Software Defaults
This short list is connected to Robb Knight'spage that keeps abreast of people's software choices (defaults). All my machines (5 on my desk) use GNU/Linux and the primary software I use is as follows:
📨 Mail Client: Mozilla Thunderbird
📮 Mail Server: CentOS/Exim
📝 Notes: Kate
✅ To-Do: Also Kate
🟦 Photo Management: Gwenview
📆 Calendar: Kate and Plasma
📁 Cloud File Storage: None, as clown computing is a sham and a trap
📖 RSS: R.R.R.R.R.R. and feedlist, developed for Techrights' curation and reading
🙍🏻♂️ Contacts: Thunderbird
🌐 Browser: Falkon
💬 Chat: Mumble, utalk, and IRC (ergo)
🔖 Bookmarks: Falkon and history/self-hosted
📑 Read It Later: No need, Kate is fine
📜 Word Processing: LibreOffice Writer or LaTeX
📈 Spreadsheets: LibreOffice Calc
📊 Presentations: LaTeX and hand-crafted HTML
🛒 Shopping Lists: Kate
🍴 Meal Planning: The body knows best what it needs
💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: LibreOffice Calc
📰 News: See "RSS" above
🎵 Music: Audacious and Invidious
🎙️ Podcasts: Same
🔐 Password Management: KWallet and secured text files, Palm PDA (still working in 2024)
Also…
🔎 Search: SearX
🌤️ Weather: wttr.in
🧭 Navigation: OSM
🩺 Health Tracking: No, thank you
🦣 Mastodon: Waste of time, never again
🏠 Smart Home: A smart home has no "smart" gadgets
💻 Launcher: xbindkeys
🧑💻 Code Editor: Kate
🤖 Source Control: Git
⌨️ Terminal: Konsole