Freeware

Some of the freewares available on Linux.

Audio

• Amarok – Linux music player.
• SoundConverter – Convert media into different sound formats.
• Audacity – Multiplatform Audio Editor
• MediaCoder – Great tool for ripping CDs, DVDs, etc and converting between tons of video formats.

Internet Tools

• amsn – MSN Messenger client for Linux.
• Deluge – Lightweight Bittorrent client for Linux.
• Firefox – Multiplatform Internet Browser
• Mozilla Thunderbird – Powerful spam filtering, solid interface, and all the features you need.
• Transmission – Very nice torrent downloader.
• Seamonkey – The SeaMonkey project is a community effort to develop the SeaMonkey all-in-one internet application suite.

Productivity

• Scribus – a desktop publishing (DTP) application
• OpenOffice.Org – Open Source Office Suite (Microsoft Office Replacement)

Programming

• BlueFish – Advanced text editor.

Security

Utilities

• Alltray - Dock any application with no native tray icon.
• Wine – A Windows emulator.

Video

• VLC – Plays more video files than most players: Quicktime, AVI, DIVX, OGG, and more.
• MPlayer – The interface and buttons are not as nice or as Mac-like in feel, but it may play even more video files than VLC.
• MythTV – A full featured network streaming digital video recorder, a digital multimedia home entertainment system, or Home Theater Personal Computer.
• Recordmydesktop – A desktop recorder for Linux (Alternative to Camstudio).

Education

• FreeMind – Free Mind-Mapping Software

Graphics

• The GIMP – Image Manipulation Program
• Inkscape – Vector graphics application.

CD/DVD

• Handbreak - DVD ripper and MPEG-4 / H.264 encoding. Very simple to use.