Awesome sotware to try

usingLinux.md

Do this first: https://www.debugpoint.com/2021/01/install-yay-arch/

All this stuff can be installed by running yay -S lowercasename

Flameshot

Some of the things I use this to do:

• Create floating screenshot windows
• Create an image upload link I use to share with my friends
• Take screenshots lol.
• When you take a screen shot if you do Ctrl+c it'll copy to the clipboard

Xournal++

install with yay -S xournalpp

I used this with my drawing tablet to do all my math homework.

Copyq

I use this to manage my clipboard history. It also supports image copies, so things you copy from flameshot will show up here.

Rofi-emoji

I use this to insert emojis, might take a bit more setup

Redshift

I use this to make my screen red so my eyes don't burn. Depending on what kind of desktop you have installed (xfce or kde) this might be installed as "nightmode"

Zoom

yea we all need this sadly...

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I use a lot more things obviously but those are just the few that come off the top of my head, some of them like redshift aren't necessary, but yea. A big part of learning how to use linux is "If you feel like you're missing something, look for it!" There is something in linux to fix every problem that you had when using other operating systems, you just have to google it.

Caution

A few things I'll caution you about though:

• Install everything if possible through the manjaro app store. Don't download

packages from the internet to install unless you have to. Pretty much everything is in the app store so there's no reason to go out to download things. Installing through the app store ensures that they're installed correctly and you can easily update them

• Try to learn how to install from the command line.

Installing from the command line take a little getting used to, but just remember:

1. yay -Syu
2. yay -S TAB

If you hit tab twice after doing yay -S it will autocomplete what you can install. So for example if I type yay -S zo<TAB> it will show me the things I can install that begin with zo.

If you have difficulties, that's all good! The first month or two is a lot of stumbling but then you get the hang of it. Ofc if you have questions I'm always able to answer texts!