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Trying to discover new/unheard Linux desktop programs (Sorry for the confusion).

Edit: I apologise for confusing a lot of people. I meant Linux desktop “programs” coming from Windows/Mac. I'm used to calling them “apps”.

Edit: 🙌 I’m overwhelmed with the great “programs” people have recommended in the comment section. Thank you guys.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I really like Lunatask. It's a task/habit management app kind of like Todoist, but it works better for me personally. The premium version is quite expensive, but the free one is quite okay to work with. And it's still in development so a lot of features are missing (you can't set a time for a task for example which I find ridiculous).

Also Ghostwriter, it's a really nice minimalistic markdown editor. I wish it was a bit more customizable but I guess I could try emacs for that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Firefox. Syncthing. KeepassXC. (g)vim. ssh. git. htop. less.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Gvim is the worse of both worlds

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (6 children)

I use CoreCtrl to fix my GPU's atrocious fan curve, which is a necessity since normally it overheats to high hell. With CoreCtrl, I have a nice fan curve that makes my GPU rarely, if ever, run hotter than 70°C.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Syncthing, micro, fish, btop, podman

I distro hop so these are usually the first that get installed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Localsend, distrobox+podman and ublock origin just to name a few

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

For terminal, the first thing I install is Midnight Commander - dual pane file manager. https://midnight-commander.org/

For all of my physical Linux machines - Cockpit and Cockpit-File Sharing plugin.

Desktop

  • Thunderbird

  • Firefox

  • Vivaldi

  • Gnome

  • Chromium I use Firefox, wife uses Chromium and My WFH job I use Chrome. Vivaldi is a backup browser, I've been messing around with.

  • QEMU/LibVirtd - So I can run a Windows VM for my old Canon Lide 60 scanner which scans clearly there, otherwise in Linux, it's contrasted super grey for some reason.

  • Kopia-UI - Backup system which supports NFS Shares - set and forget type of setup.

  • VLC - Need I say more? Lol

  • OnlyOffice - Better aesthetically IMHO than LibreOffice

  • PDF Arranger - Works well to re-arrange pages or rotate them after scanning them in. (I self host Sterling PDF and will probably switch to that later)

And for some inspiration - the "Awesome Linux Software" list (Not mine) similar to the other Awesome lists you see around. https://github.com/luong-komorebi/Awesome-Linux-Software

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I discovered warpinator recently, useful for transferring files to my android phone.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Have you tried LocalSend? It's worked great for sending stuff to and from my phone and PC

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The first things I install on a fresh linux install are always htop (task manager) and micro (nano but better).

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Have you looked at btop by chance? More visually appealing to me,, but still in terminal.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have used both, but have stuck with nano. Why do you personally choose micro over nano?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It has shortcuts that feel a little more natural to me and the ootb theming makes files more easy to navigate.
I know you can also theme nano but I'm lazy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh no judgment, purely curiosity here.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Linux, system:

  • KDE Plasma (Dolphin, Kate, Kfind, Merkuro, shell, Spectacle)
  • Librewolf / hardened Firefox (system app because of user namespaces, which Flatpaks cant create)

Linux, Flatpak:

  • syncthingy
  • thunderbird
  • libreoffice
  • KDE: Okular, Gwenview, maybe soon digiKam
  • Qt: qBittorrent, Keepassxc
  • GNOME/Circle: Celluloid, PDF Arranger, Carburetor, Decoder, G4music, Railway, SimpleScan (or Skanlite), Impression, GIMP
  • GTK: localsend, GPU Screen recorder
  • Electron: Freetube, Signal, Cryptomator, Nextcloud
  • Podman: StirlingPDF

Android:

  • Fossify Gallery, Calendar
  • Material Files
  • Markor
  • Antennapod
  • Florisboard (or maybe Futo, but I dont need the fancy stuff yet)
  • Shelter
  • localsend
  • Obtainium
  • dict.cc
  • Grayjay
  • k9mail
  • soundbound (spotify), seal (ytdl)
  • öffi, kleine Wettervorschau
  • SaveTo...
  • mjpdf
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