My Linux Application Recommendations

Video Players -
  Recommended : CMPlayer, VLC, SMPlayer2, SMPlayer, xt7-Player
  Minimalistic: mpv, mplayer2, mplayer

Music Players -
  Recommended : Guayadeque, gmusicbrowser, Banshee, Rhythmbox, Quod Libet, Clementine
  Minimalistic: DeaDBeeF, mpDris2
  Terminal    : mpd+ncmpcpp, cmus, VLC, moc

Torrent Clients -
  Recommended : Deluge, KTorrent, qBittorrent, Tixati
  Minimalistic: Transmission, ruTorrent
  Terminal    : rTorrent, Deluge-Console, Transmission-CLI

Web Browsers -
  Recommended : Firefox, Chromium, Iceweasel, Opera
  Minimalistic: Midori
  Terminal    : ELinks, Lynx, w3m

Programming Text Editors -
  Recommended : gVim, Emacs, gedit, Kate, Acme
  Terminal    : Vim, Emacs, nano

File Managers -
  Recommended : Dolphin, Nemo, Nautilus
  Minimalistic: SpaceFM, PCManFM, Thunar
  Terminal    : Ranger, Midnight Commander, Vifm

Terminal Emulators -
  Recommended           : Konsole, Terminology, Guake, Yakuake, Terminator, GNOME-Terminal
  Minimalistic          : Sakura, urxvt, evilvte, LXTerminal, xfce4-terminal, xterm
  Terminal (multiplexer): tmux

Image Viewers -
  Recommended : Gwenview, XnView MP, Picasa, gThumb
  Minimalistic: Geeqie, feh
  Framebuffer : fbv, fim, jfbview

Content Creation -
  Image : GIMP, Inkscape, Krita, KolourPaint
  3D    : Maya, Blender
  Audio : LMMS, Ardour, Audacity
  Video : Kdenlive

Game Console Emulators -
  Atari - Hatari, Stella, Atari++, atari800

  NES           - Higan, Nestopia, FCEUX, TuxNES, Termboy (terminal)
  SNES          - Higan, Snes9x, ZSNES
  N64           - Mupen64Plus, CuteMupen, CEN64
  Gamecube      - Dolphin
  Wii           - Dolphin
  Virtual Boy   - Reality Boy
  Game Boy      - Higan, Gambatte
  Game Boy Color- VBA-M, Higan, Gambatte
  GBA           - VBA-M, Higan
  DS            - DeSmuME

  Playstation - PCSXR, ePSXe, psx
  PS2         - PCSX2
  PSP         - PPSSPP

  Sega Master System - Kega-Fusion, Osmose, Dega
  Sega Mega Drive    - Kega-Fusion, Regen, Generator, DGen
  Sega Genesis       - Kega-Fusion, Gens/GS, Gens, Regen, Generator, DGen
  Sega CD            - Kega-Fusion, Gens/GS, Gens
  Sega Saturn        - Yabause
  Sega Dreamcast     - lxdream
  Sega Game Gear     - Kega-Fusion, Osmose, Dega

  DOS - DOSBox

More Games -
  Steam Major - Left 4 Dead 2, Portal, Half Life, Half Life 2, Counterstrike, Team Fortress 2, Garry's Mod, Dota 2
  Steam Other - Kerbal Space Program, Starbound, Pixel Piracy, Rogue Legacy, Prison Architect, Rust, Beat Hazard, Faster Than Light, Dungeons of Dredmore
  FOSS - Stepmania, Tales of Maj'Eyal, Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup, Cube 2, 0AD, Planeshift, Xonotic
  PlayOnLinux - Skyrim, Oblivion, Morrowind, Warcraft 2, Starcraft, Starcraft 2
  Other - Dwarf Fortress