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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.

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[–] Knuschberkeks@leminal.space 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

cat > bat

ls > exa

(h)top > btop

whatever terminal > alacritty

whatever browser > librewolf + brave

cli editor > micro

app launcher > albert

vlc > mpv

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Knuschberkeks@leminal.space 1 points 5 days ago

didn't know about that one, thank you

[–] ams@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Similar to yours:

bash > fish
cat > bat -p
ls > lsd
df > dysk
top > glances
firefox > qutebrowser

[–] tomsh@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] fishsayhelo@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

read carefully, he's replacing whatever browser with librewolf or brave

[–] tomsh@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

ups, stupid me, but why then love for brave?

[–] AliasAKA@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Firefox based browsers don’t as far as I know support protocols direct to usb connections, so if you’re using a web app based application (for example, some keyboard software) to flash your layouts you need a chromium based browser, and people generally choose brave over chrome (though I think it would be 100% fine to use chromium with hardening but that’s difficult with some of the upstream changes making chrome extension store less helpful — built in mitigations upstream as found in brave may be helpful in this regard, and faster).

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm wondering moreso why everyone is running both LibreWolf and Brave.

Firefox >>>>>>> Chrome so LibreWolf > Brave, no?

[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Idk what people need Brave for, the only Chromium-only site I came across this entire year was the GrapheneOS web installer. LibreWolf is completely free of ads and tracking though so it's better than Brave. Firefox's news feed has been suspiciously similar to stuff I've browsed and it has ads also so I don't trust FF either.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 5 days ago

Hm now I think of it, I've ran into a website telling me to use Chrome or Edge before, but changing the UA string fixed everything.
Seems like websites are discriminate against browsers sooner then that they actually don't work on one.