Thank you so much, comrades! I am feeling pretty comfortable with linux mint, and now would like some suggestions for some absolutely necessary FOSS or free license software for the OS. So far I have the standard, Firefox, ThunderBird, LibreOffice, yada yada. Thank you again to everyone on the linux comm!
Here’s some creative software that replace the functionalities of Adobe software & more.
- photo editing: GIMP
- vector images: Inkscape
- drawing/painting: Krita (GIMP also fine for this)
- video editing: kdenlive
- 3d modelling, animating, etc.: Blender
- audio editing: Tenacity (Audacity fork made after the buyout without telemetry)
- DAW: LMMS
- media player: VLC or mpv
if there’s any other specific software you’re looking for a FOSS alternative to, don’t hesitate to ask. You always have more options on Linux than you’d think.
BONUS: here’s some command-line toys that are not useful or necessary, but are just real fun to take a look at especially if you’re new to linux:
- cmatrix (does the matrix code rain thing)
- cowsay (ascii cow with speech bubble)
- sl (steam locomotive in your terminal)
- cbonsai (generate bonsai tree)
- neofetch (this one is actually very useful and will print system information in an aesthetically pleasing way)
Another nice-to-have is KDE Connect, it connects your desktop with your phone to sync notifications, send files, control media playback, use as remote input, share clipboard, send commands, and more
- Calibre - eBook manager/reader
- Gparted - disk tool
- Keepass - password manager
- VLC - the greatest video/music player
- Waydroid - run android apps
