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Prologue

Introduction

It is suggested that you choose software based on the Unix philosophy; DOTADIW/"Do one thing and do it well". Programs usually come in three kinds, ones that run in a display server such as Xorg or Wayland, those that run in a browser (this is usually very harmful for reasons outlined in the browsers page) such as Electron (a Chromium based framework, that is reportedly spyware), and TUI or CLI programs that run in a terminal or tty (definitely the most minimal, a good example would be pass).

There is some criticism regarding GTK3 and GTK4, largely that they break compatibility to often (both in terms of app functionality and theming), that they are bloated, corporately controlled (through GNOME), or are simply ugly as compared to GTK2 (there are patches for this for GTK3).

Programs labeled green are ones I use unless uncontested.

GUI Toolkits

FLTK

Chapter 1: Software

Browsers

See the Browsers page.

Email Clients

See the Email page.

File Manager

I don't have a file manager to recommend but here's a few.

Thunar

Calendar/Day Planner/Productivity

There's also paper alternatives like Franklin Planner, DayTimer (Made in China), Filofax among (probably) others. Depending on the application a time clock and punch card machine might be helpful, such as AcroPrint (research indicates Made in USA), uTime etc. PDAs also (used to) exist.

A screenshot of WebPlan, a web interface for Plan (part of the Plan package).

Gaming

Games

I don't have any specific to recommend but here's some other lists:

Arch Wiki	https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Gaming
Digdeeper	https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/shortgamereviews.html	https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/sidmeierspirates.html
openbsd_games.pdf	https://mrsatterly.com/openbsd_games.pdf
Short Game Reviews - Udonya-Reviews	http://gpvdip7rd7bdy5gf7scl3rzgzgzckqw4sqxbmy6g3zijfwu4lz3ypbyd.onion/Personal/reviews/games_short_en.html	http://xx6ojsbjzosszqzdxfuopkib6aslzjd6jhcde36qvvm7hzqbddyq.b32.i2p/Personal/reviews/games_short_en.html

Instant Messaging

See the IM page.

Image Editor

AzPainter

Classic Colors

GIMP

Image Viewer

Sxiv supports farbfeld.

nsxiv

sxiv

Metadata Remover

Remove meta-data from pictures, video etc.

mat2

Password Manager

DO NOT go with a web/cloud based password solution. Pass is probably the best option or you can use pen and paper.

Document (PDF/EPUB/etc) Reader

Name	Formats supported	UI toolkit	Programming language	Systems supported	Screenshot
Zathura	PDF, XPS, PS, CBZ/CBR, DjVu	Wrapper ("girara") around GTK3	C	Linux, BSD, Mac
MuPDF + Mutool	PDF, XPS, EPUB, XHTML, CBZ, various image formats	Direct X11	C	Linux, BSD, Windows, Android, iOS
DjView4	DjVu	Qt5	C++	Linux, BSD, Windows, Mac
Original Xpdf	PDF	Motif	C	UNIX
Xpopple (forked Xpdf)	PDF	Motif	C++	?
pdftoroff's Hovacui	PDF	Embedded (X11 and Linux framebuffer supported)	C	Linux
Antiword	Word 2, 6, 7, 97, 2000, 2002 and 2003 => Plain text or PostScript	N/A	C	RISC OS, BeOS, Amiga, Plan 9, MorphOS, Solaris, Linux, OS/2 VMS, EPOC, Tru64/OSF, DOS, FreeBSD, Mac, NetWare, Zaurus, Minix, Windows
unoconv (depends on Libreoffice)	ODF, MS Office New and Old (.doc[x],.ppt[x],.xls[x],etc), PDF, (X)HTML, RTF, Docbook, etc	N/A	Python	?
EPUBReader	EPUB2/3	N/A (Your web browser)	JavaScript	Browser plugin for UXP/WebExtension Firefox and Chromium	A screenshot of EPUBReader with a custom background color, font style and size.

RSS Reader

Newsboat is written in muh Rust. Liferea can be used with GTK2.

Liferea

Newsboat

sfeed

Terminal Emulator

Darktile

Alacritty

Lilyterm

UUTerm

urxvt

xterm

Text Editor

DO NOT use an electron based editor like Atom, LimeText or similar. I use (Graphical) Vim but use whatever works for you that isn't cloud-based or massive bloat.

Shadow Wiki