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?

  • stormio@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    7 months ago

    Recently, I’ve been changing distros about once a year. These are the things I install every time:

    • hdparm - I use this to disable APM on my HDD which makes annoying sounds when it’s enabled. (Yes, my computer is old and still uses an HDD as the system drive.)
    • KeePassXC - My preferred password manager.
    • VeraCrypt - My external drives are encrypted with this.
    • Joplin - I store my setup notes in here.
    • Lutris/Steam/Wine - I’m a gamer.

    As for the config files, I always start fresh.

    • fonetek@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      7 months ago

      Man, do yourself a favor and get an SSD. You can get a 512 GB for as cheap as $30 and a 1 TB for as cheap as $60 on Amazon. The speed difference is night and day. That’s probably the single best upgrade you can do to an old machine.