Bundled software
Are they usable out of the box?
D eepin ships with a large compliment of custom, homegrown applications to help you play music, videos, etc. Also on offer is the Chrome browser and Thunderbird email client. Instead of Libreoffice, the office suite of choice for most distributions, Deepin instead ships with WPS Office.
Elementary OS strives to provide a very simple and elegant design. It’s for this reason that it ships with lightweight apps that follow a simple design philosophy. It ships with Epiphany web browser, which is incredibly lightweight. One app of note is the
Ciano multimedia file converter, which can be used to convert audio, video and image files to different formats. These are complimented by a string of home-grown apps such as Music,
Video, Camera, Photos, etc. that perform the functions suggested by their names.
Manjaro ships with all the applications a user will most likely need on their desktop, such as Firefox, the Thunderbird email client, Kget download manager, VLC media player, etc. Also available is Timeshift, a system backup and restore tool. You can also connect the distribution to your Android device using the KDE Connect application.
With Zorin OS, you get the usual multimedia, office and internet apps such as the Totem video player, Rhythmbox audio player, www.techradar.com/pro/linux Libreoffice suite and the Firefox web browser. Also included is the Remmina desktop-sharing app, as well as the video editor Pitivi, GIMP image editor and Shotwell image viewer. Unlike the other distributions, Zorin OS also ships Déjà Dup, an easy-to-use tool to backup your data.