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Must install apps/tools (lemmy.world)
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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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[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I'm going to try to mention things I haven't seen already written, though I may repeat some of the more important ones to me.

(In no particular order)

Terminal:

  • Kitty (Main Terminal)
  • Fish (Terminal Prompt)
  • Neovim (Code/Text editing)
  • Zoxide (a directory changer; once you go to a directory, you can type z and a partial name to go back to it)
  • Atuin (a command history lister, can get a key and bring over commands from other systems)
  • Midnight Commander (CLI file manager)
  • Btop (CLI system monitor)
  • Palette (I do a lot of theming in different configs as well as HTML/CSS, so its nice to have something to quick convert hex to RGB).

GUI:

  • Timeshift (backup/restore)
  • Eddie (for AirVPN)
  • novelWriter (my FAVORITE writing tool for my books)
  • Floorp (Firefox fork browser)
  • Conky Manager 2 (desktop monitoring widgets)
  • Rofi (keyboard launcher)
  • firewalld (tried this out recently, good firewall)
  • Flameshot (ALWAYS; its my favorite screenshot tool)
  • MPV (I still get VLC, but opt for MPV most of the time for videos/streaming)
  • Speedcrunch (A+ calculator)
  • Steam
  • Lutris
  • Protonup-QT (to inject GE Proton into Steam/Lutris)
  • Stremio (a great little streaming tool)

I would like to add that I do use Arch, but I'm fairly sure 99% of these packages, if not all of them, are available for most other distros.

For CLI lovers: Check out Terminal Trove

Edit: I did see that someone mentioned no explanations on the apps, so I tried to put a little blurb on each.