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Software	Score
flameshot "For those of you who take screenshots on a regular basis, whether it be for sending to friends or for more official purposes: Flameshot is by and far the best screenshot utility ever, at least from what I've used (which admittedly isn't much). The amount of time and effort that Flameshot has saved me is incalculable at this point, and depending on your perspective, the time saved is in itself invaluable. If you take screenshots regularly, you're doing yourself a disservice by not at least trying Flameshot."	5
io.github.flattool.Warehouse "Surprisingly useful application, especially for those users who mostly just run Flatpaks. Obviously its ability to show you what Flatpaks you have installed isn't that unique or helpful, but what is helpful is the sheer amount of useful information it exposes to you in a way which feels user-friendly, but powerful when combined with the utilities it provides. For instance: Warehouse is especially helpful for uninstalling leftover or unnecessary duplicate runtimes, something which Linux Mint's software manager simply doesn't let you do (probably for good reason). Overall I highly recommend this program if you plan to really plan to invest in Flatpaks on your system."	5
icoextract-thumbnailer "If you interact with Windows applications on a regular basis in Nemo (and let's be real here: You probably do): This application is an absolute godsent. It won't generate icons for all EXEs, but it will cover the majority of them, and if you combine that with opening Windows programs in "WINE Windows Program Loader" by default, it makes browsing EXEs in Nemo feel so much closer to how it did on Windows. Frankly, I can't believe the Linux Mint team hasn't merged this into stock Mint, as least for Cinnamon, it's just that neat of a QoL feature."	5
gnome-nds-thumbnailer "It does exactly as it says it'll do, even on your Linux Mint machine, and even with the Nemo file browser. Though practically speaking, there's not much use for it as most Nintendo DS emulators you'll be using on Linux Mint should be able to read the roms from inside individual archives (E.g. MelonDS), which saves some storage for only very marginally slower boot-ups on an SSD. But if you don't want to keep your roms inside archives for whatever reason, this could make browsing them a little more fun and pleasant."	4
pageedit "My use case is simple: I wanted a simple, stand-alone GUI-only app for developing my static HTML website for Neocities. To that end: This app does the job well enough, once you get used to it. And in my opinion, the devs should consider remarketing the app towards that demographic instead of as a "epub visual XHTML editor," otherwise you'll just get confused people like the guy who commented before me. For those actually looking to develop an ebook: LibreOffice, OnlyOffice, or perhaps what this project was split from Sigil would be your best bet, though I can only vouch personally for LibreOffice"	4
com.steamgriddb.SGDBoop "I couldn't get it to work at first, which was frustrating, but after some tinkering with Flatseal to see if it was a permissions issue, I eventually solved the issue by enabling it access to "All user files"/the home directory, which is where Steam is located. Once I enabled that, it worked perfectly. Hope this hotfix and review helps someone else too"	3
stacer "I suppose it's a fine piece of software, but I'd argue that it's unnecessary for most Linux Mint users, and potentially even dangerous for new users due to the freedom it offers. There's nothing that this app provides that can't be done and done better by default Linux Mint applications or other apps. If you're looking for something to monitor system resources and running applications, use the System Monitor app that comes pre-installed with Linux Mint. If you want a good, well-maintained cleaner app, use BleachBit. If you want to uninstall apps, just right click on the app in the menu, or use Synpatic Package Manager for deeper components, which also comes pre-installed. I could on, but my point is that this app is unnecessary for the majority of people."	3
org.gnome.gitlab.YaLTeR.VideoTrimmer "One of the most obscure-but-helpful applications in the Linux Mint software manager. Very accessible. Perfect for those who like to clip long videos and send it to their friends, or those who need to sample videos period. It's only a 4 instead of a 5 due to the very simple UI not scaling as well to extremely long videos and having to cut one clip at a time."	4
autokey-gtk "Depending on how technically sophisticated you are and how you use your computer: This app is essential. Many things can be done with Autokey. Binds to open selected text in a search engine, binds to open selected text in a text editor, a basic autocorrect implementation. With some patience or some web-surfing, you can create/find scrips that'll make your experience much more efficient!"	5
minitube "Looks pretty nice at first glance, but once you actually start trying to watch videos with it you realize it's many flaws; very little control over the playing video, the UI is somehow unintuitive despite being simple, and worst of all: It's SLOW. I love privacy as much as the next guy, but the majority of users – including me – don't wanna route a video through Invidious if it all it adds up to from their perspective is video's that run like trash. I personally greatly prefer FreeTube."	2
steam:i386 "(Probably) the definitive place to purchase and play all the most modern games on, especially on Linux thanks to the invention of Proton. Hell, I probably wouldn't be a proud Linux Mint user right now if it wasn't for Proton's ability to get most game's running, so it definitely deserves credit for that. Just don't expect everything to work.™ Only gave it a 4 instead of a 5 due to the occasional jankiness of it's Linux implementation"	4
notepadqq "It's the best Notepad++ alternative for Linux that I could find, personally, but that doesn't mean too much given the limited competition. I haven't been experiencing the crashes or lost data or whatever of everyone else, what made me stop using it was it's slow launch times compared to xed. Speed is a huge factor in why I use Linux, and if an app can't be fast, I'll just go for an alternative that is, even if I'll miss some of the slower app's features..."	4
keepassxc "The best password manager I could've ever asked for. Great security, feature-rich, and not localized on somebody else's computer like Bitwarden. Perfection."	5
org.videolan.VLC "This is one of the most egregious Flatpak variants of applications out there in my opinion, purely speaking on size. Standard VLC claims to be about 45 MBs. Makes sense. This Flatpak claims to be 2.6 GBs. Perhaps I'm missing something, but shit like that is why I never go for Flatpaks over native packages"	3
yakuake "It's a fine application, and does exactly what it claims it does, but there are options out there that both look and function better in my opinion, namely Tilda."	4