A collection of my favorite software, many of which I use as alternatives to popular software that have moved to subscription-based models.

art
RawTherapee: adobe lightroom replacement that i've been using for a few years.
Krita: illustration program comparable to photoshop, clip studio paint, etc.
Inkscape: vector art program comparable to adobe illustrator.

media
AIMP: mp3 (and other) player
VLC Player
Audacity
MP3Tag: audio file tag & info manager.

text editor
VSCodium: basically vscode without the microsoft bloat
Sublime Text
Notepad++

pc management
OpenRGB: a neat open source RGB manager. works with all my stuff in my windows and ubuntu pc.

browsers
Pale Moon
Brave

productivity
WPS
Open Office
LibreOffice