The software I'll install on my laptop once I ditch macOS for Linux
A List by
POX
Created Apr 2018
| Updated Mar 2020
| 12 Likes
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Manjaro Linux 197 alternatives | Website
Fast and stable operating system based on
Arch Linux to replace 
macOS.
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KDE Plasma 20 alternatives | Website
As the desktop environment to replace Aqua.
Some inspiration:- https://github.com/Catvert/kde-plasma-chili
- https://akava-design.github.io/
- https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1099856/
- https://github.com/kupiqu/SierraBreezeEnhanced
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_UodqFSN0M
Also worth mentioning:
Xfce
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Utilities
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Hyper 72 alternatives | Website
Terminal emulator (+
Yakuake for quick commands) to replace the awesome 
iTerm2.
Other good alternatives:
Alacritty, 
rxvt-unicode and 
ST - Simple Terminal.
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Dolphin File Manager 61 alternatives | Website
File manager to replace
Finder.
Other good alternatives:
Thunar (if using Xfce) and 
PCMan File Manager.
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Typora 113 alternatives | Website
The Markdown editor I'm already using on macOS.
Joplin and 
Mark Text also look great but I've never tested them so far.
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Cronopete 48 alternatives | Website
To replace
Time Machine for backups.
Also worth mentioning: https://alternativeto.net/software/d233j224-dup/ &
TimeShift
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Ulauncher 32 alternatives | Website
Or
Albert to replace 
Spotlight for launching apps.
KDE already ships with
Krunner which looks pretty good.
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KDE Partition Manager 27 alternatives | Website
Partition manager to replace
Disk Utility.
Also worth mentioning:
GParted
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Internet
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Mozilla Firefox 197 alternatives | Website
Main web browser with this theme to replace
Google Chrome (Google…) and 
Safari.
Like I do on macOS, I would use
Ungoogled Chromium as my second web browser.
Other good alternatives:
Midori, 
Min, 
Basilisk and 
uzbl.
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Thunderbird 84 alternatives | Website
Email client with
Lightning Calendar, 
Enigmail and this theme to replace 
Apple Mail.
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Transmission 67 alternatives | Website
This is the BitTorrent client I'm already using on macOS.
qBittorrent also looks pretty good but I've never tried it.
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OpenSnitch 15 alternatives | Website
Firewall application that monitors and controls outbound internet traffic to replace
Little Snitch.
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Media
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MPV 70 alternatives | Website
Video player to replace
IINA. Might also use 
VLC Media Player if I have issues with MPV.
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HandBrake 172 alternatives | Website
For video conversion/transcoding. It's already what I'm using on macOS.
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Vocal 81 alternatives | Website
To replace
Apple Podcasts for listening to podcasts.
Also worth mentioning:
CPod and 
podStation Podcast Player.
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Gwenview 67 alternatives | Website
As an image viewer to replace
Preview.
Also worth mentioning:
nomacs & 
qView also look interesting, so I'd have to take a look at it.
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Graphic design
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Web development
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Gaming
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Arch Linux
macOS
Xfce
Yakuake
iTerm2
Alacritty
rxvt-unicode
ST - Simple Terminal
Finder
Thunar
PCMan File Manager
Joplin
Mark Text
BleachBit
Time Machine
TimeShift
Albert
Spotlight
Krunner
Disk Utility
GParted
The Unarchiver
Keka
Google Chrome
Safari
Ungoogled Chromium
Midori
Min
Basilisk
uzbl
Lightning Calendar
Enigmail
Apple Mail
qBittorrent
Little Snitch
IINA
VLC Media Player
Apple Podcasts
CPod
podStation Podcast Player
Preview
Skim
zathura
MuPDF
nomacs
qView
Gravit Designer
Vectr
Alva
Akira
Olive Video Editor
Kdenlive
A List by
POX
Created Apr 2018
| Updated Mar 2020
| 12 Likes
Comments on The software I'll install on my laptop once I ditch macOS for Linux
Interesting list, mixing libre software with closed freemium.
Thanks for putting a light on Oni :)
If you prefer KDE integration:
- Gparted has got a KDE fork, called KDE partition manager.
- Qbittorrent > Transmission,
- Kdenlive > DaVinci Resolve imo
- Konsole if you like single terminal with a nice looking translucent blur
(i use terminator or Tmux to get split terminals though) - Dolphin > Thunar on KDE w/ ffmpegthumbnails previews
- KDE widgets for note taking if you like have them hanging on desktop
- to edit image, try Krita it's very intuitive, lighter, nice looking and very powerful.
For mail, there's also Kontact which can does what thunderbird does and more (cal, contacts), in a KDE integrated style.
For screenshots Spectacle is integrated with KDE, it's got timing options. Although flameshot is great to edit on the fly, you can edit with a almost-light editor like Krita.
And if you're not into Firefox (waterfox being outdated), try
https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium instead of Google Chromium (which is bloated with spyware).
Cheers
Great list, but didn't specify what each one is equivalent to on the Mac. For me, finding Typora.io was a revelation since it is the closest to Bear Notes that I've found so far.
