9.8 KiB
9.8 KiB
Suggested packages to install:
This is a list of useful and/or recommended packages for Arch Linux in general and KDE Plasma in particular. I personally prefer to just install plasma-desktop and the packages I actually need over installing the whole plasma-meta package.
This list also assumes, you've installed your system according to the manual or using the script included in this repository, which include the following packages already.
- base
- firefox
- konsole
- linux
- linux-firmware
- linux-zen
- lvm2
- nano
- networkmanager
- plasma-desktop
- sddm
- sddm-kcm
- sudo
The links will get you to the respective Arch wiki page if available or else to the package's page.
Essential recommendations:
- Microcode (CPU manufacturers updates for processor microcode)
- Reflector (Updates pacman mirrorlist)
- Zram-Generator (zram swap device tool)
- Yay (AUR-helper)
KDE Plasma integrations:
- breeze-gtk (Breeze theme for GTK applications)
- kde-gtk-config (Adds graphical settings for GTK apps)
- kdeplasma-addons („All kind of addons to improve your Plasma experience.“)
- kscreen (Adds screen section to graphical settings)
- plasma-browser-integration
- plasma-nm (Network manager applet)
- plasma-pa (Audio manager applet)
- powerdevil (Adds energy manager to graphical settings)
Noteworthy but negligible:
- keditbookmarks (Optional, tool for edting file-browser bookmarks)
- plasma5-applets-thermal-monitor (Thermal monitor applet)
KDE Utilities:
- ark (GUI archive tool)
- bluedevil (Bluetooth integration)
- dolphin (File browser)
- filelight] (Graphical disk usage viewer)
- gwenview (Image viewer)
- kate (Text editor)
- kcalc (Calculator)
- kdeconnect [Recommended] (Smartphone intergration)
- kinfocenter (Shows system information)
- kmag (Screen magnifier)
- kompare (File difference tool)
- konsole (Terminal emulator)
- konversation (GUI IRC client)
- krename (Multi-file renamer)
- krusader [Recommended] (Twin-panel file browser)
- plasma-systemmonitor (Ressource monitor)
- ksystemlog (Graphical system log viewer)
- okular (PDF viewer)
- partitionmanager (Graphical partition manager)
- spectacle (Graphical screenshot tool)
- yakuake (Drop-down terminal)
Software and tools:
Graphical:
- Audacity/Tenacity (AUR) (Audio editor)
- BackInTime (AUR)¹ (Simple backup tool)
- Discord (Voice chat application)
- Element (Matrix client)
- GIMP (Raster image editor)
- Imagewriter (AUR) (Image to USB writer)
- JDownloader2 (AUR) (Download manager)
- KeePassXC¹ (Password database)
- Kodi (Entertainment hub)
- LibreOffice¹ (Productivity suite)
- MediaInfo (GUI) (Media information viewer)
- Nextcloud-Client (Client for Nextcloud)
- OBS-Studio (Video recording software)
- Octopi (AUR) (Graphical package manager)
- Octopi-Notifier-Qt5 (AUR) (Update notifier)
- Rhythmbox (Music player and iPod manager)
- Signal-Desktop (Secure messager client)
- Soundkonverter (Audio file converter)
- Soundwire (AUR) (Streams audio over network)
- StandardNotes (AUR)¹ (Secure note app client)
- Teamviewer (AUR) (Remote desktop application)
- Telegram-Desktop (Messanger client)
- Thunderbird¹ (E-Mail application)
- TimeShift (AUR)¹ (Snapshot application)
- Tor-Browser (AUR) (The onion router browser)
- Virt-Manager (Virtual maschine manager)
Command-line or additional:
- fwupd (Firmware update daemon)
- git (Version control system)
- hdparm (Hard disk utility)
- hunspell (Spell checker)
- hyphen (Hyphenation rules for LibreOffice)
- inxi (AUR) (System information tool)
- libvirt Software collection for virtual machine management)
- neofetch (System information tool)
- networkmanager-openconnect (NetworkManager intergration for OpenConnect)
- pacman-contrib (Additional tools for pacman)
- PipeWire (New multimedia framework)
- pkgstats (Sends installed packages to Arch developers)
- powertop¹ (Intel powersaving tool)
- qemu (Emulator and virtualizer)
- rmtrash (AUR)¹ (Freedesktop.org compatible trash management)
- thermald² (Linux Thermal Control Daemon)
- TLP² (Laptop battery power saving utility)
- Uncomplicated firewall¹ (Manager for netfilter firewall back-ends)
- xsuspender (AUR)² (Suspends inactive X11 applications)
¹: Recommended essentials. ²: Specifically useful for laptops.
Further tips:
- Point to this: https://gitlab.com/dataprolet/random-linux-tips