Debian and basically everything in its repos. Might be somewhat old, but it is really fucking stable

KCalc. Man, it just computes! It can add, subtract, and even multiply. It's never given a wrong answer.

Linux

grep

So many. So many little utilities that just work. To mention a couple I think no one will mention because they are not sexy: Okular and Ark

Syncthing. Absolutely ace bit of software. I remember it being a little questionable in 2013, but today it performs exactly the same task, just more reliably. Love it.

nano 😎

nano

Systemd

*grabs popcorn*

The Linux Kernel.

Vlc.

Anything from Debian. I even run Debian-Testing, and it's rock solid. Also, Linux mint, on my other partition.

Caddy

Many have already mentioned tools that I also use and appreciate immensely.
My pick is Steam. I've picked up on gaming in the past 2 years and it's very stable right now. Every game that I have interest in just works, I can install games, including early access or demos without looking at the compatibility or the release date. The download speeds of games are high (imho at least where I'm located, and compared with a PS5). My partner is a heavy gamer and has to yet find a game that doesn't work on her machine.

The program sl, works every time

bash. Konsole. vim (-neo or otherwise up to the point it became AI infested). ssh. steam. git i could go on for quite a while

Firefox + uBlock Origin + sponsorblock. Set it and forget it.

I haven't seen an advertisement or a sponsored segment on my desktop in over a decade, and same with my phone for several years. I'm astonished how willing most people are to put up with a constant barrage of ads coming from devices they own

xterm, xv, mc, tmux, gimp, seamonkey

Nano

I tried neovim for a while and I went back to vim for that reason: setup once, then forget about it.

I have plugins that haven't been touch for 5 years+ and they are working as intended.

Rock solid.

Supernotes.app

Linux Mint

Rockbox

Sayonara music player

Syncthing

The OS itself, Debian. If I have to pick a component, Mate Panel. Compared to the Windows 11 start menu, it's useful, customizableand has no ads. My IT department at work can't even figure out how to remove the Windows 11 start menu ads from my computer.

I'll give a shoutout to the rEFInd boot manager. If anyone has ever had trouble with Grub, rEFInd continues to work for years across multiple machines. I have never had a problem with it.

nano

tree, locate, nvim, flatpak, htop, bmon, etc.

Debian!

Nano

Cron

Prosody for me. I set it up over 2 years ago, and the only time I touched it was when updating to the latest Debian stable and enabling some new features in the config files. It's been rock-solid and just worked without complaint.

Nginx.

It runs everything at home and at work.

mpv

• Linux Mint.
• Cinnamon.
• Xfce.
• PPSSPP.
• GNOME Boxes.

Bottles.

Without it, I wouldn't be able to run addictive keys on Linux. I paid for the software back when I used Windows and since I'm able to use addictive keys on Linux, haven't bothered trying to find an alternative.

That said, its the only use case I've had with bottles that just works. Other programs ive tried are more hit or miss.

As phil Collins would say... Su su su sudo

All of it. Even Firefox.