Open Source Software for Chrome OS
VLC Media Player
A free and open-souce cross-platform multimedia player software and streaming media server. VLC Media Player has been developed openly since 2001 by the VideoLAN project and is available for desktop and mobile devices. VLC Media Player is most commonly use to view videos and movies locally on your devices.
gedit
gedit is a free and open source IDE native to the GNOME desktop environment. With gedit you can work with a wide range of programming languages including C, C++, Java, JavaScript, HTML, XML, Python and Perl. The IDE automatically detect programming language and provide code color highlighting accordingly. It also include features like search and replace, spell checking, printing and support for most filte types.
Standard Notes
Standard Notes is a safe place for your notes, thoughts, and life's work. With Standard Notes you can create, edit and manage notes with a complete encrypted app that is free and open source.
Firefox
Firefox is a free and open source web browser developed by Mozilla Foundation and the community. Roughly 250 million people use Firefox to browse the web daily. The browser is loved by many and in the open-source world it's seen as the defacto web browser. Firefox is highly extensible, and provides an ecosystem for thousands of third-party add-ons, that can be used to extend the capability of the software. According to tests the Firefox outperform similar web browsers like Google Chrome and Safari. The Firefox project also takes deep pride in preserving user privacy in a world where more and more personal data is collected.
Android Studio
Android Studio is a Android development environment developed by Google. The platform is based on IntelliJ IDEA and provides integrated Android development tools used for creating, testing and debugging Android applications. Android Studio studio was created to provide a standard alternatives to the likes of Eclipse with Android Development Tools for Eclipse and other third-party providers.
GNOME Builder
GNOME Builder is an integrated development environment for the GNOME desktop environment. The IDE is built from the ground up to aid developers in building GNOME-base applications. GNOME Builder supports a vareity of programming languages including C/C++, Python, Rust, and Vala, as well as ctags integration for unsupported languages. The IDE provides functionallity for searching for files, classes, and functions with lightning fast fuzzy search, source code maps, side-by-side tiling, git intigration, application profiling using Sysprof, inline documentation and much more.
Atom
A free and open-source IDE for macOS, Linux, and Windows developed by GitHub Inc. The application is build on the Electron framework and provides a wide eco-system of add-ons that can be used to extend the IDE further. Atom is loved by developers across the globe.
Visual Studio Code
A free and open source IDE based on Electron and Atom, developed by Microsoft. Visual Studio Code or VS Code is an extensible IDE or coding editor that is loved by many developers around the globe. The editor combines a streamlined UI with advanced code assistance, code nagivation and intellisense.
Signal
Signal is a cross-platform encrypted messaging application that has a strong focus on privacy. The application is developed by Signal Messenger LLC and provides users with features like one-to-one and group messages, which can include files, voice notes, images and videos. The software is famous for being used by the whistleblower and privacy advocate Edward Snowden who once said "I use Signal every day, it is the most scalable encryption tool we have".
WPS Office
WPS Office is a powerful office suite that offers tools for writing documents, managing speadsheets and creating presentations. WPS Office features built-in spell check, keyboard shortcuts, view multiple documents, password protection, save to .pdf, convert to .doc .docx, mail merge, and an intuetive interface that makes you feel right at home. Included in the WPS Office suite is WPS Writer, WPS Spreadsheet, and WPSPresentation.