Useful linux apps

 Thanks to Derek Keats:

- General office tools (presentation, vector graphics, word processing, spreadsheets) - Libreoffice

- Advanced vector graphics (working with Adobe Illustrator and EPS files) - Inkskape

- Raster graphics (90% overlap with photoshop) - Gimp

- Video editing  - KDenlive (so far it has everything I have needed)

- Video recording - OBS (open broadcaster studio - the golden standard for live streamers also works well for recording)

- Text comparison - Meld (good for checking text between different documents)

- Backups and photo syncing -  GRSYNC

- Photo collection management - Digikam.

- RAW editing - Darktable (like Adobe lightroom without the cost)

- Audio recording and editing - Audacity

- Cellphone as webcam - Irun webcam

- Video optimisation and conversion - Handbrake

- Image to video with effects - PhotoFilmstrip

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