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October 12, 2021 at 11:37 pm #197886
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October 12, 2021 at 11:38 pm #197887
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Guestneofetch so you can post in the desktop thread you tourist fuck
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October 12, 2021 at 11:38 pm #197888
Anonymous
Guestbrave browser
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October 12, 2021 at 11:41 pm #197889
Anonymous
Guestdesktop thread is for scrotes, im genuinely asking
neofetch so you can post in the desktop thread you tourist fuck
fuck off shill
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October 13, 2021 at 3:56 am #197950
Anonymous
Guesthave a nice day scrote
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October 13, 2021 at 5:44 am #197953
Anonymous
Guestdid you mix up who to reply to anon
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on my surface with fedora i have
krita,vlc,libreoffice,xournal++,qbittorent,zoom,signal, and most of the stuff gnome ships with
maybe get ffmpeg for converting but i dont know if it has a GUI version
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October 13, 2021 at 3:52 am #197949
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GuestDon’t fall for the meme, brave just replaces 3rd party trackers with their own, even if you opt-out of the crypto advertisement thing.
Unless you’re a pajeet or a 12yo coomer, you don’t need to trade your privacy for some worthless shitcoin.
better stay away from that scummy company
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October 12, 2021 at 11:41 pm #197890
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Guestplasma-shell
kate
qbittorrent
partitionmanager
yay
flameshot
lutris
mangohud
Firefox
simolescreenrecorder
konsole
dolphin – absolute must have. best file manager
ark
kdeconnect
timeshift
sddm
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October 12, 2021 at 11:54 pm #197910
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GuestI’ve heard some of them from I’ll check the rest
im fine with flatpak, I’ve read some stuff about snap guess im gonna stay away from that
Clonezilla so you can easily revert back to a Windows image.
>Windows 11
Close. Windows 10.unironically install windows 11
as a nigerian
i have Windows 11 on my pc literally just to play games, which is something i do very rarely nowadays
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October 12, 2021 at 11:59 pm #197912
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Guestfair warning, Snap is only autistic because of Canonicals licensing. besides that it’s perfectly fine
flatpak is a mess and an excuse for scrotebrained developers to be lazy
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October 13, 2021 at 12:07 am #197916
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Guest>i have Windows 11 on my pc literally just to play games, which is something i do very rarely nowadays
So what DO you use your PC for?
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October 13, 2021 at 3:30 am #197944
Anonymous
Guestlooks good
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October 13, 2021 at 4:09 am #197951
Anonymous
Guestreplace yay with paru
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October 13, 2021 at 2:33 pm #197966
Anonymous
Guestdecent list, can confirm
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October 12, 2021 at 11:42 pm #197891
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GuestWindows 11
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October 12, 2021 at 11:46 pm #197898
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GuestClonezilla so you can easily revert back to a Windows image.
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October 12, 2021 at 11:51 pm #197905
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GuestClonezilla so you can easily revert back to a Windows image.
>Windows 11
Close. Windows 10.>t. needs external verification for their choice of operating system
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October 13, 2021 at 1:36 am #197942
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Guesthttps://i.4cdn.org/g/1634088968095.jpg
>Windows 11
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October 12, 2021 at 11:42 pm #197892
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GuestConfigure what ever your distro uses for a firewall. fail2ban if you enabled sshd. Flatpak (or snap if you are I to that sort of thing. A good terminal emulator. I like Tilix if you are a fellow GNOMie. Firefox and ungoogled Chromium for incompatible sites. Idk other cool shit you’re into. A good editor.
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October 12, 2021 at 11:45 pm #197896
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Guest>flatpak
>snap
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October 12, 2021 at 11:48 pm #197901
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GuestMeh, I keep games stuff on Flatpak. Deal with it.
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October 12, 2021 at 11:50 pm #197904
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GuestGames on Flatpak? The fuck?
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October 13, 2021 at 12:06 am #197915
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GuestSteam etc
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October 13, 2021 at 12:19 am #197922
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GuestWhy?
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October 13, 2021 at 12:20 am #197924
Anonymous
Guestmost games run fine with Steam Proton
unless you’re an addict to spyware games like Valorant
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October 13, 2021 at 12:21 am #197926
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GuestNo, I mean – why install Steam through flatpak? Why not just a normal binary?
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October 13, 2021 at 12:23 am #197928
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Guestoh idk, maybe you enjoy sucking Tobias Bernard’s fat load down your throat every few days
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October 13, 2021 at 12:25 am #197930
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GuestElaborate.
Who is he and why should I care?
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October 13, 2021 at 12:31 am #197934
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GuestOther replier isn’t me. It’s because I don’t wanna make my computer more of a toy than it has to be. I only manage work stuff in my nix config.
