Default apps - 2025 #

These are my default apps for 2025, as inspired by Kev Quirk and Robb Knight

I don't feel strongly about all of these but Kev has done his two years in a row now so could be useful to do the same and look for trends.

Especially since I would love to move away from google services.

💻 Operating System: Aurora-dx (based on Fedora Silverblue)
💾 File Manager: Yazi, Dolphin
📨 Mail Service: Fastmail
📮 Mail Client: Fastmail webmail
📝 Notes: Obsidian / Markor
✅ To-Do: Post-Its / paper scraps
📆 Calendar: Google Calendar -> Syncs to Fastmail
🙍 Contacts: Google Contacts
⌨️ Launcher: Plasma Krunner
☁️ Cloud storage: Google Drive
🌅 Photo library: Google Photos
🌐 Web Browser: Firefox
💬 Chat: Signal, Google Messages, Simplex
🔖 Bookmarks: Firefox, Raindrop.io
📚 Reading: Kindle Paperwhite
📜 Word Processing: Neovim
📈 Spreadsheets: VisiData
🛒 Shopping Lists: Obsidian
💰 Personal Finance: Monarch Money
🎵 Music: PlexAmp / Bandcamp
🎤 Podcasts: Pocketcasts
🔐 Password Management: Bitwarden, 1password
🤦Social Media: Mastodon
🌤️ Weather: Google Weather
🔎 Search: DuckDuckGo
🧮 Code Editor: Neovim