Basic but the nemo file manager
Just feels right to use for me
I like Nemo as well!
Carla and QJackCTL for me. So much easier than having to haul around all my amps, pedals, etc.
Kasts for podcasts, since it sync with Gpoddersync on my nextcloud.
Spectacle always makes me smile with how easy and featureful it is for a screenshot app.
Okular is a better PDF viewer than any proprietary app I've used.
I can't decide which one is my favourite. But thanks for the tipp, flameshot seems really amazing!
I'd say the terminal, although its not linux exclusive and kind of a cheat answer. Flameshot is also a staple for me, I use it everywhere.
MPV comes to mind, although its also available in windows.
Whenever I use gnome I install the material-shell extension. I love the tiling.
The Caja file manager. Hell the MATE desktop environment in general is just perfect for me. Xfce is acceptable too, though the inclusion of CSD in recent Xfce releases has made me a bit more wary of it when it comes to theming.
I also use Waterfox as my browser. A Firefox fork that has the option to put tabs below address bar (where they belong imo) out of the box without needing to muck around with the userChrome.css file.
Reaper, OBS, and Davinci Resolve.
I guess it's probably also available for servers but the most innovative and interesting peace of software I used in years is Distrobox, I like the AUR and love Debian and Fedora so that's a bridge I have been waiting for!
Bottles. Makes getting stuff working on WINE 10x easier.
Easy Effects is such a great program. Very good for doing all sorts of effects on audio. Great for filters and EQ.
Does Hyprland count? It's so effortlessly slick
Micro. It's a terminal text/code editor that shares keybindings with modern text editors.
Neovim.
Blender for 3D modeling/sculpting + rendering.
ArmorPaint for painting on 3D Models, but I learned recently about 3DCoat, and it has a Linux version…
I like listening to Podcasts (while I work on my PC) with KDE's “Kasts”. Use my Nextcloud provider to sync my listening status on the Desktop with my Android Podcast App (AntennaPod) for a flawless continuation on mobile.
The only real piece of software I don't like is Zoom; it's the most badly behaved app I've ever seen. Suck my balls Zoom, stay in your own god damned workspace.
Zathura, Firefox, VS Code, Remmina, Virt-Manager, hexchat, drawing, Master PDF, PlayOnLinux+Wine, LibreOffice, GVIm, Pragha, XFCE Terminal (But font broken in Fedora)
Well, the permanently open applications on my system are: claws-mail, Pale Moon (browser forked from Firefox), konqueror (TDE file manager), konsole (TDE terminal), and Aqualung (music player). Other good friends include kate, Inkscape, and OpenSCAD (despite its flakiness). And I get a lot of mileage out of DOSBox.
If the OP hadn't specified desktop software, I'd also name Portage.
Telegram Desktop is pretty good.
Nothing Linux only but:
Definitely the clipboard manager. On kde, it's klipper. This is actually such an underrated piece of software that I can't live without. Windows has one too, but they added their's a little after all the linux desktop environments got one by default.
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