This is just for discovering new software. I created mine so I don’t forget the programs I use when setting up a new machine. You can skip the obvious ones. Here, I’ll start:
# System
Distro: Arch Linux
Window Manager: i3
Shell: Zsh (OMZ)
Terminal: Kitty
Terminal Multiplexer: Tmux
Application Launcher: Rofi
Notification: Dunst
Compositor: Picom
Panel: Polybar
Audio: Pipewire
# The Web
Web Browser: Librewolf, Helium
Chat: Discord, Element
Mesh VPN: Zerotier
DPI Bypass: B4
# File Management
File Browser: Thunar, Yazi
File Sharing: LocalSend
Torrent: qBitTorrent
Git CLI: Lazygit
# File Creation/Modification
Text Editor: Micro
Code Editor: Helix, Zed
LaTeX Editor: Gummi
Image Editor: GIMP, Krita
Video Editor: Kdenlive, Blender
Audio Editor: Audacity
Modelling: Blender
Document Editor: LibreOffice, Xournal++
Image Upscaler: Upscayl
# File Viewing
Music Player: Strawberry
Media Player: MPV
Image Viewer: Ristretto
Document Viewer: Papers
# Utility
Screenshotter: Flameshot
Pipewire Graph: QPWGraph
Video Recorder: OBS
Color Picker: XColor
Default Apps: Selectdefaultapplication
Clipboard History: greenclip
Dotfile Manager: yadm
Network TUI: impala, nmtui
Bluetooth TUI: bluetui
Volume TUI: wiremix
Disk Analyzer: ncdu
Wallpaper: xwallpaper
Chooser: choose
Markdown Renderer: glow
# Gaming
Game Launcher: Steam, Faugus, Prism, Sober
Proton Manager: ProtonUp-QT
# Productivity
Flashcard: Anki
Whiteboard: Drawy
I move between NixOS and OpenBSD but try to keep things consistent for both.
Window Manager: I use a patched DWM. I have a suckless repo which makes adding my WM/Terminal/launcher/whatever to various distros/operating systems a breeze.
Terminal: patched ST which I will sometimes multiplex with tmux
file manager: if I need it, then it’s Yazi. but generally i just stick to the command line for file management.
Browser: for a long time I was using Qutebrowser but it feels like development has slowed down on it and the bugs have mounted. just doesn’t work as well as it once did and on OpenBSD it’s completely broken. so now I’m just boring and using a barebones version of Firefox on both systems. I was using Floorp on NixOS with Firefox I can keep it consistent across both Operating Systems.
IDE: honestly depends on what day it is. I’ll switch from Neo/Nixvim to DOOM Emacs to Helix. currently i’m using Helix on both systems as it’s snappy and it’s working well for me right now. config is easy. I might stick with it for awhile. I’m still getting used to some keybinds. biggest gripe is hitting ‘a’ drops you down a line so I have to keep remember to use shift+a instead. minor stuff like that.
that’s about it really. I try to keep my systems as minimal as possible.