We love app launchers and the speed they bring to our workflow, and they can do a lot more than just launch apps. As always, much of this is personal preference, so don’t take our recommendations as the only viable options! Productivity Synapse We considered swapping out Kate and Geany for Sublime Text, and VLC for SMPlayer, and even Deluge for qBitTorrent, but at the end of the day, we picked these for a reason-and decided to stick with them rather than changing for the sake of change. Linux development is a bit slower than other platforms, so most of these apps haven’t gone through any huge updates, nor have their competitors. ![]() So a few years ago, we haven’t changed much from the 2014 pack - just removed an app or two to keep things neat. We could never make one pack that fits everyone, but hopefully this is one step closer. In some categories, we’ll list a few of our favourite apps for different desktop environments instead of listing just one - that way, you can decide which you want to use based on your distro and desktop preference. So last year, we added a few more apps to reflect this. This makes the Lifehacker Pack for Linux hard to curate. Some people prefer to use apps tied to their desktop environment, some would rather use the best in class, and some might even prefer to do everything in a terminal. There are lots of different distributions of Linux, with different desktop environments to choose from and different apps already built into the system. Unlike Windows and OS X, Linux isn’t one cohesive entity. How We Designed the Lifehacker Pack for Linux For our always-updating directory of all the best apps, be sure to bookmark our Linux App Directory. ![]() The Lifehacker Pack is a yearly snapshot of our favourite, essential applications for each of our favourite platforms. In our annual Lifehacker Pack for Linux, we’re highlighting the must-have downloads for better productivity, communication, media management, and more. With so many flavours of Linux and the awesome apps in their repositories, finding the right app for getting things done can be tough.
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