Operating System
Writing
Zotero - For managing references
LaTeX - For generating publication quality drafts
Google Docs - For collaborative writing
draw.io - Mocking up conceptual diagrams
tikz - Generating publication quality conceptual diagrams
Okular - Annotate pdfs without Adobe
Coding / GIS
VSCodium - For programming code
vim - Command-line text editing
QGIS - Interactive exploration of spatial data
GRASS - Geoprocessing alternative to closed-source Arcgis extensions
Reproducibility
Docker - Embed and share a “computer within a computer”
Cyverse - Short-term alternative to paid cloud hosting. Gives admin rights (sudo)
imagemagick - Save yourself from click-based image editing
make - Record an analysis pipeline
Misc
KeepassX - Encrypted password manager
rsync - File backup