Top 100 Free Linux Downloads

Freeware is the popular type of download because, well, its free. Below is a list of the top 100 Linux freeware downloads from our sister site Tucows.com.

You will find the top utilities, security programs, video converters, players, converters and games available for Linux computers. These Linux freeware titles are ranked according to how many times they have been downloaded in the last two weeks from the Tucows.com freeware library.

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Acrobat Reader
This program allows you to view, navigate and print PDF files.

unRAR
The unRAR utility is a freeware program that is distributed with source code and developed...

USB View
USB View is a gtk+ program that displays the topography of the devices that are plugged...

Eagle
The Easily Applicable Graphical Layout Editor, or EAGLE, is an easy-to-use, yet powerful...

Cpanel
The Configurator Panel is a tool designed to set up network cards, printers, modems,...

PuTTY for Linux
PuTTY is a terminal emulator application which can act as a client for the SSH, Telnet,...

Quicktime 4 Linux
This program is intended for content creation and uncompressed movies.

Portmap
This is an RPC server that provides boot information to diskless clients.

Math Toolkit
Does simple numerical and algebraic operations on equations.

RealPlayer Free
RealPlayer lets you download YouTube videos and other web videos with one mouse click and...

GMount ISO for Ubuntu
Gmount-iso is a small tool written using PyGTK and Glade.

Gtk Guitar Effects Processor
GtkGEP turns your computer into a real-time effects processor.

kturtle
This is a simple fractal generator for Koch-like fractals.

Google Chrome Browser for Ubuntu (32-bit)
The web browser is arguably the most important piece of software on your computer.

Ubuntu (32-Bit)
Productivity tools: Ubuntu supports all of your favourite web-based mail programs like...

FSViewer
FSViewer is a FileViewer look-alike for Window Maker.

Ethereal
This network protocol analyzer allows you to examine data from a live network or from a...

Ghostview
Ghostview allows viewing and navigation of PostScript and PDF documents.

gmap
gmap is a map viewer with support for temporary data (time bounded data) and work with...

Minicom
Minicom is a communications program that resembles the MSDOS Telix.

Flowplayer
FlowPlayer is a video player for Flash Video in FLV format.

TitOT
This is a connect-four game with 3 playing modes, 9 difficulty levels and 25 background...

ProzGUI
ProzGUI is a graphical front-end to the ProZilla download accelerator.

GD graphics library
The GD Image Creation Library is an ANSI C library for the dynamic creation of images.

Skype for Ubuntu (32-bit)
We're excited to announce a new beta version for Linux, with extra features and better...

Xmgr
X/Motif 2D data analysis/plotting tool with exporting to PostScript, HPGL or FrameMaker...

OpenOffice for Fedora (32-bit)
OpenOffice 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing,...

GNU Debugger
This is a full-featured, command driven debugger. It allows you to trace the executions of...

Google Chrome Browser for Ubuntu (64-bit)
The web browser is arguably the most important piece of software on your computer.

Skype for Ubuntu (64-Bit)
We're excited to announce a new beta version for Linux, with extra features and better...

Chromium 64-bit
Chromium is an open-source browser project that provides a safer, faster, and more stable...

VLC for Linux (VideoLAN)
VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video...

SocialNetwork like Facebook website
Including Plugins: Audio / Video Chat, Video, Music, Polls, Employment, Events, GMap,...

BNC
BNC is an IRC proxying server. It allows users to connect to chat servers by bouncing off...

STK
This is a R4RS scheme interpreter with TK toolkit access.

Virtual Game Boy
Virtual Game Boy is an emulator for a portable video game system produced by Nintendo.

Hello Kitty Ubuntu Theme
Hello Kitty Gnome desktop theme for Ubuntu Linux. Hello Kitty its a Sanrio trade mark.

Java 2 Software Development Kit
These are the essential Java 2 SDK, tools, runtimes, and APIs for developers who are...

erwin
erwin is a simple HTML editor, based on GTK+.

SWI-Prolog
SWI-Prolog is a Prolog compiler targeted primarily at research and education.

ktouch
KTouch is a touch-typing tutor with levels and support for different keyboard languages.

DOS Emulator
This package enables you to run a number of DOS programs under Linux.

Xeoma for Linux
Xeoma - Video Surveillance Software with intuitive interface and flexible graph.

kdiff
kdiff is a KDE front-end to diff, a utility designed to make patches.

gOS
gOS is an easy-to-use, Ubuntu-based distribution designed for less technical computer...

RedHat Package Manager
RPM is the Redhat Package Manager. It makes installing and uninstalling source code or...

GCC G77
This program offers GNU C Compiler support for Fortran.

