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You just installed a shiny new fresh install of Linux mint. What are your must install apps/tools?

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[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 26 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Whatever you need to be productive.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Brilliant.

This is like somebody asking you what you want for breakfast, and you say "Food".

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 1 points 2 hours ago

I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic, observant, or something else. There have been many a meal where I was asked what I wanted to eat and it's rare that I go beyond the words "surprise me", knowing full well that the person asking would eat the same as I was offered, making the "surprise", less of a risk and more of an adventure.

In this case, OP asked a completely unanswerable question to which there was absolutely no reasonable answer, since we know nothing about the person, their interests, their experience, the hardware they have access to, or anything remotely resembling a needs analysis.

So, even my answer, generic and random as it might appear, was based on how I use a computer, namely, to be productive. I've been using them for over 40 years, mostly like that, with some sojourns into art and personal expression, not nearly worthy of public scrutiny, but not specifically "productive" as such.

So .. what were you attempting to say?

[–] lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

➕ 💯

This is the correct answer. 👆

Not one of the other replies (so far) addresses the question to the OP: "What do you want to accomplish with the machine?".

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[–] thefactremains@lemmy.world 11 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

But OP is asking us. Presumably for the benefit of the community.

If you believe your answer would be more valuable to also include what you are trying to achieve, by all means, include that.