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-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/accessibility/squeekboard/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/AMB-plugins/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/FIL-plugins/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/aether-lv2/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/amarok/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/amberol/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/ams-lv2/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/artyFX/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/asunder/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/audacious/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/autotalent/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/bambootracker/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/bchoppr/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/bitwig-studio/bitwig-studio3.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/bitwig-studio/bitwig-studio4.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/bitwig-studio/bitwig-studio5.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/bolliedelayxt.lv2/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/bristol/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/brutefir/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/calf/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/cantata/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/caps/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/carla/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/castopod/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/caudec/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/cdparanoia/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/cheesecutter/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/cider/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/clementine/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/clerk/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/cozy/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/csa/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/delayarchitect/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/diopser/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/dirt/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/dolbybcsoftwaredecode/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/dragonfly-reverb/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/drumgizmo/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/drumkv1/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/dsf2flac/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/exact-audio-copy/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/exaile/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/faust/faustlive.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/fmsynth/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/fomp/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/freewheeling/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/friture/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/ft2-clone/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/fverb/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/g4music/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/geonkick/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/giada/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/gmpc/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/goattracker/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/goodvibes/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/gpodder/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/greg/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/gspeech/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/guitarix/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/gxplugins-lv2/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/headset/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/helm/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/helvum/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/id3v2/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/in-formant/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/infamousPlugins/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/ingen/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/jack-capture/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/jack-oscrolloscope/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/jack-passthrough/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/jalv/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/jamesdsp/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/japa/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/jconvolver/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/kid3/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/klystrack/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/lash/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/littlegptracker/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/lollypop/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/lpd8editor/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/luppp/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/lv2bm/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/CharacterCompressor/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/CompBus/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/ConstantDetuneChorus/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/LazyLimiter/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/faustCompressors/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/shelfMultiBand/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/mda-lv2/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/melmatcheq.lv2/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/mid2key/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/midi-visualizer/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/miniaudicle/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/minidsp/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/miniplayer/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/moc/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/mod-arpeggiator-lv2/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/iris.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/moped.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/mopidy.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/mopify.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/musicbox-webclient.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/mp3blaster/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/mp3val/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/mpc/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/mpc123/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/mpd-touch-screen-gui/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/munt/libmt32emu.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/munt/mt32emu-qt.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/museeks/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/music-player/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/musly/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/muso/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/mympd/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/ncmpcpp/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/ncpamixer/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/new-session-manager/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/noise-repellent/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/jit.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/mephisto.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/midi_matrix.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/orbit.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/patchmatrix.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/router.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/vm.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/orca-c/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/osmid/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/oxefmsynth/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/parrot/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/cyclone/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/maxlib/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/mrpeach/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/timbreid/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/pianobar/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/pianobooster/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/picoloop/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/plexamp/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/plugin-torture/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/plujain-ramp/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/pmidi/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/pms/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/polyphone/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/pragha/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/pt2-clone/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/puddletag/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-dlna/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-dlna/zeroconf.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/qjackctl/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/qmidiarp/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/qmidinet/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/radioboat/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/radiotray-ng/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/rhvoice/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/rhythmbox/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/rofi-mpd/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/samplebrain/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/samplv1/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/setbfree/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/sfxr-qt/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/sfxr/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/sidplayfp/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/sonata/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/songrec/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/sony-headphones-client/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/sooperlooper/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/sorcer/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/sound-juicer/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/soundtracker/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/spectrojack/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/spotify-cli-linux/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/spotify-player/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/spotifyd/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/squishyball/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/ssrc/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/stone-phaser/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/synthv1/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/tageditor/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/tagger/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/tambura/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/tone/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/tuner/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/vgmstream/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/vimpc/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/viper4linux/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/vocproc/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/waon/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/whipper/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/yasr/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/audio/zam-plugins/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/backup/deja-dup/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/backup/restic-integrity/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/backup/timeshift/unwrapped.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/backup/urbackup-client/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/backup/vdmfec/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/blockchains/besu/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/blockchains/bisq-desktop/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/blockchains/bitcoin-knots/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/blockchains/btcd/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/blockchains/clightning/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/blockchains/dcrctl/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/blockchains/dcrwallet/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/blockchains/eclair/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/blockchains/gridcoin-research/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/blockchains/lightwalletd/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/blockchains/litecoin/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/blockchains/mycrypto/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/blockchains/pivx/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/blockchains/quorum/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/blockchains/snarkos/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/blockchains/sparrow/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/blockchains/sparrow/openimajgrabber.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/blockchains/sumokoin/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/blockchains/teos/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/blockchains/ton/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/blockchains/vertcoin/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/blockchains/zecwallet-lite/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/display-managers/greetd/dlm.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/display-managers/lemurs/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm-mini-greeter/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm-mobile-greeter/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm-slick-greeter/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm-tiny-greeter/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/gtk-greeter.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/amp/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/bluefish/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/bluej/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/cpeditor/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/dhex/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/dit/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/eclipse/plugins.nix14
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/edit/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/elvis/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/consult-gh/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/copilot/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ghc-mod/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/grid/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/jam-mode/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ligo-mode/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/lsp-bridge/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/matrix-client/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/mu4e/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/wat-mode/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/xapian-lite/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/gnome-builder/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/gnome-latex/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/gobby/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/greenfoot/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/heh/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/helix/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/hexdino/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/howl/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/jed/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/jedit/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/joe/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/jupp/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/jupyter-kernels/clojupyter/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/jupyter-kernels/octave/kernel.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/jupyter-kernels/wolfram/kernel.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/kibi/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/leafpad/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/lite-xl/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/lite/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/manuskript/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/music/tuxguitar/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/nano/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/nedit/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/neovim-remote.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/netbeans/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/notepad-next/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/nvpy/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/okteta/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/ox/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/pixelorama/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/qxw/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/rednotebook/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/standardnotes/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/teehee/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/textadept/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/tweak/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/typora/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/vbindiff/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/vim-clap/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/contextmapper.context-mapper-vscode-extension/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix108
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/jackmacwindows.craftos-pc/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/jebbs.plantuml/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/ms-python.python/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/ms-python.vscode-pylance/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/myriad-dreamin.tinymist/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/nvarner.typst-lsp/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/reditorsupport.r/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/rust-lang.rust-analyzer/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/sourcery.sourcery/default.nix2
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-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/simple-mpv-webui.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/sponsorblock-minimal.nix2
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-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-gstreamer.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-rgb-levels-filter.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-teleport/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-vintage-filter.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/wlrobs.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/video/omxplayer/default.nix2
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-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/video/xine/lib.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/video/xplayer/default.nix2
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-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/virtualization/catatonit/default.nix2
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-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/virtualization/conmon/default.nix2
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-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/default.nix2
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-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/virtualization/krunvm/default.nix2
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-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman-compose/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/default.nix2
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-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/window-managers/bspwm/default.nix2
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-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/build.nix2
1341 files changed, 1411 insertions, 1411 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/accessibility/squeekboard/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/accessibility/squeekboard/default.nix
index 185bb2746a4e7..37468e4775976 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/accessibility/squeekboard/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/accessibility/squeekboard/default.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   passthru.tests.phosh = nixosTests.phosh;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A virtual keyboard supporting Wayland";
+    description = "Virtual keyboard supporting Wayland";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/squeekboard";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ artturin ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/AMB-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/AMB-plugins/default.nix
index b388674fa4492..97bd35264bb56 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/AMB-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/AMB-plugins/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   preInstall="mkdir -p $out/lib/ladspa";
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A set of ambisonics ladspa plugins";
+    description = "Set of ambisonics ladspa plugins";
     longDescription = ''
       Mono and stereo to B-format panning, horizontal rotator, square, hexagon and cube decoders.
     '';
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/FIL-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/FIL-plugins/default.nix
index d5f12addf8596..7aec4cff35580 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/FIL-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/FIL-plugins/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "a four-band parametric equaliser, which has the nice property of being stable even while parameters are being changed";
+    description = "Four-band parametric equaliser, which has the nice property of being stable even while parameters are being changed";
     longDescription = ''
       Each section has an active/bypass switch, frequency, bandwidth and gain controls.
       There is also a global bypass switch and gain control.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/aether-lv2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/aether-lv2/default.nix
index 6710aaa87f4e3..afec5763022d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/aether-lv2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/aether-lv2/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://dougal-s.github.io/Aether/";
-    description = "An algorithmic reverb LV2 based on Cloudseed";
+    description = "Algorithmic reverb LV2 based on Cloudseed";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.magnetophon ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/amarok/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/amarok/default.nix
index 405e0464b333f..4115dae3aeb34 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/amarok/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/amarok/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://amarok.kde.org";
-    description = "A powerful music player with an intuitive interface";
+    description = "Powerful music player with an intuitive interface";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/amberol/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/amberol/default.nix
index 6d6946a241673..8ec6c3e6b1ab7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/amberol/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/amberol/default.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/amberol";
-    description = "A small and simple sound and music player";
+    description = "Small and simple sound and music player";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ linsui ];
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/ams-lv2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/ams-lv2/default.nix
index 3d3589de5485c..bf0e3275ca6bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/ams-lv2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/ams-lv2/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An LV2 port of the internal modules found in Alsa Modular Synth";
+    description = "LV2 port of the internal modules found in Alsa Modular Synth";
     homepage = "https://github.com/blablack/ams-lv2";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/artyFX/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/artyFX/default.nix
index f68c6fa5c7dc4..e7c909c966378 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/artyFX/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/artyFX/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://openavproductions.com/artyfx/";
-    description = "A LV2 plugin bundle of artistic realtime effects";
+    description = "LV2 plugin bundle of artistic realtime effects";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.magnetophon ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/asunder/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/asunder/default.nix
index 8e209a4717faf..2c734acafdcdb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/asunder/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/asunder/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A graphical Audio CD ripper and encoder for Linux";
+    description = "Graphical Audio CD ripper and encoder for Linux";
     mainProgram = "asunder";
     homepage = "http://littlesvr.ca/asunder/index.php";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/audacious/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/audacious/default.nix
index cd97d460d3b38..beca5afc721da 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/audacious/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/audacious/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A lightweight and versatile audio player";
+    description = "Lightweight and versatile audio player";
     homepage = "https://audacious-media-player.org/";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ eelco ramkromberg ttuegel thiagokokada ];
     platforms = with platforms; linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/autotalent/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/autotalent/default.nix
index ba96aa51d6068..8e77cc352b155 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/autotalent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/autotalent/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://tombaran.info/autotalent.html";
-    description = "A real-time pitch correction LADSPA plugin (no MIDI control)";
+    description = "Real-time pitch correction LADSPA plugin (no MIDI control)";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.michalrus ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/bambootracker/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/bambootracker/default.nix
index 5f955334fef20..77ee141ef070d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/bambootracker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/bambootracker/default.nix
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tracker for YM2608 (OPNA) which was used in NEC PC-8801/9801 series computers";
+    description = "Tracker for YM2608 (OPNA) which was used in NEC PC-8801/9801 series computers";
     mainProgram = "BambooTracker";
     homepage = "https://bambootracker.github.io/BambooTracker/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/bchoppr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/bchoppr/default.nix
index 1d1afc0dd940c..fc31d09b2dabf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/bchoppr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/bchoppr/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/sjaehn/BChoppr";
-    description = "An audio stream chopping LV2 plugin";
+    description = "Audio stream chopping LV2 plugin";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.magnetophon ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/bitwig-studio/bitwig-studio3.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/bitwig-studio/bitwig-studio3.nix
index 8eda6c204b7f8..71243f6774603 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/bitwig-studio/bitwig-studio3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/bitwig-studio/bitwig-studio3.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A digital audio workstation";
+    description = "Digital audio workstation";
     longDescription = ''
       Bitwig Studio is a multi-platform music-creation system for
       production, performance and DJing, with a focus on flexible
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/bitwig-studio/bitwig-studio4.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/bitwig-studio/bitwig-studio4.nix
index 24d5147327aa5..6e0643b270d1f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/bitwig-studio/bitwig-studio4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/bitwig-studio/bitwig-studio4.nix
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A digital audio workstation";
+    description = "Digital audio workstation";
     longDescription = ''
       Bitwig Studio is a multi-platform music-creation system for
       production, performance and DJing, with a focus on flexible
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/bitwig-studio/bitwig-studio5.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/bitwig-studio/bitwig-studio5.nix
index e795128ba944f..6ff0217c59ead 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/bitwig-studio/bitwig-studio5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/bitwig-studio/bitwig-studio5.nix
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A digital audio workstation";
+    description = "Digital audio workstation";
     longDescription = ''
       Bitwig Studio is a multi-platform music-creation system for
       production, performance and DJing, with a focus on flexible
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/bolliedelayxt.lv2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/bolliedelayxt.lv2/default.nix
index 7ea601dcd923d..5fd5ec43268b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/bolliedelayxt.lv2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/bolliedelayxt.lv2/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A flexible LV2 delay plugin";
+    description = "Flexible LV2 delay plugin";
     homepage = "https://github.com/MrBollie/bolliedelayxt.lv2";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.magnetophon ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/bristol/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/bristol/default.nix
index fc50691155ecc..96f99e54ffc75 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/bristol/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/bristol/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A range of synthesiser, electric piano and organ emulations";
+    description = "Range of synthesiser, electric piano and organ emulations";
     homepage = "https://bristol.sourceforge.net";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/brutefir/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/brutefir/default.nix
index 8cb54bf410bf0..47f4648943a1e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/brutefir/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/brutefir/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://torger.se/anders/brutefir.html";
-    description = "A software convolution engine";
+    description = "Software convolution engine";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ auchter ];
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/calf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/calf/default.nix
index ecc43dd10c470..2fa5bdae14587 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/calf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/calf/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://calf-studio-gear.org";
-    description = "A set of high quality open source audio plugins for musicians";
+    description = "Set of high quality open source audio plugins for musicians";
     license = licenses.lgpl2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/cantata/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/cantata/default.nix
index 0d5c856252537..a9ce19cfdb811 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/cantata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/cantata/default.nix
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   cmakeFlags = lib.flatten (map (e: map (f: fstat e.enable f) e.names) options);
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A graphical client for MPD";
+    description = "Graphical client for MPD";
     mainProgram = "cantata";
     homepage = "https://github.com/cdrummond/cantata";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/caps/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/caps/default.nix
index e0f71fa264619..90b361aeef762 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/caps/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/caps/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A selection of LADSPA plugins implementing classic effects";
+    description = "Selection of LADSPA plugins implementing classic effects";
     longDescription = ''
       The C* Audio Plugin Suite is a selection of classic effects,
       unique filters and signal generators.  The digital guitarist
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/carla/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/carla/default.nix
index 7ba8188546c4d..b13ffdeb24c1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/carla/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/carla/default.nix
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://kx.studio/Applications:Carla";
-    description = "An audio plugin host";
+    description = "Audio plugin host";
     longDescription = ''
       It currently supports LADSPA (including LRDF), DSSI, LV2, VST2/3
       and AU plugin formats, plus GIG, SF2 and SFZ file support.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/castopod/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/castopod/default.nix
index 98e43b91a4a29..3f098c3653444 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/castopod/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/castopod/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An open-source hosting platform made for podcasters who want to engage and interact with their audience";
+    description = "Open-source hosting platform made for podcasters who want to engage and interact with their audience";
     homepage = "https://castopod.org";
     license = licenses.agpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ alexoundos ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/caudec/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/caudec/default.nix
index 8b76425f6876f..c1fd7acc90bd1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/caudec/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/caudec/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
    meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://caudec.cocatre.net/";
-    description = "A multiprocess audio converter that supports many formats (FLAC, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Windows codecs and many more)";
+    description = "Multiprocess audio converter that supports many formats (FLAC, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Windows codecs and many more)";
     license     = licenses.gpl3;
     platforms   = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/cdparanoia/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/cdparanoia/default.nix
index f32772b4a3923..4c861a177846d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/cdparanoia/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/cdparanoia/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://xiph.org/paranoia";
-    description = "A tool and library for reading digital audio from CDs";
+    description = "Tool and library for reading digital audio from CDs";
     license = with licenses; [ gpl2Plus lgpl21Plus ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     mainProgram = "cdparanoia";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/cheesecutter/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/cheesecutter/default.nix
index 8e2877c40c7bb..b1c44f2bebc8b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/cheesecutter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/cheesecutter/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tracker program for composing music for the SID chip";
+    description = "Tracker program for composing music for the SID chip";
     homepage = "https://github.com/theyamo/CheeseCutter/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" "x86_64-darwin" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/cider/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/cider/default.nix
index efabd0ad0eb95..21dd14ddc7ce5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/cider/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/cider/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ appimageTools.wrapType2 rec {
     '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A new look into listening and enjoying Apple Music in style and performance";
+    description = "New look into listening and enjoying Apple Music in style and performance";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ciderapp/Cider";
     license = licenses.agpl3Only;
     mainProgram = "cider";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/clementine/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/clementine/default.nix
index e7cffe1bd9497..75394a4afcfdc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/clementine/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/clementine/default.nix
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ in mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.clementine-player.org";
-    description = "A multiplatform music player";
+    description = "Multiplatform music player";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ttuegel ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/clerk/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/clerk/default.nix
index fa306d44c0a69..f77b03daac786 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/clerk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/clerk/default.nix
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An MPD client based on rofi/fzf";
+    description = "MPD client based on rofi/fzf";
     homepage = "https://github.com/carnager/clerk";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ anderspapitto rewine ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/cozy/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/cozy/default.nix
index 65cad453f6b73..6777893460877 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/cozy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/cozy/default.nix
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A modern audio book player for Linux";
+    description = "Modern audio book player for Linux";
     homepage = "https://cozy.geigi.de/";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ makefu aleksana ];
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/csa/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/csa/default.nix
index 0f7ad460a8c69..a861d8b0a4779 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/csa/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/csa/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/csa/";
-    description = "A group of LADSPA Audio plugins for FM broadcast and more";
+    description = "Group of LADSPA Audio plugins for FM broadcast and more";
     longDescription = ''
       CSA means : Contrôle Signal Audio.
       It contains the following plugins:
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/delayarchitect/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/delayarchitect/default.nix
index 3500d51d29529..a3a38c93953f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/delayarchitect/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/delayarchitect/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/jpcima/DelayArchitect";
-    description = "A visual, musical editor for delay effects";
+    description = "Visual, musical editor for delay effects";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.magnetophon ];
     platforms = platforms.all;
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/diopser/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/diopser/default.nix
index 67b95aef923f1..cba5d4615b385 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/diopser/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/diopser/default.nix
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ in  stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A totally original phase rotation plugin";
+    description = "Totally original phase rotation plugin";
     homepage = "https://github.com/robbert-vdh/diopser";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ magnetophon ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/dirt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/dirt/default.nix
index 4b9be9a080855..6b3ea6320638c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/dirt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/dirt/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An unimpressive thingie for playing bits of samples with some level of accuracy";
+    description = "Unimpressive thingie for playing bits of samples with some level of accuracy";
     homepage = "https://github.com/tidalcycles/Dirt";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ anderspapitto ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/dolbybcsoftwaredecode/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/dolbybcsoftwaredecode/default.nix
index fddbfc117bdaf..1e54e25ec98aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/dolbybcsoftwaredecode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/dolbybcsoftwaredecode/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Dolby B & C software decoder";
+    description = "Dolby B & C software decoder";
     homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/dolbybcsoftwaredecode/";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lorenz ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/dragonfly-reverb/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/dragonfly-reverb/default.nix
index 59494587157c2..a495e77651b04 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/dragonfly-reverb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/dragonfly-reverb/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/michaelwillis/dragonfly-reverb";
-    description = "A hall-style reverb based on freeverb3 algorithms";
+    description = "Hall-style reverb based on freeverb3 algorithms";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.magnetophon ];
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = ["x86_64-linux"];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/drumgizmo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/drumgizmo/default.nix
index 08183c004fd6e..f7d05198939b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/drumgizmo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/drumgizmo/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An LV2 sample based drum plugin";
+    description = "LV2 sample based drum plugin";
     homepage = "https://www.drumgizmo.org";
     license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/drumkv1/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/drumkv1/default.nix
index 8dfb00318c159..73d55c97f56f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/drumkv1/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/drumkv1/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An old-school drum-kit sampler synthesizer with stereo fx";
+    description = "Old-school drum-kit sampler synthesizer with stereo fx";
     mainProgram = "drumkv1_jack";
     homepage = "http://drumkv1.sourceforge.net/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/dsf2flac/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/dsf2flac/default.nix
index 2459c1c6929da..0a7eaf0a2dac5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/dsf2flac/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/dsf2flac/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   configureFlags = [ "--with-boost-libdir=${boost.out}/lib" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A DSD to FLAC transcoding tool";
+    description = "DSD to FLAC transcoding tool";
     homepage = "https://github.com/hank/dsf2flac";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ artemist ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/exact-audio-copy/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/exact-audio-copy/default.nix
index bd5e55bc21061..ec7dad91a8084 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/exact-audio-copy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/exact-audio-copy/default.nix
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ symlinkJoin {
   paths = [ wrapper desktopItem ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A precise CD audio grabber for creating perfect quality rips using CD and DVD drives";
+    description = "Precise CD audio grabber for creating perfect quality rips using CD and DVD drives";
     homepage = "https://www.exactaudiocopy.de/";
     changelog = "https://www.exactaudiocopy.de/en/index.php/resources/whats-new/whats-new/";
     license = licenses.unfree;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/exaile/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/exaile/default.nix
index 624f14558142c..036bcc70ddd0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/exaile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/exaile/default.nix
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.exaile.org/";
-    description = "A music player with a simple interface and powerful music management capabilities";
+    description = "Music player with a simple interface and powerful music management capabilities";
     mainProgram = "exaile";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ryneeverett ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/faust/faustlive.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/faust/faustlive.nix
index 3826bb8b4badf..9051334cb2be1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/faust/faustlive.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/faust/faustlive.nix
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postPatch = "cd Build";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A standalone just-in-time Faust compiler";
+    description = "Standalone just-in-time Faust compiler";
     mainProgram = "FaustLive";
     longDescription = ''
       FaustLive is a standalone just-in-time Faust compiler. It tries to bring
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/fmsynth/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/fmsynth/default.nix
index 57b4bec50adb9..72dbd50b51b42 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/fmsynth/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/fmsynth/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   preInstall = "mkdir -p $out/lib/lv2";
 
