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