IDE: none. I'm using emacs for all the things. Which standard IDE could handle all languages well? I think this is for developers and we pick our tools. If this is a IDE for learning, I don't know if this is the right way to learn. Maybe vim.
File manager: nautilus is ok
Basic Text Editor: gedit should be ok. I never use it because I don't need a basic editor.
IRC/Messaging Client: no idea. I use my phone for messaging.
PDF Reader: evince.
Office Suite: Libreoffice from their PPA. The distro is usually way too behind. This is a general problem with many packages not in the core of the OS. Maybe it's time to give up on trying to be current and let developers package their stuff in any sensible format.
Calendar: I use the offline calendar on my phone.
Video Player: VLC, Gnome Video is just too basic.
Music Player: YouTube :-) Seriously, I use Rhythmbox and it's kinda ok, when it doesn't mess with the metadata of a full directory of files. I'm chmod 400 my mp3 to make them safe.
Photo Viewer: eog? I used shotwell and its predecessor (fspot?) and I lost all labels migrating among versions and computers. I'm not wasting my time anymore with sw that organize picture collections. If at least they had import / export to / from csv.
That doesn't work for me, probably because I'm on Gnome flashback. I don't like Activities and other quirks of Gnome Shell. Luckily with Ubuntu 16.04 the flashback mode gained back all the functionality of the Gnome 2 desktop.
I googled for the package name of that screen recorder, with no success, but Green Recorder is pretty good.
I also don't seem to have an embedded screen shapshotter (PrntScreen works). I've been using shutter for ages.
Email Client: Thunderbird
Terminal: gnome terminal is ok
IDE: none. I'm using emacs for all the things. Which standard IDE could handle all languages well? I think this is for developers and we pick our tools. If this is a IDE for learning, I don't know if this is the right way to learn. Maybe vim.
File manager: nautilus is ok
Basic Text Editor: gedit should be ok. I never use it because I don't need a basic editor.
IRC/Messaging Client: no idea. I use my phone for messaging.
PDF Reader: evince.
Office Suite: Libreoffice from their PPA. The distro is usually way too behind. This is a general problem with many packages not in the core of the OS. Maybe it's time to give up on trying to be current and let developers package their stuff in any sensible format.
Calendar: I use the offline calendar on my phone.
Video Player: VLC, Gnome Video is just too basic.
Music Player: YouTube :-) Seriously, I use Rhythmbox and it's kinda ok, when it doesn't mess with the metadata of a full directory of files. I'm chmod 400 my mp3 to make them safe.
Photo Viewer: eog? I used shotwell and its predecessor (fspot?) and I lost all labels migrating among versions and computers. I'm not wasting my time anymore with sw that organize picture collections. If at least they had import / export to / from csv.
Screen Recording: I liked to use Green Recorder https://launchpad.net/~mhsabbagh/+archive/ubuntu/greenprojec... but how about adding a video editor too?