The purpose of this page is to keep an, up to date, listing of the commercial software available for Linux desktops.
The focus here is on consumer (and pro-sumer) focused, desktop applications (not server and enterprise applications). Software normal people might use.
The list is by no means completel. Feel free to recommend any software you would like to see added to the list!
Utilities
RadicalCodex - $10.00 - Radical Breeze
eBook & Comic Book reader and organizer. Can sync to eBook reader devices.
DoThisNow - $10.00 - Radical Breeze
Personal desktop automation software. Scheduling and menu-launching configurable actions (change desktop background, screenshots, etc.).
VMWare Workstation - $189.00 - VMWare
Desktop virtualization (run Windows, etc. inside Linux).
Parallels Workstation - $49.99 - Parallels
Desktop virtualization (run Windows, etc. inside Linux).
CrossOver Linux - $39.95 to $69.95 - CodeWeavers
Install many popular Windows productivity applications, plugins and games in Linux, without needing a Microsoft Operating System license.
TurboPrint - $38.94 - ZEDOnet
Professional printing system for Linux.
Games
World of Goo - $20.00 - 2D Boy
A physics based puzzle / construction game.
Eschalon: Book 1 - $19.95 - Basilisk Games
A classic role-playing game experience that will take you across massive outdoor environments and deep into sprawling dungeons.
On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness - $14.95 - Hothead Games
Adventure-RPG from the minds that bring us Penny-Arcade.
Vendetta Online - $9.99 / Month - Guild Software
Massively multiplayer, space combat and trading with an emphasis on space flight simulation.
Doom 3 - Various - Activision
It’s Doom 3. Doom. 3.
Cedega - $45 / Year - Transgaming
Run many Windows games on Linux.
Penumbra Series - $20 - Frictional Games
Survival / Horror 3D game.
Graphics / Design
Pixel - $50.00 - Pavel Kanzelsberger
Pixel is a RGB, CMYK and HDR image editing, photo retouching, graphics manipulating and animation program.
Radical Comic Designer - $10.00 - Radical Breeze
Comic strip and comic book designing software.
Audio / Video
Fluendo Codec Pack - EUR 28.00 - Fluendo
High quality, and properly licensed, audio and video codecs for playing back a wide variety of content.
PowerDVD Linux - $49.95 - Cyberlink
DVD video playback software.
Renoise is a complete music production environment for Linux. Automatic plug-in delay compensation, support for VST and AU plugins, multi-core load balancing, MIDI i/o, audio recording, 4096 PPQ resolution and parameter automation.
Software Development
REALbasic - Various (Free - $299) - REALsoftware
Cross platform (Linux, Windows, Mac) integrated development environment. Linux Standard edition is free.
Runtime Revolution - Various - Runtime Revolution
Cross platform (Linux, Windows, Mac) development environment. Similar, in many ways, to Hypercard.