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.
For software specifically for linux check these links:
General use
| Type | Windows | Linux |
|---|---|---|
| Archiving | 7zip | xarchiver / peazip |
| whereIsIt | whereIsIt (wine) | |
| Editors | Notepad++ | Notepad-qq |
| PSpad | Geany | |
| Viewers | Irfanview | nomacs okkular 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 | |
| JavaScript | VS code | VS code | |
| MIPS | MARS | MARS | |
| Pascal | Lazarus | Lazarus | |
| PHP | VS code | VS code | |
| Python | PyCharm | PyCharm | |
| Frameworks | Laravel | Netbeans | Netbeans |
| Spring | Spring Tool suite | Spring Tool suite |