One need at least 20GB.
/root at least 18GB
/home at least 2GB
Mind you I have two swap partitions of 16GB and 8GB.
The applications added are
Htop
Ranger
Notepadqq
Xournal
AbiWord
Libre office already there
VLC
GIMP already there
Blende
Scribus
Handbrake
Clapper
Audacity
Variety with desktop effects.
KDENLive KDE deeivative
Spectacle KDE derivative
Sweeper
Bleachbit
Ulauncher is a good one.
I do not recommend bulky KDE or Plasma Desktop.
Consume memory and mounts slowly.
Instead install KDE utilities on top of Gnome Desktop.
This is now possible one gets best of both worlds.
Notable mentian is Variety I found accidently. It has small foot print but gives lovely animation and desktop effects.
I have avoided Vim and Emac controvacy.
Firefox, Bluefish and Thunderbird are my favorites.
