Trying to discover new/unheard Linux desktop programs (Sorry for the confusion).

Edit: I apologise for confusing a lot of people. I meant Linux desktop “programs” coming from Windows/Mac. I’m used to calling them “apps”.

Edit: 🙌 I’m overwhelmed with the great “programs” people have recommended in the comment section. Thank you guys.

  • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬
    131·
    6 months ago

    An web browser. 99 percent of my mobile activities are done in Firefox. I have Organic Maps for routing, a local mobile payment app and a local sharing electric sooter app.

    This is pretty much all apps I use.

    • sfera@beehaw.org
      6·
      6 months ago

      I think that the question is primarily about Desktop Apps, since this is the Linux community.

      • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬
        32·
        6 months ago

        Mmmh. To me apps are the things installed on a smartphone. The things I install on a computer I call programs.

        But the same applies there for me, too. I basically do everything in the browser.

        • sfera@beehaw.org
          1·
          6 months ago

          I understand your point. “Program” is a more wider term. Javascript executed in your browser could be a program too. App is just a short term for a standalone program with a GUI, IMO.

          It’s just how languages change with time. For example what we simply call “libs” today used to be called by their full name “program libraries”. You don’t often see someone calling them like that anymore. I feel that communication nowadays requires us to constantly check the context in order to avoid misunderstandings. It’s maybe a reason why I don’t write that much online anymore.