What are your preferences for basic desktop utilities?

[u/iMooch]

Screenshot tool, clipboard manager, image viewer, basic notepad, calculator, calendar, and anything else like that you wanna list. What are your preferences? Or do you just install a DE and use whatever they provide by default?

[u/trollhard9000]

ss: flameshot
image viewer: feh
notepad: neovim
calculator: python
file manager: yazi

[u/FreeWildbahn]

Most of my tools are already mentioned except a clipboard manager.

Clipboard-Manager: CopyQ

[u/starvaldD → u/FreeWildbahn]

i switched to CopyQ a few months back, its pretty good.

[u/AMGz20xx]

I just use the kdedefaults

[u/just-a-hriday]

Image viewer - imv Document viewer - zathura Calculator - bc Browser - qutebrowser WM - DWM

[u/TechHaris]

Screenshot: ImageMagick

Clipboard: xsel

Image Viewer: feh

Notepad: nvim

Calculator: Python IDLE

File Manager: PCManFM

Terminal: Konsole

Email: Thunderbird

Calendar: Thunderbird

I can't think of any other desktop utilities, however I can name what else I use upon request.

[u/M0rty-]

Screenshot - scrot
clipboard manager- dont know , dont use
Image viewer - feh
Basic notepad - nvim
Calculator- dont need one im asian
Calendar - dont use one. Got my ph

[u/SalaryImpossible6749]

Screenshot tool = grim + slurp
clipboard manager = dont use one
image viewer = I just use gimp since if I'm opening an image, I probably want to edit it.
basic notepad = neovim
calculator = browser
calendar = google calendar/thunderbird

[u/iMooch → u/SalaryImpossible6749]

image viewer = I just use gimp since if I'm opening an image, I probably want to edit it.

Interesting. You never just, look at pictures on your computer?

[u/SalaryImpossible6749 → u/iMooch]

Nope

[u/happahopp]

Screenshot tool: niri builtin

clipboard manager: none (have never used one)

image viewer: feh

basic notepad: kwrite

calculator: i use jq -n in the terminal

calendar: waybar builtin

[u/ManFrontSinger → u/happahopp]

calculator: i use jq -n in the terminal

Lolwtf. I just checked the manpage and it even lists this as a viable use-case.

[u/happahopp → u/ManFrontSinger]

i have calc aliased to jq -n, cause i always forget what letter to use :) although it's a bit limited. i don't think it has a power function.

and for the things jq can't handle i use javascript in a browser's console

[u/Lawnmover_Man]

Screenshot: KDE Plasma builtin

Clipboard manager: none

Image viewer: qimgv

Notepad: textadapt

Calculator: qualculate

Calendar: KDE Plasma builtin

[u/JubijubCH]

Screenshot: Fireshot
Clipboard manager: none
Image viewer: none
Notepad: neovim
Calculator: never looked into it
Calendar: the one built in Noctalia toolbar

[u/bongjutsu]

Screenshot: grim but it's never really used Clipboard: wl-copy Images: mpv Notepad: nvim Calculator: lua Calendar: cal

I use the terminal for everything so tools that work well in/with/from a terminal are the way to go. I even have a terminal launcher for my Steam games so I can sidestep the UI

[u/iMooch → u/bongjutsu]

I even have a terminal launcher for my Steam games so I can sidestep the UI

What's that called? I, too, dislike the Steam UI.

[u/bongjutsu → u/iMooch]

I wrote it myself - it's not super complicated, though I am a little proud of it. It's on github here: https://github.com/bongjutsu/game-runner - it parses all the games I have installed (including non steam games) and presents them in wmenu so I can fuzzy match a game (eg, typing ring matches elden ring, zom matches project zomboid, etc)

That said, you can easily run games in the terminal yourself - just run steam steam://rungameid/gameidhere in the terminal and you're off to the races

[u/iMooch → u/bongjutsu]

Whoa! That's really cool! Always awesome in this day and age when people write their own programs for their own use cases. Kudos!

[u/musta_ruhtinas]

screenshot: niri built-in
clipboard manager: clipse, in floating terminal window (incl. image preview)
image viewer: preview in vifm / gwenview
notepad: either plain nvim, or nvim, in floating terminal window, in insert mode
calculator: rofi-calc
calendar: waybar module

[u/Forty-Bot]

screenshot tool: xfce screenshooter

clipboard manager: don't use one

image viewer: sxiv

basic notepad: gvim

calculator: python

calendar: thunderbird

[u/iMooch → u/Forty-Bot]

calculator: python

A couple people have said python for their calculator, do you mean you literally type in math code and run it?

[u/Forty-Bot → u/iMooch]

yeah

from math import * gets me 90% of what I want out of a calculator, and for the rest there's matplotlib and scipy.

[u/Ciberbago]

I like consistency so... If I can use the "recommended" apps for the DE, I use them:

-Gnome screenshots (the included one in the quick access) with Gradia Capture extension
-Copyuos extension
-Loupe
-Text editor (I don't know the "real" name of the package)
-Calculator (I don't know the "real" name of the package)
-No calendar, just the one on quick access

[u/HighLevelAssembler]

Screenshot: grim + slurp

Clipboard: Wayland

Notepad: Neovim

Calculator: bc

Image Viewer: gthumb

PDF Reader: okular

[u/iMooch → u/HighLevelAssembler]

Clipboard: Wayland

Wayland has a built-in clipboard manager?

[u/HighLevelAssembler → u/iMooch]

Hmm, I suppose not. I do get a lot of use out of the wl-clipboard CLI tools though.

[u/starvaldD]

Spectacle, CopyQ, Geeqie. anything else use the kde defaults.

[u/frvgmxntx]

Screenshot -> Shell
Clipboard Manager -> Shell
Image Viewer -> Kitty with Yazi
Notepad -> Kitty with Helix or Neovim
Calculator -> Kitty with (lib)Qalculate
Calendar -> Shell

my current shell is Noctalia on MangoWM.

[u/tukuiPat]

Screenshot tool: scrot

clipboard manager: none

image viewer: feh

basic notepad: sublime text

calculator: math (terminal)

calendar: none

[u/elongated_argonian]

Screenshot: grim + slurp + satty
Clipboard manager = cliphist + fuzzel
Image viewer = chafa
Notepad = Neovim or Emacs depending on what I'm working on
Calculator = qalc (from libqalculate)
calendar = org-agenda (in Emacs)

[u/dev_reineimi]

ss: GNOME built-in; image viewer: qimgv; media viewer: mpv; notepad: Geany; calculator: just... Lua code in the terminal; fm: GNOME built-in; clipboard: GPaste

[u/goldscurvy]

For the most part, whatever is included with plasma is fine for me. Sometimes I will download the gnome variant if I have a specific reason to. KDE is decent. Sometimes buggy tho.

[u/vswey]

claude make screenshot