Welcome to my personal suite of software I use on a daily basis. Everything is free and mostly open source stuff.
GIMP – Photo editing, Adobe Photoshop but free. You can even skin it to look just like Photoshop.
Geany – Programming text editor. I use it for HTML mainly.
Joplin – Note taking application that allows you to host your own note server like EverNote
LibreOffice – I used to like Open Office until I discovered this one. Great suite of office tools!
kitty – Linux terminal emulator. It has tabs and customization to match whatever your theme is.
Thunar – Linux File Manager. I tried Nemo and Nautilus, but Thunar ended up being my go to. The logo is viking hammer. How cool is that?
FileZilla – FTP GUI client. Great software for managing files from your webhost, making backups, or moving entire websites.
Brave – Chromium-based browser that is privacy oriented and blocks ads.
Krita – Needed a good, but simple, drawing app for my Wacom tablet. This worked perfect.
Fooyin – Local music player. Pretty basic, no frills, but it gets the job done. There is some customization to make it more your own.
Nicotine+ – Client to access the SoulSeek network. SoulSeek is a network of music lovers sharing music P2P like the old days of Limewire
HandBrake – Hands down the best media converter. I’ve probably used this for 10 years now
Audacity – Simple and powerful audio recording and editing tool.
Blender – One of the most popular 3D graphics software
Godot – 2D & 3D game creation engine. Unity without all the BS
Transmission – Torrent software that can run in a browser window. I run this on my home server.
Jellyfin – Your own personal Netflix. Play your local video files in a Netflix-like media browser
FreshRSS – Self-hostable RSS feeds with no ads. Control your own news feed
OpenWebUI – Platform for self-hosting local AI models. There might be better ones, but this is what I’m using for now.
SearXNG – Search privately and without tracking. Aggregated search results from majoy sources and can be used over Tor. You can use free instances from others, or self host it yourself.
LinkAce – Self hosted personal bookmarking archive. Has the capability to make Lists and Tags.
KMyMoney – Finance software to keep track of bank accounts, debt payoff, and more. I literally use this daily. Better than Quicken once you get used to it.
Tor – Privacy based browser to explore depths of the deep web.
LibreSprite – Create your own pixel art. I’ve only used it a few times, but it’s a great tool.
Grabber – Browse, download, and scrape images from popular booru/image sites. (18+)