Software on Linux Desktops

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This is the list of software that I use and/or is installed on my Linux desktop systems. It is hopefully fairly comprehensive. The overall goal is to basically to reduce or eliminate daily use of the Windows equivalents.

Browsers Description Notes
Brave Apps Preferred
Google Chrome Apps
Firefox Built in
Productivity Description Notes
Thunderbird Mail Client
Libre Office MS Office replacement Builtin
Admin Description Notes
Ventoy Multi-boot USB Most current Distros
Network Admin Description Notes
Angry IP Network IP Scanner
Categorize Description Notes
Putty ssh client
Filebot Video renamer
Termius ssh super client
Varia Download Manager Varia
DupeGuru Duplicate Finder
Krikiet Duplicate finder
Remmina Remote Desktop Client
Calibre Library Manager

Below are candidate Docker applications to deploy


Network Admin Description Notes
Maintainerr Video Library Maint
Plex FIle Rename Rename video files
Isyrr Complete Jellyfin stack }
SugesrArr Content request
Watchlistarr Request manager
[https://github.com/DLopezMadrid/raspi_home_media_server Raspberry Media Server
Sommelier Random video from vault
Flick-Fix Scan repair library Runs on PC
Discovarr All the *arr that you can eat
Plex Organizer Manage library Runs locally

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Duplicatrr Duplicate Plex finder Run on PC
MediaDash Plex library scan Looks very promising
CineSync Plex media library tool Interesting
Renamarr #1 Media library tool
Renamarr #2 Media library tool Looks very extensive
Plexarr HUGE Plex multi-machine stack fun is only looking
Inspectarr CLI for media
Homebrew-Inspectarr Tool for Inspectarr

Plex Best Practices Guide