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October 13, 2021 at 6:39 am #197956
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GuestNot him, but I think running pozzed apps (discord, steam, zoom etc.) through flatpak would be better than running them natively, without sandboxing. Am I wrong?
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October 12, 2021 at 11:44 pm #197893
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Guestsed
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October 12, 2021 at 11:44 pm #197894
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GuestFoliate for eBooks
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October 12, 2021 at 11:45 pm #197895
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October 12, 2021 at 11:45 pm #197897
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GuestAutokey
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October 12, 2021 at 11:49 pm #197902
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GuestAutoblow
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October 12, 2021 at 11:47 pm #197899
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October 12, 2021 at 11:47 pm #197900
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October 12, 2021 at 11:49 pm #197903
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GuestWindows
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October 12, 2021 at 11:52 pm #197906
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Guestunironically install windows 11
as a nigerian
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October 12, 2021 at 11:52 pm #197907
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Guestvim
GNU screen
ffmpeg
Mozilla Thunderbird
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October 12, 2021 at 11:53 pm #197908
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Guestcmatrix
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October 12, 2021 at 11:53 pm #197909
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GuestA VM to run Windows so you can actually get shit done instead of spending two hours trying to install some esoteric peace of software.
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October 12, 2021 at 11:57 pm #197911
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Guesthttps://i.imgur.com/1JCND2e.gif
ksnip – simple screenshot tool that’s very similar to the windows snipping tool
OBS – good screen recorder/streamer
KdenLive – nice and simple video editor
GIMP/Krita – both are good options for image editors, although I think Krita is more for art
Kate – Notepad++-like text editor
youtube-dl – easy way to download YouTube videosEnjoy your OS
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October 13, 2021 at 12:04 am #197914
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Guest>kate
im using notepadqq atm guess I’ll check that out too
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October 13, 2021 at 12:04 am #197913
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GuestGNOME (Firefox, gedit, Evince, etc)
GNOME Tweaks
mpv
Librewolf
Transmission
Virtualbox (for windows vm)
GIMP/Krita
Calibre
Drawing (flathub)
rclone
youtube-dl
ffmpeg
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October 13, 2021 at 12:11 am #197917
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Guestrclone looks neat, thanks
nothing it literally just sits there, and i only use it once in a while since i prefer to do my work on laptop
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October 13, 2021 at 12:16 am #197920
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Guestuse Syncthing
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October 13, 2021 at 2:34 pm #197967
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Guestok now THIS is woke af
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October 13, 2021 at 12:12 am #197918
Distrosurfer
Guestpywal
Zsh
i3
Cheat.sh or tldr or thefuck
Depending on how new to linix you are-
October 13, 2021 at 12:17 am #197921
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Guestwhy zsh?
you need to be at least 18 to post on this site? or maybe you’re just a scrote?
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October 13, 2021 at 12:20 am #197925
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GuestDO NOT bother with any other shell than bash. If you are curious, try it.
But do not consider it as a default option. It’s a meme that might seem cool at first but bash is the defacto standard and all scripts are made to work with it. It’s light, fast and it werks.-
October 13, 2021 at 12:26 am #197931
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Guestgot it
Either use konsole or terminator for a better experience.
Use tmux as a last resort.isn’t tmux just something that binds terminal in 1 window?
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October 13, 2021 at 12:29 am #197932
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GuestAs far as I’m concerned, that’s what usually happens.
It’s a cute way to have terminal splitting/tabs without the terminal emulator supporting it.
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October 13, 2021 at 12:51 am #197937
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GuestI like the plugins there isn’t anything wrong with bash but I like zsh, autosuggestions/sudo/systemadmin plugins.
My laptop is shit so I usually just use kmscon on a vt to SSH into my server for maintenance
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October 13, 2021 at 12:13 am #197919
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GuestDownload a rope and have a nice day
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October 13, 2021 at 12:19 am #197923
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Guestlearn tmux as soon as you can
verification: k4d4x-
October 13, 2021 at 12:22 am #197927
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GuestEither use konsole or terminator for a better experience.
Use tmux as a last resort.
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October 13, 2021 at 12:24 am #197929
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Guestgnome-mines is all you need
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October 13, 2021 at 12:29 am #197933
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GuestLast time I used flatpak was on a Cinnamon machine and I wanted digiKam. I also installed gimp 2.10 as mint still had 2.8 at the time.
