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.

  • @[email protected]
    6•4 months ago

    Terminal -> foot Text editor -> neovim, or more recently I’ve been trying Helix.

    Those are the biggest two. I also recommend mpv over VLC.

  • @[email protected]
    5•4 months ago

    First thing I install is git, followed by emacs.

    Then I download my init.el and my PC setup is complete.

      • LoudWaterHombre
        1•4 months ago

        Huh I bare metal run proxmox virtualising my LFS to start a gentoo VM where I have my XP VM I remote into with my phone

  • Strit
    117•4 months ago

    I don’t replace anything. I just install what I need from the beginning.

    And yes, I run Arch btw. :D

    • @[email protected]
      15•4 months 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

      • @[email protected]
        6•4 months 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.

  • @[email protected]
    4•4 months ago

    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.

  • Omega
    7•4 months ago

    Firefox with (used to) Vivaldi, but now Zen Oh. That’s it. Everything else for me is default

  • Karna
    4•4 months ago

    On Ubuntu, replacing Firefox/Thunderbird snap version with actual deb version.

  • @[email protected]English
    2•4 months ago

    Replaced alacritty with ghostty
    Fish With Zsh (Fish not being posix got annoying)
    The distro am using comes with not too much apps so yeah thats it

  • @[email protected]
    1•4 months ago

    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)

  • @[email protected]
    2•4 months ago

    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