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

  • BaconIsAVeg@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    20 hours 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
  • tomatoely@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    23 hours 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
    6·
    1 day 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.

  • WalnutLum@lemmy.ml
    3·
    1 day 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

  • a14o@feddit.org
    9·
    2 days ago

    Helpful answer: vlc, libreoffice, gimp, inkscape, zathura, obs-studio

    Real answer: gnome, run-or-raise, foot, fish, tmux, fzf, silver-searcher, neovim, neomutt, vifm

    • Kory@lemmy.ml
      2·
      1 day ago

      Curious why you would need Gimp and Inkscape? Wouldn’t one of them be enough? Is one of them better suited for certain tasks?

        • Kory@lemmy.ml
          2·
          1 day ago

          Oh I see, thanks. I thought you could also edit images with Inkscape. I’m apparently not very well versed in these topics.

          • a14o@feddit.org
            2·
            1 day ago

            You can load bitmap images into Inkscape and manipulate them to a degree, but Gimp is much better at that. You can probably also load vector graphics (svg) into Gimp, but I’d assume they would be converted to bitmaps.

            Vector vs bitmap is a good topic to be familiar with for anyone who works with computers, I keep running into professionals who really should know the difference but don’t.

            • Kory@lemmy.ml
              2·
              1 day ago

              Thanks for the explanation! I agree, this has been very helpful already. Now I go and do some reading on it.

  • Beryl@lemmy.ml
    6·
    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.

  • 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
      5·
      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·
        1 day 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
    21·
    1 day 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
    4·
    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.

  • phantomwise@lemmy.ml
    11·
    23 hours ago

    System :

    • zram (who says you can’t just install more RAM 😄 )

    Terminal :

    • kitty (terminal emulator)
    • fastfetch (must take screenshots to show off every new Linux install, it’s in the EULA)
    • zsh (thought I’d like to try nushell one of these days) with zsh-syntax-highlighting, zsh-completiions and zsh-suggestions
    • GNU Stow (to manage symlinks, I store my dotfiles in a repo witch contains home, etc and usr folders, and I use GNU Stow to symlink them respectively to /home/username, /etc and /usr, that way all my config is in the same place so I can back it up easily and have version control)
    • rsync (to sync backup folders)
    • btop (system monitoring)
    • clamav (antivirus)
    • brightnessctl (for screen brightness control, but I should probably use brillo instead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGOaSS8nEQA)
    • yt-dpl (for downloading videos from YouTube/TikTok/wherever else)
    • ani-cli (for watching anime from the terminal, obviously a must-have for any Arch Mint user)
    • figlet (to write text from fonts made of ASCII art)
    • cpipes, asciiquarium, cbonsai, matrix for when I get bored in meetings
    • hollywood and rust-stakeholer if I ever need to pretend I’m doing something productive
    • lots of TUI apps from https://github.com/rothgar/awesome-tuis

    General GUI apps :

    • Sway (tiling WM) though I’d really like to try niri (instead of several workspace it has a single one of infinite length that you can scroll through)
    • rofi and rofi-calc (app launcher that can also do a lot other stuff if you want like file browser, ssh menu, calculator, emoji selector, it’s very light and superfast), also rofi-emoji (emoji selector)
    • VSCode (code editor)
    • KeepassXC (password manager)
    • lutris, steam, protontricks, ProtonGE (gaming)
    • FontManager
    • Ventoy (for making USBs with multiple ISO on them)
    • LibreOffice

    Internet :

    • Waterfox + LibreWolf (web browsers) with the following extensions : uBlock, Consent-O-matic, DownThemAll, KeepasXC-Browser, Copy PlainText, Copy Link Text, EPUB Reader, Markdown Viewer Web Ext, Sponsor Block, Return YouTube Dislike, YouTube Anti Translate, CanvasBlocker, Font Fingerprint Defender, WebGL Fingerprint Defender (I had to give up on User-Agent Switcher because it causes me to be blocked on too many websites)
    • qBittorrent (BitTorrent client)
    • FileZilla (FTP client)

    Media :

    • XVview (image viewer)
    • ksnip (GUI screen capture)
    • Gimp (image editor)
    • Inkscape (vector image editor)
    • MPC and VLC (audio/video players)
    • Libation (to liberate Audible audiobooks from your account)
    • cheese (camera)

    I’m on Arch so the package names might be a bit different

  • tetris11@lemmy.ml
    53·
    2 days ago

    Xournalpp - a fantastic tool for journalling (on X/twitter) your peeing habits.