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

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Thank you so much, comrades! I am feeling pretty comfortable with linux mint, and now would like some suggestions for some absolutely necessary FOSS or free license software for the OS. So far I have the standard, Firefox, ThunderBird, LibreOffice, yada yada. Thank you again to everyone on the linux comm!

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Secret300@sh.itjust.works
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Komikku is my go to manga reading app and I honestly can’t use anything else now.

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jack@monero.town
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Install everything as a flatpak, it is the future. Anything else will be outdated or can lead to headache (dependency issues).

Here’s a simple GUI video downloader.

Here are elegant, easy to use apps that cover many different needs.

EDIT: Tell me where I’m wrong

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meow@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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ProtonUp-Qt is an easy way to install and manage different Proton versions for gaming.

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pH3ra@lemmy.ml
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I always start with Syncthing, which is a cross-platform p2p syncing client I use to share documents between devices

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PrimalWrongdoer@lemmy.ml
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KDE connect?

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pH3ra@lemmy.ml
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I never tried it seriously mostly because I don’t need all of the features it provides. But yeah that can be an alternative too

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governorkeagan@lemdro.id
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I’m loving these suggestions, definitely saving the post for later!

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