Best free, open and free apps for Linux in 2023
Although it is not the beginning of the year, it is never too late for a great top with the best free, open and free apps for Linux at a certain moment, and today is the ideal moment for the year 2023 . And because? Why, as we have seen throughout many posts, well-known applications have continued to be updated non-stop, while a few no longer exist and a few others have come to the fore. Above all, some that have begun to ride the wave of Artificial Intelligence.
So, without further ado, let's introduce our proposal of Top 10 applications by categories that would be great to have in a newly installed Distro, or that, failing that, could be installed after installing the GNU/Linux Distro of each person's preference. Since we must not forget that there is no GNU/Linux Distro better than another, but the best Distro is the one that allows each user to exploit their full intellectual and professional potential, adapting as best as possible to the available hardware and offering the possibility of using the best existing software.
Best Free Software and Open Source apps to work on Linux
But, before starting this present publication on the «Best apps for Linux in 2023» We recommend that you explore this other one later previous related post of the year 2021:
Top favorite Linux apps for the year 2023
Next, we will show various Top 10 with some of the «Best apps for Linux in 2023» in various categories, which would be ideal to find in any GNU/Linux Distro. In my personal case, I use the Respin MilagrOS (MX Linux 21 Distro based on Debian 11), and you can see in the image immediately above, both in the side panels of the desktop, and in the Applications Menu, some of my favorite apps. That is, they adapt to my work, study, leisure and entertainment needs.
Top 10 Best Linux Apps 2023
Office automation (Home, work and study)
- Firefox, Chrome and Edge (The complete trio to access different web technologies)
- LibreOffice, WPS, OnlyOffice, FreeOffice or Calligra Suite.
- Arrangers PDF
- Day
- Scribus
- GNU Cash
- Thunderbird or Evolution
- VLC, Lollypop or Music
- Kodi, Plex or OSMC
- Jami, Telegram and Discord
Multimedia
- Akira or Alva
- Ardour, Audacity or LMMS
- Blender, Wings 3D or Natron
- FreeCAD or LibreCAD
- Kdenlive, ShotCut or DaVinci Resolve
- GIMP, DarkTable, Inkscape or Krita
- OBS Studio, Open Streaming Platform or Owncast
- Pencil2D or Synfig Studio
- Cheese or Webcamoid
- Brasero, K3B and Xfburn
software development
- aptana
- Bluefish
- BlueGriffon
- brackets
- Code Blocks
- geany
- Go
- Eclipse
- NetBeans
- Visual Studio Code
Leisure and entertainment
- Bottles and FlatSeal
- Gauge or Foliate
- ChatGPT (Desktop Client and Terminal Client)
- Imagination or PhotoFilmStrip
- Qbittorrent, Transmission or JDownloader2
- Nomacs, Gwenview or Mirage
- Steam, Lutris or Heroic Game Launcher
- Wine and Play Linux
- WebAppManager
- ulauncher
various uses
- Baobab and Czkawka
- Bleach Bit and Stacer
- Conky Manager
- Grub Customizer
- AnyDesk or NoMachine
- PowerShell
- Shutter, Flameshot or Ksnip
- GParted and Disk Manager
- Simple Screen Recorder or Vokoscreen
- Twister UI or Compiz
Summary
In short, just as there is no universal Distro and better than allNor is there a universal Top app for all types of users. Since, everything will always depend on the different capacities of each one, and the different needs of work, study, leisure and entertainment of each one. However, we hope that this small Top 10 with some of the “best apps for Linux in 2023” in various categories can give you a good indication of what apps would be great to know and use today. And if you have any suggestions, we invite you to contribute them via comments.
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I would add onlyoffice, tauonmusicbox and blanket
Regards, Sebas Thank you for reading and for providing your comment. Certainly, right now OnlyOffice is a great alternative thanks to its AI plugin with ChatGPT, Blanket and Tauon are 2 beautiful and useful applications that we have already discussed before, but it is time to tell the latest news about them.
Stop promoting closed software
Regards, Cerradot. Thank you for your comment and expressing your point of view. Certainly, the Microsoft Edge Browser is closed, but not PowerShell or Visual Studio Code. But, it's worth trying and even using if you want to experiment with its next AI advances. You don't necessarily have to have it as the only browser or main browser for everything.
Interesting, but could you put the link to the page where you can download the program!
Regards, Pierre. Thanks for your comment. There are too many apps, and many of them we have already covered in other previous articles. So we invite you to search the web for what you deem necessary. And if there is a particular app that you want to have an article that addresses it, do not hesitate to tell us which one it would be, to take it into account.