Linux installs fast. Then you spend the next hour doing the same boring ritual: browser, codecs, media tools, chat apps, dev tools, fonts, utilities… all via tabs, notes, and half-forgotten package names.
So I built LinuxMate: a free, open-source helper that generates a clean “get me productive” install script from a checklist. Basically Ninite, but for Linux, and without the “sign in to continue existing” vibes.
- Pick apps/tools
- Choose your distro / package manager
- Get a reproducible script
- Run it and move on with your life
Live demo: https://www.allroundwebsite.com/linuxmate/ Repo: https://github.com/Henkster72/LinuxMate Blog (my reasoning / background): https://www.allroundwebsite.com/blog/bye-windows-hello-linux-and-linuxmate/
If you’ve got strong opinions (the useful kind): distro support, package picks, safer defaults, or edge cases, I’m collecting feedback.
Neither do native and flatpak vscode work the same way. It’s about that OP decides it, not the user.
@illusionist At least with the demo that I’m looking at with the script to download, it gives both flatpak AND apt install commands, giving the user a choice. Maybe I’m looking at the wrong thing though?
Your right. The rest of the comment still holds. Backup and restore.
Edit: I have to sanitise the final script and remove all the wrong commands afterwards 🤔
what do you mean?
Backup apps with e.g. this https://www.nixtutor.com/linux/keep-a-backup-of-installed-packages/ and this https://itsfoss.com/back-up-restore-flatpak-apps/ and borg/pika/deja dup/kopia for files. Let’s add appimages, snaps and brew and containers/distrobox.
The only thing that is missing is an all in one solution that puts everything together. And a cloud where you can restore it.