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<blockquote data-quote="Spiff" data-source="post: 1053634" data-attributes="member: 101965"><p>On Kubuntu 22.04.3 LTS, these are some/most of my favorite applications:</p><p></p><p>Browser: <strong>Firefox</strong> (snap)</p><p>E-mail: <strong>webmail</strong></p><p></p><p>Text editor: <strong>Kate</strong></p><p>Office: <strong>LibreOffice</strong></p><p></p><p>PDF viewer and editor: <strong>Okular</strong> (alternatives that also offer some options for basic PDF editing: LibreOffice Draw, Scribus, and Inkscape).</p><p>Split, merge, rotate, rearrange PDF documents: <strong>PDF-Arranger</strong> (alternatives would be: PDFsam Basic, PDF Chain, PDF Mix Tool)</p><p></p><p>Document scanning: <strong>Document Scanner</strong> (= GNOME <strong>Simple Scan</strong>) (an alternative would be: gscan2pdf).</p><p>Screen-capture: <strong>Xfce4-screenshooter</strong> (Shutter, or ksnip for more advanced screen captures).</p><p>OCR powered screen-capture tool to capture information instead of images: <strong>NormCap</strong></p><p></p><p>Image viewer and simple editor: <strong>Gwenview</strong> (and XnView MP, and Pinta (snap) for slightly more advanced edits)</p><p></p><p>Media player: <strong>VLC media player</strong></p><p>Specifically for Disney/Pixar DVD (or other DVD with difficult to play copy protection): <strong>Kodi</strong></p><p></p><p>Video/audio downloader: <strong>4K Video Downloader</strong> (alternative: Open Video Downloader).</p><p>Audio converter: <strong>soundKonverter</strong> (N.B. not to be confused with SoundConverter)</p><p></p><p>Command line tool for checking the printer ink level: <strong>ink</strong></p><p></p><p>System cleaning: sudo apt autoremove, sudo apt autoclean, and occasionally Muon Package Manager to remove any leftover residual configuration.</p><p></p><p>Create bootable USB flash drive: <strong>balenaEtcher</strong> (alternative: USBImager)</p><p></p><p>System imaging: <strong>Clonezilla</strong></p><p>/home backups: <strong>Grsync</strong> to several drives.</p><p>E-mail backup: run <strong>Thunderbird</strong> (with setting 'Check all folders for new messages': Menu\Preferences\General\Config Editor\Advanced Preferences\ mail.server.default.check_all_folders_for_new --> true) and next copy ~/.thunderbird/xxxxxxxx.default-release to several drives for backup.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spiff, post: 1053634, member: 101965"] On Kubuntu 22.04.3 LTS, these are some/most of my favorite applications: Browser: [B]Firefox[/B] (snap) E-mail: [B]webmail[/B] Text editor: [B]Kate[/B] Office: [B]LibreOffice[/B] PDF viewer and editor: [B]Okular[/B] (alternatives that also offer some options for basic PDF editing: LibreOffice Draw, Scribus, and Inkscape). Split, merge, rotate, rearrange PDF documents: [B]PDF-Arranger[/B] (alternatives would be: PDFsam Basic, PDF Chain, PDF Mix Tool) Document scanning: [B]Document Scanner[/B] (= GNOME [B]Simple Scan[/B]) (an alternative would be: gscan2pdf). Screen-capture: [B]Xfce4-screenshooter[/B] (Shutter, or ksnip for more advanced screen captures). OCR powered screen-capture tool to capture information instead of images: [B]NormCap[/B] Image viewer and simple editor: [B]Gwenview[/B] (and XnView MP, and Pinta (snap) for slightly more advanced edits) Media player: [B]VLC media player[/B] Specifically for Disney/Pixar DVD (or other DVD with difficult to play copy protection): [B]Kodi[/B] Video/audio downloader: [B]4K Video Downloader[/B] (alternative: Open Video Downloader). Audio converter: [B]soundKonverter[/B] (N.B. not to be confused with SoundConverter) Command line tool for checking the printer ink level: [B]ink[/B] System cleaning: sudo apt autoremove, sudo apt autoclean, and occasionally Muon Package Manager to remove any leftover residual configuration. Create bootable USB flash drive: [B]balenaEtcher[/B] (alternative: USBImager) System imaging: [B]Clonezilla[/B] /home backups: [B]Grsync[/B] to several drives. E-mail backup: run [B]Thunderbird[/B] (with setting 'Check all folders for new messages': Menu\Preferences\General\Config Editor\Advanced Preferences\ mail.server.default.check_all_folders_for_new --> true) and next copy ~/.thunderbird/xxxxxxxx.default-release to several drives for backup. [/QUOTE]
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