Best Free Software programs for GNU/Linux of 2020

In the wave of the most used or "best programs" during the year 2019, today we will offer a small, but useful compilation of the "best programs" of "Free Software" for our "GNU / Linux Distros" of the "year 2020". In order to centralize a little, the articles scattered over time on this subject, that is, the "best programs" by areas or categories.

Compilation that we hope will become a fair and balanced list, well classified and described of "best programs", which allows to cover from those traditional, essential and basic, which are usually simple and general use for all, especially "inexperienced users , newbies and beginners », even some of those who are very modern, important and of very special use in their areas of application, for a public constituted by« more advanced, specific or technical users ».

Best Free Software programs for GNU/Linux Distros of 2020

In this compilation we will surely find many programs that personally, some of us now consider the "best programs" of "Free Software" and "Open Source", both in "GNU / Linux Distros" and in other "Operating Systems", such as " Windows »and in« MacOS », for being multiplatforms. And perhaps, others who do not consider them as such or worthy of being on that list.

However, the idea is that at the end of reading the compilation or list, this can be done through everyone's comments and suggestions, updated to generate a more universal and current list of the "best programs" for our future "GNU Distros / Linux »next year.

It does not matter, if you are an "inexperienced, novice and beginner user" or if you are an "advanced user, specific to an area or technician", all the suggested proposals are and will be important to evaluate to be inserted into the collection during the time that be necessary. Of course, without it degenerating into an infinite accumulation of applications that do the same. Therefore, the idea is that there are no more than 3 similar applications in each category.

Important statistical data

Before presenting the list we want to highlight before the connoisseurs or not, about the «Free Software» and «GNU / Linux», as they go until 2019. Below are the following important data to consider, highlight and disseminate, compiled by the site called Court Hosting:

1. 100% of the world's super-computers work with Linux.
2. Of the 25 most important websites in the world, only two do not use Linux.
3. 96.3% of the first 1 million most important servers in the world work with Linux.
4. 90% of the entire cloud infrastructure operates on Linux and virtually all the best cloud hosts use it.
5. 54.1% of professional developers used Linux as a work platform.
6. 83.1% of professional developers prefer to work in Linux as a work platform.

Best Free Software programs for GNU/Linux Distros of 2020

Best Free and Open Source Software programs 

Top Ten of best free and open programs

1. Evince
2. Firefox
3. Gimp
4. Kodi
5. LibreOffice
6. Qbittorrent
7. Thunderbird
8. Shutter
9. Stacer
10. Vlc

Other top important free and open programs 

Web browsers

1. Brave 
2. Chromium 
3. Tor Browser 
4. Waterfox

Communication and Messaging Utilities

1. Jami
2. Pidgin
3. Signal
4. Telegram

Educational utilities

1. Celestia
2. GCompris
3. Kalzium
4. Klettres
5. Marble Virtual Globe

General utilities 

1. Alacarte
2. Conky Manager
3. Plymouth

Office utilities

1. Calibre
2. Dia
3. Evolution
4. Gedit
5. Mousepad
6. OpenProj
7. Typora
8. Scribus

Multimedia utilities

1. Audacity
2. Blender
3. Cheese
4. Clementine
5. Converseen
6. DarkTable
7. HandBrake
8. Inkscape
9. Kdenlive
10. Krita
11. MuseScore
12. Pencil2D
13. Pinta
14. OBS Studio
15. OpenShot
16. OpenVPN
17. Simple Screen Recorder
18. Vokoscreen

Technical utilities

1. Baobab
2. BleachBit
3. ClamAV/ClamTk
4. Docker
5. Filezilla
6. FSlint
7. Git
8. GParted
9. Grub Customizer
10. GuFW
11. HWInfo
12. KeePassXC
13. Menu Libre
14. Ntopng
15. Phoronix Test Suite
16. RootKit Hunter
17. Systemback
18. TestDisk & PhotoRec
19. Vim

Web Services Utilities 

1. Franz
2. Rambox
3. Station

Game, Leisure and Entertainment Services Utilities

1. Lutris
2. Playonlinux
3. RetroArch
4. Steam
5. Wine

Other best free programs, not free and not open important

1. AnyDesk
2. DaVinci Resolve
3. FreeOffice
4. JDownloader
5. Lightworks
6. NoMachine
7. Opera
8. Plex
9. Universal Password Manager
10. WPS
11. VirtualBox

Best free and open websites 

Social networks 

1. Disroot ( https://disroot.org/ )
2. Mastodon ( https://mastodon.social/ )
3. Open Tube ( https://open.tube/ )

Organizations

1. Kernel Organization ( https://www.kernel.org/ )
2. Linux Foundation ( https://www.linuxfoundation.org/ )
3. Linux Organization ( https://www.linux.org/ )
4. Open Source ( https://opensource.com/ )

Best Free Software programs

Conclusion

We hope that it is small, for now, compilation will grow with the contribution of all the readers of the Blog so that it becomes an ideal reference for the entire «Free Software and Open Source Community» that reads us. So, remember through your comments to make your suggestions, to evaluate them and include them if necessary, to generate a more universal and current list of the "best programs" for our future "GNU / Linux Distros" next year, 2020.

If, on the other hand, you only want to know more about the applications recommended here you can search the Linux-Apps website, more details of each one of them. And if you liked the article, do not forget to share it with others in your favorite channels, groups or communities of social networks, preferably free and open as Mastodon or secure and private as Telegram.