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

  1. Thunderbird with Betterbird
  2. Firefox with Librewolf (I also install Brave for web services that need a chromium browser).
  3. Celluloid / Rythmbox with VLC player
  4. Default Libreoffice with latest Libreoffice from source.
  5. 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.

    • gi1242@lemmy.world
      15·
      23 days ago

      lol ditto. but the first thing I do on new installs is chsh /bin/zsh, replace caps lock with control and enable vi keys. otherwise I’m dysfunctional

      • bitcrafter@programming.dev
        6·
        23 days ago

        Yeah, there is nothing more annoying in general when starting to type text into a co-workers desktop than having random letters show up rather than having the cursor move around.

  • GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml
    8·
    22 days ago

    I replace the <default, slow, annoying to use> image viewer with qimgv, which is ergonomic and very fast.

  • Luca@feddit.it
    6·
    23 days ago

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

    • oaklandnative@lemmy.world
      2·
      23 days ago

      It’s so good! I love the design right out of the box, with very few settings adjustments.

      Note that zen currently only has vertical tabs (horizontal tabs are on the roadmap). If horizontal tabs are a must, try Floorp browser instead, which has several similarities with Zen.

  • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml
    0·
    23 days ago

    I have a script that makes a list of every package and binary into an output file of packages as a list. I can just cat the output of the file in a subshell and pass that off to pacman -S. Pacman might complain here and there, but I can just edit the list. Then its just cp -r my config files that I’ve backed up and run my backups for movies, music, pics, games, etc.

    And yeah, it’s not perfect, but it’s good enough for me. I still have to do other stuff like switch out bash for zsh, etc. Gotta love bash scripts and backup configs though. That plus actual backups makes restoration from catastrophic failure at least bearable, albeit still time consuming.

  • bruhSoulz@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    21 days ago

    Bahah as other dude said I don’t replace anything cus I’m on arch btw, but I often tend to remove the default web browser whenever i run a vm or somethinf cus base Firefox isn’t my thing, its far too dull for me. I rock ff forks like zen browser, librewolf, icecat, and mullvad. Currently on zen.

  • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    6116·
    23 days ago
    • Firefox -> Edge
    • Libreoffice -> Gsuite PWAs
    • kernel -> Azure Linux kernel (added trust of Microsoft)
    • nano -> vim
    • vi -> Emacs
    • GNOME -> Deepin
    • Bash -> Powershell >=7.0
  • geoma@lemmy.ml
    71·
    22 days ago

    I still haven’t found a web service that really needs a chrome browser or that you cant’ just trick with changing the user agent