The Best Apps for elementary OS (and other distros)

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elementary OS has managed to build a small, but robust ecosystem of apps that do one thing, but do it very well. These are one of the main draws to that specific distro, but most of them are also available outside of the elementary OS AppCenter, so let's take a look at some great applications for elementary OS, and if you can run them elsewhere.

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The first one is Ciano. It's a converter for any kind of format you'd like. It allows you to take any video, picture, or music file, and turn it into another format in a pinch. It's super fast, looks good and simple, and while it's not the best solution if you want to tweak a lot of settings before converting, it generally does an awesome job, and I use it all the time. Ciano allows multiple file conversions at the same time, and lets you pick the destination folder, or use the origin folder for the converted files. It's available on the AppCenter or on Flathub.

Next is Image optimizer. If you run a blog or a website, you'll need to make sure your images are compressed enough to not use too much space and guarantee speedy page loads. Image otpimizer is designed to do just that. It actually integrates into the file manager right click menu, so you can just select an image, right click on it, and optimize it immediately. I use it to reduce the file sizes on my website, thelinuxexp.com. The app is available on the AppCenter, or on Flathub.

TO complete this tour, there's Resizer. This is the useful counterpart to image optimizer, as it allows you to resize images in a pinch, from your right click menu in your file manager. You select a max height, or width, and the image will resize to ensure you don't lose the aspect ratio. It's extremely handy for my blog as well, and I recommend you grab it from the AppCenter. If youre using another distro, you can compile it from source, it's a pretty small one :)

Productivity tools

Let's get to work! First is Planner. Most of you know I love this application, and it really deserves another highlight. Planner is a project management application that lets you create folders, projects, and tasks in that order, with a bunch of bells and whistles. It syncs with a todoist account, or you can sync the database using any other sync tool you use, and it supports tags, due ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWP5tNugYhk