   meta = {
-    description = "a flexible 8 operator FM synthesizer for LV2";
+    description = "Flexible 8 operator FM synthesizer for LV2";
     longDescription = ''
       The synth core supports:
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/fomp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/fomp/default.nix
index 8dc86cb8ccf5d..1b99041af286d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/fomp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/fomp/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://drobilla.net/software/fomp.html";
-    description = "An LV2 port of the MCP, VCO, FIL, and WAH plugins by Fons Adriaensen";
+    description = "LV2 port of the MCP, VCO, FIL, and WAH plugins by Fons Adriaensen";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.magnetophon ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/freewheeling/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/freewheeling/default.nix
index 976421aee7abc..2da35c3adec85 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/freewheeling/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/freewheeling/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A live looping instrument with JACK and MIDI support";
+    description = "Live looping instrument with JACK and MIDI support";
     longDescription = ''
         Freewheeling allows us to build repetitive grooves
         by sampling and directing loops from within spirited improvisation.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/friture/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/friture/default.nix
index 60a098bb1ab8b..b42cfb05c7fa0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/friture/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/friture/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A real-time audio analyzer";
+    description = "Real-time audio analyzer";
     mainProgram = "friture";
     homepage = "https://friture.org/";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/ft2-clone/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/ft2-clone/default.nix
index 20615369cb643..aac0eacad0d45 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/ft2-clone/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/ft2-clone/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A highly accurate clone of the classic Fasttracker II software for MS-DOS";
+    description = "Highly accurate clone of the classic Fasttracker II software for MS-DOS";
     homepage = "https://16-bits.org/ft2.php";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fgaz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/fverb/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/fverb/default.nix
index 2cd723b73bc9a..6d28b8e88bf9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/fverb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/fverb/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A stereo variant of the reverberator by Jon Dattorro, for lv2";
+    description = "Stereo variant of the reverberator by Jon Dattorro, for lv2";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jpcima/fverb";
     license = licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.magnetophon ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/g4music/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/g4music/default.nix
index e27d6852c6b23..d304adc19ed70 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/g4music/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/g4music/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A beautiful, fast, fluent, light weight music player written in GTK4";
+    description = "Beautiful, fast, fluent, light weight music player written in GTK4";
     mainProgram = "g4music";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/neithern/g4music";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/geonkick/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/geonkick/default.nix
index 9b1b5fb7c685f..2ff3c823a7ab7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/geonkick/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/geonkick/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/iurie-sw/geonkick";
-    description = "A free software percussion synthesizer";
+    description = "Free software percussion synthesizer";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.magnetophon ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/giada/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/giada/default.nix
index 5f0044f9fb0d5..2693c31846d4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/giada/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/giada/default.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A free, minimal, hardcore audio tool for DJs, live performers and electronic musicians";
+    description = "Free, minimal, hardcore audio tool for DJs, live performers and electronic musicians";
     mainProgram = "giada";
     homepage = "https://giadamusic.com/";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/gmpc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/gmpc/default.nix
index 071e900b59b27..3bd6f3138146c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/gmpc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/gmpc/default.nix
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://gmpclient.org";
-    description = "A GTK2 frontend for Music Player Daemon";
+    description = "GTK2 frontend for Music Player Daemon";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/goattracker/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/goattracker/default.nix
index 17373c1d5a526..810b4185330c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/goattracker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/goattracker/default.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   desktopItems = [ desktopItem ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A crossplatform music editor for creating Commodore 64 music. Uses reSID library by Dag Lem and supports alternatively HardSID & CatWeasel devices"
+    description = "Crossplatform music editor for creating Commodore 64 music. Uses reSID library by Dag Lem and supports alternatively HardSID & CatWeasel devices"
       + lib.optionalString isStereo " - Stereo version";
     homepage = "https://cadaver.github.io/tools.html";
     downloadPage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/goattracker2/";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/goodvibes/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/goodvibes/default.nix
index f857e6971e9b8..165bf2b88653d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/goodvibes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/goodvibes/default.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A lightweight internet radio player";
+    description = "Lightweight internet radio player";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/goodvibes/goodvibes";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/gpodder/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/gpodder/default.nix
index cde01e65bdeed..0e6178006ccfc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/gpodder/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/gpodder/default.nix
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {};
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A podcatcher written in python";
+    description = "Podcatcher written in python";
     longDescription = ''
       gPodder downloads and manages free audio and video content (podcasts)
       for you. Listen directly on your computer or on your mobile devices.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/greg/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/greg/default.nix
index 5e6d5e2583ab0..77ed401f6662d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/greg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/greg/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ with pythonPackages; buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/manolomartinez/greg";
-    description = "A command-line podcast aggregator";
+    description = "Command-line podcast aggregator";
     mainProgram = "greg";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ edwtjo ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/gspeech/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/gspeech/default.nix
index 86a93c78962de..2a253c735e37e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/gspeech/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/gspeech/default.nix
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   strictDeps = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A minimal GUI for the Text To Speech 'Svox Pico'. Read clipboard or selected text in different languages and manage it : pause, stop, replay";
+    description = "Minimal GUI for the Text To Speech 'Svox Pico'. Read clipboard or selected text in different languages and manage it : pause, stop, replay";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mothsART/gSpeech";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mothsart ];
     license = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/guitarix/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/guitarix/default.nix
index 50c00101dc210..71ac598000daf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/guitarix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/guitarix/default.nix
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [ "-fpermissive" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A virtual guitar amplifier for Linux running with JACK";
+    description = "Virtual guitar amplifier for Linux running with JACK";
     mainProgram = "guitarix";
     longDescription = ''
         guitarix is a virtual guitar amplifier for Linux running with
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/gxplugins-lv2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/gxplugins-lv2/default.nix
index 847096c38816f..93ae0cbc2e04d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/gxplugins-lv2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/gxplugins-lv2/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/brummer10/GxPlugins.lv2";
-    description = "A set of extra lv2 plugins from the guitarix project";
+    description = "Set of extra lv2 plugins from the guitarix project";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.magnetophon ];
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/headset/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/headset/default.nix
index f505bc8c0ecb4..009ce3f0b7033 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/headset/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/headset/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple music player for YouTube and Reddit";
+    description = "Simple music player for YouTube and Reddit";
     homepage = "https://headsetapp.co/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/helm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/helm/default.nix
index a7dff6a3ab724..b6331fd213925 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/helm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/helm/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://tytel.org/helm";
-    description = "A free, cross-platform, polyphonic synthesizer";
+    description = "Free, cross-platform, polyphonic synthesizer";
     longDescription = ''
       A free, cross-platform, polyphonic synthesizer.
       Features:
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/helvum/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/helvum/default.nix
index 6e3de0f14bb75..6e8aec5bd9484 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/helvum/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/helvum/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A GTK patchbay for pipewire";
+    description = "GTK patchbay for pipewire";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/helvum";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fufexan ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/id3v2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/id3v2/default.nix
index 6129f25236e6b..b50affb2a95ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/id3v2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/id3v2/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command line editor for id3v2 tags";
+    description = "Command line editor for id3v2 tags";
     homepage = "https://id3v2.sourceforge.net/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = with platforms; unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/in-formant/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/in-formant/default.nix
index 89e7e876af8ea..a6bcc68bf5a7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/in-formant/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/in-formant/default.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A real-time pitch and formant tracking software";
+    description = "Real-time pitch and formant tracking software";
     mainProgram = "in-formant";
     homepage = "https://github.com/in-formant/in-formant";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/infamousPlugins/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/infamousPlugins/default.nix
index 38c8663a53c66..062431bd4080a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/infamousPlugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/infamousPlugins/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://ssj71.github.io/infamousPlugins";
-    description = "A collection of open-source LV2 plugins";
+    description = "Collection of open-source LV2 plugins";
     longDescription = ''
       These are audio plugins in the LV2 format, developed for linux. Most are suitable for live use.
       This collection contains:
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/ingen/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/ingen/default.nix
index 81a97d5a054e6..b81201cc83e4f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/ingen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/ingen/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A modular audio processing system using JACK and LV2 or LADSPA plugins";
+    description = "Modular audio processing system using JACK and LV2 or LADSPA plugins";
     homepage = "http://drobilla.net/software/ingen";
     license = licenses.agpl3Plus;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/jack-capture/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/jack-capture/default.nix
index 62fa23be2e5b8..c3fc09cb088f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/jack-capture/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/jack-capture/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A program for recording soundfiles with jack";
+    description = "Program for recording soundfiles with jack";
     mainProgram = "jack_capture";
     homepage = "https://github.com/kmatheussen/jack_capture/";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/jack-oscrolloscope/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/jack-oscrolloscope/default.nix
index 8cdac43a3882e..ea2d37151c79d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/jack-oscrolloscope/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/jack-oscrolloscope/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple waveform viewer for JACK";
+    description = "Simple waveform viewer for JACK";
     mainProgram = "jack_oscrolloscope";
     homepage = "http://das.nasophon.de/jack_oscrolloscope";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/jack-passthrough/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/jack-passthrough/default.nix
index 504f95fb5fdbe..b73e3035a6706 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/jack-passthrough/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/jack-passthrough/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   buildInputs = [ fmt_9 libjack2 ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple app to help with JACK apps that behave strangely";
+    description = "Simple app to help with JACK apps that behave strangely";
     longDescription = ''
       Creates a JACK passthrough client with an arbitrary name and number of
       ports. Common uses include tricking stubborn applications into creating
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/jalv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/jalv/default.nix
index b640b55c5476b..a528a209efa74 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/jalv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/jalv/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple but fully featured LV2 host for Jack";
+    description = "Simple but fully featured LV2 host for Jack";
     homepage = "http://drobilla.net/software/jalv";
     license = licenses.isc;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/jamesdsp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/jamesdsp/default.nix
index 4d2b7cf6dba17..4f9b5c68c859b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/jamesdsp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/jamesdsp/default.nix
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     broken = (stdenv.isLinux && stdenv.isAarch64);
-    description = "An audio effect processor for PipeWire clients";
+    description = "Audio effect processor for PipeWire clients";
     mainProgram = "jamesdsp";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Audio4Linux/JDSP4Linux";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/japa/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/japa/default.nix
index a6ee28cc1498a..ca95624f3ed66 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/japa/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/japa/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A 'perceptual' or 'psychoacoustic' audio spectrum analyser for JACK and ALSA";
+    description = "'perceptual' or 'psychoacoustic' audio spectrum analyser for JACK and ALSA";
     homepage = "http://kokkinizita.linuxaudio.org/linuxaudio/index.html";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.magnetophon ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/jconvolver/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/jconvolver/default.nix
index 5294ae5f13a18..0abda14b56e63 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/jconvolver/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/jconvolver/default.nix
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A JACK client and audio file convolver with reverb samples";
+    description = "JACK client and audio file convolver with reverb samples";
     homepage = "https://kokkinizita.linuxaudio.org/linuxaudio/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ orivej ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/kid3/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/kid3/default.nix
index cae02e03e613c..8cc6f6d8ec604 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/kid3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/kid3/default.nix
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A simple and powerful audio tag editor";
+    description = "Simple and powerful audio tag editor";
     inherit mainProgram;
     homepage = "https://kid3.kde.org/";
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/klystrack/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/klystrack/default.nix
index 597ed4bd2cb2b..83c3410a88c16 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/klystrack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/klystrack/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A chiptune tracker";
+    description = "Chiptune tracker";
     homepage = "https://kometbomb.github.io/klystrack";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ suhr ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/lash/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/lash/default.nix
index 6c8ea6528f9ba..090c457d44a86 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/lash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/lash/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Linux Audio Session Handler";
+    description = "Linux Audio Session Handler";
     longDescription = ''
       Session management system for GNU/Linux audio applications.
     '';
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/littlegptracker/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/littlegptracker/default.nix
index b575f717be747..fad1d3f15cac6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/littlegptracker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/littlegptracker/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A music tracker similar to lsdj optimised to run on portable game consoles";
+    description = "Music tracker similar to lsdj optimised to run on portable game consoles";
     longDescription = ''
       LittleGPTracker (a.k.a 'The piggy', 'lgpt') is a music tracker optimised
       to run on portable game consoles. It is currently running on Game Park's
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/lollypop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/lollypop/default.nix
index 1b833425610d8..8b492e09cc5cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/lollypop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/lollypop/default.nix
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     changelog = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/lollypop/tags/${version}";
-    description = "A modern music player for GNOME";
+    description = "Modern music player for GNOME";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/lollypop";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovesegfault ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/lpd8editor/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/lpd8editor/default.nix
index 4b92417dc694c..4c48ca18ad37f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/lpd8editor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/lpd8editor/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A linux editor for the Akai LPD8";
+    description = "Linux editor for the Akai LPD8";
     homepage = "https://github.com/charlesfleche/lpd8editor";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pinpox ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/luppp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/luppp/default.nix
index 23b084bddb573..3ade4a2ea8f03 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/luppp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/luppp/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://openavproductions.com/luppp/";  # https does not work
-    description = "A music creation tool, intended for live use";
+    description = "Music creation tool, intended for live use";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ prusnak ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/lv2bm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/lv2bm/default.nix
index 033a7c8cfe706..dd831f024c2a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/lv2bm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/lv2bm/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/portalmod/lv2bm";
-    description = "A benchmark tool for LV2 plugins";
+    description = "Benchmark tool for LV2 plugins";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.magnetophon ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/CharacterCompressor/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/CharacterCompressor/default.nix
