Recommended software

It is suggested that you use software that supports both Windows and Linux whenever such is available, since learning it’s keyboard shortcuts will benefit you a lot.

General use

Type	Windows	Linux
Archiving	7zip	xarchiver / peazip
	whereIsIt	whereIsIt (wine)
Editors	Notepad++	Notepad-qq
	PSpad	Geany
	Atom	Atom
Viewers	Irfanview	nomacs gthumb
	Foxit Reader	Foxit Reader / Evince
	HxD	Bless

Productivity/automation

Type	Windows	Linux
Automation	Autohotkey	Actiona / Bash
Clipboard	CopyQ	CopyQ
File manager	Double commander	Double commander
	Total commander	Krusader
Synchronization	Freefilesync	Freefilesync

Multimedia

Type	Windows	Linux
Audio	Foobar	Foobnix / Deadbeef
	Audacity	Audacity
Video	Media player classic HC	VLC / SM Player
	CamStudio	OBS

Programming/Development

Type	Subtype	Windows	Linux
Profiling	C/C++	UMDH	Valgrind
IDE	C/C++	Netbeans	Netbeans
	C#	Visual Studio	Visual Studio Code Monodevelop
	Fortran	Photran	Photran
	Java (free)	Netbeans	Netbeans
	Java (commercial)	IntelliJ IDEA	IntelliJ IDEA
	Java / Android	Android Studio	Android Studio
	MIPS	MARS	MARS
	Pascal	Lazarus	Lazarus
	PHP	Netbeans	Netbeans
	Python	PyCharm	PyCharm
Frameworks	Spring	Spring Tool suite	Spring Tool suite