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Email Client: Thunderbird
Terminal: gnome-terminal
IDE: Atom, VS Code
File manager: Nautilus
Basic Text Editor: gedit
IRC/Messaging Client: None
PDF Reader: None
Office Suite: Libreoffice, Openoffice
Calendar: None
Video Player: VLC
Music Player: None
Photo Viewer: None
Screen recording: Recordmydesktop (Kali recorder)
Email Client: mutt
Terminal: terminator
IDE: jetbrains stuff, vim
File manager: ranger, nautilus
Basic Text Editor: vim
IRC/Messaging Client: hexchat
PDF Reader: evince
Office Suite: libreoffice
Calendar: cal, webshit
Video Player: mplayer,vlc,totem
Music Player: clementine
Photo Viewer: feh
Screen recording: shutter
Email Client: Geary
Terminal: Gnome terminal
IDE: ???
File manager: Nautilus
Basic Text Editor: Gedit
IRC/Messaging Client: Empathy/Polari
PDF Reader: Evince
Office Suite: Libre Office
Calendar: Gnome calendar
Video Player: Totem
Music Player: Gnome music
Photo Viewer: Shotwell (definitely not Darktable or RawTherapee, far too complicated)
Screen recording: Built in Gnome screen recorder
For most I would say the current defaults more than suffice. Web Browser: Firefox. Of the two modern web browsers that are applicable (Chromium being the other), Mozilla and Firefox are more in tune with the free software mentality many users of Ubuntu adhere. It is an excellent browser as well. Email Client: Thunderbird? Are there mature alternatives that will work for most people that use a standalone mail applicat…
I would go with mpv there instead of the obvious VLC. It just so much faster and bug-free!
Caveat.. not a ubuntu user here per se... But left because of some of the bloatware/opinonated stuff and it crashed a lot. Plus I like Antergos with i3-gnome better than anything I've ever used before... Much better performance, less crashes/bugs...etc..
Email Client: Thunderbird
Terminal: gnome-terminal
IDE: vscode
File manager: nautilus
Basic Text Editor: gedit
IRC/Messaging Client: ???
PDF Reader: evince
Office Suite: libreoffice
Calendar: Thunderbird
Video Player: vlc
Music Player: vlc
Photo Viewer: evince
Screen recording: never use one so I dont really have an opinion
Web Browser: Firefox Email Client: Thunderbird Terminal: Gnome-Terminal IDE: None File manager: Nautilus Basic Text Editor: Gedit IRC/Messaging Client: Whatever supports Slack and Discord I guess. PDF Reader: Current choice is fine. Office Suite: LibreOffice Video Player: I prefer SMPlayer to VLC for simple playback Music Player: Clementine Photo Viewer: gThumb Screen recording: Kazam
I'm curious: What's your opinion on mpv vs. SMPlayer?
Totally agree with Freak_NL. For video player, definitely VLC.
Email Client: Thunderbird
Terminal: Tilix[0], Gnome Terminal,
IDE: Visual Studio Code (although it's not a fully fledged IDE)
File manager: Nautilus
Basic Text Editor: Gedit
IRC/Messaging Client: Polari, HexChat
PDF Reader: Evince
Office Suite: LibreOffice
Calendar: Gnome Calendar
Video Player: Totem
Music Player: Lollypop[1]
Photo Viewer: Eye of Gnome
Screen recording: Peek[2]
[0] https://github.com/gnunn1/tilix