@mosgaard @amadeus if you just want distraction-free editing, you may want to look at #VScodium [1], #neovim [2] or even #NvChad [3] for editing depending on how you feel like and what suits you best.
- I recommend using #Markdown for Text until you want to turn it into something printable (unless you know #LaTeX), but noone's gonna judge you if you prefer @libreoffice to get a script written.
If you want or need to switch computers rather often, consider buying a SATA (or NVMe) - SSD with DRAM-Cache and a matching external enclosure and install your #distro of choice on that instead, as unlike #Windows, basically all #Linux distros allow installations on external drives.
-Don't forget to use #FullDiskEncryption!
If you need to share your work with others or sync it across devices, consider @nextcloud / #nextcloud.
- If you don't have any admin already in your organization.and it's permissible but you don't want to setup your own, consider @monocles / #monoclesOcean and @Stuxhost for a fully-managed Nextcloud at reasonable prices.
As for #audio I'm shure you know #audacity and #LMMS...
If you use the terminal rather often, consider setting up some nifty aliases to make things faster.
- For example if you want to just check if something is reachable, i.e. internet / network connection works, consider adding
function isup() { ping -a -b -c 1 -D "$@"; }to your.bash_aliasesfile in your$HOMEdirectory so if you use i.e.isup duckduckgo.comit'll do a single run ofpingto reach said domain/FQDN/IP...
But the final #ProTip I can give you is to #backup your $HOME-directory under /home/yourusername because in it's hidden subdirectories, espechally $HOME/.config/ are usually all the settings for your applications stored so in case you need to setup a new machine or restore one from backups, this is where all the minor changes of yours to make your system work best for you are being stored.
You may need to press
Ctrl+HIN THE File Manager to see hidden files.For backups, tools like #DéjàDup make it easy to setup, backup and restore your files as you want or need, including encryption and deduplication.
I hope that'll help you not only get started but also get the maximum efficiency out of your distro as a creative tool without fuss.
