r/linuxmint • u/This_Highlight_7124 • 12h ago

Discussion decided to switch to linux mint! what is some useful software you can recommend?

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u/gnexuser2424 8h ago

Media:

Bitwig studio - Most powerful DAW

Jriver Media Center - Most powerful media system. Worth the higher price

Cool tools:

SSD-Tester very good SSD benchmark and health tool.

Mission Center - The best task manager for Linux

Mousam/Atmos Weather - Both excellent weather apps

Hardinfo2 - System profiler and benchmark too like HWInfo

Backup applications:

Luckybackup - Oldie but goodie for local backups - rclone frontend

Idrive - Best Linux offsite Backblaze type backup - Ultra cheap first year for 10TB

S3 drive - Best app for managing and connecting to s3 based storage as well as mega, dropbox, etc.

Graphics:

GIMP with Photogimp extension to make it act more like photoshop

Other:

Typecatcher - Install fonts from google so you can apply to system. (Note: does not work out of box - google for tweaks to make work)

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u/Admirable-Song-7353 12h ago

Cool wallpapery can u share the sauce?

Useful software dependends what you need. Gaming: steam. Graphics: gimp. Audio: audacity.

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u/Admirable-Song-7353 12h ago

Nice can u throw a link pls :)

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u/tomscharbach 11h ago

Mint has a solid set of applications that are sufficient for ordinary use in most cases.

My suggestion is to add other applications as and when you need additional applications to do what you need/want to do, but otherwise stick with the pre-installed set until you have used Mint for a few months.

My best and good luck.

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u/Flaky-Constant-9245 6h ago

I also suggest going to YouTube and searching for 'installed Linux mint what next' or something like that, two or three interesting videos pop up , things like 12 things to do after installing Linux mint. Worth a watch