You just installed a shiny new fresh install of Linux mint. What are your must install apps/tools?

  • tomatoely@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    2 days ago

    LocalSend for quick local network file sharing from my phone that just werks. I prefer it over kde connect because the latter uses lots of random ports that kinda bloat my firewall whitelist. I know there is an alternative called warpinator, but I don’t see a reason to change my preferences for now.

  • ssillyssadass@lemmy.world
    61·
    2 days ago

    There’s a lot of letters here, but nobody is explaining what they mean. How do I know what I need? I’m not gonna install everything, or look up every single program to see.

  • Geodad@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    If you use the terminal and have a tendency to fat finger commands, I would recommend “The Fuck”.

    It always makes me smile to type fuck into the terminal. 🙂

  • BaconIsAVeg@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    I keep a list on my backup partition:

    $ cat packages.list

appimagelauncher
base-devel
aws-cli
aws-session-manager-plugin
bat
bob
direnv

discord
docker-compose
dog
dotnet-sdk
erdtree
eza
fastfetch
github-cli
httpie
k9s
krita
kubectx
lazygit

mariadb-clients
megacmd
minikube
mpd
mtr
mumble
nvtop
obs-studio
ollama-rocm
qalculate-gtk
restic
siege
speedtest-cli

steam
terraform
tig
timeshift-autosnap
tree-sitter
virt-manager
virt-viewer
yazi
yq
ttf-jetbrains-mono-nerd
ttf-liberation
ttf-meslo-nerd-font-powerlevel10k
ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols
ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols-common
ttf-roboto
wine
wine-gecko
wine-mono
winetricks
playerctl
php
php-gd
php-sodium
streamdeck-ui
speedtest-cli
zoxide
zsh
ripgrep
fd
dry-bin
kitty
xdotool
tmux
tmux-plugin-manager
sublime-text-4
trash-cli
  • Beryl@lemmy.ml
    10·
    2 days ago

    For me personally I install kitty terminal and integrate it with fish asap. Then I waste a bunch of time customizing it to my liking. My preferred text editor is Kate regardless of what DE I’m using and I usually get bleachbit for basic cleanup.

  • Engywook@lemm.ee
    5·
    2 days ago
    • Kate
    • Yakuake
    • Brave, Vivaldi, Chromium
    • LibreOffice (I use Calc a lot)
    • Kate
    • Ocular
    • DoH-client
    • htop
    • ncdu
    • Windscribe
    • virt-manager

    … and more I can’t remember right now, because it’s too early in the morning.

    EDIT:

    • nano
    • mc (midnight commander)
  • Mwa@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago
    • GIMP (with photogimp patch)
    • Steam
    • Librewolf (I could also opt for a chromium based browser)
    • Tor Browser (to browse onion links/throwaway browser)
    • Heroic Games Launcher
    • Prism Launcher
    • latest Java lts (either from adoptium or openjdk i dont care about flashy new features)
    • Libreoffice Still (similar to the second reason above and onlyoffice in appimage due to Libreoffice weird handling with ppsx files and powerpoints)
    • QEMU/KVM with virt manager
    • Gnome evolution (if it’s gtk desktop I could opt for other email clients)
    • Proton-GE
    • WINE
    • Ghostty(Kinda sucks it’s based on libadwaita and gnome forces this theme on you no matter your desktop)
    • Fish/ZSH(fish not having posix compatibility is kinda annoying)
    • MPV (I could still use vlc but I prefer mpv because it can stream youtube links)
    • ytp-dl(I can opt for a gui for convenience sake)
    • BTOP
    • Fastfetch
  • WalnutLum@lemmy.ml
    3·
    2 days ago

    guix and/or nix

    Both are functional package managers and manage dependency trees better than flatpak IMO (also the package description languages mean you can manipulate the package definitions at install time much easier)

    If you can’t find a package in guix/nix then it behooves you to use flatpak

  • lordnikon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    2 days ago

    Timeshift is number 1

    Also it’s recommended to not reinstall a bunch of stuff and just install the app when you needed it that’s the power of Linux. Unless you just want to learn the software then disregard

    • over_clox@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 days ago

      I found Timeshift to be a disappointment. I tested it as I was setting my system up.

      • Install Linux Mint, obviously.
      • Install most main software I want.
      • Do a Timeshift backup.
      • Install more software I might want to try eventually.
      • Restore the Timeshift backup.

      Result: The system still thought all the extra software packages were installed, but none of them actually worked. Like, if Timeshift is gonna uninstall packages that weren’t present in the last backup, shouldn’t it also unregister those packages as well?

      To fix all that crap, I had to force reinstall all packages, which takes about as long as a full OS reinstall, but I was already happy with the rest of the configuration, so I ran…

      sudo aptitude reinstall '~i'

      • lemmeBe@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        2 days ago

        Had similar experience with snapshots. Restore to the last working version just to find the same issue that’s been bothering me.

        Then went back to the classic approach with 👻 images and Rescuezilla.

        With NVME drive, it takes 7min to backup 60Gb, and 3min to restore it.

  • Matriks404@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 days ago
    • Anki
    • Beyond Compare
    • Discord
    • GIMP (Not sure if it’s installed by default on Linux Mint) with PhotoGIMP patch.
    • GnuCash
    • GParted
    • KeePassXC
    • KWrite + Kate
    • Pinta
    • qbittorrent
    • Steam
    • Telegram
    • Thunderbird
    • virt-manager
    • VLC
    • Wine
  • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    2 days ago

    CopyQ is an advanced clipboard manager. Gimp is great but Pinta is easy for quick, minor image adjustments. System Monitor is an applet that displays system information by double clicking on a taskbar icon. If you use VPNs, the IP Indicator applet shows the country of your public IP or customized icon when matching ISP is found.

    • balsoft@lemmy.ml
      2·
      2 days ago

      I’ve actually found RawTherapee to be slightly faster for what I’m doing (slight edits to my amateur photography)