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.

  • Matombo@feddit.org
    15·
    6 days ago

    Arch master race: you don’t have to replace defaults if nom defaults are isntalled in the first place and you choose everything our own anyways.

  • GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml
    8·
    7 days ago

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

  • Karna@lemmy.ml
    4·
    6 days ago

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

  • adrianhooves@lemmy.todayEnglish
    1·
    5 days ago

    i keep rhythmbox honestly because it helps me in organizing all my audio and music files and plus i don’t have to keep opening the file manager to change the music, i can just press the forward button and it changes track!!

  • steeznson@lemmy.world
    5·
    7 days ago

    First thing I install is git, followed by emacs.

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

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    7 days ago

    I think one of the few default things I’ve technically replaced on my laptop right now is Libreoffice’s powerpoint software with the OpenOffice one because I am too dumb to figure out how to make it so Libreoffice’s powerpoint software doesn’t immediately default to every character having basically 0 spacing between each other every time I either make a new document or slide. That, and I can almost never find the right number of points to make the text look good no matter the font.

    Also, I do have the Librewolf appimage, but I use it a little less than my slightly tweaked default Firefox install.

    Otherwise I’m normally fine with defaults, besides installing gridplayer to watch things off my external HD so I can watch and resize my shows in a way I can’t with other video players.

  • Mwa@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    6 days 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

  • bruhSoulz@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    Bahah as other dude said I don’t replace anything cus I’m on arch btw, but I often tend to remove the default web browser whenever i run a vm or somethinf cus base Firefox isn’t my thing, its far too dull for me. I rock ff forks like zen browser, librewolf, icecat, and mullvad. Currently on zen.