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For me, it's hands down Flameshot. The best screenshot tool in the world - I've got it hooked up to my PrtScrn key for super easy screenshots.

I also love Kwrite as a Notepad++ alternative, and KolourPaint as a MSPaint alternative

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Mixxx is the only Linux-native DJ software that I know of, but it's still amazing. If it's missing featutes compared with Serato or Recordbox I'm not good enough to miss them yet, and the features it doea have are damn impressive.

Likewise, Inkscape and Gimp are both great. I know that Gimp takes a lot of heat for not being as "good" as Photoshop, but it's just different. The few times I've tried Photoshop were as painful to me as Gimp seems to be for others. And since I don't need the CMYK functionality that Gimp is missing, I'm happy with Gimp.

LaTeX has a steep learning curve, but using anything else for documents is like stone knives and bearskins in comparison.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

LaTeX has a steep learning curve, but using anything else for documents is like stone knives and bearskins in comparison.

Have you seen or tried "typst" yet? It's a modern alternative to LaTeX. Haven't tried it yet but looks promising.

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

Thanks for that, it looks much nicer than Latex!

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

To add to Inkscape and GIMP, Krita is also pretty damn nice.