essential-apps 🐧

Essential apps for Ubuntu Linux

Command Line: Bash/Terminal

App	Description
xsel	Command-line tool to access X clipboard and paste text from terminal.
snapd	Daemon and tooling that enable snap packages
ncdu	ncurses disk usage viewer
curl	command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax
git	fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
python3-pip	Python package installer
python3-tk	Tkinter - Writing Tk applications with Python 3.x
rar	Archiver for .rar files
unrar	Unarchiver for .rar files (non-free version)

Accessories

App	Description
pluma	Official text editor of the MATE desktop environment
gnome-clocks	Simple GNOME app with stopwatch, timer, and world clock support

Education

App	Description
kwordquiz	flashcard learning program

Graphics

App	Description
Shutter	feature-rich screenshot program
GPick	Color picker utility
kruler	Screen ruler

Games

App	Description
sdlpop	The old Prince of Persia DOS Game

Office

App	Description
Ghostwriter	MD Editor used with https://pandao.github.io/editor.md/en.html

Sound & Video

App	Description
SoundConverter	GNOME application to convert video/audio files into other formats
audacious	Small and fast audio player which supports lots of formats
pavucontrol	PulseAudio Volume Control
vlc	multimedia player and streamer
vokoscreen-ng	easy to use screencast creator
audacity	fast, cross-platform audio editor

Internet

App	Description
qBittorrent	Bittorrent client based on libtorrent-rasterbar with a Qt5 GUI

System Tools

App	Description
Psensor	Display graphs for monitoring hardware temperature

Programming

App	Description
Meld	Graphical tool to diff and merge files
PyCharm Community	Python IDE for professional developers.