Popular Linux Applications
Thanks to various open source projects, there are applications available in Linux for just about everything you currently do in Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS, or even Unix desktops and servers. The downside to such a wide assortment of applications, though, is that sometimes it can be difficult to know just which ones to use for your environment. This section walks through some of the more popular desktop and server applications available for Linux to give you an idea of where to start.
Desktop Applications
If you’re running a Linux graphical desktop environment, most likely you’ll want it to be able to run similar applications that you can find in the Microsoft Windows or Apple macOS desktop environments. That includes ...
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