index 36ec1c38ca324..09e87abec0ea3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/CharacterCompressor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/CharacterCompressor/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A compressor with character. For jack and lv2";
+    description = "Compressor with character. For jack and lv2";
     homepage = "https://github.com/magnetophon/CharacterCompressor";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.magnetophon ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/CompBus/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/CompBus/default.nix
index 21f5f2206f076..ce90f0f5f1641 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/CompBus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/CompBus/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A group of compressors mixed into a bus, sidechained from that mix bus. For jack and lv2";
+    description = "Group of compressors mixed into a bus, sidechained from that mix bus. For jack and lv2";
     homepage = "https://github.com/magnetophon/CompBus";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.magnetophon ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/ConstantDetuneChorus/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/ConstantDetuneChorus/default.nix
index a8fecfedb5c37..98fae67d71c52 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/ConstantDetuneChorus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/ConstantDetuneChorus/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A chorus algorithm that maintains constant and symmetric detuning depth (in cents), regardless of modulation rate. For jack and lv2";
+    description = "Chorus algorithm that maintains constant and symmetric detuning depth (in cents), regardless of modulation rate. For jack and lv2";
     homepage = "https://github.com/magnetophon/constant-detune-chorus";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.magnetophon ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/LazyLimiter/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/LazyLimiter/default.nix
index 168687052dcd5..66f66d2e24483 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/LazyLimiter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/LazyLimiter/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A fast yet clean lookahead limiter for jack and lv2";
+    description = "Fast yet clean lookahead limiter for jack and lv2";
     homepage = "https://magnetophon.github.io/LazyLimiter/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.magnetophon ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/faustCompressors/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/faustCompressors/default.nix
index a89b4e56485e2..0caba36177438 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/faustCompressors/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/faustCompressors/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A collection of bread and butter compressors";
+    description = "Collection of bread and butter compressors";
     homepage = "https://github.com/magnetophon/faustCompressors";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.magnetophon ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/shelfMultiBand/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/shelfMultiBand/default.nix
index 5483868e4dfa8..42163d9879b8b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/shelfMultiBand/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/magnetophonDSP/shelfMultiBand/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A multiband compressor made from shelving filters";
+    description = "Multiband compressor made from shelving filters";
     homepage = "https://github.com/magnetophon/shelfMultiBand";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.magnetophon ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mda-lv2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mda-lv2/default.nix
index 98812bec4d87f..b1f0f5b53c5b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/mda-lv2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mda-lv2/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://drobilla.net/software/mda-lv2.html";
-    description = "An LV2 port of the MDA plugins by Paul Kellett";
+    description = "LV2 port of the MDA plugins by Paul Kellett";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/melmatcheq.lv2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/melmatcheq.lv2/default.nix
index 55c6e4c185a40..7469b8146f72c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/melmatcheq.lv2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/melmatcheq.lv2/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/brummer10/MelMatchEQ.lv2";
-    description = "a profiling EQ using a 26 step Mel Frequency Band";
+    description = "Profiling EQ using a 26 step Mel Frequency Band";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ magnetophon ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mid2key/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mid2key/default.nix
index a4794e8a2e901..f17fd476613a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/mid2key/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mid2key/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://code.google.com/p/mid2key/";
-    description = "A simple tool which maps midi notes to simulated keystrokes";
+    description = "Simple tool which maps midi notes to simulated keystrokes";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/midi-visualizer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/midi-visualizer/default.nix
index 907a17eccb301..a7a8843f46e69 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/midi-visualizer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/midi-visualizer/default.nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A small MIDI visualizer tool, using OpenGL";
+    description = "Small MIDI visualizer tool, using OpenGL";
     mainProgram = "MIDIVisualizer";
     homepage = "https://github.com/kosua20/MIDIVisualizer";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/miniaudicle/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/miniaudicle/default.nix
index d0aed09ee8632..f3cd335b47be6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/miniaudicle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/miniaudicle/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   buildFlags = [ "linux-${audioBackend}" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A light-weight integrated development environment for the ChucK digital audio programming language";
+    description = "Light-weight integrated development environment for the ChucK digital audio programming language";
     mainProgram = "miniAudicle";
     homepage = "https://audicle.cs.princeton.edu/mini/";
     downloadPage = "https://audicle.cs.princeton.edu/mini/linux/";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/minidsp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/minidsp/default.nix
index 5c3da313e3c4f..1ba98f0034813 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/minidsp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/minidsp/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [pkg-config];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A control interface for some MiniDSP products";
+    description = "Control interface for some MiniDSP products";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mrene/minidsp-rs";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/miniplayer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/miniplayer/default.nix
index e3837baeca048..2d87078b786dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/miniplayer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/miniplayer/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   # pythonImportsCheck is disabled because this package doesn't expose any modules.
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A curses-based MPD client with basic functionality that can also display an album art";
+    description = "Curses-based MPD client with basic functionality that can also display an album art";
     homepage = "https://github.com/GuardKenzie/miniplayer";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ azahi ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/moc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/moc/default.nix
index 6e408a5d12b54..31ca0ba6fef3b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/moc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/moc/default.nix
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An ncurses console audio player designed to be powerful and easy to use";
+    description = "Ncurses console audio player designed to be powerful and easy to use";
     homepage = "http://moc.daper.net/";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ aethelz pSub jagajaga ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mod-arpeggiator-lv2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mod-arpeggiator-lv2/default.nix
index a628e38469f51..0f8ef18d569a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/mod-arpeggiator-lv2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mod-arpeggiator-lv2/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "a LV2 arpeggiator";
+    description = "LV2 arpeggiator";
     homepage = "https://github.com/moddevices/mod-arpeggiator-lv2";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.magnetophon ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/iris.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/iris.nix
index 38a6a55e3d96f..66af8c6586873 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/iris.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/iris.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/jaedb/Iris";
-    description = "A fully-functional Mopidy web client encompassing Spotify and many other backends";
+    description = "Fully-functional Mopidy web client encompassing Spotify and many other backends";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.rvolosatovs ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/moped.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/moped.nix
index ec1b2ddaff06a..3e4e728c3c2de 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/moped.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/moped.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/martijnboland/moped";
-    description = "A web client for Mopidy";
+    description = "Web client for Mopidy";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [];
     hydraPlatforms = [];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/mopidy.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/mopidy.nix
index bf7f9a07f7721..ef604a6b41502 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/mopidy.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/mopidy.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.mopidy.com/";
-    description = "An extensible music server that plays music from local disk, Spotify, SoundCloud, and more";
+    description = "Extensible music server that plays music from local disk, Spotify, SoundCloud, and more";
     mainProgram = "mopidy";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.fpletz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/mopify.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/mopify.nix
index 68ba39a0ab42d..b5f89f4f4511b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/mopify.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/mopify.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/dirkgroenen/mopidy-mopify";
-    description = "A mopidy webclient based on the Spotify webbased interface";
+    description = "Mopidy webclient based on the Spotify webbased interface";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.Gonzih ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/musicbox-webclient.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/musicbox-webclient.nix
index 02dc7b37cef1e..902d209f0286a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/musicbox-webclient.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/musicbox-webclient.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Mopidy frontend extension and web client with additional features for Pi MusicBox";
+    description = "Mopidy frontend extension and web client with additional features for Pi MusicBox";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pimusicbox/mopidy-musicbox-webclient";
     changelog = "https://github.com/pimusicbox/mopidy-musicbox-webclient/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.rst";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mp3blaster/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mp3blaster/default.nix
index 8d4a63f3b9ef1..1faeddb4d8e0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/mp3blaster/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mp3blaster/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ]);
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An audio player for the text console";
+    description = "Audio player for the text console";
     homepage = "http://www.mp3blaster.org/";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ earldouglas ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mp3val/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mp3val/default.nix
index daa03617824b1..506829ac3a000 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/mp3val/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mp3val/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   hardeningDisable = [ "fortify" ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A tool for validating and repairing MPEG audio streams";
+    description = "Tool for validating and repairing MPEG audio streams";
     longDescription = ''
       MP3val is a small, high-speed, free software tool for checking MPEG audio
       files' integrity. It can be useful for finding corrupted files (e.g.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mpc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mpc/default.nix
index 9f7d8a06e206b..b0dcbfa18c595 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/mpc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mpc/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.musicpd.org/clients/mpc/";
-    description = "A minimalist command line interface to MPD";
+    description = "Minimalist command line interface to MPD";
     changelog = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/mpc/v${version}/NEWS";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mpc123/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mpc123/default.nix
index 5f9f0229cb498..1061705115ea5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/mpc123/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mpc123/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A Musepack (.mpc) audio player";
+    description = "Musepack (.mpc) audio player";
     homepage = "https://github.com/bucciarati/mpc123";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     mainProgram = "mpc123";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mpd-touch-screen-gui/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mpd-touch-screen-gui/default.nix
index ce00cb2bd03e7..87f2dea11f065 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/mpd-touch-screen-gui/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mpd-touch-screen-gui/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A small MPD client that let's you view covers and has controls suitable for small touchscreens";
+    description = "Small MPD client that let's you view covers and has controls suitable for small touchscreens";
     homepage = "https://github.com/muesli4/mpd-touch-screen-gui";
     # See: https://github.com/muesli4/mpd-touch-screen-gui/tree/master/LICENSES
     license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/munt/libmt32emu.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/munt/libmt32emu.nix
index e011804944b53..c8a9263b7501f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/munt/libmt32emu.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/munt/libmt32emu.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://munt.sourceforge.net/";
-    description = "A library to emulate Roland MT-32, CM-32L, CM-64 and LAPC-I devices";
+    description = "Library to emulate Roland MT-32, CM-32L, CM-64 and LAPC-I devices";
     license = with licenses; [ lgpl21Plus ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ OPNA2608 ];
     platforms = platforms.unix; # Not tested on ReactOS yet :)
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/munt/mt32emu-qt.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/munt/mt32emu-qt.nix
index 9ebb59ddafdde..e84ad492c488e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/munt/mt32emu-qt.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/munt/mt32emu-qt.nix
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://munt.sourceforge.net/";
-    description = "A synthesizer application built on Qt and libmt32emu";
+    description = "Synthesizer application built on Qt and libmt32emu";
     mainProgram = "mt32emu-qt";
     longDescription = ''
       mt32emu-qt is a synthesiser application that facilitates both realtime
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/museeks/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/museeks/default.nix
index 5db7f5bd40844..3a54d3923d007 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/museeks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/museeks/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ appimageTools.wrapType2 {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple, clean and cross-platform music player";
+    description = "Simple, clean and cross-platform music player";
     homepage = "https://github.com/martpie/museeks";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/music-player/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/music-player/default.nix
index 0a93443df473a..137c463437756 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/music-player/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/music-player/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An extensible music player daemon written in Rust";
+    description = "Extensible music player daemon written in Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/tsirysndr/music-player";
     changelog = "https://github.com/tsirysndr/music-player/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/musly/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/musly/default.nix
index 43c5fc3365d15..1f8e1a9f3aef1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/musly/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/musly/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.musly.org";
-    description = "A fast and high-quality audio music similarity library written in C/C++";
+    description = "Fast and high-quality audio music similarity library written in C/C++";
     longDescription = ''
       Musly analyzes the the audio signal of music pieces to estimate their similarity.
       No meta-data about the music piece is included in the similarity estimation.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/muso/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/muso/default.nix
index 217ff8afef8af..8cf4e31b79e47 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/muso/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/muso/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
-    description = "An automatic music sorter (based on ID3 tags)";
+    description = "Automatic music sorter (based on ID3 tags)";
     mainProgram = "muso";
     homepage = "https://github.com/quebin31/muso";
     license = with licenses; [ gpl3Plus ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mympd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mympd/default.nix
index 5d60783e01716..8e635ddd4796d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/mympd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mympd/default.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://jcorporation.github.io/myMPD";
-    description = "A standalone and mobile friendly web mpd client with a tiny footprint and advanced features";
+    description = "Standalone and mobile friendly web mpd client with a tiny footprint and advanced features";
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.doronbehar ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/ncmpcpp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/ncmpcpp/default.nix
index 9577d8ab3959c..e2ecb813f5528 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/ncmpcpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/ncmpcpp/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ lib.optional taglibSupport taglib;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A featureful ncurses based MPD client inspired by ncmpc";
+    description = "Featureful ncurses based MPD client inspired by ncmpc";
     homepage    = "https://rybczak.net/ncmpcpp/";
     changelog   = "https://github.com/ncmpcpp/ncmpcpp/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license     = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/ncpamixer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/ncpamixer/default.nix
index d33024c0dfbe3..4b6f006418aaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/ncpamixer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/ncpamixer/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An ncurses mixer for PulseAudio inspired by pavucontrol";
+    description = "Ncurses mixer for PulseAudio inspired by pavucontrol";
     homepage = "https://github.com/fulhax/ncpamixer";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/new-session-manager/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/new-session-manager/default.nix
index fb4c19804901f..6e24f0c90d292 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/new-session-manager/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/new-session-manager/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://new-session-manager.jackaudio.org/";
-    description = "A session manager designed for audio applications";
+    description = "Session manager designed for audio applications";
     maintainers = [ maintainers._6AA4FD ];
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = ["x86_64-linux"];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/noise-repellent/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/noise-repellent/default.nix
index bcd2f8e4c42a5..d1860141ebb31 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/noise-repellent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/noise-repellent/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An lv2 plugin for broadband noise reduction";
+    description = "LV2 plugin for broadband noise reduction";
     homepage    = "https://github.com/lucianodato/noise-repellent";
     license     = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.magnetophon ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/jit.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/jit.nix
index 937a6446a8da3..b82b12385ea3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/jit.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/jit.nix
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
 
