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POST installation / Companion Applications

 

Note: Commands and package names are from a RHEL/Rocky distribution. Translate to your fav.  distribution

Sound Audio Mixer : Pulse Audio Control
$ su
yum install pavucontrol
exit
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Web Browser : firefox or google-chrome 

(firefox is already installed and it's a personal preference really!)

$ su
yum install google-chrome-stable
exit
$
Image Editor : gimp
$ su
yum install gimp
exit
$
Office Suite (Text, spreadsheet, etc) : libreoffice
$ su
yum install libreoffice
exit
$
PDF Viewer : xpdf or evince
$ su
yum install xpdf
exit
$
Multi-Media (audio, video, etc) : vlc
$ su
yum install vlc vlc-extras
exit
$
Blender (download from blender.org is always recommended)
$ su
yum install blender blender-fonts
exit
$
Vector Image Editor  : inkscape
$ su
yum install inkscape
exit
$
Useful X11 Apps : <must have really>
$ su
yum install xorg-x11-apps
exit
$
X11 Development Apps : <must have really for MaXX Dev.
$ su
yum groupinstall "X Software Development"
exit
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