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
# System Distro: Gentoo Linux Desktop Environment: KDE Plasma Window Manager: kwin, twm, icewm Shell: zsh Terminal: Konsole, xterm, urxvt Terminal Multiplexer: tmux Application Launcher: - Notification: - Compositor: - Panel: - Audio: Pipewire # The Web Web Browser: Firefox (via flatpak) Chat: Discord web, Beeper Text (App image) Mesh VPN: - DPI Bypass: - Browser Picker: which_browser # File Management File Browser: Dolphin, mc, sf File Sharing: scp Torrent: torbox.app # File Creation/Modification Text Editor: vim, kate LaTeX Editor: - Image Editor: - Video Editor: - Audio Editor: - Modelling: - Document Editor: LibreOffice Image Upscaler: - # Software Dev Code Editor: Jetbrains Web Agent Manager: KJules Agents: Jules, agy, codex Github Notifier: kgithub-notify Languages: Go, Flutter, Qt/C++ Git CLI: git / gh / gl # File Viewing Music Player: Strawberry, Spotify Media Player: mpv Image Viewer: - Document Viewer: - # Utility Screenshotter: Spectacle Pipewire Graph: - Video Recorder: Spectacle Color Picker: - Default Apps: - Clipboard History: klipper Dotfile Manager: chezmoi Network TUI: nmtui Bluetooth TUI: - Volume TUI: wiremix Disk Analyzer: du, ncdu Wallpaper: - Chooser: - Markdown Renderer: - Socket CLI tool: socat, ss, nc # Gaming Game Launcher: Steam Proton Manager: - # Productivity Flashcard: - Whiteboard: tldraw Password manager: bitwarden