   additionalBuildInputs = [ lv2 fontconfig libvterm-neovim ];
 
-  description = "A Just-in-Time C/Rust compiler embedded in an LV2 plugin";
+  description = "Just-in-Time C/Rust compiler embedded in an LV2 plugin";
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/mephisto.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/mephisto.nix
index 2328b9979158a..e63c2fb7325c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/mephisto.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/mephisto.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Just-in-time FAUST embedded in an LV2 plugin";
+    description = "Just-in-time FAUST embedded in an LV2 plugin";
     homepage = "https://git.open-music-kontrollers.ch/~hp/mephisto.lv2";
     license = licenses.artistic2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.magnetophon ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/midi_matrix.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/midi_matrix.nix
index cd431d1a1d3da..7da92eb45b18e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/midi_matrix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/midi_matrix.nix
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
 
   sha256 = "1nwmfxdzk4pvbwcgi3d7v4flqc10bmi2fxhrhrpfa7cafqs40ib6";
 
-  description = "An LV2 MIDI channel matrix patcher";
+  description = "LV2 MIDI channel matrix patcher";
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/orbit.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/orbit.nix
index 930fc17760f91..21fdf44b24c04 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/orbit.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/orbit.nix
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
 
   additionalBuildInputs = [ zlib ];
 
-  description = "An LV2 time event manipulation plugin bundle";
+  description = "LV2 time event manipulation plugin bundle";
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/patchmatrix.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/patchmatrix.nix
index cc343e0330c30..39b68ba3a577c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/patchmatrix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/patchmatrix.nix
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
 
   additionalBuildInputs = [ libjack2 ];
 
-  description = "A JACK patchbay in flow matrix style";
+  description = "JACK patchbay in flow matrix style";
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/router.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/router.nix
index 40d3a5e6fbcd1..b7e734db2803c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/router.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/router.nix
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
   url = "https://git.open-music-kontrollers.ch/lv2/${pname}.lv2/snapshot/${pname}.lv2-7d754dd64c540d40b828166401617715dc235ca3.tar.xz";
   sha256 = "sha256-LjaW5Xdxfjzd6IJ2ptHzmHt7fhU1HQo7ubZ4USVqRE8=";
 
-  description = "An atom/audio/CV router LV2 plugin bundle";
+  description = "Atom/Audio/CV router LV2 plugin bundle";
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/vm.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/vm.nix
index 8d432d356cf5e..c35da5bf36364 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/vm.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/vm.nix
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
 
   sha256 = "013gq7jn556nkk1nq6zzh9nmp3fb36jd7ndzvyq3qryw7khzkagc";
 
