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Hi,

Which apps are you using on Zorin ( which are not already installed ) ?
Must have apps for every day use.
I am looking for some for multitasking, system info, battery info, videos, netflix, etc.
Any app for keeping kernel up to date ?

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bpytop for system info.
In Settings you can see battery power, but you can download an gnome extension to have it in the panel.

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Some apps that I recommend (and I use on my own PC) in no particular order:

  • Flameshot
  • Stacer
  • QuickHash
  • MEGA
  • Timeshift
  • Synaptic Package Manager
  • Atom
  • Xtreme Download Manager
  • Keeweb (the app)
  • TLPUI
    Probably missed a whole bunch, but I thoroughly recommend all the above apps. I spent a lot of time researching their alternatives and I can say that these apps were the best among their respective peers.
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Thanks for bpytop, cool app

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combine it with tilda terminal and you get this:

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Thanks, some nice apps, you gave me a idea :slight_smile:
Timeshift ( for btrfs or ?)

Any app for downloading all drivers for my laptop ? ( something similar was there on Windows 10) ,hehe

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Personally I use RSYNC. But both are really good options :DD

Someone should probably also chime in, but Synaptic is really good and allows to search for many drivers. Even closed source ones.

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Software & Updates will do that- though it already comes installed.

Something useful that does not come pre-installed is Conky. Having a HUD displaying real-time system information is very useful - it's to the point, I cannot live without it.

sudo apt install conky-all

A useful CLI application for converting .rpm files into .deb files: Alien

sudo apt install alien

Something you often see raised in help threads for adjusting settings: dconf-editor:

sudo apt install dconf-editor

Some desktop environments with multi-monitor setup do not allow for having a different wallpaper on each monitor. For that, there is "Nitrogen."

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RSYNC is good yes, because I dont know how to setup and maintain BTRFS.
But I read a lot that btrfs is really good

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Maybe "topgrade" is interesting for someone
I use it under Zorin 15.3 for more than 1 1/2 years and it's updating all-in-one

see: Topgrade - Command Line Tool to Upgrade All Packages on Linux (linoxide.com)

and: Releases · r-darwish/topgrade · GitHub

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For what it is worth, @swarfendor437 suggested some recommended apps in his Unofficial Manual. See here if interested: Unofficial Manual for Zorin 15

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Mozilla Firefox (Browser)
VLC (Media player)
Libre Office (Microsoft office alternative)
JITSI (Confrence call, Zoom alternative)
GIMP (Image manipulation, Photoshop alternative)
Stacer (System Monitor)
Htop (System Monitor)
Notepadqq (Text editor)
App outlet (App store)
Deadbeef (Music player)
Virtualbox (Virtual Machine)
Vim (Highly configurable text editor)