Here are the programs I use on a daily basis
These are some great (mostly free) and open source apps/programs that I use (and you should too!)
Desktop Programs:
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Operating System:
I use Arch btw
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Web Browser:
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Terminal Emulator:
Alacritty. best terminal.
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Image Editor:
GIMP. This is a no-adobe household.
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Video Editor:
Kdenlive is pretty crashy but eh shotcut won’t even work. Also it’s gotten much better since 2020 (when I first started using it)
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Screen Recorder:
Do I even need to say it? OBS. I use this AUR package, because I need the OBS Browser plugin. It’s a bit annoying to compile OBS at every update but I just keep it running while I sleep.
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Text Editor:
Recently switched to Doom Emacs, before that it wasNeoVim.
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Email Client:
Thunderbird is actually pretty dope. It’s GUI though. Maybe I’ll try out any CLI options later.
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File Manager:
I have both lf and pcmanfm on my system but those are for noobs.
cd
,rm
,mv
,cp
are the best things. -
Shell:
Fish but I might go back to zsh idk
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Window Manager:
XMonad is the best window manager and you can’t prove me otherwise. If you want to see my config files (along with polybar and stuff) see my dots repo
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RSS Feed Reader:
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MyAnimeList Client:
Btw, I use macli
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Password Manager:
KeepassXC is dope
Mobile Programs:
All of these apps are on https://f-droid.org
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Operating System:
Stock Android (Nothing OS) just because my phone has an intact warranty.
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Camera:
Either the default camera on Nothing OS or OpenCamera.
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YouTube Client:
Newpipe is beautiful.
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Web Browser:
Nowadays I use vivaldi. I would like to use a non-chromium browser but it’s just not good enough on mobile. Firefox is disappointing on android, though Firefox Focus is actually really good. I usually use that as my second browser.
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TOTP App:
FreeOTP+ is great but nowadays I just use KeePassXC on my laptop.
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Contacts Sync App:
Radicale with DAVx5 for mobile. This is how you can host your own instance!
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RSS Feed Reader:
Feeder but I don’t really use RSS on phone.
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Reddit Client:
No longer use Reddit but RedReader supremacy!
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Email Client:
K-9 Mail is a really good email client on F-Droid!
Other:
(i.e work on both platforms ig)
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Cloud Storage, etc:
Nextcloud devs marry me!