arran 🇦🇺

It doesn’t have to be, just structurally people are incentivized to do this

# System
Distro: Gentoo Linux
Desktop Environment: KDE Plasma
Window Manager: kwin, twm, icewm
Shell: zsh
Terminal: Konsole, xterm, urxvt
Terminal Multiplexer: tmux
Application Launcher: -
Notification: -
Compositor: -
Panel: -
Audio: Pipewire

# The Web
Web Browser: Firefox (via flatpak)
Chat: Discord web, Beeper Text (App image)
Mesh VPN: -
DPI Bypass: -
Browser Picker: which_browser

# File Management
File Browser: Dolphin, mc, sf
File Sharing: scp
Torrent: torbox.app

# File Creation/Modification
Text Editor: vim, kate
LaTeX Editor: -
Image Editor: -
Video Editor: -
Audio Editor: -
Modelling: -
Document Editor: LibreOffice
Image Upscaler: -

# Software Dev
Code Editor: Jetbrains
Web Agent Manager: KJules
Agents: Jules, agy, codex
Github Notifier: kgithub-notify
Languages: Go, Flutter, Qt/C++
Git CLI: git / gh / gl

# File Viewing
Music Player: Strawberry, Spotify
Media Player: mpv
Image Viewer: -
Document Viewer: -

# Utility
Screenshotter: Spectacle
Pipewire Graph: -
Video Recorder: Spectacle
Color Picker: -
Default Apps: -
Clipboard History: klipper
Dotfile Manager: chezmoi
Network TUI: nmtui
Bluetooth TUI: -
Volume TUI: wiremix
Disk Analyzer: du, ncdu
Wallpaper: -
Chooser: -
Markdown Renderer: -
Socket CLI tool: socat, ss, nc

# Gaming
Game Launcher: Steam
Proton Manager: -

# Productivity
Flashcard: -
Whiteboard: tldraw
Password manager: bitwarden

The way I use a computer changes frequently, having an overly opinionated desktop environment makes it feel like it’s not my computer. I like my computer to work for me at my current time and I don’t mind the inconvenience of modifying settings to get there. I would rather defaults just work but I’m not asking my computer to read my mind. I’ve settled with KDE but I often use other window managers and desktop environments. Last week I used twm for the whole week. Other than scaling issues it was fine.