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What Software Do You Use? INCLUDING OPERATING SYSTEM (programming.dev)

submitted 3 days ago by Alphenex53@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev

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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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[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Default Apps: Selectdefaultapplication

What is this?

C'mon the only reason you made this post just so you can say you use Arch. :D It's the very first item in your list. I won't give an extensive list, but do a few recommendations for discoverability.

YouTube (watch):    FreeTube
YouTube (download): yt-dlp + my script yt-dlp-lemon
VPN:                Proton VPN Linux Client (GUI)
Virtual Machines:   virt-manager (QEMU/KVM)
Emulators:          RetroArch, Xemu, RPCS3, Cemu, yuzu
Offline Library:    Kiwiks (for Wikipedia, Stack Overflow and more)
GE Proton:          geprotondl (my own script)

I also use fzf for my custom scripts to create menus in terminal. I don't see it listed in your listing, and don't know what category it would be. So I mention it here. For my Zsh friends, I can recommend following extensions, especially zsh-abbr:

zsh-abbr
zsh-autosuggestions
zsh-completions
zsh-history-substring-search
zsh-syntax-highlighting
zsh-vi-mode

And... I use Rust, BTW.

[–] Alphenex53@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

Trust me I have no reason to mention I Arch, it isnt a thing that is seen as hard to install anymore anyway. Plus I just used the archinstall script because I couldnt be bothered at the time :D. I just made this post because people enjoy talking about what they use and so do I, also I may discover new programs such as Kiwiks now. As for FZF, I do use it but only for this. alias e='fd -H | fzf --height 99% --preview-window right:50% --preview "bat {}" | xargs -r $EDITOR'