The LQ poll series continues. This time we'd like to know: Which software do you install immediately after setting up a new Linux desktop system?

--jeremy

Isomaster, Bleachbit, and Leafpad. I usually run a xfce desktop or Fluxbox so I use Thunar or PCmanFM.

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I install all the extra software in order of anti-malware, cleaning, tools, office, media, games, so the first one to get "installed" is chkrootkit, followed closely by rkhunter, clamtk, and Sophos Antivirus for Linux.

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htop : even though I have ample memory and a fast processor, I still like to watch. It gives me the illusion of being in control.

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Not sure if this is the exact order:

terminal emulator (If not in base install)
a network manager (If not in base install), configure it.
install sudo (If not in base install) , configure sudoers
gkrellm
any kind of X tools that I want/need
curl, wget, awk, sed, grep (anything not in base install)
top, htop, iftop
a text editor (If not in base install)
a file manager (If not in base install)
a small browser like dillo
an archive manager
python 3 and whatever modules needed.

Then whatever else. Like Browsers, email clients, office suites.

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Opera, Thunderbird mail, Stellarium.

Mostly CLI applications that aren't installed by default in *buntu distros:
vim-nox
calcurse
newsbeuter
ksh
curl
bvi
inxi
irssi
moc
sc
imagemagick
build-essential

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ETM, Kmail, Lyx (w texlive), linphone

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I install gufw right off the bat!!! all others come afterwards... even updates!

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That would be mine too but it comes pre-installed in Mint, so my first action on a newly-installed Mint system is to use it to switch the firewall on.

Since I'd only use a distro that comes with a reasonable installation of software, not much:
Gnucash
Claws-mail
Wine, to run Qemulator for some custom software from the 90s
PDFtk
Pysol

Pale Moon, LibreOffice, VLC, WINE, AlienBob's Multilib files, Java, Flash, Adobe Reader, Google-Earth, Whisker Menu, Leafpad, Catfish, VirtualBox, Xsnow, XnViewMP, Aisleriot, SMPlayer, dosemu and a few more that don't come to mind at the moment.

Edit in: The Nvidia driver.
Almost everything else is included with the distribution including Firefox, SeaMonkey, The Gimp, Mplayer, Okular, Samba, etc., etc., etc.

Krusader
SeaMonkey
Claws Mail
Latest Nvidia blob
Remove whatever 'office' came with it and install latest OpenOffice
FBReader
BOINC

CherryTree, to get access to my notebook. Love it!

My 3 top installations are:
Firefox, OpenOffice and Gimp

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