Questions tagged [software-recommendation]
Questions asking for specific applications that perform a given task or work with a given file format. Give details about the **purpose** of the software you want and your minimum **requirements** for it.
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What kinds of desktop environments and shells are available?
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Is there a power saving application similar to Jupiter?
I'm trying to install the Jupiter power settings app but, I read it is no longer compatible with the new kernel. Is there a similar program or a way to manage the power settings on 13.04?
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Comparison of backup tools
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What Application Indicators are available?
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Is there a Google Drive client available?
I'd like to install a Google Drive client for Xubuntu (12.04).
I'm getting non-English Google results, and I didn't find grive in the Xubuntu repositories.
Does anyone know of a client that works ...
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How can I record my screen?
How can I record my screen on Ubuntu?
The app I'm looking for has ideally all of these features:
Can record in a format that can be played back easily on any platform and/or accepted by YouTube or ...
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What IDEs are available for Ubuntu?
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How do I download a YouTube video?
What are instructions on how to download videos from YouTube?
Notice: Terms of Service Violation
Please be aware that by following any of the answers below, you will be violating YouTube's Terms of ...
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How do I restrict my kids' computing time?
Access to our computer (not only to the internet) needs to be restricted for the accounts of my kids (7, 8) until they are old enough to manage this by themselves. Until then we need to be able to ...
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What download managers are available for Ubuntu?
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Basic Web Development IDE/Editor like Dreamweaver?
I've used Windows for many years, using Dreamweaver as my editor as it had a file tree which is based on a project (via Local, FTP or SFTP).
I need a web development IDE with the following ...
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What screenshot tools are available?
I have noticed that many people use images in their Ask Ubuntu answers. What software are people using?
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How can I highlight or annotate PDFs?
Currently I need to highlight certain sections in PDFs, or add annotations (comments/notes). These modifications would need to be saved.
What tools are out there to do this on Ubuntu?
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Video editing software options? [closed]
What video editing software would you recommend on Ubuntu (or Linux in general)
and why? It can be for either beginners or experienced users.
Please only place one piece of software per response and ...
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What antivirus programs are available?
What antivirus programs are available for Ubuntu?
We previously used Symantec Endpoint Protection but it does not work in Ubuntu.
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What system monitoring tools are available?
I am looking for system monitoring tools which are GUI and CLI or web-based which include basic functions such as:
CPU Usage
Ram Usage
Swap Usage
Disk Usage ( Space / I/O )
Heat Monitoring
I know ...
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List of GUI Based Torrent clients
What GUI Based Torrent managers exist in Ubuntu and features they offer in terms of:
Speed to start downloading (Search Speed, Seed, Leech)
Speed while downloading
Compatibility
Stability
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How can I rename many files at once?
I need to rename a bunch of files in order to fix their sort order, therefore I need to be able to do a sort of "find and replace" so I can replace chunks of the filenames at a time.
What tools ...
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Alternative to Photoshop or Paint.NET
I have been moving toward Ubuntu from a long time Windows development background. The one program I cannot seem to do without is a graphic editor. I have seen recommendations for programs, but they ...
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Simple image editor?
I want something similar to "preview" in macs. For example: I want an image editor that ONLY does simple adjustments like increase/decrease contrast, saturation, exposure, color tinting.... rotate, ...
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A command-line clipboard copy and paste utility?
In Windows I used command-line clipboard copy-and-paste utilities...
pclip.exe and gclip.exe
These were UnixUtils ports for Windows (but they only handled plain text). There were a couple of ...
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What media (music and video) players are there? [closed]
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Is there a tool to encrypt a file or directory?
What's the most popular way to encrypt individual files or folders?
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Is there a software utility to adjust screen gamma/brightness/contrast?
I use to work at night and it is eye-hurting to watch at lightbulb-bright screens (I've got two - laptop's built-in panel and an external 18-inch CRT) in a dark environment. So I adjust my screens to ...
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Is there a Visual Studio style tool/IDE? [duplicate]
I have been developing in the windows space with Visual Studio for a while now with work, but I have also been using Ubuntu for a while and am keen to get into some software development for linux.
I ...
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What PDF viewers are available for Ubuntu?
Every second e-mail I get suggests to download Adobe Acrobat reader, but adobe.com doesn’t provide a Linux version.
Which PDF Viewer are there available for Ubuntu?
I’m fine with partial solutions, a ...
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What are the alternatives to Notepad++ on Ubuntu?
