For me, it was perhaps simple-scan, a very simple and efficient GUI to scan documents. I used it with my Brother printer / scanner and it works like a charm. Especially since I do not scan stuff often, so a program with more complex UI would have the effect that I forget how to use it until the next time.

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
    24·
    8 days ago

    Bitwig and Reaper. Two of the best music DAWs on the market and they each have a Linux native version.

    EDIT: I forgot to include Renoise, the music tracker DAW.

  • Zak@lemmy.world
    20·
    8 days ago

    Microsoft Edge was a recent surprise. It’s surprising both that Microsoft would create it and that any Linux users would run it. Since its Chromium based, there should be no need for developers to test Edge separately.

  • SendMePhotos@lemmy.world
    101·
    8 days ago

    Tux racer was neat.

    There was also a weird space game that started with a Q. I never progressed and it gave me existential crisis as it felt like nothing was out there. I’d get lost in space every time.

  • PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
    81·
    8 days ago

    Kdenlive. I used Adobe Premiere professionally and Kdenlive completely replaced it for me.

    • llothar@lemmy.ml
      6·
      8 days ago

      My work mandates Edge as a browser on the company PC. With Edge on Linux I can have a “work” browser on my private PC with bookmark sync etc.

  • IceVAN@beehaw.org
    41·
    8 days ago

    Bash. It has enabled me to automatize a lot of sh*t I wouldn’t do just because it would take me a lot of time/efford to do. There’s a LOT you can do with a few simple scripts, a few examples:

    • Remove files I don’t need (images, rip/conversion logs, empty folders…).
    • Compress and optimize folders of photos recursively.
    • Apply watermarks to photos recursively.
    • Convert filetypes (flac2mp3, pdf2cbr, webm2mp3,web2jpg…).
    • Configure input devices (keyboards, mouse, graphic tablets).
    • Autorename files (spaces to _, . to _, _ to spaces…).
    • Remove audio from videos recursively.
    • Remove audio/subtitle tracks from videos.
    • Download images/videos/audio from websites.
    • Update appimages automatically.
    • Update/cleanup system/repos.
    • Use different theming for different applications.
    • Mount iso/bin… images.
    • Extract zip|rar|tar.gz|… files automatically.
    • Modify pdfs.
    • Get the weather for my location.
    • Get stats from my PCs to be shown in panel applet.
    • Alias program names to ones of my choosing.
    • Open CUPS config in firefox.
    • Refresh font caches and other management tools I don’t care to remember.
    • Fix permissions.
    • Make a backup.
    • Restore a backup.
    • Copy files safely (rsync).
    • Change volume level.
    • Install all the packages and configs I need to make the OS/apps behave/look the way I like.

    …you name it…

    …in most cases just by typing one word in the terminal. It was kind of a mindblow coming from the crappy window$ crappysystem eons ago.

    • Shareni@programming.dev
      4·
      8 days ago

      Which program is the one that surprised you most that it is available on Linux?

      Bash.

      I find that the least surprising, but ok…

  • Mirokhodets@lemmy.ml
    27·
    8 days ago

    Probably my answer will not concern what I will tell about the program, but about what I liked about Linux, that there is freedom of action and everything is under my control