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turbowafflz, in New Plasma 6 Default Icon Theme Looks

Ooh, it really reminds me of newaita reborn which is one of my favorite icon themes. I’m glad they’re making it a little less minimal

MondayToFriday, in PSA: GNOME Shell replace from another TTY

According to this article, gnome-shell --replace no longer works starting with GNOME Shell 3.30.

avidamoeba, (edited )
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Tried it, wow, it did indeed vomit in my face.

dust_accelerator, in I made it to Linux! What is your must-have FOSS or Free Software for linux?

Depends what device you run, but Xournal++ is useful. Otherwise pdftk.

jack,

Xournal++ is for drawing over pdfs like MS OneNote

sic_semper_tyrannis, in I made it to Linux! What is your must-have FOSS or Free Software for linux?

Welcome! As for the basics: Bleachbit (system cleaner) Flatseal (Flatpak permission managed) Elisa (music player) GTKHash (GUI way to verify checksums) FreeTube (YouTube front end) Okular (PDF viewer & editor)

cmnybo, in I made it to Linux! What is your must-have FOSS or Free Software for linux?

KiCAD for PCB design.
PulseView for USB logic analyzers.
DSRemote for remote control of Rigol oscilloscopes.
FreeCAD for 3D CAD.
SDR++ and SDRangel for SDR.
Fldigi, wsjtx & QSSTV for ham radio digital modes.

Sabata11792,
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I haven touched my hackRF for years. Got to give SDRangel a try.

MagneticFusion,

KiCAD is a gem

possiblylinux127, in I made it to Linux! What is your must-have FOSS or Free Software for linux?

Nextcloud

jacob, in I made it to Linux! What is your must-have FOSS or Free Software for linux?
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Another nice-to-have is KDE Connect, it connects your desktop with your phone to sync notifications, send files, control media playback, use as remote input, share clipboard, send commands, and more

possiblylinux127,

I’m not sure it will work with cinnamon.

jacob,
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It should work normally, there’s even cinnamon applets for controlling it from the panel

electric_nan,

I use it in Cinnamon.

possiblylinux127,

Good to know

jacob, in I made it to Linux! What is your must-have FOSS or Free Software for linux?
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BONUS: here’s some command-line toys that are not useful or necessary, but are just real fun to take a look at especially if you’re new to linux:

  • cmatrix (does the matrix code rain thing)
  • cowsay (ascii cow with speech bubble)
  • sl (steam locomotive in your terminal)
  • cbonsai (generate bonsai tree)
  • neofetch (this one is actually very useful and will print system information in an aesthetically pleasing way)
blakeus12,
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wow, neofetch is really cool! thank you!

GigglyBobble,

It's mandatory for online boasting.

ikiru,

Thanks for this!

dbx12,

You forgot the package hollywood.

backhdlp,
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fastfetch is neofetch in C instead of bash, makes it much faster.

WeLoveCastingSpellz, (edited )

Cmatrix,SL and neofetch work on android too through termux, I bet others would too, but I have only tested these two

heygooberman, in I made it to Linux! What is your must-have FOSS or Free Software for linux?
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I personally recommend LibreWolf over Firefox. It is a fork of Firefox, but it includes some additional settings for better privacy.

Flameshot is a pretty useful screenshot tool that functions similar to the Snip tool on Windows.

If you’re going to be installing apps via Flatpak, I recently learned of an app called Warehouse that allows you to view all the Flatpak apps you installed, the user data associated with each app, and their file location.

If you want another option for LibreOffice, you can try OnlyOffice, but I personally prefer LibreOffice.

If you’re looking for a text editor that’s like Notepad++, I recommend checking out NotepadQQ.

Finally, if you want a notebook app similar to Microsoft OneNote, I’d like to recommend Joplin.

Deregon,
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For Flatpak apps, along with Warehouse, Flatseal allows you to view and edit permissions for each app, which is not only useful but sometimes mandatory when an app has misconfigured permissions

heygooberman,
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Oh yes, Flatseal is also a good tool to have! Thanks for adding that!

tho, in I made it to Linux! What is your must-have FOSS or Free Software for linux?
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ncdu

rem26_art,
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for a bit more context, ncdu is a Disk Usage analyzer that runs in the terminal. If you've ever used WizTree on windows, its kinda like that. Really useful to see whats taking up space on your disk

jacob, in I made it to Linux! What is your must-have FOSS or Free Software for linux?
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Here’s some creative software that replace the functionalities of Adobe software & more.

  • photo editing: GIMP
  • vector images: Inkscape
  • drawing/painting: Krita (GIMP also fine for this)
  • video editing: kdenlive
  • 3d modelling, animating, etc.: Blender
  • audio editing: Tenacity (Audacity fork made after the buyout without telemetry)
  • DAW: LMMS
  • media player: VLC or mpv

if there’s any other specific software you’re looking for a FOSS alternative to, don’t hesitate to ask. You always have more options on Linux than you’d think.

blakeus12,
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thank you! i appreciate it!

panosalevropoulos,

For DAW, you may also want to check out Zrythm and Ardour.

aida, in I made it to Linux! What is your must-have FOSS or Free Software for linux?

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    blakeus12, (edited )
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    appreciate it! lenin-heartedit: LibreWolf is awesome! TYSM!!!

    arisunz, in I made it to Linux! What is your must-have FOSS or Free Software for linux?
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    random suggestion but do you play guitar? take a look at guitarix if so, you won’t be disappointed

    Jumuta, in I made it to Linux! What is your must-have FOSS or Free Software for linux?
    • helix (vim like text editor)
    • kate (kde text editor)
    • dolphin (kde file manager)
    • supertuxcart (most modern linux game)
    Zastyion345,

    I would recommend XonoticIts like unreal tournament and its fantastic. Smooth as butter no lags.

    Unmapped, in I made it to Linux! What is your must-have FOSS or Free Software for linux?

    I always keep GIMP and VLC player installed. If you get comfortable using command line. Tmux and Neovim are a great duo.

    blakeus12,
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    thank you rat-salute

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