I use Notepad++ on Windows 7 and I want to know if there is a good substitution for it on Ubuntu.
I want something that is good for editing html files.
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What's video converters are available for Ubuntu? [closed]
I need a good video converter application that can convert from/to many video formats. On Windows I found Format Factory to be good. I would like its equivalent or something better on Ubuntu.
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How to make my own Dropbox / Ubuntu One server at home?
Does anybody know of any resources that can show me how to make my own "Dropbox, Ubuntu One" server at home?
I really like the idea of these services, but I don't want to put my 'stuff' in the clouds....
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Natural Sounding Text to Speech?
I am looking for some easy to install text to speech software for Ubuntu that sounds natural. I've installed Festival, Gespeaker, etc., but nothing sounds very natural. All very synthetic and hard to ...
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How to clone to a smaller harddisk?
How to clone a harddisk to a smaller sized one.
Clonezilla is great but it doesn't support such functionality.
Also dd and PartImage don't support this demand.
rsync will not copy the MBR since an ...
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Is there any recovery software available for ext4?
Well, I have accidentally deleted my Ubuntu drive. I just want to recover all the contents of /home.
Is there a way to do it? I referred to foremost, where I need to specify the extensions of files. ...
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Filezilla or WinSCP alternative for Ubuntu
On Windows I'm using FileZilla to upload/download files on my WordPress website, via sftp, while using ssh key.
Now Linux is my primary operating system. For the last month FileZilla client was ...
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What developer text editors are available for Ubuntu? [closed]
I'm looking for a text editor for programming in Python, preferably one which is easy to learn for beginners.
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How do I limit internet bandwidth?
I am getting complaints that I consume lots of internet bandwidth.
Is there any software that can limit internet bandwidth on my computer from my own computer? I use Firefox as browser and use ...
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Need a MP3 ID3 tagger, and cover fetcher
I need to tag my MP3 library, and have tried kid3 (which was manual tagging), when I used Kubuntu 9.10 (I now use Ubuntu Meerkat) Here are the features I am hoping for:
A good and clean UI.
Tagging ...
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What good CAD programs are available?
Just that. By good I mean something at the level of SolidWorks, AutoCAD, or similar. This is a complete limitation for me (and many others) to use Ubuntu.
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Extracting embedded images from a PDF
Before I started using Ubuntu I used Nitro PDF reader to automatically extract images from PDF files. Is there a PDF reader for Linux that does this?
I would like to be able to extract images faster/...
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File and directory comparison tool?
I'm looking for something that will compare directories and files like Beyond Compare does for windows.
Its mainly for use of source control, but I need to use it for deployment as well.
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Which programs can I use to edit PDF files? [duplicate]
I know that there is a very similar question, but I'm not interested in highlighting. What I'm looking for is some tool in Linux to edit pdf files. I've tried pdfedit which did the work for me, but if ...
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What are the alternatives to OS X's Spotlight? [closed]
One of the things I like best when using OS X is the Spotlight tool. You can click a magnifying glass in the corner, and search for apps, files, anything. Windows 7's Start Menu search tool is similar....
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Is there a way to view notification history?
If I walk away from my PC, then there is a good chance I might miss certain notifications. I've seen in KDE that notifications get stored and stacked until you click them (or whatever).
Unless I'm ...
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Tool for recovering deleted data from a flash drive
What is the best tool for recovering deleted data from a flash drive (pen drive)?
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How to burn an Ubuntu ISO image on a DVD on Ubuntu?
I have a Ubuntu image file (.iso) and I'd like to burn the image file into a DVD, is there any software for this purpose on Ubuntu?
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How to convert PDF to image?
I have requirement of converting PDF pages to images. There is a background image with some text in my file, and when I save it as an image only the background image gets saved.
Is there any software ...
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What to use to quickly cut Audio/Video
If just need to crop Audio/Video from a longer track, what can I use? I tried OpenShot, but I find the export video slow, perhaps its compling all the "layers" into a new movie? Perhaps I just need a ...
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How to search for strings inside files in a folder?
Is there any utility to make searches for a string inside ASCII files to avoid command line searches?
How to make a command line search, for example for the string "test" inside all files in the ...
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What native games are available? [closed]
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Speech-recognition app to convert MP3 voice to text
Does anyone know of an application that can convert audio to text?
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What Android emulators are available?
I will like to know some of the android emulators that work really well with Ubuntu 11.10 and above. I want to try 'whatsapp' on Ubuntu through an android emulator. Thanks in advance
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