I appreciate the effort that goes into these kinds of lists but to be honest I would advocate people getting more familiar with their package manager and learning how to search for packages within it instead of using 3rd party lists compiled in this way. The benefit of the package managers is they can convey more information (eg open source or not - just looking through that list I saw non-free software without much warning about their status) as well as actually enabling you to install said software.<p>Plus there are nice graphical package management tools like the Ubuntu Software Center that has screenshots and reviews which I believe would better aid those who are less experienced with Linux - those who are the likely target of this git repository - so they would benefit more greatly from said management tools than an ordered list of app names. And frankly I would trust the descriptions used by package managers more than the unofficial overviews compiled by casual users of the software (thus people who might overlook features or even just miss the point of the product entirely).
The mainteners have indeed put some effort in making that list, which is comandable. But it was an instant close for me as soon as I reached Education/BibleTime.<p>My personnal opinion on this is that some 'Bible study application' has nothing to do in the same list as Maple or Matlab. I'll go even further by saying that it's not to be listed under 'Education'. A todler is not 'educated' when given batism, he's just endoctrined. Again, that's a personnal opinion and I'm fine if you don't share it.
Not sure what to make of this list. It mixes Proprietary Software with Free Software (with no clear indication of which is which, and no clear license information anyway), and software that is not just available for Linux anyway but on pretty much any other platform.<p>A good list for me would mention:<p>* License type<p>* Whether it's in active development or not<p>* Cross-platform or not<p>* Whether it's a KDE or GNOME application (or something else) - since it's pretty relevant for Linux users.<p>* Patreon/support links for projects where it's relevant<p>* Links to proper user reviews (folks who have spent significant time using them)<p>For example, backup solutions are all very, very different in terms of what they can do, and it took me a long time to find out the one that is working for my own criteria. Just listing a bunch of backup tools is not going to save time for anyone, Wikipedia is a much better resource in that regard for example.
Looks good.<p>I'd previously bookmarked this blog (closed in 2015) for
a large number of smaller utilities :<p><a href="https://inconsolation.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">https://inconsolation.wordpress.com/</a><p>A bit of a treasure trove. I had a great time going through those reviews.
Another two lists that should be mentioned here are:<p>[1]: <a href="https://github.com/iCHAIT/awesome-macOS" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/iCHAIT/awesome-macOS</a><p>[2]: <a href="https://github.com/Awesome-Windows/Awesome" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/Awesome-Windows/Awesome</a><p>They all share the same idea.