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

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

vim, htop , iotop, screen, nslookup.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

kitty, nvim, fish, zed, mpv, btop, borg. Weird how all the gone ones have short names. Depending on the system, I would add tlp as well.

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

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Tmux - a nice tool for telephoning elon musk

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Wezterm - a utility for tracking the term limits of Wez Anderson style presidencies

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Cheese - a fantastic tool for ordering dairy products online

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OBS - a diagnostic tool for tracking ordinary bowel movements

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Ncdu - a great overview tool of Nicolas Cage's Dark Universe franchise

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tree - plants a christmas tree each time its called

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datamash - Provides great montages and mashupa of Data's escapades from Star Trek

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Imagemagick - Explores the magical music of Imogen Heap

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 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
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

vim and docker

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Gimp, Oh my ZSH and VS Code.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Firefox with uBlock Origin and Consent-O-Matic. Oh, wait, you said "Linux Mint", not "every single OS, for work, personal, and mobile use".

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