Software

Here’s a list of software I’ve found useful, and my preferred way of installing them.

• Arduino IDE: Flatpak, Chocolatey
• Authy: Snap, Chocolatey
• BOINC: APT, Chocolatey
• Chrome: Flatpak, Chocolatey
• Chromium: Flatpak, Chocolatey
• Discord: Flatpak, Chocolatey
• DisplayCAL (Python 3 version): PyPI, Chocolatey
• draw.io: Flatpak, Chocolatey
• DuckStation: Flatpak
• Element: Flatpak, Chocolatey
• GIMP: APT, Chocolatey
• ePSXe: Snap (unofficial?)
• Ferdium: Flatpak, Chocolatey
• Inkscape: APT, Chocolatey
• Jellyfin client: Flatpak, Chocolatey
• Kate: APT
• KeePassXC: Flatpak, Chocolatey
  • The Snap and Flatpak versions may not work with the Firefox snap, so you may have to install with APT to get the browser extension to work.
• LibreOffice: APT, Chocolatey
• Mattermost: Flatpak, Chocolatey
• OBS: Flatpak, Chocolatey
• GNU Octave: APT, Chocolatey
• Obsidian: Flatpak, Chocolatey
• VSCodium: Snap (Flatpak is unofficial), Chocolatey
• PCSX2: Flatpak, Chocolatey
• Plex client: Flatpak, Chocolatey
• Plexamp: Flatpak, Chocolatey
• PowerShell: Snap, Winget
• PyCharm
  • Community: Snap, (Flatpak)
  • Professional: Snap (Flatpak)
  • The Flatpak versions have several minor usability issues, e.g. the integrated terminal does not have access to installed programs and commands.
• Signal: Flatpak, Chocolatey
• Skype: Flatpak, Chocolatey
• Slack: Flatpak, Chocolatey
• Spotify: Flatpak, Chocolatey
• Syncthing: APT, Chocolatey
• TeamViewer, DPKG, Chcolatey
• Telegram: Flatpak, Chocolatey
• Thunderbird: APT, Chocolatey
• Tidal: Flatpak, Chocolatey
• Upscaler: Flatpak
• VirtualBox: APT, Chocolatey
• Xournal++: Flatpak
• yt-dlp: APT
• Yubico Authenticator: Flatpak, Chocolatey