"I feel like none of the tools I use are in Linux..." Well, carry on using what you are using! I'm an end user and I find that Firefox, LibreOffice, GIMP, Aud

"I feel like none of the tools I use are in Linux..." Well, carry on using what you are using! I'm an end user and I find that Firefox, LibreOffice, GIMP, Audacity, R, Gnuplot, Texlive, the desktop text editor and a few other bits and pieces cover most of my simple needs. I've almost reached the point where I can copy my dotfiles over to a new installation and sync dropbox or a backup and just get to work, like the Rob Pike approach but on recycled hardware... http://rob.pike.usesthis.com/ http://rob.pike.usesthis.com/ Almost any recent GNU/Linux distribution works fine on my 2009 vintage PC and 2010 vintage laptop. Currently I'm living in KDE for a bit, having used Gnome 3 and Unity and XFCE.