-  description = "A programmable virtual machine LV2 plugin";
+  description = "Programmable virtual machine LV2 plugin";
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/orca-c/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/orca-c/default.nix
index be40def26441b..3dfea97ace2a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/orca-c/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/orca-c/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An esoteric programming language designed to quickly create procedural sequencers";
+    description = "Esoteric programming language designed to quickly create procedural sequencers";
     homepage = "https://git.sr.ht/~rabbits/orca";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/osmid/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/osmid/default.nix
index 1a65826dca338..79b809428ea53 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/osmid/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/osmid/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/llloret/osmid";
-    description = "A lightweight, portable, easy to use tool to convert MIDI to OSC and OSC to MIDI";
+    description = "Lightweight, portable, easy to use tool to convert MIDI to OSC and OSC to MIDI";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ c0deaddict ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/oxefmsynth/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/oxefmsynth/default.nix
index 81cdc29be7a49..ef4482e8f1cc4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/oxefmsynth/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/oxefmsynth/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/oxesoft/oxefmsynth";
-    description = "An open source VST 2.4 instrument plugin";
+    description = "Open source VST 2.4 instrument plugin";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.hirenashah ];
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/parrot/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/parrot/default.nix
index 8520b92015555..db5b89bb39fa0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/parrot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/parrot/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A hassle-free Discord music bot";
+    description = "Hassle-free Discord music bot";
     homepage = "https://github.com/aquelemiguel/parrot";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ gerg-l ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/cyclone/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/cyclone/default.nix
index 12efbfb64a4c3..db46c1224ee6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/cyclone/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/cyclone/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A library of PureData classes, bringing some level of compatibility between Max/MSP and Pd environments";
+    description = "Library of PureData classes, bringing some level of compatibility between Max/MSP and Pd environments";
     homepage = "http://puredata.info/downloads/cyclone";
     license = licenses.tcltk;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ magnetophon carlthome ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/maxlib/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/maxlib/default.nix
index 1fc3475bc6ac2..567141afaffea 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/maxlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/maxlib/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A library of non-tilde externals for puredata, by Miller Puckette";
+    description = "Library of non-tilde externals for puredata, by Miller Puckette";
     homepage = "http://puredata.info/downloads/maxlib";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.magnetophon ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/mrpeach/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/mrpeach/default.nix
index 71f5e9438e1c3..e11c5cd00a186 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/mrpeach/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/mrpeach/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A collection of Pd objectclasses for OSC-messages";
+    description = "Collection of Pd objectclasses for OSC-messages";
     homepage = "http://puredata.info/downloads/osc";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.magnetophon ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/timbreid/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/timbreid/default.nix
index 7fd2adefce075..f3da39f15b33d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/timbreid/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/timbreid/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A collection of audio feature analysis externals for puredata";
+    description = "Collection of audio feature analysis externals for puredata";
     homepage = "http://williambrent.conflations.com/pages/research.html";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.magnetophon ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pianobar/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/pianobar/default.nix
index 3d2d6e1263b0c..7854203d89396 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/pianobar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pianobar/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   CFLAGS = "-std=c99";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A console front-end for Pandora.com";
+    description = "Console front-end for Pandora.com";
     homepage = "https://6xq.net/pianobar/";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     license = licenses.mit; # expat version
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pianobooster/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/pianobooster/default.nix
index a83c5ee7e401d..8a78ca046e4de 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/pianobooster/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pianobooster/default.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A MIDI file player that teaches you how to play the piano";
+    description = "MIDI file player that teaches you how to play the piano";
     mainProgram = "pianobooster";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pianobooster/PianoBooster";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/picoloop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/picoloop/default.nix
index 74d2e305b74f3..cc9d0646d9879 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/picoloop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/picoloop/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A synth and a stepsequencer (a clone of the famous nanoloop)";
+    description = "Synth and a stepsequencer (a clone of the famous nanoloop)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/yoyz/picoloop";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = licenses.bsd3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/plexamp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/plexamp/default.nix
index 29f8dd929bad7..25d16a658a7d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/plexamp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/plexamp/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ in appimageTools.wrapType2 {
   passthru.updateScript = ./update-plexamp.sh;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A beautiful Plex music player for audiophiles, curators, and hipsters";
+    description = "Beautiful Plex music player for audiophiles, curators, and hipsters";
     homepage = "https://plexamp.com/";
     changelog = "https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-release-notes/221280/53";
     license = licenses.unfree;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/plugin-torture/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/plugin-torture/default.nix
index abfda0f022e3d..b3f671adc4b2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/plugin-torture/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/plugin-torture/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = (stdenv.isLinux && stdenv.isAarch64);
     homepage = "https://github.com/cth103/plugin-torture";
-    description = "A tool to test LADSPA and LV2 plugins";
+    description = "Tool to test LADSPA and LV2 plugins";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.magnetophon ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/plujain-ramp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/plujain-ramp/default.nix
index d8f5357efdbe9..c8af8a1c5a1e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/plujain-ramp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/plujain-ramp/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installFlags = [ "INSTALL_PATH=$(out)/lib/lv2" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A mono rhythmic tremolo LV2 Audio Plugin";
+    description = "Mono rhythmic tremolo LV2 Audio Plugin";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Houston4444/plujain-ramp";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pmidi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/pmidi/default.nix
index c8725fa9a36a7..d8c33351a8dd1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/pmidi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pmidi/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.parabola.me.uk/alsa/pmidi.html";
-    description = "A straightforward command line program to play midi files through the ALSA sequencer";
+    description = "Straightforward command line program to play midi files through the ALSA sequencer";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lheckemann ];
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     mainProgram = "pmidi";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pms/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/pms/default.nix
index d8c7bffcb0f44..77883d27834ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/pms/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pms/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ buildGoModule {
   vendorHash = "sha256-XNFzG4hGDUN0wWbpBoQWUH1bWIgoYcyP4tNRGSV4ro4=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An interactive Vim-like console client for MPD";
+    description = "Interactive Vim-like console client for MPD";
     homepage = "https://ambientsound.github.io/pms/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ deejayem ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/polyphone/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/polyphone/default.nix
index a01ce9773afa9..f9e33dc94a801 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/polyphone/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/polyphone/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = (stdenv.isLinux && stdenv.isAarch64);
-    description = "A soundfont editor for creating musical instruments";
+    description = "Soundfont editor for creating musical instruments";
     mainProgram = "polyphone";
     homepage = "https://www.polyphone-soundfonts.com/";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pragha/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/pragha/default.nix
index 2ae9e233c4e27..00c442e7f58c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/pragha/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pragha/default.nix
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A lightweight GTK+ music manager - fork of Consonance Music Manager";
+    description = "Lightweight GTK+ music manager - fork of Consonance Music Manager";
     mainProgram = "pragha";
     homepage = "https://pragha-music-player.github.io/";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pt2-clone/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/pt2-clone/default.nix
index 975b44866e817..98ff39c0f5b47 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/pt2-clone/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pt2-clone/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A highly accurate clone of the classic ProTracker 2.3D software for Amiga";
+    description = "Highly accurate clone of the classic ProTracker 2.3D software for Amiga";
     homepage = "https://16-bits.org/pt2.php";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fgaz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/puddletag/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/puddletag/default.nix
index 3b6e215d2ffbd..97ea40d7438b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/puddletag/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/puddletag/default.nix
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   dontStrip = true; # we are not generating any binaries
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An audio tag editor similar to the Windows program, Mp3tag";
+    description = "Audio tag editor similar to the Windows program, Mp3tag";
     mainProgram = "puddletag";
     homepage = "https://docs.puddletag.net";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-dlna/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-dlna/default.nix
index 57f99b81299e3..8027ec70aa5cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-dlna/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-dlna/default.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A lightweight streaming server which brings DLNA / UPNP and Chromecast support to PulseAudio and Linux";
+    description = "Lightweight streaming server which brings DLNA / UPNP and Chromecast support to PulseAudio and Linux";
     mainProgram = "pulseaudio-dlna";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Cygn/pulseaudio-dlna";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-dlna/zeroconf.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-dlna/zeroconf.nix
index d4f3306697d7c..5448e3b3b2e68 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-dlna/zeroconf.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-dlna/zeroconf.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.5") [ typing ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A pure python implementation of multicast DNS service discovery";
+    description = "Pure python implementation of multicast DNS service discovery";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jstasiak/python-zeroconf";
     license = licenses.lgpl21;
     maintainers = [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/qjackctl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/qjackctl/default.nix
index 47f8f10fbf0ff..871f9012a584c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/qjackctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/qjackctl/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Qt application to control the JACK sound server daemon";
+    description = "Qt application to control the JACK sound server daemon";
     mainProgram = "qjackctl";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rncbc/qjackctl";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/qmidiarp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/qmidiarp/default.nix
index 7b7f929e53798..6e9edbebf0301 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/qmidiarp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/qmidiarp/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ]);
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An advanced MIDI arpeggiator";
+    description = "Advanced MIDI arpeggiator";
     mainProgram = "qmidiarp";
     longDescription = ''
       An advanced MIDI arpeggiator, programmable step sequencer and LFO for Linux.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/qmidinet/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/qmidinet/default.nix
index 29c8ad7a797f7..f6985abfbe3f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/qmidinet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/qmidinet/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A MIDI network gateway application that sends and receives MIDI data (ALSA Sequencer and/or JACK MIDI) over the network";
+    description = "MIDI network gateway application that sends and receives MIDI data (ALSA Sequencer and/or JACK MIDI) over the network";
     mainProgram = "qmidinet";
     homepage = "http://qmidinet.sourceforge.net/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/radioboat/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/radioboat/default.nix
index b5421115201a3..ebb19dcf479e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/radioboat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/radioboat/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A terminal web radio client";
+    description = "Terminal web radio client";
     mainProgram = "radioboat";
     homepage = "https://github.com/slashformotion/radioboat";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/radiotray-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/radiotray-ng/default.nix
index c67f3f4c56c0c..51dbc26f5617d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/radiotray-ng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/radiotray-ng/default.nix
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An internet radio player for linux";
+    description = "Internet radio player for linux";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ebruck/radiotray-ng";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dtzWill ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/rhvoice/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/rhvoice/default.nix
index 7fe8a12dd42d7..16614d0e32e69 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/rhvoice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/rhvoice/default.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A free and open source speech synthesizer for Russian language and others";
+    description = "Free and open source speech synthesizer for Russian language and others";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Olga-Yakovleva/RHVoice/wiki";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ berce ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/rhythmbox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/rhythmbox/default.nix
index 2623799cd5fc6..f09a663454b95 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/rhythmbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/rhythmbox/default.nix
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/rhythmbox";
-    description = "A music playing application for GNOME";
+    description = "Music playing application for GNOME";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.rasendubi ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/rofi-mpd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/rofi-mpd/default.nix
index 65c4c700e262e..ec76fbdf801bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/rofi-mpd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/rofi-mpd/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A rofi menu for interacting with MPD written in Python";
+    description = "Rofi menu for interacting with MPD written in Python";
     mainProgram = "rofi-mpd";
     homepage = "https://github.com/JakeStanger/Rofi_MPD";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/samplebrain/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/samplebrain/default.nix
index 54314812491c3..ae3549ff16d91 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/samplebrain/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/samplebrain/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A custom sample mashing app";
+    description = "Custom sample mashing app";
     mainProgram = "samplebrain";
     homepage = "https://thentrythis.org/projects/samplebrain";
     changelog = "https://gitlab.com/then-try-this/samplebrain/-/releases/v${version}_release";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/samplv1/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/samplv1/default.nix
index 1af25d0d75b56..991af8eac354b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/samplv1/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/samplv1/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ libjack2 alsa-lib liblo libsndfile lv2 qtbase rubberband ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An old-school all-digital polyphonic sampler synthesizer with stereo fx";
+    description = "Old-school all-digital polyphonic sampler synthesizer with stereo fx";
     mainProgram = "samplv1_jack";
     homepage = "http://samplv1.sourceforge.net/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/setbfree/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/setbfree/default.nix
index d1ac18eabbcf3..309cac8e8559c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/setbfree/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/setbfree/default.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A DSP tonewheel organ emulator";
+    description = "DSP tonewheel organ emulator";
     homepage = "https://setbfree.org";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" ]; # fails on ARM and Darwin
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/sfxr-qt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/sfxr-qt/default.nix
index 529d12db967f8..33724f9230e73 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/sfxr-qt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/sfxr-qt/default.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/agateau/sfxr-qt";
-    description = "A sound effect generator, QtQuick port of sfxr";
+    description = "Sound effect generator, QtQuick port of sfxr";
     mainProgram = "sfxr-qt";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fgaz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/sfxr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/sfxr/default.nix
index 6f148fae25244..d3314facb6920 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/sfxr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/sfxr/default.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
     homepage = "http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html";
-    description = "A videogame sound effect generator";
+    description = "Videogame sound effect generator";
     mainProgram = "sfxr";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fgaz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/sidplayfp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/sidplayfp/default.nix
index 72e3e380a8481..c8a38cdbe960e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/sidplayfp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/sidplayfp/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A SID player using libsidplayfp";
+    description = "SID player using libsidplayfp";
     homepage = "https://github.com/libsidplayfp/sidplayfp";
     license = with licenses; [ gpl2Plus ];
     mainProgram = "sidplayfp";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/sonata/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/sonata/default.nix
index b0093a8093da7..8b6b9631a85d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/sonata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/sonata/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ in buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "An elegant client for the Music Player Daemon";
+    description = "Elegant client for the Music Player Daemon";
     mainProgram = "sonata";
     longDescription = ''
       Sonata is an elegant client for the Music Player Daemon.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/songrec/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/songrec/default.nix
index 5493418ba1a27..37d69bcd48a19 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/songrec/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/songrec/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An open-source Shazam client for Linux, written in Rust";
+    description = "Open-source Shazam client for Linux, written in Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/marin-m/SongRec";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/sony-headphones-client/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/sony-headphones-client/default.nix
index 24cae82f1b02d..81d405b9d85ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/sony-headphones-client/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/sony-headphones-client/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A client recreating the functionality of the Sony Headphones app";
+    description = "Client recreating the functionality of the Sony Headphones app";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Plutoberth/SonyHeadphonesClient";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ stunkymonkey ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/sooperlooper/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/sooperlooper/default.nix
index 35fb524ab3015..5e2ea785b281c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/sooperlooper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/sooperlooper/default.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A live looping sampler capable of immediate loop recording, overdubbing, multiplying, reversing and more";
+    description = "Live looping sampler capable of immediate loop recording, overdubbing, multiplying, reversing and more";
     longDescription = ''
       It allows for multiple simultaneous multi-channel loops limited only by your computer's available memory.
       The application is a standalone JACK client with an engine controllable via OSC and MIDI.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/sorcer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/sorcer/default.nix
index 4da290791758d..6c28d540458f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/sorcer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/sorcer/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = (stdenv.isLinux && stdenv.isAarch64);
     homepage = "http://openavproductions.com/sorcer/";
-    description = "A wavetable LV2 plugin synth, targeted at the electronic / dubstep genre";
+    description = "Wavetable LV2 plugin synth, targeted at the electronic / dubstep genre";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.magnetophon ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/sound-juicer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/sound-juicer/default.nix
index 88e7a314c822e..ef299ac7074cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/sound-juicer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/sound-juicer/default.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Gnome CD Ripper";
+    description = "Gnome CD Ripper";
     mainProgram = "sound-juicer";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/sound-juicer";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.bdimcheff ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/soundtracker/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/soundtracker/default.nix
index bf308fd29d280..02c4813e03703 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/soundtracker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/soundtracker/default.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isLinux alsa-lib;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A music tracking tool similar in design to the DOS program FastTracker and the Amiga legend ProTracker";
+    description = "Music tracking tool similar in design to the DOS program FastTracker and the Amiga legend ProTracker";
     longDescription = ''
       SoundTracker is a pattern-oriented music editor (similar to the DOS
       program 'FastTracker'). Samples are lined up on tracks and patterns
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/spectrojack/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/spectrojack/default.nix
index 54cb7101e6e8f..92ac92af7e9a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/spectrojack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/spectrojack/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A little spectrogram/audiogram/sonogram/whatever for JACK";
+    description = "Little spectrogram/audiogram/sonogram/whatever for JACK";
     homepage = "http://sed.free.fr/spectrojack";
     license = lib.licenses.publicDomain;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ sleexyz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/spotify-cli-linux/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/spotify-cli-linux/default.nix
index 0e8c39714e679..38aec6ea6f082 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/spotify-cli-linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/spotify-cli-linux/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://pwittchen.github.io/spotify-cli-linux/";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.kmein ];
-    description = "A command line interface to Spotify on Linux";
+    description = "Command line interface to Spotify on Linux";
