# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Daniel Kalak
# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-ND-4.0

Software that I use, like, and/or recommend
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=> my favorite terminal calculator: GNU bc
   -> small
   -> arbitrary precision (scale=)
   -> easy base conversions (ibase=, obase=)
   -> builtin math functions (-l)
   -> part of the POSIX standard

=> my favorite graphical mail client: Claws Mail
   -> stores messages in the MH format (one file per message)
   -> doesn't render HTML (opens your Web browser for it if you want)
   -> usually shipped with a plugin for GPG support
   -> makes writing text mail easy
   -> shows or hides as much header info as you want

=> my favorite compression tool: lzip
   -> thorough design with long-term archiving in mind
   -> high compression rates
   -> my regular usage: `tar directory | lzip -9vvo directory.tar.lz`
   -> https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/

=> my favorite music and video player: mpv

=> my favorite text editor: GNU nano
   -> free software
   -> small (even suckless.org recommends it)
   -> no "modes", no learning curve (unlike vi/vim or Emacs)
   -> keystroke reminders in the bottom 2 lines and builtin help (^G)
   -> adds POSIX-compliant final newline by default
   -> cut/paste, do/undo, search/replace, syntax highlighting, line numbers,
      justify paragraphs (^J), copy in output of external commands (^T), etc.
   -> easily record (M-:) and replay (M-;) macros (very powerful)
   -> https://nano-editor.org/

=> my favorite calendar program: when
   -> well-written man page
   -> doesn't change your calendar file, only reads it
   -> simple configuration
   -> sophisticated syntax for conditional date expressions
   -> can calculate dates depending on Easter
   -> https://www.lightandmatter.com/when/when.html

=> my favorite desktop environment: Xfce
   -> I used it after I switched to Arch Linux (2021-01/04)
      until I switched to dwm (2022-01)
   -> small
   -> modular: select or remove components as you like
   -> cool logo: the mouse Xue
   -> good compliance with standards (especially XDG/freedesktop.org)

=> my favorite graphical text editor: Xfce's Mousepad

=> my favorite graphical file browser: Xfce's Thunar
   -> always displays the exact size of all files
      in a directory or in a selection
   -> nice icons