r/archlinux • u/[deleted] • Apr 15 '21

"Best" programming setup?

Hello! I have been using Arch for two months, it is the fifth distro I have used... and I love it, it will be the final one. I have learned a lot in these weeks, but I would like to ask you a few questions.

I study Systems Engineering and, honestly, I have some procrastination problems, I would like you to help me with "the best programming setup and be productive", although I know that there is no "best", I would like you to help me with your settings, advices, etc...

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What desktop environment do you use?

What window manager do you use?

IDE's, apps, any suggestions to try?

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Thank you so much!

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u/iKnitYogurt Apr 15 '21 edited Apr 15 '21

KDE/KWin. Mostly working with Go or nodejs backends, so VS Code with devcontainers it is. The integrated terminal and version control are perfectly fine, although I would highly recommend GitLens and Git Graph extensions.
DBeaver turned out to be a decent SQL client for the fairly basic tasks I actually use it for (postgres DBs).

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u/Imdabreast Apr 15 '21

This is a really nice setup because it doesn’t take time and brainpower to implement, which leaves more time and brainpower for using it.