Software Defaults

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 07, 2024,
updated Jan 07, 2024

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

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