Application Suggestions For Zorin Spin

opticyclic wrote:I am looking for applications to replace some of the default ones.
However, I am not looking for run of the mill standard applications.
I am looking for ones that you might not have heard of or are more advanced than the default or just look better.

e.g.
Lightworks instead of Pitivi (Pitivi is a fully Free Software Application and suspect it may have been chosen over OpenShot which I had colour distortion and negative images in Zorin 11 - Zorin 11 came with KDEnlive - much better and might meet your needs similar to Lightworks
PeaZip instead of Archive Manager - peazip is in the repos - it should be anyway
Master PDF Editor instead of Evince
The reason why Master pdf Editor does not come on Zorin (or Uubuntu for that matter) is because it is proprietary software - but users can freely download the GNU/Linux version here:
http://get.code-industry.net/public/mas ... 0_i386.deb
It is what I used when attempting to write the unofficial manual for Zorin 6, together with pdfshuffler, which is in the repos.
Pinta instead of GIMP (Pinta is a 'simple' drawing program - I guess like Paint) If you want something really simple that young family members can also use then I would opt for 'TuxPaint' - and Pinta is in the repos to install.
JuffEd instead of Gedit Good discussion on Text Editors here: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=590558
WPS Office instead of Libre Office (WPS Office does NOT work with any screenreader on ANY platform! - if you have WPS as the 'de-facto' Office Suite on GNU/Linux you would deprive people with no sight access to an application that may be used on a daily basis. [Side-note: Orca, the GNU/Linux screenreader was developed by an employee of Sun Microsystems who had vision problems themselves - then the Gnome Project screw things up completely with the introduction of Gnome3!
Guayadeque instead of Rhythmbox (My personal preference for a fully featured music player has to be Clementine (cross platform) not least because it has the best visualisation - projectM)

etc etc

My plan is then to wrap it up in a script so I can install Zorin then run the script to do all the customisation.
Maybe using zenity or ncurses.

opticyclic wrote:Thanks for the reply.
For others, please don't restrict recommendations to the list in the original post.
Any application that replaces an existing application is welcome (and useful new ones).
Just make sure it looks good and has lots of features!
It doesn't matter if it is not in the repos.

One of the best examples I can think of is Git Kraken
It is quite new, feature-full and looks much better than any git viewer in the repos.