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.

You know what you want to do, and you need help finding an application you can run on Ubuntu that will help you achieve it.

When asking for software recommendations, please be detailed and specific about what you want the software to do. At a minimum, it is helpful to give

  • your use case
  • what features are required

Stack Exchange has a dedicated software recommendations site and a meta post there gives further guidance on how to ask for software recommendations effectively.

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What Application Indicators are available?

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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 another popular video site Can record just a…
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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 available for the same so that complete page can…
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What kinds of desktop environments and shells are available?

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Comparison of backup tools

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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, flip vertically, flip horizontally, make black and…
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What software can I use to view epub documents?

What software can I use to view .epub documents?
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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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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/easier than when taking a snapshot.
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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 perfect match however would not only display PDF…
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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 simple "crop" tool for audio/video will surfice?
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Is there a GUI client for Git?

I am using git for version control of various projects. Is there GUI software for navigating through commits and branches of a project and for retrieving versions in git projects?
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Is there a lightweight tool to crop images quickly?

I need to crop images often - photos, printscreens, etc., and loading gimp for such a simple task takes way too long. Can you recommend a faster alternative?
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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 Service (TOS). In particular, from Section…
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Any app on Ubuntu to open and/or convert HEIF pictures (.HEIC, High Efficiency Image File Format)?

A certain cellphone maker has changed the default format of taking pictures to HEIF (.HEIC, High Efficiency Image File Format), without asking the users (although there is still the option to use jpeg/jpg). Is there an app/program on Ubuntu that…
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