     mainProgram = "spotifycli";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/spotify-player/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/spotify-player/default.nix
index 73712208c8583..2a250ff946652 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/spotify-player/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/spotify-player/default.nix
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A terminal spotify player that has feature parity with the official client";
+    description = "Terminal spotify player that has feature parity with the official client";
     homepage = "https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player";
     changelog = "https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/releases/tag/v${version}";
     mainProgram = "spotify_player";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/spotifyd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/spotifyd/default.nix
index c80843896425b..13c85e7d3584c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/spotifyd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/spotifyd/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ rustPackages.rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An open source Spotify client running as a UNIX daemon";
+    description = "Open source Spotify client running as a UNIX daemon";
     homepage = "https://spotifyd.rs/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Spotifyd/spotifyd/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/squishyball/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/squishyball/default.nix
index af8eb9b373142..170cfe63ba255 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/squishyball/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/squishyball/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to perform sample comparison testing on the command line";
+    description = "Tool to perform sample comparison testing on the command line";
     longDescription = ''
        squishyball is a simple command-line utility for performing
        double-blind A/B, A/B/X or X/X/Y testing on the command line.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/ssrc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/ssrc/default.nix
index d6d776c860588..73fd622fbeb23 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/ssrc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/ssrc/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A high quality audio sampling rate converter";
+    description = "High quality audio sampling rate converter";
     longDescription = ''
       This program converts sampling rates of PCM wav files. This
       program also has a function to apply dither to its output and
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/stone-phaser/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/stone-phaser/default.nix
index a60200fa567fd..6bef356172cd5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/stone-phaser/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/stone-phaser/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = (stdenv.isLinux && stdenv.isAarch64);
     homepage = "https://github.com/jpcima/stone-phaser";
-    description = "A classic analog phaser effect, made with DPF and Faust";
+    description = "Classic analog phaser effect, made with DPF and Faust";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.magnetophon ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = licenses.boost;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/synthv1/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/synthv1/default.nix
index 770c5d924a1db..77dfec0dd8e6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/synthv1/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/synthv1/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An old-school 4-oscillator subtractive polyphonic synthesizer with stereo fx";
+    description = "Old-school 4-oscillator subtractive polyphonic synthesizer with stereo fx";
     mainProgram = "synthv1_jack";
     homepage = "https://synthv1.sourceforge.io/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/tageditor/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/tageditor/default.nix
index 2d720955baa91..af45e965b7ec4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/tageditor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/tageditor/default.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/Martchus/tageditor";
-    description = "A tag editor with Qt GUI and command-line interface supporting MP4/M4A/AAC (iTunes), ID3, Vorbis, Opus, FLAC and Matroska";
+    description = "Tag editor with Qt GUI and command-line interface supporting MP4/M4A/AAC (iTunes), ID3, Vorbis, Opus, FLAC and Matroska";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.matthiasbeyer ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/tagger/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/tagger/default.nix
index bac0d7c9d8337..4298702073393 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/tagger/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/tagger/default.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An easy-to-use music tag (metadata) editor";
+    description = "Easy-to-use music tag (metadata) editor";
     homepage = "https://github.com/nlogozzo/NickvisionTagger";
     mainProgram = "org.nickvision.tagger";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/tambura/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/tambura/default.nix
index e1d62754c4494..9fcf9bb70ef93 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/tambura/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/tambura/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A FAUST patch inspired by the Indian Tambura/Tanpura - a four string drone instrument, known for its unique rich harmonic timbre";
+    description = "FAUST patch inspired by the Indian Tambura/Tanpura - a four string drone instrument, known for its unique rich harmonic timbre";
     homepage = "https://github.com/olilarkin/Tambura";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.magnetophon ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/tone/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/tone/default.nix
index dc10439ab0fc9..c6dc5daa04239 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/tone/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/tone/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ buildDotnetModule rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/sandreas/tone";
-    description = "A cross platform utility to dump and modify audio metadata for a wide variety of formats";
+    description = "Cross platform utility to dump and modify audio metadata for a wide variety of formats";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.jvanbruegge ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/tuner/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/tuner/default.nix
index 8262fa152bde9..8637340f38262 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/tuner/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/tuner/default.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/louis77/tuner";
-    description = "An app to discover and play internet radio stations";
+    description = "App to discover and play internet radio stations";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     mainProgram = "com.github.louis77.tuner";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/vgmstream/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/vgmstream/default.nix
index 99802872ef036..95d36296033ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/vgmstream/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/vgmstream/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ] ++ lib.optional (! buildAudaciousPlugin) "-DBUILD_AUDACIOUS=OFF";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A library for playback of various streamed audio formats used in video games";
+    description = "Library for playback of various streamed audio formats used in video games";
     homepage    = "https://vgmstream.org";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ zane ];
     license     = with licenses; isc;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/vimpc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/vimpc/default.nix
index 713f444ef1ea7..f85bf4ebd8672 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/vimpc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/vimpc/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A vi/vim inspired client for the Music Player Daemon (mpd)";
+    description = "Vi/vim inspired client for the Music Player Daemon (mpd)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/boysetsfrog/vimpc";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/viper4linux/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/viper4linux/default.nix
index 118af6853e5ad..289c6fbf233f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/viper4linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/viper4linux/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An Adaptive Digital Sound Processor";
+    description = "Adaptive Digital Sound Processor";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Audio4Linux/Viper4Linux";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/vocproc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/vocproc/default.nix
index bb402f425daa2..e7dd5cc8716ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/vocproc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/vocproc/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://hyperglitch.com/dev/VocProc";
-    description = "An LV2 plugin for pitch shifting (with or without formant correction), vocoding, automatic pitch correction and harmonizing of singing voice (harmonizer)";
+    description = "LV2 plugin for pitch shifting (with or without formant correction), vocoding, automatic pitch correction and harmonizing of singing voice (harmonizer)";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.michalrus ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/waon/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/waon/default.nix
index 970ab087b2ca7..b1f66798dd9c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/waon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/waon/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Wave-to-Notes transcriber";
+    description = "Wave-to-Notes transcriber";
     homepage = "https://kichiki.github.io/WaoN/";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.puckipedia ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/whipper/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/whipper/default.nix
index 3af08cce73d07..179bb96660859 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/whipper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/whipper/default.nix
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ in python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/whipper-team/whipper";
-    description = "A CD ripper aiming for accuracy over speed";
+    description = "CD ripper aiming for accuracy over speed";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ emily ];
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/yasr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/yasr/default.nix
index b90b7272b1ab0..7da1e066413b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/yasr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/yasr/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://yasr.sourceforge.net";
-    description = "A general-purpose console screen reader";
+    description = "General-purpose console screen reader";
     longDescription = "Yasr is a general-purpose console screen reader for GNU/Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.";
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/zam-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/zam-plugins/default.nix
index 11f039588882d..1638954c15c83 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/zam-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/zam-plugins/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.zamaudio.com/?p=976";
-    description = "A collection of LV2/LADSPA/VST/JACK audio plugins by ZamAudio";
+    description = "Collection of LV2/LADSPA/VST/JACK audio plugins by ZamAudio";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.magnetophon ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/backup/deja-dup/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/backup/deja-dup/default.nix
index bb5c3c0c980fd..8e30c7b8998c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/backup/deja-dup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/backup/deja-dup/default.nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple backup tool";
+    description = "Simple backup tool";
     longDescription = ''
       Déjà Dup is a simple backup tool. It hides the complexity \
       of backing up the Right Way (encrypted, off-site, and regular) \
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/backup/restic-integrity/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/backup/restic-integrity/default.nix
index 9065f7f486c0f..b4900eb31b7d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/backup/restic-integrity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/backup/restic-integrity/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-TYDPzjWxTK9hQhzSknkCao9lq9UjZN3yQX3wtkMmP6E=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI tool to check the integrity of a restic repository without unlocking it";
+    description = "CLI tool to check the integrity of a restic repository without unlocking it";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.upi.li/networkException/restic-integrity";
     license = with licenses; [ bsd2 ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ janik ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/backup/timeshift/unwrapped.nix b/pkgs/applications/backup/timeshift/unwrapped.nix
index 74fff5fb87ed2..d009522f5c976 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/backup/timeshift/unwrapped.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/backup/timeshift/unwrapped.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A system restore tool for Linux";
+    description = "System restore tool for Linux";
     longDescription = ''
       TimeShift creates filesystem snapshots using rsync+hardlinks or BTRFS snapshots.
       Snapshots can be restored using TimeShift installed on the system or from Live CD or USB.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/backup/urbackup-client/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/backup/urbackup-client/default.nix
index 3e6158f69ab51..e78b02491f071 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/backup/urbackup-client/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/backup/urbackup-client/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An easy to setup Open Source client/server backup system";
+    description = "Easy to setup Open Source client/server backup system";
     longDescription = "An easy to setup Open Source client/server backup system, that through a combination of image and file backups accomplishes both data safety and a fast restoration time";
     homepage = "https://www.urbackup.org/index.html";
     license = licenses.agpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/backup/vdmfec/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/backup/vdmfec/default.nix
index 2f9b4a4bfaea2..20dda868a6643 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/backup/vdmfec/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/backup/vdmfec/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A program that adds error correction blocks";
+    description = "Program that adds error correction blocks";
     homepage = "http://members.tripod.com/professor_tom/archives/index.html";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ar1a ];
     license = with licenses; [ gpl2 /* for vdmfec */ bsd2 /* for fec */ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/besu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/besu/default.nix
index d897cb0fe716a..ef985a2806b7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/besu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/besu/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An enterprise-grade Java-based, Apache 2.0 licensed Ethereum client";
+    description = "Enterprise-grade Java-based, Apache 2.0 licensed Ethereum client";
     homepage = "https://www.hyperledger.org/projects/besu";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/bisq-desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/bisq-desktop/default.nix
index d4a3bdf0a444b..5e3d54c305960 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/bisq-desktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/bisq-desktop/default.nix
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A decentralized bitcoin exchange network";
+    description = "Decentralized bitcoin exchange network";
     homepage = "https://bisq.network";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/bitcoin-knots/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/bitcoin-knots/default.nix
index 181c14ecd7a93..0306be5378292 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/bitcoin-knots/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/bitcoin-knots/default.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A derivative of Bitcoin Core with a collection of improvements";
+    description = "Derivative of Bitcoin Core with a collection of improvements";
     homepage = "https://bitcoinknots.org/";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ prusnak mmahut ];
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/btcd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/btcd/default.nix
index a5bdc2bb98463..85c8692a567d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/btcd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/btcd/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An alternative full node bitcoin implementation written in Go (golang)";
+    description = "Alternative full node bitcoin implementation written in Go (golang)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd";
     license = licenses.isc;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ _0xB10C ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/clightning/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/clightning/default.nix
index f29e430bbff91..2d1efc3e882e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/clightning/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/clightning/default.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Bitcoin Lightning Network implementation in C";
+    description = "Bitcoin Lightning Network implementation in C";
     longDescription = ''
       c-lightning is a standard compliant implementation of the Lightning
       Network protocol. The Lightning Network is a scalability solution for
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/dcrctl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/dcrctl/default.nix
index 04411399ac34d..c388bd75f724e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/dcrctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/dcrctl/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://decred.org";
-    description = "A secure Decred wallet daemon written in Go (golang)";
+    description = "Secure Decred wallet daemon written in Go (golang)";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ isc ];
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
     mainProgram = "dcrctl";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/dcrwallet/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/dcrwallet/default.nix
index 71b1782b503d4..ee195b0e6aacf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/dcrwallet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/dcrwallet/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://decred.org";
-    description = "A secure Decred wallet daemon written in Go (golang)";
+    description = "Secure Decred wallet daemon written in Go (golang)";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ isc ];
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ juaningan ];
     mainProgram = "dcrwallet";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/eclair/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/eclair/default.nix
index 3d05546caff68..c1abd9f265b79 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/eclair/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/eclair/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A scala implementation of the Lightning Network";
+    description = "Scala implementation of the Lightning Network";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ prusnak ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/default.nix
index e289aede5473f..d77694b450f22 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An efficient re-implementation of Electrum Server in Rust";
+    description = "Efficient re-implementation of Electrum Server in Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/romanz/electrs";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ prusnak ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/gridcoin-research/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/gridcoin-research/default.nix
index 5774c082e2a34..ac38af861493b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/gridcoin-research/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/gridcoin-research/default.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A POS-based cryptocurrency that rewards users for participating on the BOINC network";
+    description = "POS-based cryptocurrency that rewards users for participating on the BOINC network";
     longDescription = ''
       A POS-based cryptocurrency that rewards users for participating on the BOINC network,
       using peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority - managing transactions,
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/lightwalletd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/lightwalletd/default.nix
index 5b89ec20091a9..f66cd78adba16 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/lightwalletd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/lightwalletd/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A backend service that provides a bandwidth-efficient interface to the Zcash blockchain";
+    description = "Backend service that provides a bandwidth-efficient interface to the Zcash blockchain";
     homepage = "https://github.com/zcash/lightwalletd";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ centromere ];
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/litecoin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/litecoin/default.nix
index c8e3140eb5de0..3f8f5e236a6da 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/litecoin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/litecoin/default.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = (stdenv.isLinux && stdenv.isAarch64) || stdenv.isDarwin;
-    description = "A lite version of Bitcoin using scrypt as a proof-of-work algorithm";
+    description = "Lite version of Bitcoin using scrypt as a proof-of-work algorithm";
     longDescription= ''
       Litecoin is a peer-to-peer Internet currency that enables instant payments
       to anyone in the world. It is based on the Bitcoin protocol but differs
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/mycrypto/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/mycrypto/default.nix
index 0e4de3af6ba7e..0798b888d022e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/mycrypto/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/mycrypto/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ in appimageTools.wrapType2 {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A free, open-source interface for interacting with the blockchain";
+    description = "Free, open-source interface for interacting with the blockchain";
     longDescription = ''
       MyCrypto is an open-source, client-side tool for generating ether wallets,
       handling ERC-20 tokens, and interacting with the blockchain more easily.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/pivx/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/pivx/default.nix
index 7b03cc494b508..9e6894d760d46 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/pivx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/pivx/default.nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = true;
-    description = "An open source crypto-currency focused on fast private transactions";
+    description = "Open source crypto-currency focused on fast private transactions";
     longDescription = ''
       PIVX is an MIT licensed, open source, blockchain-based cryptocurrency with
       ultra fast transactions, low fees, high network decentralization, and
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/quorum/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/quorum/default.nix
index 528caec921763..6b8fc21b4f867 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/quorum/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/quorum/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A permissioned implementation of Ethereum supporting data privacy";
+    description = "Permissioned implementation of Ethereum supporting data privacy";
     homepage = "https://consensys.net/quorum/";
     license = licenses.lgpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mmahut ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/snarkos/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/snarkos/default.nix
index a60f414bf1237..8e6fb1b388937 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/snarkos/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/snarkos/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Decentralized Operating System for Zero-Knowledge Applications";
+    description = "Decentralized Operating System for Zero-Knowledge Applications";
     homepage = "https://snarkos.org";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ happysalada ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/sparrow/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/sparrow/default.nix
index 807a3211b5b6b..8fa33c91b12e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/sparrow/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/sparrow/default.nix
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A modern desktop Bitcoin wallet application supporting most hardware wallets and built on common standards such as PSBT, with an emphasis on transparency and usability";
+    description = "Modern desktop Bitcoin wallet application supporting most hardware wallets and built on common standards such as PSBT, with an emphasis on transparency and usability";
     homepage = "https://sparrowwallet.com";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [
       binaryBytecode
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/sparrow/openimajgrabber.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/sparrow/openimajgrabber.nix
index 4da9a70442f2c..8fac6f1a27ae6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/sparrow/openimajgrabber.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/sparrow/openimajgrabber.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A collection of libraries and tools for multimedia (images, text, video, audio, etc.) content analysis and content generation. This package only builds the OpenIMAJGrabber for Linux";
+    description = "Collection of libraries and tools for multimedia (images, text, video, audio, etc.) content analysis and content generation. This package only builds the OpenIMAJGrabber for Linux";
     homepage = "http://www.openimaj.org";
     license = licenses.bsd0;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ emmanuelrosa _1000101 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/sumokoin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/sumokoin/default.nix
index 8fdf387ef78bd..5a0c31a33a1cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/sumokoin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/sumokoin/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fork of Monero and a truely fungible cryptocurrency";
+    description = "Fork of Monero and a truely fungible cryptocurrency";
     homepage = "https://www.sumokoin.org/";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ wegank ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/teos/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/teos/default.nix
index fbd8c08575d5d..c2e4fb01384d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/teos/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/teos/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ in
     __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
 
