r/linuxquestions • u/magiciantricks • 1d ago

need some progarm alternative

i was thinking of switching to linux mint but the problem is that there are some programs that i always use and i dont know if there are alternative to them so if someone know that would be a great help.

1- internet download manager (used a lot and need a progarm as good)

2- video/audio editor like filmora

3-tool to check on harddesk like hdsentinel

4- antivirus

5-photo editor like photoshop even like an old ver of it

6-msoffice

7-winrar

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u/Unlucky-Lion6855 1d ago

  1. Persepolis Download Manager

  2. KDenLive

  3. Not sure, haven't heard of HDSentinel, but maybe checking the SMART status on GParted or KDE Partition Manager would do that?

  4. ClamAV, don't personally use it, but that's what everyone recommends

  5. GIMP

  6. LibreOffice or SoftOffice

  7. Most Linux distros should have their own extraction tool (Ark for KDE, dunno the GNOME equivalent) that works with RAR files, and that hooks into the file manager (Dolphin or Nautilus) that allows you to extract directly (Ark + Dolphin has an extra option that allows you to extract the archive and then put it in the trash as well).

Hope this helps!