Distro hoppers, what's always on your install list when you've finished setup and logged in for the first time?

tourist@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml – 127 points –

I wouldn't really call myself a distro hopper, but in the last few months I've had to do some fresh installs on a couple of machines and VMs for work

If these aren't included by default, I'll make sure to get em:

GUI:

  • Firefox & Chromium
  • Gimp & Krita
  • VSCode/VSCodium
  • Okular
  • Libre office

CLI*:

  • git
  • wget&curl
  • neovim
  • zsh/ohmyzsh + plugins
  • glow
  • neofetch
  • figlet/toilet
  • zellij
  • python
  • nodejs/npm/nvm + nodemon globally
  • ranger/rifle

Also, how do you go about migrating your old config and rc files? Start fresh or just copy em over and make adjustments where necessary?

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Cli

  • helix
  • ranger
  • mpv
  • YouTube-dl
  • epy
  • fanficfare
  • aria2
  • zellij
  • gotop

GUI

  • qutebrowser
  • zathura

YouTube-dl

Just a heads up, yt-dlp is a far more active fork with more features.

This is true, has mpv started working with it? The reason I have it in the first place is to stream Lofi /synthwave/jazz audio via mpv rather than specifically for downloading. Back when I’d last looked, mpv needed the old fork specifically, but if they’ve updated I’d be more than happy to switch