Best Free Software programs for GNU/Linux Distros of 2020

Best Free Software Programs for GNU / Linux Distros of 2020

In the vein of the most used or «best programs » during year 2019 , today we will offer a small, but useful compilation of the «best programs » de «Software Libre» for our «Distros GNU/Linux» of the «año 2020». In order to centralize a bit, the articles scattered over time on this subject, that is, the «best programs» by areas or categories.

A compilation that we hope will become a fair and balanced, well ranked and described list of «best programs », which allows covering from those traditional, essential and basic, which are usually simple and of general use for everyone, especially the «usuarios inexpertos, novatos y principiantes», even some of those that are very modern, important and of very special use in their areas of application, for a public made up of «usuarios más avanzados, específicos o técnicos».

In this compilation we will surely find many programs that, personally, some of us currently consider the «mejores programas» de «Software Libre» y «Código Abierto»both in «Distros GNU/Linux» as in others «Sistemas Operativos», Such as «Windows» and in «MacOS», for being multiplatform. And perhaps, others that we do not consider as such or worthy of being on that list.

However, the idea is that at the end of reading the compilation or list, this can through comments and suggestions of all, keep updating to generate a most universal and current list of «mejores programas» for our future «Distros GNU/Linux» next year.

It doesn't matter, if you are a «usuario inexperto, novato y principiante» or if you are a «usuario avanzado, específico de un área o técnico»All the suggested proposals are and will be important to evaluate to be inserted in the compilation for as long as necessary. Of course, without it degenerating into an infinite accumulation of applications that do the same. Therefore, the idea is that there are no more than 3 similar applications in each category.

Important statistical data

Before presenting the list we want to highlight before the connoisseurs or not, about the «Software Libre» y «GNU/Linux»How are they going until year 2019 . Here are the following important data to consider, highlight and disseminate, collected by the site called Court Hosting:

100% of the supercomputers in the world run on Linux.
Of the top 25 websites in the world, only two do not use Linux.
96,3% of the world's top 1 million servers are running Linux.
90% of all cloud infrastructure runs on Linux and practically all the best cloud hosts use it.
54,1% of professional developers used Linux as their work platform.
83,1% of professional developers prefer to work on Linux as a work platform.

Best Free Software and Open Source programs

Top Ten of the best free and open programs

Evince
Firefox
Gimp
Kodi
LibreOffice
qbittorrent
Thunderbird
Shutter
Stacer
Vlc

Other top major free and open programs

Web browsers

Brave
Chromium
Tor Browser
Waterfox

Communication and Messaging Utilities

jami
Pidgin
Signal
Telegram

Educational utilities

Celestia
GCompris
Calcium
klettres
Marble Virtual Globe

General utilities

alacarte
Conky Manager
Plymouth

Office automation

Caliber
Day
Evolution
Gedit
Mousepad
OpenProj
typora
Scribus

Multimedia utilities

Audacity
Blender
Cheese
Clementine
talk
Dark Table
HandBrake
Inkscape
Kdenlive
Chalk
MuseScore
Pencil2D
Pinta
OBS Studio
OpenShot
openvpn
Simple Screen Recorder
voko screen

Technical utilities

Baobab
BleachBit
ClamAV / ClamTk
Docker
Filezilla
FSlint
Go
GParted
Grub Customizer
GuFW
HWInfo
KeePassXC
Free Menu
ntopng
Phoronix Test Suite
Root Kit Hunter
Systemback
TestDisk & PhotoRec
Vim

Web Services Utilities

French
Rambox
Station

Gaming, Leisure and Entertainment Services Utilities

lutris
playonlinux
RetroArch
Steam
Wine

Other Top Important Free, Non-Free, and Unopened Programs

AnyDesk
DaVinci Resolve
FreeOffice
JDownloader
Lightworks
No Machine
Opera
plex
Universal PasswordManager
WPS
VirtualBox

Best free and open websites

Social Media

disroot (https://disroot.org/)
Mastodon (https://mastodon.social/)
open-tube (https://open.tube/)

Organizations

kernel organization (https://www.kernel.org/)
Linux Foundation (https://www.linuxfoundation.org/)
linux organization (https://www.linux.org/)
Open Source (https://opensource.com/)

Conclusion

We hope that it is small, for now, the collection grows with the contribution of all blog readers so that it becomes an ideal reference for the entire «Comunidad de Software Libre y Código Abierto» that reads us. So, remember through your comments to make your suggestions, to evaluate them and include them if it were the case, to generate a more universal and current list of the «mejores programas» for our future «Distros GNU/Linux» next year, 2020.

If, on the other hand, you just want to know more about the applications recommended here, you can search the website Linux apps , more details of each one of them.

And for more information, always do not hesitate to visit any Online library as OpenLibra y jedit to read books (PDFs) on this topic or others knowledge areas. For now, if you liked this «publicación», don't stop sharing it with others, in your Favorite websites, channels, groups, or communities of social networks, preferably free and open as Mastodon, or secure and private like Telegram.

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