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Which default software do you replace after you install your distro? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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After I install Linux Mint (which is the distro I have settled on), I replace:

Thunderbird with Betterbird
Firefox with Librewolf (I also install Brave for web services that need a chromium browser).
Celluloid / Rythmbox with VLC player
Default Libreoffice with latest Libreoffice from source.
ClipIt/Parcellite with xfce4-clipman

I find this to be my optimal setup and these software give me the extra quality of life that make my workflows easier.

What software do you replace and install on your distro of choice?

Edit: I forgot to say I replace sudo with doas. That's something my friend told me to do although I personally don't find any immediate working advantage with it.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Apps I replace with newer versions (on Mint too):

LibreOffice, with the latest .deb from their website
Celluloid, with mpv. I cannot tell how much I appreciate mpv even though it sucks with DVD, for which I use VLC ;)
yt-dlp, with the latest version available from git
Screenshot, with Ksnip.
Whatever the default image viewer is, with Pix.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Rustdesk, so I can remote into my main computer and the others I manage.

PWAs For Firefox.

And that's about it.

I use Debian BTW. (Was on Fedora but killed it when there were sound issues, turned out to Rustdesk at fault. Can't do Mint as it boots to black screen.)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

I install the minimal version and go from there.

[–] [email protected] 112 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I don't replace anything. I just install what I need from the beginning.

And yes, I run Arch btw. :D

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