Packages

These are the packages I personally use and recommend. I highly recommend looking into the packages further to ensure you are getting what you want. Because the point of Linux, especially Arch, is to tailor everything to you. So make it yours! Don't let me control your system, these are mere recommendations.

Highly Recommended

konsole | A terminal with great KDE integration.

dolphin | A file manager.

kate | A text editor.

ark | An archive manager.

gwenview | An image viewer.

mpv | A very performant media player.

vlc | Another media player. I'd recommend trying mpv first.

ufw | A basic firewall.

firefox | A browser.

Optional

steam | Steam. Make sure you enable multi-lib in /etc/pacman.conf

prismlauncher | An open-source Minecraft launcher.

discord | Discord. I also recommend looking into Vesktop.

spotify-launcher | Spotify.

qpwgraph | A GUI for pipewire.

gparted | A GUI disk utility.

qbittorrent | A torrenting software.

vorta | A GUI wrapper for Borg backup.

flatpak | A package manager used for sandboxed applications.

wine | A tool that allows you to run Windows applications.

ffmpeg | The Swiss army knife of media conversion.

ffmpegthumbs | Display media thumbnails inside of Dolphin.

obs-studio | A video recorder.

audacity | An audio editor

gimp | A photo editor.

kio-admin | Useful for starting KDE applications as admin.

noto-fonts-cjk | Support for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean fonts.

noto-fonts-extra | Extra language support.

htop | A terminal-based system monitor utility.

Fun

fastfetch | Display system information.

cmatrix | Matrix visuals.

cava | A reactive audio waveform.

Development

rust | The Rust programming language.

npm | Node.js npm.

AUR Packages

To install AUR packages, you will need to install a tool such as yay.

Optional

brave-bin | Brave browser.

gpu-screen-recorder-ui | An NVIDIA shadowplay like screen recorder.

visual-studio-code-bin | Visual Studio Code.

protontricks | A proton utility.

heroic-games-launcher-bin | A games launcher, primarily for Epic Games.

parsec-bin | Remote desktop tool.

spicetify-cli | Themes for Spotify.

vesktop-bin | Discord fork with improvements.

Fun AUR Packages

cbonsai | A bonsai tree. If you want that.

ani-cli | Play anime via the terminal.