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.

  • Libb
    191·
    6 days ago

    Apps I replace with newer versions (on Mint too):

    1. LibreOffice, with the latest .deb from their website
    2. Celluloid, with mpv. I cannot tell how much I appreciate mpv even though it sucks with DVD, for which I use VLC ;)
    3. yt-dlp, with the latest version available from git
    4. Screenshot, with Ksnip.
    5. Whatever the default image viewer is, with Pix.
    • Fonzie!@ttrpg.network
      2·
      4 days ago

      Celluloid, with mpv

      Hard agree, also SM Player for the FE

      Whatever the default image viewer is

      xviewer, it’s built on top of eog

      with Pix

      Is that no longer pre-installed, at least for camera imports?
      It was on 17-20.3 but I don’t think I’ve done a clean (re)install since.

      • LibbEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        s that no longer pre-installed, at least for camera imports? It was on 17-20.3 but I don’t think I’ve done a clean (re)install since.

        I could not swear, one or the other. Let’s just say I make it my default viewer instead ;)

      • Libb
        8·
        6 days ago
        1. I remove the preinstalled version (sudo apt remove yt-dlp)
        2. In my ~/.local, I have a ‘bin’ folder in which to put any manually added app, and in my .bashrc I added that folder to the path. So everything in it is usable.
        3. I download the latest binary from https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#release-files and moved it to that bin folder.
        4. Done. I can use it like if it was the pre-installed app ;)
          • LibbEnglish
            4·
            6 days ago

            Jesus that explains why I’ve never used this. Pip is a security issue.

            Not sure to understand your remark: I don’t use pip and have no idea what risks it could represent or not.