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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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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 7 points 17 hours ago

Flat seal if you are a flatpak gamer. Also gamemode

Portmaster if you want to manually control each network connection. It has nice lists that blocks a lot of trash by default but it can break websites and games.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Xournalpp - a fantastic tool for journalling (on X/twitter) your peeing habits.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Tmux - a nice tool for telephoning elon musk

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Wezterm - a utility for tracking the term limits of Wez Anderson style presidencies

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml -2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Cheese - a fantastic tool for ordering dairy products online

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

OBS - a diagnostic tool for tracking ordinary bowel movements

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Ncdu - a great overview tool of Nicolas Cage's Dark Universe franchise

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

tree - plants a christmas tree each time its called

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

datamash - Provides great montages and mashupa of Data's escapades from Star Trek

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 17 hours ago

Imagemagick - Explores the magical music of Imogen Heap

[–] buwho@lemmy.ml 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] mark@fasheng.ing 1 points 13 hours ago

vim and docker

[–] vegetvs@kbin.earth 1 points 18 hours ago

Gimp, Oh my ZSH and VS Code.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 0 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Firefox with uBlock Origin and Consent-O-Matic. Oh, wait, you said "Linux Mint", not "every single OS, for work, personal, and mobile use".

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