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

submitted 2 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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[–] arran4@aussie.zone 7 points 2 days ago

# System
Distro: Gentoo Linux
Desktop Environment: KDE Plasma
Window Manager: kwin, twm, icewm
Shell: zsh
Terminal: Konsole, xterm, urxvt
Terminal Multiplexer: tmux
Application Launcher: -
Notification: -
Compositor: -
Panel: -
Audio: Pipewire

# The Web
Web Browser: Firefox (via flatpak)
Chat: Discord web, Beeper Text (App image)
Mesh VPN: -
DPI Bypass: -
Browser Picker: which_browser

# File Management
File Browser: Dolphin, mc, sf
File Sharing: scp
Torrent: torbox.app

# File Creation/Modification
Text Editor: vim, kate
LaTeX Editor: -
Image Editor: -
Video Editor: -
Audio Editor: -
Modelling: -
Document Editor: LibreOffice
Image Upscaler: -

# Software Dev
Code Editor: Jetbrains
Web Agent Manager: KJules
Agents: Jules, agy, codex
Github Notifier: kgithub-notify
Languages: Go, Flutter, Qt/C++
Git CLI: git / gh / gl

# File Viewing
Music Player: Strawberry, Spotify
Media Player: mpv
Image Viewer: -
Document Viewer: -

# Utility
Screenshotter: Spectacle
Pipewire Graph: -
Video Recorder: Spectacle
Color Picker: -
Default Apps: -
Clipboard History: klipper
Dotfile Manager: chezmoi
Network TUI: nmtui
Bluetooth TUI: -
Volume TUI: wiremix
Disk Analyzer: du, ncdu
Wallpaper: -
Chooser: -
Markdown Renderer: -
Socket CLI tool: socat, ss, nc

# Gaming
Game Launcher: Steam
Proton Manager: -

# Productivity
Flashcard: -
Whiteboard: tldraw
Password manager: bitwarden