Joseph Dickson

Joseph Dickson is a web developer in higher education and an avid proponent of using WordPress’ core features to create flexible and manageable design solutions.

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Software I frequently use in web design

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Post date July 19, 2026
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I use various Linux distributions while working on personal web design projects. Below is a list of my favorite software packages.

Desktop and Terminal

LAMP
WordPress
ssh
sshfs - (creates a mounted file of an ssh connection)
tar & gzip2 - (Manual backups via the terminal of my databasae and files.)

Graphic Design

GIMP
Inkscape

Audio and Video production

kdenlive - video production for cuts and transtitions etc.
audacity - audio editing, usually to clean up noise

Text Editors

This varies a little from distribution to distribution, I frequently favor what’s preinstalled with that system.

gedit - (never fails me when I need a good text editor, Gedit isn’t pretty but it’s reliable)
xed
Scratch - Elementary OS
Mousepad - XFCE Desktop’s
nano - Terminal

Note-taking

Besides a pocket notebook to contain frequently used commands I use the either of the following

Tomboy Notes
Notes for XFCE

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Debian 9 Stretch Desktop

Debian Desktop: XFCE, Thunar, Terminal running htop

Just a little show and tell from my stable Debian desktop. “Stretch” is installed on my 1TB HD and is the defacto long term storage archive for my system.