - Install ambient noise for extra focus on Linux![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Autokey](https://code.google.com/archive/p/autokey/) - A desktop automation utility for Linux allows you to manage collection of scripts and phrases, and assign abbreviations and hotkeys to these. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Brightness](https://launchpad.net/indicator-brightness) - Brightness indicator for ubuntu. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [California](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/California) - Complete Calendar app replacement which uses natural language for creating events.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Caligra Office](https://www.calligra.org/) - offers a comprehensive set of 8 applications which satisfies the office, graphics and management needs.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [CopyQ](http://hluk.github.io/CopyQ/) -CopyQ is advanced clipboard manager with editing and scripting features. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [f.lux](https://justgetflux.com/linux.html) - Automatically adjust your computer screen to match lighting. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Gnome-dictionary](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Dictionary) - A powerful 

- [Go For It](http://manuel-kehl.de/projects/go-for-it/) - Go For It! is a simple and stylish productivity app, featuring a to-do list, merged with a timer that keeps your focus on the current task.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Libre Office](https://www.libreoffice.org/) - Best office bundle for linux.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Plank](https://launchpad.net/plank) - Plank is meant to be the simplest dock of apps on the planet.

- [Recent Noti](https://itsfoss.com/7-best-indicator-applets-for-ubuntu-13-10/) - An indicator for recent notification.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Shutter](http://shutter-project.org/) - Shutter is a feature-rich screenshot program for Linux based operating systems such as Puppy. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Simplenote](https://simplenote.com/) - Cross platform notetaking app. Evernote competitor.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Springseed](https://github.com/spsdco/notes) - Simple and beautiful note taking app for daily user.[![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/spsdco/notes) ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Stickynote](https://itsfoss.com/indicator-stickynotes-windows-like-sticky-note-app-for-ubuntu/) - Sticky note on desktop of linux.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Todo.txt](http://todotxt.com/) - todo.txt-focused editors which help you manage your tasks with as few keystrokes and taps possible.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Todoist](https://github.com/kamhix/todoist-linux) - Unofficial client of Todoist, the Cross-platform to-do manager with mobile apps, great UI and has some optional premium features.[![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/kamhix/todoist-linux) ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Undistract me](https://github.com/jml/undistract-me) - Notifies you when long-running terminal commands complete. [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/jml/undistract-me) ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Xmind](http://www.xmind.net/) - Mind Mapping Tool.

- [Weather](http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2016/04/weather-indicator-desktop-widget-ubuntu-16-04/) - Weather indicator and widget for ubuntu.![Freeware][freeware icon]



### Security



- [ClamAV](https://www.clamav.net/) - Clam Anti Virus

- [GnuPG](https://www.gnupg.org/) - Gnu Privacy Guard

- [OpenSSH](http://www.openssh.com/) - OpenSSH Secure Shell Server and Client

- [Seahorse](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Seahorse) - Gnome frontend for GnuPG

- [Tcpdump](http://www.tcpdump.org/) - TCP Debugging/Capture Tool



### Sharing Files



- [D-lan](http://www.d-lan.net/) - A free LAN file sharing software.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Dropbox](https://www.dropbox.com/install?os=lnx) - Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Meiga](http://meiga.igalia.com/) - a tool that makes possible to share selected local directories via web. [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](http://git.igalia.com/meiga.git) ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [ownCloud](https://owncloud.com/products/desktop-clients/) - The goal of ownCloud is to give you access to your files wherever you are![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Quazaa](https://sourceforge.net/projects/quazaa/) - A cross platform multi-network peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing client.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [PushBullet](https://www.pushbullet.com/) - Pushbullet connects your devices, making them feel like one.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Resilio](https://www.getsync.com/) - Multi platform sync tool using BitTorrent protocol. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [SpiderOak](https://spideroak.com/) - Real-time collaboration for teams and businesses that care about privacy ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Teamviewer](https://www.teamviewer.com/) - PC remote control/remote access software, free for personal use.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Transmission](https://www.transmissionbt.com/download/) - Simple, lightweight, multi-platform torrent client. [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://trac.transmissionbt.com/browser/trunk) ![Freeware][freeware icon]



