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For me, it's hands down Flameshot. The best screenshot tool in the world - I've got it hooked up to my PrtScrn key for super easy screenshots.

I also love Kwrite as a Notepad++ alternative, and KolourPaint as a MSPaint alternative

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[–] Lavenderlily@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly kitty terminal, neovim, and Firefox. Those are my three most used programs. Bonus shouts out to Lutris and proton. After years of using wine proper, the relatively recent advancements in gaming on Linux has been incredible.

[–] I_Am_Jacks_____@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alacritty, neovim, qutebrowser here. :) Gotta mention tmux too. And I guess if we're going lower level: OpenSSH & Qtile (Tiling Window Manager)

[–] NateSwift@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I tried to like qutebrowser so much, but the lack of a good adblock really killed it for me. I’ve been using Vimium and firefox to try and get something similar and it mostly works okay

[–] I_Am_Jacks_____@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Between Adguard Home in my router and the built-in block list, I find that I don't see many ads

[–] NateSwift@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Glad it works for you! I was really hoping you’d come back with some kind of “there’s better support for that now” haha