Tripwire
Tripwire is a straightforward tool with a single purpose: to detect any variance in file...

Ubuntu (64-bit)
Productivity tools: Ubuntu supports all of your favourite web-based mail programs like...

AVI file
This video player is similar in concept to Xine. It was created in response to Xanim's...

Airfart
This is a wireless tool created to detect wireless devices, calculate their signal...

Captura
Lets you take screenshots of the full screen, a section of the screen or set a timer to...

Plan
Plan is a desktop calendar and day planner. Appointments, notes, todo items, vacations and...

Hannah Montana Linux
Hannah Montana Linux is a free operating system based on Kubuntu with a Hannah Montana...

Resume Builder
Resume & Cover Letter Builder including samples & templates.

Seo Panel
A complete open source seo control panel for managing search engine optimization of your...

Bypass Proxy Client
This network privacy tool prevents would-be snoopers from monitoring your surfing,...

Babala for Linux
Out of some high monastery comes Babala, a simple logical game with elements of move...

NPS
NPS provides non-preemptive scheduling for multiple threads of execution inside server...

Kwatee Agile Deployment
Kwatee Agile Deployment is a free language-agnostic tool that deploys web applications or...

Wine
Think of Wine as a compatibility layer for running Windows programs.

GNU Chess
This is the famous GNU chess program. It is text-based, but it can be used in conjunction...

Kaffeine
Kaffeine is a full-featured multimedia player for Linux.

MPP Free Edition
This software is for those who use SpamAssassin and ClamAV with Sendmail, QMail, Postfix,...

Klotski
In this game, the object is to move the various pieces around in order to get the red...

ePSXe
Play PlayStation games on your Linux box!

Opera Browser 32-bit Linux
Opera is one of the fastest Web browsers available, and offers many powerful features with...

mtr
Mtr combines the functionality of Traceroute and Ping in a single network diagnostic tool.

OpenAL
With OpenAL it is possible to create three-dimensional sound across many platforms, such...

HandBrake for Linux 32-bit
HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder,...

xremote
xremote is a simple tool that lets you grab the mouse and keyboard of another machine and...

Expect
Expect is a tool for automating interactive applications like Telnet, FTP, Passwd, Fsck,...

Content Filter Web Proxy SafeSquid
SafeSquid is a Free Content Filter Web Proxy Server - BROWSER BASED INTERFACE, VERY FAST...

OpenOffice for Ubuntu (32-bit)
OpenOffice 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing,...

Xtraceroute
Xtraceroute is a graphical version of the traceroute program, which traces the route that...

Dlume
This is a Gtk 2-based address book. You can easily add, edit, and delete records from an...

CI Hex Viewer (Linux)
CI Hex Viewer is a multi-platform hexadecimal viewer and editor specially designed to...

jabber server
Jabber is an open IM platform designed to be open, fast, and easy to use and extend.

PVM
Parallel Virtual Machine is a portable message-passing programming system designed to link...

Gstring
Gstring is yet another guitar tuning application. It requires a soundcard, a microphone,...

Mrtg
The Multi Router Traffic Grapher is designed to monitor the traffic load on network links.

Debian Lenny
Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer.

ClanBomber
This is a Bomberman clone that features very nice graphics and superb gameplay.

Midnight Commander
The GNU Midnight Commander is a UNIX file manager and shell.

GTKdiff
GTKdiff is a diff front-end program that uses GTK+.

wMail
wMail is the most advanced unified messaging platform for businesses of all sizes.

GNU GZIP
This is the popular GNU file compression and decompression program, Gzip.

Tcl
Tcl provides a portable scripting environment that supports string processing and pattern...

ImPress
ImPress is a WYSIWYG layout program designed especially for Linux.

OpenSolaris 2009
OpenSolaris is an operating system (OS), an open source project licensed under CDDL, and a...

FCheck
Fcheck is a script written in Perl that provides intrusion detection and policy...

Mixmos
This is a GTK2-based OSS mixer program.

SuDoku
This is an addictive puzzle game where you are required to complete a grid of 81 cells...

Quotes
Quotes is a Perl script that fetches up to 10 company stock quotes and prints the...

TOra - Toolkit for Oracle
TOra is a cross platform toolkit for Oracle which aims to help the DBA or developer of...

Blockade
Blockade is a block sliding puzzle game for X11.

Deltree
This is a multi-user program that gives you a recycled directory, just like in KDE,...

Dcalc
Dcalc is a simple curses-based RPN calculator for UNIX and Linux with stats, financial and...

Firewalk
Firewalk is a technique developed by MDS and DHG that employs traceroute-like techniques...

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kmail
kmail is a full-featured e-mail client that fits nicely into KDE.

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