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Which default software do you replace after you install your distro? (lemmy.world)

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After I install Linux Mint (which is the distro I have settled on), I replace:

Thunderbird with Betterbird
Firefox with Librewolf (I also install Brave for web services that need a chromium browser).
Celluloid / Rythmbox with VLC player
Default Libreoffice with latest Libreoffice from source.
ClipIt/Parcellite with xfce4-clipman

I find this to be my optimal setup and these software give me the extra quality of life that make my workflows easier.

What software do you replace and install on your distro of choice?

Edit: I forgot to say I replace sudo with doas. That's something my friend told me to do although I personally don't find any immediate working advantage with it.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Fish for shell everywhere

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Any specific features made you go fish over others like zsh?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It just feels better and lighter. Also, autocomplete looks nicer. Devs are also amazing. They have a clear vision of the product. And Fish 4.0 had been rewritten in Rust. Now I just cannot go away:)

[–] white_nrdy 1 points 4 days ago

I tried fish recently. Really wanted to like it. It was just hard to switch all if my environment setup stuff, since it isn't POSIX.

I'm sure if I had put more effort into it, it would be better. Other than env setup, I REALLY liked it. All the reasons you mentioned.