     meta = meta // {
-      description = "A Lightning watchtower compliant with BOLT13, written in Rust";
+      description = "Lightning watchtower compliant with BOLT13, written in Rust";
     };
   };
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ in
     __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
 
     meta = meta // {
-      description = "A Lightning watchtower plugin for clightning";
+      description = "Lightning watchtower plugin for clightning";
       mainProgram = "watchtower-client";
     };
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/ton/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/ton/default.nix
index c602a88dc7bd2..5c16de8597d2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/ton/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/ton/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # The build fails on darwin as:
     #   error: aligned allocation function of type 'void *(std::size_t, std::align_val_t)' is only available on macOS 10.13 or newer
     broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
-    description = "A fully decentralized layer-1 blockchain designed by Telegram";
+    description = "Fully decentralized layer-1 blockchain designed by Telegram";
     homepage = "https://ton.org/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/ton-blockchain/ton/blob/v${version}/Changelog.md";
     license = licenses.lgpl2Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/vertcoin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/vertcoin/default.nix
index 097b5711da32c..835c89768de91 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/vertcoin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/vertcoin/default.nix
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A digital currency with mining decentralisation and ASIC resistance as a key focus";
+    description = "Digital currency with mining decentralisation and ASIC resistance as a key focus";
     homepage = "https://vertcoin.org/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.mmahut ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/zecwallet-lite/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/zecwallet-lite/default.nix
index 2b51f76ffcca9..1659bae052b93 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/zecwallet-lite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/zecwallet-lite/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ appimageTools.wrapType2 rec {
     '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fully featured shielded wallet for Zcash";
+    description = "Fully featured shielded wallet for Zcash";
     homepage = "https://www.zecwallet.co/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ colinsane ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/greetd/dlm.nix b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/greetd/dlm.nix
index 02df9876bad12..a73a96c779a84 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/greetd/dlm.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/greetd/dlm.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoSha256 = "01a8k60qnx2pgxb2adgw30c2hjb60w6230khm5hyqgmp7z4rm8k8";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A stupid simple graphical login manager";
+    description = "Stupid simple graphical login manager";
     mainProgram = "dlm";
     homepage = "https://git.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/dlm";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lemurs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lemurs/default.nix
index a83b6c271448e..7dc711d1b42fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lemurs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lemurs/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A customizable TUI display/login manager written in Rust";
+    description = "Customizable TUI display/login manager written in Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/coastalwhite/lemurs";
     license = with licenses; [asl20 mit];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [jeremiahs];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm-mini-greeter/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm-mini-greeter/default.nix
index 16fa1cfe4dcf3..b72b837eaf344 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm-mini-greeter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm-mini-greeter/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   }];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A minimal, configurable, single-user GTK3 LightDM greeter";
+    description = "Minimal, configurable, single-user GTK3 LightDM greeter";
     mainProgram = "lightdm-mini-greeter";
     homepage = "https://github.com/prikhi/lightdm-mini-greeter";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm-mobile-greeter/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm-mobile-greeter/default.nix
index 87a6560f6f643..a18397262fde0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm-mobile-greeter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm-mobile-greeter/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   }];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple log in screen for use on touch screens";
+    description = "Simple log in screen for use on touch screens";
     homepage = "https://git.raatty.club/raatty/lightdm-mobile-greeter";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ colinsane ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm-slick-greeter/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm-slick-greeter/default.nix
index ded055c56e142..655552df3249a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm-slick-greeter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm-slick-greeter/default.nix
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   }];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A slick-looking LightDM greeter";
+    description = "Slick-looking LightDM greeter";
     homepage = "https://github.com/linuxmint/slick-greeter";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ water-sucks bobby285271 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm-tiny-greeter/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm-tiny-greeter/default.nix
index 1090be3c932eb..42e5e004a62a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm-tiny-greeter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm-tiny-greeter/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   }];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tiny multi user lightdm greeter";
+    description = "Tiny multi user lightdm greeter";
     mainProgram = "lightdm-tiny-greeter";
     homepage = "https://github.com/off-world/lightdm-tiny-greeter";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/default.nix
index 8365ac3b5a22f..8361461fb7d37 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/default.nix
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/canonical/lightdm";
-    description = "A cross-desktop display manager";
+    description = "Cross-desktop display manager";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ] ++ teams.pantheon.members;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/gtk-greeter.nix b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/gtk-greeter.nix
index e3ef95bdcdc67..8bf003d37194b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/gtk-greeter.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/gtk-greeter.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/Xubuntu/lightdm-gtk-greeter";
-    description = "A GTK greeter for LightDM";
+    description = "GTK greeter for LightDM";
     mainProgram = "lightdm-gtk-greeter";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/amp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/amp/default.nix
index de05659d73417..e559ceb73ec73 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/amp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/amp/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   preCheck = "export HOME=`mktemp -d`";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A modern text editor inspired by Vim";
+    description = "Modern text editor inspired by Vim";
     homepage = "https://amp.rs";
     license = [ licenses.gpl3 ];
     maintainers = [ maintainers.sb0 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/bluefish/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/bluefish/default.nix
index 41b107f0dcae3..d9140fc1ea8c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/bluefish/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/bluefish/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A powerful editor targeted towards programmers and webdevelopers";
+    description = "Powerful editor targeted towards programmers and webdevelopers";
     homepage = "https://bluefish.openoffice.nl/";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ vbgl ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/bluej/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/bluej/default.nix
index 0e8629a0693c6..802bc15fc5839 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/bluej/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/bluej/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple integrated development environment for Java";
+    description = "Simple integrated development environment for Java";
     homepage = "https://www.bluej.org/";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
     license = licenses.gpl2ClasspathPlus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/cpeditor/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/cpeditor/default.nix
index 9f8c14a37e039..48e00514cbed0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/cpeditor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/cpeditor/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An IDE specially designed for competitive programming";
+    description = "IDE specially designed for competitive programming";
     homepage = "https://cpeditor.org";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/dhex/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/dhex/default.nix
index 4ee1897bda79e..af6e547e63d39 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/dhex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/dhex/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A themeable hex editor with diff mode";
+    description = "Themeable hex editor with diff mode";
     homepage = "http://www.dettus.net/dhex/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [qknight];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/dit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/dit/default.nix
index bb148ab9260ee..d0ded7ae72bdc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/dit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/dit/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A console text editor for Unix that you already know how to use";
+    description = "Console text editor for Unix that you already know how to use";
     homepage = "https://hisham.hm/dit/";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = with platforms; linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/eclipse/plugins.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/eclipse/plugins.nix
index af149138e95da..378cdaf8f2b79 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/eclipse/plugins.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/eclipse/plugins.nix
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ rec {
     '';
 
     meta = with lib; {
-      description = "A powerful parser generator for processing structured text or binary files";
+      description = "Powerful parser generator for processing structured text or binary files";
       homepage = "https://www.antlr.org/";
       sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
       license = licenses.bsd3;
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ rec {
     '';
 
     meta = with lib; {
-      description = "A powerful parser generator for processing structured text or binary files";
+      description = "Powerful parser generator for processing structured text or binary files";
       homepage = "https://www.antlr.org/";
       sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
       license = licenses.bsd3;
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ rec {
 
     meta = with lib; {
       homepage = "https://github.com/vrapper/vrapper";
-      description = "A wrapper to provide a Vim-like input scheme for moving around and editing text";
+      description = "Wrapper to provide a Vim-like input scheme for moving around and editing text";
       sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
       license = licenses.gpl3;
       platforms = platforms.all;
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ rec {
 
     meta = with lib; {
       homepage = "https://github.com/oyse/yedit";
-      description = "A YAML editor plugin for Eclipse";
+      description = "YAML editor plugin for Eclipse";
       sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
       license = licenses.epl10;
       platforms = platforms.all;
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ rec {
 
     meta = with lib; {
       homepage = "https://ant.apache.org/ivy/ivyde/index.html";
-      description = "A plugin which integrates Apache Ivy's dependency management";
+      description = "Plugin which integrates Apache Ivy's dependency management";
       sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
       license = licenses.asl20;
       platforms = platforms.all;
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ rec {
 
     meta = with lib; {
       homepage = "https://ant.apache.org/ivy/ivyde/index.html";
-      description = "A graph viewer of the resolved dependencies";
+      description = "Graph viewer of the resolved dependencies";
       longDescription = ''
         Apache IvyDE Resolve Visualizer is an optional dependency of Apache IvyDE since
         it requires additional plugins to be installed (Zest).
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ rec {
 
     meta = with lib; {
       homepage = "https://ant.apache.org/ivy/index.html";
-      description = "A popular dependency manager focusing on flexibility and simplicity";
+      description = "Popular dependency manager focusing on flexibility and simplicity";
       sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
       license = licenses.asl20;
       platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/edit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/edit/default.nix
index 192aa903f3e9d..b1a0440bb004f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/edit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/edit/default.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A relaxing mix of Vi and ACME";
+    description = "Relaxing mix of Vi and ACME";
     homepage = "https://c9x.me/edit";
     license = lib.licenses.publicDomain;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres vrthra ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/elvis/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/elvis/default.nix
index eb288ff8b2a8d..046aac459b53c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/elvis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/elvis/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://elvis.the-little-red-haired-girl.org/";
-    description = "A vi clone for Unix and other operating systems";
+    description = "Vi clone for Unix and other operating systems";
     license = lib.licenses.free;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/consult-gh/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/consult-gh/default.nix
index 64addcf38893e..e6e53f96f6590 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/consult-gh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/consult-gh/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ melpaBuild {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/armindarvish/consult-gh";
-    description = "A GitHub CLI client inside GNU Emacs using Consult";
+    description = "GitHub CLI client inside GNU Emacs using Consult";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/copilot/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/copilot/default.nix
index 3512ec8a5ec04..da7f779852158 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/copilot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/copilot/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ trivialBuild {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "An unofficial copilot plugin for Emacs";
+    description = "Unofficial copilot plugin for Emacs";
     homepage = "https://github.com/zerolfx/copilot.el";
     platforms = [
       "x86_64-darwin"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ghc-mod/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ghc-mod/default.nix
index 824fbdec90042..e9ce9a35c409b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ghc-mod/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ghc-mod/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ melpaBuild {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "An extension of haskell-mode that provides completion of symbols and documentation browsing";
+    description = "Extension of haskell-mode that provides completion of symbols and documentation browsing";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/grid/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/grid/default.nix
index fcb9d9732879c..91b69b0fbbda2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/grid/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/grid/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ melpaBuild {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/ichernyshovvv/grid.el";
-    description = "A library to put text data into boxes and manipulate them";
+    description = "Library to put text data into boxes and manipulate them";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/jam-mode/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/jam-mode/default.nix
index 09b7877c9deba..6b060ffa3eac0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/jam-mode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/jam-mode/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ trivialBuild rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An Emacs major mode for editing Jam files";
+    description = "Emacs major mode for editing Jam files";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ qyliss ];
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ligo-mode/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ligo-mode/default.nix
index a81ffcc37e7c7..c70835a0dacb3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ligo-mode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ligo-mode/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ melpaBuild {
   passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A major mode for editing LIGO source code";
+    description = "Major mode for editing LIGO source code";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/ligolang/ligo";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/lsp-bridge/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/lsp-bridge/default.nix
index db27cad1efba4..95add3849b9da 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/lsp-bridge/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/lsp-bridge/default.nix
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ melpaBuild {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A blazingly fast LSP client for Emacs";
+    description = "Blazingly fast LSP client for Emacs";
     homepage = "https://github.com/manateelazycat/lsp-bridge";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fxttr kira-bruneau ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/matrix-client/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/matrix-client/default.nix
index d8efbb9e9cb36..a17689ddf52dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/matrix-client/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/matrix-client/default.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ in melpaBuild {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A chat client and API wrapper for Matrix.org";
+    description = "Chat client and API wrapper for Matrix.org";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/mu4e/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/mu4e/default.nix
index 81fd973ecbd95..430b8af291a4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/mu4e/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/mu4e/default.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ elpaBuild {
   '';
 
