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.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
    12·
    10 days ago

    As a former Windows SUPERUSER, I always change the desktop wallpaper, just to show off. 😋

    But jokes aside and apart from things already mentioned, I always install the Speedcrunch calculator, and xbindkeys so I can copy all my keyboard shortcuts.

  • helmet91@lemmy.world
    101·
    10 days ago

    Nothing. I picked a distro that works for me out of the box. On top of that I only installed stuff, instead of replacing stuff.

  • chi-chan~@lemmy.world
    7·
    10 days ago

    Arch, so pretty much nothing.

    Except maybe ZSH (but it’s ‘added’, I guess; not ‘replaced’).

  • geoma@lemmy.ml
    5·
    10 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

  • steeznson@lemmy.world
    5·
    9 days ago

    First thing I install is git, followed by emacs.

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

  • GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml
    4·
    9 days ago

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

  • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
    51·
    10 days ago

    Celluloid is honestly better than VLC. Native Wayland, Pipewire, no filesystem permissions (Flatpak)

    I am on Fedora Kinoite, I replaced Kwrite with Kate, all the other default KDE apps are great. Okular, Gwenview as Flatpak, and apart from that a mix of different KDE, GNOME or 3rd party apps as Flatpaks.

    I made a list here, but it is a bit outdated

    https://github.com/boredsquirrel/recommended-flatpak-apps

  • oaklandnative@lemmy.world
    3·
    10 days 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.

  • Karna@lemmy.ml
    3·
    8 days ago

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

  • EuCaue@lemmy.mlBEnglish
    3·
    10 days ago
    • bash -> zsh
    • Gnome terminal -> Ghostty/Alacritty
    • Adwaita -> My custom adwaita build with smaller sizes
    • Default UI/Mono Font -> Inter/Meslo
    • Default browser -> Zen Browser