Linux

I stared using Zen Browser instead of Firefox lately and i find it really good.

Rustdesk, so I can remote into my main computer and the others I manage.

PWAs For Firefox.

And that's about it.

I use Debian BTW. (Was on Fedora but killed it when there were sound issues, turned out to Rustdesk at fault. Can't do Mint as it boots to black screen.)

There isn't much in a default Gentoo install to replace. In most of the cases where a decision is possible, you make it during the install process. Thus, I have nothing to remove afterwards (but a lot to add!)

Firefox gets switched to Zen Browser (and before that, Floorp).

I also always download Okular for PDFs. It always seems to be better than whatever the default is.

I typically also substitute OnlyOffice for Libra Office.

Isn't that just one of the perks of Linux? Unlike windows where your pretty much forced to use Microsoft software on Linux you have a plethora of choices.

You can choose pretty much whichever Desktop you want, whichever default packages you want you can even choose between Default, Snap, Flatpak, app image and build from source.

There's no one size fits all on Linux, we all have our own unique set up

I’ve recently started using https://www.nushell.sh/, and while it’s not bash compatible, which can lead to some annoyances, it’s really excellent for working with terminal data in a clean and useful manner

Defaults hehe

I use arch btw

I replace Spectacle with Flameshot.

I use gentoo: I only install what I like/want/need...

I didn't see this one yet:

apt -> nala

Though I think it's technically just a wrapper, the colour support and formatting makes things much easier to parse (visually)

Ooh, not a "hot take" answer. I rather like MusikCube. It plays nice with putting my music on my NAS and running it from both my personal machines and my Windows/work machine too. I'm not specifically excited by it as a TUI, but it also works just fine as a basic-'03-iTunes-style-navigation clone. It's super boring in the most usable of ways.

My more "hot take" answer is that I replace the terminal program in Fedora with the boring arsed "Gnome Console" from vanilla Gnome. It does all the stuff I want it to do and nothing more. If I was slightly more different than me I might be upset that it doesn't do enough terminal things but I'm just me. :)

Found myself replacing the broken file roller flatpak by the file roller from thr APT repo.

The desktop linux feels more and more like windows as time goes on. The things that worked fine for years are being broken in new and innovative ways.

Doas has a readable config file and it is easier to add an user. To answer your question On an MX install.

Xfwm -> bspwm

Dont remember -> nsxiv

Don't remember -> mpv

Featherpad -> Mousepad

The default terminal (varies) gets switched to Kitty. VLC to MPV.

Okular instead of the default PDF editor (varies).

Text editor (varies) to Vim.

I usually just install Arkenfox, but if I'm feeling lazy I'll use Librewolf.

I prefer doas, but I don't usually switch to it.

I rebind my caps lock key (most useless key ever) to escape.

I wonder who's even using these built in video players, no subtitle support, barely any keyboard shortcuts, trash like windows media player

I definitely do the Firefox to LibreWolf (and also install Brave as a backup). I also replace the default video player with Haruna and VLC (but default to Haruna). I change music players all the time so I just replace the default with whatever I feel like using at the time. In the past I've replaced Thunderbird with KMail, but on my latest install I left Thunderbird alone since I like having available RAM.