Then I tried appimages and they both worked better. The gimp appimage had gmic and resynthesizer plugins which the flatpak missed.-
October 13, 2021 at 12:34 am #197935
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Guestwhats appimage actually? last time i used a software with .appimage extension it feels just like a portable software
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October 13, 2021 at 12:37 am #197936
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October 13, 2021 at 1:27 am #197941
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Guestthat’s exactly what it is, a portable binary file. instead of the software being installed to the system through the default package manager, or manually through a .deb/.rpm or whatever, and it relying on the dependencies being installed already. it’s a self-contained, portable package, with all the dependencies included, so you don’t have to worry about incompatibility, different versions, etc. can also be sandboxed from the rest of the system. this explains it in simple terms: https://appimage.org/
it’s the equivalent of an MSI or DMG file on MacOS more or less, though you can also choose to run it portibly like an EXE
it’s not the equivalent to an MSI or DMG. Those are installers. appimage is 100% portable, no installation ever. that’s how they even market it on the official site
"Download an application, make it executable, and run! No need to install. No system libraries or system preferences are altered."
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October 13, 2021 at 1:02 am #197938
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GuestDepending on what you distro you installed you may or may not have timeshift installed, if you dont have it installed do so and make a snapshot before you do a distro update.
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October 13, 2021 at 1:06 am #197939
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Guestdon’t fall for the emacs meme, use vim.
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October 13, 2021 at 3:38 am #197945
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October 13, 2021 at 1:22 am #197940
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Guest>ctrl-f
>poppler
>no results
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October 13, 2021 at 3:18 am #197943
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GuestDepends on what you want to do. Try everything that might look cool and pick your favorites. You have the power to choose. Relish the kid in a candy shop feelings while they last before UNIX cynicism sets in
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October 13, 2021 at 3:43 am #197946
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Guestneovim
that script that turns your terminal in the matrix
cowsay
mp3 player, also on terminalnow you’re ready to post a screenshot of yet another unusable rice
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October 13, 2021 at 3:43 am #197947
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Guestsystemd
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October 13, 2021 at 3:49 am #197948
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GuestWindows 10
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October 13, 2021 at 4:14 am #197952
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Guestnomacs
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October 13, 2021 at 5:47 am #197954
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Guestalacritty
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October 13, 2021 at 6:34 am #197955
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GuestNever listen to LULZ recomendations
Never reply to LULZ posters
Never post neofetch or dotfiles-
October 13, 2021 at 1:34 pm #197962
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GuestSyncthing.
>Never listen to LULZ recomendations
I’m only able to provide for me and my mom because I listened to LULZ recommendations.
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October 13, 2021 at 7:16 am #197957
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Guesthttps://i.imgur.com/EW4ki8c.gif
depends what you’re looking for. Personally I prefer CLI’s for some tasks and GUI’s for others so mine is a bit of a mix.These are my usual go-to’s
>youtube-dl
>sxhkd (if you dont switch DE’s a lot just use whatever hotkey manager comes with yours)
>rofi (dmenu works too if unavailable)
>mpv (or it’s derivatives if you prefer graphical interfaces)
>rxvt-unicode (use default terminal if you don’t care about ricing)
>7zip
>blender
>gimp
>clementine (I know it’s outdated as fuck, I just prefer the interface)
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October 13, 2021 at 10:55 am #197958
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GuestWhat image viewer does typically the anons use in the desktop threads? Doesn’t have any title bars and is really clean.
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October 13, 2021 at 12:05 pm #197960
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Guestsxiv or imv
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October 13, 2021 at 12:02 pm #197959
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Guest>VLC for vids
>Wine for vidya
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October 13, 2021 at 1:32 pm #197961
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Guestflameshot for screenshots
Xournal++ for pdfs
vlc for media play
Thunderbird for email
telegram for messaging
brave for browsing
Simplescreenrecorder for screen recording
kdeconnect to sync with your phone
simplenote for notes taking
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October 13, 2021 at 1:42 pm #197963
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GuestKupfer. It’s an lightweight and fast app and file launcher. It’s in the repo, I think you install it by sudo apt install kupfer.
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October 13, 2021 at 1:45 pm #197964
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Guest>Microsoft™ Edge™ with μBlock Origin
>Windows™ Terminal
>Powershell™
>explorer.exe™
>Steam™
>Affinity Photo™
>Mpv.NET™
>Youtube-dl™
>Gallery-dl™
>GNU Emacs™
>Visual Studio Code™
>BleachBit™
>Office 365™
>Qbittorrent™
>OBS Studio™
>KeePassXC™
>AutoHotKey™
>PowerToys™
>VeraCrypt™
>Git™
>VMware™
>Dr. Racket™
>Linux (wsl™)
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October 13, 2021 at 1:54 pm #197965
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GuestMost shit is built in to your system by default, just figure out the terminal and you’ll be pretty much set.
All I really get on fresh installs:
>literally any browser
>geany for writing code
>nano because vim is too much for my smooth brain
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