Linux users have more text editors, IDEs, and command-line tools than a programmer can shake a stick at. If you’re looking for a good programming text editor, we recommend Kate. It’s super easy to get started with, but is quite powerful and has lots of great plugins to beef it up.
FTP is a great way to transfer files to the cloud, and you have some pretty good choices of FTP clients on Linux. However, our favourite is the powerful, cross-platform FilezZilla.
While most Linux veterans would tell you the command line is all you need to archive a bunch of files, we’re fond of PeaZip for its feature-filled, easy-to-use (if sometimes glitchy) interface.
Linux is rife with awesome file browsers, so if you don’t like the one that came with your distro, you have a lot of choices. Our favourite is the insanely feature-filled Krusader for KDE.
Linux doesn’t have quite as many disk cloning apps as Windows, but but you can do just about anything you can imagine with the super powerful Clonezilla live CD.
Surprisingly, there aren’t a huge number of screenshot tools for Linux. Luckily, they don’t need to be, because the feature-rich Shutter is about as awesome a program as you can ask for.
Whether you can’t live without that one Windows app or you just want to try out a new Linux distro, virtualisation is a great way to go. Our favourite virtualisation app for Linux is the free, powerful VirtualBox.
Linux has a few solid RSS readers, but there is one app that stands out from the pack: the feature-filled, customisable RSSOwl.
Linux users have a lot of choice when it comes to web browsers, but Google Chrome still wins out over all the others, for its extensibility, great syncing features and usability.
Linux users have a few calendar programs to choose from, but none of them are particularly spectacular — in fact, most of them aren’t very good at all. As such, we’re bending the rules of the App Directory and recommending that you use the awesome Google Calendar webapp for all your scheduling needs.