### Terminal



- [GnomeTerminal](https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-terminal/stable/) - A widely preinstalled terminal emulator in linux world ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Guake](http://guake.org/) - Guake is a top-down terminal for Gnome![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Konsole](https://konsole.kde.org/) - Best terminal for KDE dekstop environment.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [mlterm](https://sourceforge.net/projects/mlterm/) - lightweight terminal with great support for CJK, Arabic, etc, and good framebuffer and image-in-terminal support.

- [Terminator](http://gnometerminator.blogspot.com/p/introduction.html) - it’s quite clear that the most powerful terminal emulator on Linux is the feature-filled Terminator.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Xterm](http://invisible-island.net/xterm/) - The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for programs that can't use the window system directly.![Freeware][freeware icon]



### Utilities



- [Actionaz](http://actionaz.org/) - Automation tasks utility for ubuntu/Linux![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Brasero](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Brasero) - CD/DVD burner.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Caffeine](https://launchpad.net/caffeine) - Prevents ubuntu from automatically going to sleep.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Convertall](https://sourceforge.net/projects/convertall/) - Convert all units.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Gnormalize](http://gnormalize.sourceforge.net/) - Audio converter. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [GRadio](https://github.com/haecker-felix/gradio/releases/) - Radio software for ubuntu linux. [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/haecker-felix/gradio/releases/) ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Handbrake](https://handbrake.fr/) - Video converter. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [KeepPass](https://www.keepassx.org/) - Cross platform password manager.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [ImageMagik](http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php) - ImageMagick is a suite of command-line utilities for modifying and working with images. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [LastPass](https://lastpass.com/misc_download2.php) - Cross platform password 

- [Powertop](https://01.org/powertop/downloads) - Diagnose issue with powerconsumption.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Pulse Audio](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio) - Improve Linux Audio with customized Profiles. ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Peazip](http://www.peazip.org/) - Utility to unzip any zipped files ![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Remarkable](https://remarkableapp.github.io/) - Best Markdown editor in Linux.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Systemload](http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/06/system-monitor-indicator-ubuntu-ppa) - Show systemload in status bar.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [Synaptic](http://www.nongnu.org/synaptic/) - Synaptic is a graphical package management program for apt.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [TLP](http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-linux-advanced-power-management.html) - Optimize Linux battery.![Freeware][freeware icon]

- [WallpaperChange](https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/raring/wallch/) - Automatically change your wallpaper.![Freeware][freeware icon]



### Video



- [VLC](http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html) - VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. ![Freeware][freeware icon]



### Web-based applications



- TODO



## General Linux Websites



### Linux News, Apps, and more ...



- [What is Linux](https://www.linux.com/what-is-linux)

- [Basic Linux term](http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/linux-confusing-key-terms-definitions/)

- [ITSFOSS](https://itsfoss.com/)

- [Linux official](https://www.linux.com/)

- [Webupd8](http://www.webupd8.org/)

- [Noobslab](http://www.noobslab.com/)

- [Make use of](http://www.makeuseof.com/service/linux/)



### Reddit



- [Linux](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/)

- [Open Source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/)

- [Unix Porn](https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/)

- [Linux Kernel](https://www.reddit.com/r/kernel/)



### Learn Linux



- [Learn Linux Command](http://linuxcommand.org/)

- [Learn Linux](https://linuxjourney.com/)

- [Linux Course](https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-linux-linuxfoundationx-lfs101x-0)



### Command Line Utilities



- [Top 10 command line tools](http://lifehacker.com/399468/top-10-command-line-tools)



## Contributors



List of contributors



1. [(LuongVo)](https://github.com/VoLuong)

2. [sc0ttj](https://github.com/sc0ttj)

3. ....



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