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

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

VLC with SMPlayer. I don't understand why they keep shipping VLC as default. It sucks.
Kate with KWrite.
Nano with Vim in *buntu variants
Elisa, Rhythmbox, etc. with Strawberry. Although I mostly just use Spotify nowadays.
Calculator with calc.

Everything else works just fine, unless the distro made an insane choice like having XTerm as the default terminal emulator.

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

If you haven't tried it the repl python is pretty in a pretty good calculator. Use "_" to use the output value.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I don't use calc for much more than basic calculations. Even speedcrunch was too much for my taste. Honestly, I'd use bc if it wasn't for the complicated syntax.