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This is just for discovering new software. I created mine so I don't forget the programs I use when setting up a new machine. You can skip the obvious ones. Here, I'll start:

# System
Distro: Arch Linux
Window Manager: i3
Shell: Zsh (OMZ)
Terminal: Kitty
Terminal Multiplexer: Tmux
Application Launcher: Rofi
Notification: Dunst
Compositor: Picom
Panel: Polybar
Audio: Pipewire

# The Web
Web Browser: Librewolf, Helium
Chat: Discord, Element
Mesh VPN: Zerotier
DPI Bypass: B4

# File Management
File Browser: Thunar, Yazi
File Sharing: LocalSend
Torrent: qBitTorrent
Git CLI: Lazygit

# File Creation/Modification
Text Editor: Micro
Code Editor: Helix, Zed
LaTeX Editor: Gummi
Image Editor: GIMP, Krita
Video Editor: Kdenlive, Blender
Audio Editor: Audacity
Modelling: Blender
Document Editor: LibreOffice, Xournal++
Image Upscaler: Upscayl

# File Viewing
Music Player: Strawberry
Media Player: MPV
Image Viewer: Ristretto
Document Viewer: Papers

# Utility
Screenshotter: Flameshot
Pipewire Graph: QPWGraph
Video Recorder: OBS
Color Picker: XColor
Default Apps: Selectdefaultapplication
Clipboard History: greenclip
Dotfile Manager: yadm
Network TUI: impala, nmtui
Bluetooth TUI: bluetui
Volume TUI: wiremix
Disk Analyzer: ncdu
Wallpaper: xwallpaper
Chooser: choose
Markdown Renderer: glow

# Gaming
Game Launcher: Steam, Faugus, Prism, Sober
Proton Manager: ProtonUp-QT

# Productivity
Flashcard: Anki
Whiteboard: Drawy
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[–] provectus@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Each part of my system must do one thing and do it well.

Terminal: st

Shell: bash

Wm: DWM

Launcher: dmenu

Image viewer: sxiv

Browser: surf

Irc: weechat

RSS reader: newsraft

Messaging: signal

Password manager: pass

Video game: SuperTuxKart

Cad: blender

Text editor: vim

GNU/Linux distro: gentoo

File manager: GNU coreutils