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 | Subtype | Windows | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archiving | Files | 7zip | xarchiver / peazip |
| Media content | whereIsIt | whereIsIt (wine) | |
| Editors | Lightweight | Notepad++ | Notepad-qq |
| Medium weight | Atom | Atom | |
| Viewers | Images | Irfanview | nomacs gthumb |
| PDF viewer | Foxit Reader | Foxit Reader / Evince | |
| Hex viewer | HxD | Bless |
Productivity/automation
| Type | Subtype | Windows | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automation | Backup | Freefilesync | Freefilesync |
| Scripting | Autohotkey | Actiona / Bash | |
| Clipboard |
Manager | CopyQ | CopyQ |
| File manager | light weight | Double commander | Double commander |
| heavy weight | Total commander | Krusader |
Multimedia
| Type | Subtype | Windows | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audio | Playback | Foobar | Foobnix / Deadbeef |
| Editing | Audacity | Audacity | |
| Video | Playback | Media player classic | VLC / SM Player |
| Recording | 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 |
|
| Java (free) | Netbeans | Netbeans | |
| Java (commercial) | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | |
| Java / Android | Android Studio | Android Studio | |
| MIPS | QtSpim | QtSpim | |
| Python | PyCharm | PyCharm | |
| Frameworks | Spring | Spring Tool suite | Spring Tool suite |