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What are some essential Windows programs that also support Linux? (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm thinking maybe I'll switch in a year or two. I know about Libre Office and VLC.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

For the distribution itself, I usually recommend Linux Mint to most people just jumping into Linux for the first time, it's easy to use, has a familiar(ish) layout, and should work on just about everything out of the box. Fedora is another choice, but I try to stay away from corporate backed distributions.

And for the software side of things:

Matrix / Element for decentralized, and end-to-end encrypted communication
Firefox w/ uBlock Origin & Arkenfox's user.js for web browsing
LibreOffice for an office suite
Spotube as an open-source alternative to Spotify's proprietary client if you use Spotify
VLC media player for playing multimedia files & streaming videos
qBittorrent for torrenting
KeePassXC for local encrypted password storage, no cloud services needed

That should have you covered for most day to day browsing and content consumption!