   meta = mu.meta // {
-    description = "A full-featured e-mail client";
+    description = "Full-featured e-mail client";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/wat-mode/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/wat-mode/default.nix
index 529acfa097216..6eb5b9478541c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/wat-mode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/wat-mode/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ melpaBuild rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/devonsparks/wat-mode";
-    description = "An Emacs major mode for WebAssembly's text format";
+    description = "Emacs major mode for WebAssembly's text format";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ nagy ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/xapian-lite/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/xapian-lite/default.nix
index 0f9da8136214c..afd1ddb0fbebd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/xapian-lite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/xapian-lite/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://git.sr.ht/~casouri/xapian-lite";
-    description = "A minimal Emacs dynamic module for Xapian";
+    description = "Minimal Emacs dynamic module for Xapian";
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.kotatsuyaki ];
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     inherit (emacs.meta) platforms;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/gnome-builder/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/gnome-builder/default.nix
index f2d138489224b..9bcbbe32d1c1a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/gnome-builder/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/gnome-builder/default.nix
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An IDE for writing GNOME-based software";
+    description = "IDE for writing GNOME-based software";
     longDescription = ''
       Global search, auto-completion, source code map, documentation
       reference, and other features expected in an IDE, but with a focus
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/gnome-latex/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/gnome-latex/default.nix
index 505bddde4f5eb..2c9ecd828a643 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/gnome-latex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/gnome-latex/default.nix
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/swilmet/gnome-latex";
-    description = "A LaTeX editor for the GNOME desktop";
+    description = "LaTeX editor for the GNOME desktop";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ manveru bobby285271 ];
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/gobby/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/gobby/default.nix
index 8801afa34e6c4..489a790e9e237 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/gobby/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/gobby/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://gobby.0x539.de/";
-    description = "A GTK-based collaborative editor supporting multiple documents in one session and a multi-user chat";
+    description = "GTK-based collaborative editor supporting multiple documents in one session and a multi-user chat";
     mainProgram = "gobby-0.5";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/greenfoot/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/greenfoot/default.nix
index e4734355fd551..50a912fd0f01c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/greenfoot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/greenfoot/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple integrated development environment for Java";
+    description = "Simple integrated development environment for Java";
     homepage = "https://www.greenfoot.org/";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
     license = licenses.gpl2ClasspathPlus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/heh/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/heh/default.nix
index b9c0e3cfd6503..7fd704ab6e8bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/heh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/heh/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-YcTaLq04NhmnJ1pdbiKMRIBSFvHNWNgoAS8Uz8uGGAw=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A cross-platform terminal UI used for modifying file data in hex or ASCII";
+    description = "Cross-platform terminal UI used for modifying file data in hex or ASCII";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ndd7xv/heh";
     changelog = "https://github.com/ndd7xv/heh/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
     license = with licenses; [ mit ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/helix/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/helix/default.nix
index 382104a3d7f70..fe2979bc56baf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/helix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/helix/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A post-modern modal text editor";
+    description = "Post-modern modal text editor";
     homepage = "https://helix-editor.com";
     license = licenses.mpl20;
     mainProgram = "hx";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/hexdino/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/hexdino/default.nix
index 8ebd84cf248db..1fb7449791512 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/hexdino/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/hexdino/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-nldA8gDMj0iO+HgatiuMqzR6ZCjbxFsTp5pDGbFKA1k=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A hex editor with vim like keybindings written in Rust";
+    description = "Hex editor with vim like keybindings written in Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Luz/hexdino";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.luz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/howl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/howl/default.nix
index 9406604413c4d..3a261f3e8714c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/howl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/howl/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://howl.io/";
-    description = "A general purpose, fast and lightweight editor with a keyboard-centric minimalistic user interface";
+    description = "General purpose, fast and lightweight editor with a keyboard-centric minimalistic user interface";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pacien ];
     mainProgram = "howl";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jed/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jed/default.nix
index 29c8bc258ccbd..3bf06286f6d5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/jed/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/jed/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A programmable text editor written around S-Lang";
+    description = "Programmable text editor written around S-Lang";
     longDescription = ''
       JED is a freely available text editor for Unix, VMS, MSDOS, OS/2, BeOS,
       QNX, and win9X/NT platforms. Although it is a powerful editor designed for
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jedit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jedit/default.nix
index 8fdf8e7c8de26..a2ea101d61c38 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/jedit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/jedit/default.nix
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A programmer's text editor written in Java";
+    description = "Programmer's text editor written in Java";
     homepage = "http://www.jedit.org";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     mainProgram = "jedit";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/joe/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/joe/default.nix
index 4a335a351c750..9059fe69bdce2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/joe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/joe/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A full featured terminal-based screen editor";
+    description = "Full featured terminal-based screen editor";
     longDescription = ''
       JOE (Joe's Own Editor) is a full featured terminal-based screen editor
       which is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). JOE has
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jupp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jupp/default.nix
index c31c1fe10c053..72e82da61ddad 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/jupp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/jupp/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://www.mirbsd.org/jupp.htm";
     downloadPage = "https://www.mirbsd.org/MirOS/dist/jupp/";
-    description = "A portable fork of Joe's editor";
+    description = "Portable fork of Joe's editor";
     longDescription = ''
       This is the portable version of JOE's Own Editor, which is currently
       developed at sourceforge, licenced under the GNU General Public License,
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jupyter-kernels/clojupyter/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jupyter-kernels/clojupyter/default.nix
index 5acca288f9633..2f06cf3757c9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/jupyter-kernels/clojupyter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/jupyter-kernels/clojupyter/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ let
   version = "0.3.3";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Jupyter kernel for Clojure";
+    description = "Jupyter kernel for Clojure";
     homepage = "https://github.com/clojupyter/clojupyter";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];  # deps from maven
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jupyter-kernels/octave/kernel.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jupyter-kernels/octave/kernel.nix
index 70b76ea2612a1..f1a83bc274c27 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/jupyter-kernels/octave/kernel.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/jupyter-kernels/octave/kernel.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A Jupyter kernel for Octave";
+    description = "Jupyter kernel for Octave";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Calysto/octave_kernel";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ thomasjm ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jupyter-kernels/wolfram/kernel.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jupyter-kernels/wolfram/kernel.nix
index 23bbc9b7d969a..e1beb4048b14d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/jupyter-kernels/wolfram/kernel.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/jupyter-kernels/wolfram/kernel.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Jupyter kernel for Wolfram Language";
+    description = "Jupyter kernel for Wolfram Language";
     homepage = "https://github.com/WolframResearch/WolframLanguageForJupyter";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fbeffa ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/default.nix
index a1319f5735461..0e8ccb1d2d314 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://kakoune.org/";
-    description = "A vim inspired text editor";
+    description = "Vim inspired text editor";
     license = licenses.publicDomain;
     mainProgram = "kak";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ vrthra ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kibi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kibi/default.nix
index a5056575fa4a2..368249cc3fe82 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/kibi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/kibi/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A text editor in ≤1024 lines of code, written in Rust";
+    description = "Text editor in ≤1024 lines of code, written in Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ilai-deutel/kibi";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ robertodr ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/leafpad/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/leafpad/default.nix
index b02067a2113e5..b5beb0d74d8a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/leafpad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/leafpad/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A notepad clone for GTK 2.0";
+    description = "Notepad clone for GTK 2.0";
     homepage = "http://tarot.freeshell.org/leafpad";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.flosse ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/lite-xl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/lite-xl/default.nix
index 33c0c2926fa85..333968cb89604 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/lite-xl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/lite-xl/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A lightweight text editor written in Lua";
+    description = "Lightweight text editor written in Lua";
     homepage = "https://github.com/lite-xl/lite-xl";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ sefidel ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/lite/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/lite/default.nix
index 77f3a38bc6c5e..a58fb9756661d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/lite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/lite/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A lightweight text editor written in Lua";
+    description = "Lightweight text editor written in Lua";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rxi/lite";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ Br1ght0ne ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/manuskript/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/manuskript/default.nix
index a687063dfdd1c..f598c686998d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/manuskript/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/manuskript/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A open-source tool for writers";
+    description = "Open-source tool for writers";
     homepage = "https://www.theologeek.ch/manuskript";
     longDescription = ''
     Manuskript is a tool for those writer who like to organize and
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/music/tuxguitar/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/music/tuxguitar/default.nix
index cf20d102cb50f..47614b260b825 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/music/tuxguitar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/music/tuxguitar/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A multitrack guitar tablature editor";
+    description = "Multitrack guitar tablature editor";
     longDescription = ''
       TuxGuitar is a multitrack guitar tablature editor and player written
       in Java-SWT. It can open GuitarPro, PowerTab and TablEdit files.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/nano/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/nano/default.nix
index ff68ffb600345..210b90e6990dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/nano/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/nano/default.nix
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.nano-editor.org/";
-    description = "A small, user-friendly console text editor";
+    description = "Small, user-friendly console text editor";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ joachifm nequissimus ];
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/nedit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/nedit/default.nix
index 41c72cc51eaa3..374c5ee28c84a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/nedit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/nedit/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/nedit";
-    description = "A fast, compact Motif/X11 plain text editor";
+    description = "Fast, compact Motif/X11 plain text editor";
     platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
     license = licenses.gpl2;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/neovim-remote.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/neovim-remote.nix
index 0f3c2359aab16..f85d379faa85c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/neovim-remote.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/neovim-remote.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ with python3.pkgs; buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool that helps controlling nvim processes from a terminal";
+    description = "Tool that helps controlling nvim processes from a terminal";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mhinz/neovim-remote/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ edanaher ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/netbeans/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/netbeans/default.nix
index 54169113aba26..df5fbc3fcae32 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/netbeans/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/netbeans/default.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [ perl libicns imagemagick ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "An integrated development environment for Java, C, C++ and PHP";
+    description = "Integrated development environment for Java, C, C++ and PHP";
     homepage = "https://netbeans.apache.org/";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     sourceProvenance = with lib.sourceTypes; [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/notepad-next/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/notepad-next/default.nix
index 2b6502023c9aa..837648a40d36f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/notepad-next/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/notepad-next/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext";
-    description = "A cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++";
+    description = "Cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.sebtm ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/nvpy/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/nvpy/default.nix
index c304c30be9e80..ddb76bad3686f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/nvpy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/nvpy/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ in pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with pkgs.lib; {
-    description = "A simplenote-syncing note-taking tool inspired by Notational Velocity";
+    description = "Simplenote-syncing note-taking tool inspired by Notational Velocity";
     homepage = "https://github.com/cpbotha/nvpy";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = licenses.bsd3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/okteta/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/okteta/default.nix
index d42e6f6eb675d..856626bf68b0c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/okteta/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/okteta/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     license = licenses.gpl2;
-    description = "A hex editor";
+    description = "Hex editor";
     homepage = "https://apps.kde.org/okteta/";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg bkchr ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/ox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/ox/default.nix
index 24ce2cec46df1..978f2b2aaa1a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/ox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/ox/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-VFrN58SRTRGH+RSc59RIdsysR3umnrU2KM5XVCp9u1Q=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An independent Rust text editor that runs in your terminal";
+    description = "Independent Rust text editor that runs in your terminal";
     homepage = "https://github.com/curlpipe/ox";
     changelog = "https://github.com/curlpipe/ox/releases/tag/${version}";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/pixelorama/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/pixelorama/default.nix
index b4719dcd4fbb3..c82f3a703b223 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/pixelorama/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/pixelorama/default.nix
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://orama-interactive.itch.io/pixelorama";
-    description = "A free & open-source 2D sprite editor, made with the Godot Engine!";
+    description = "Free & open-source 2D sprite editor, made with the Godot Engine!";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Orama-Interactive/Pixelorama/blob/${finalAttrs.src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/qxw/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/qxw/default.nix
index 2d2af2ce508ef..53cdbcfc27070 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/qxw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/qxw/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A program to help create and publish crosswords";
+    description = "Program to help create and publish crosswords";
     homepage = "https://www.quinapalus.com/qxw.html";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.tckmn ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/rednotebook/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/rednotebook/default.nix
index 645e719823a1e..8cf715c51f2e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/rednotebook/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/rednotebook/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://rednotebook.sourceforge.io/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/jendrikseipp/rednotebook/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    description = "A modern journal that includes a calendar navigation, customizable templates, export functionality and word clouds";
+    description = "Modern journal that includes a calendar navigation, customizable templates, export functionality and word clouds";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ orivej ];
     mainProgram = "rednotebook";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/standardnotes/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/standardnotes/default.nix
index bc44c8e9f6200..70b5900ccde88 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/standardnotes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/standardnotes/default.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   passthru.updateScript = callPackage ./update.nix {};
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple and private notes app";
+    description = "Simple and private notes app";
     longDescription = ''
       Standard Notes is a private notes app that features unmatched simplicity,
       end-to-end encryption, powerful extensions, and open-source applications.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/teehee/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/teehee/default.nix
index 271609c4464a3..7015987ae9e6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/teehee/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/teehee/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-hEc7MaqTXMrKiosYacPw/b1ANnfZKdlhThOp2h14fg4=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A modal terminal hex editor";
+    description = "Modal terminal hex editor";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Gskartwii/teehee";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Gskartwii/teehee/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/textadept/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/textadept/default.nix
index e1f9ff9d71053..936361c844066 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/textadept/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/textadept/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ) (import ./deps.nix));
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An extensible text editor based on Scintilla with Lua scripting";
+    description = "Extensible text editor based on Scintilla with Lua scripting";
     homepage = "http://foicica.com/textadept";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin mirrexagon arcuru ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/tweak/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/tweak/default.nix
index 9663728e6ef90..24d6152e68bb4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/tweak/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/tweak/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   makeFlags = [ "CC:=$(CC)" "LINK:=$(CC)" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An efficient hex editor";
+    description = "Efficient hex editor";
     homepage = "http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/tweak";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/typora/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/typora/default.nix
index 2a4134ee3f00c..9445f422def4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/typora/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/typora/default.nix
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A markdown editor, a markdown reader";
+    description = "Markdown editor, a markdown reader";
     homepage = "https://typora.io/";
     license = licenses.unfree;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ npulidomateo ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vbindiff/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vbindiff/default.nix
index 30d902ce0fd08..6a9f745a77947 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vbindiff/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vbindiff/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A terminal visual binary diff viewer";
+    description = "Terminal visual binary diff viewer";
     homepage = "https://www.cjmweb.net/vbindiff/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
index dc3dcc7dc0879..18b91a24bb28e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
   barbecue-nvim = super.barbecue-nvim.overrideAttrs {
     dependencies = with self; [ nvim-lspconfig nvim-navic nvim-web-devicons ];
     meta = {
-      description = "A VS Code like winbar for Neovim";
+      description = "VS Code like winbar for Neovim";
       homepage = "https://github.com/utilyre/barbecue.nvim";
       license = lib.licenses.mit;
       maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ lightquantum ];
@@ -1899,7 +1899,7 @@
     '';
 
     meta = with lib; {
-      description = "A code-completion engine for Vim";
+      description = "Code-completion engine for Vim";
       homepage = "https://github.com/Valloric/YouCompleteMe";
       license = licenses.gpl3;
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ marcweber jagajaga ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/vim-clap/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/vim-clap/default.nix
index 06704f9edd385..4ace5711cd3d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/vim-clap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/vim-clap/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ let
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A modern performant fuzzy picker for Vim and NeoVim";
+    description = "Modern performant fuzzy picker for Vim and NeoVim";
     mainProgram = "maple";
     homepage = "https://github.com/liuchengxu/vim-clap";
     changelog = "https://github.com/liuchengxu/vim-clap/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/contextmapper.context-mapper-vscode-extension/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/contextmapper.context-mapper-vscode-extension/default.nix
index 9202ddb72b16d..71d540fafd89e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/contextmapper.context-mapper-vscode-extension/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/contextmapper.context-mapper-vscode-extension/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ vscode-utils.buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A VSCode extension for Context Mapper";
+    description = "VSCode extension for Context Mapper";
     downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=${mktplcRef.publisher}.${mktplcRef.name}";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ContextMapper/vscode-extension";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix
index 6a191de831086..475bd4af5cc62 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://github.com/1Password/op-vscode/releases";
-          description = "A VSCode extension that integrates your development workflow with 1Password service";
+          description = "VSCode extension that integrates your development workflow with 1Password service";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=1Password.op-vscode";
           homepage = "https://github.com/1Password/op-vscode";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ let
           sha256 = "TVBvF/5KQVvWX1uHwZDlmvwGjOO5/lXbgVzB26U8rNQ=";
         };
         meta = {
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension providing rainbow brackets";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension providing rainbow brackets";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=2gua.rainbow-brackets";
           homepage = "https://github.com/lcultx/rainbow-brackets";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/42Crunch.vscode-openapi/changelog";
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension with rich support for the OpenAPI Specification (OAS)";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension with rich support for the OpenAPI Specification (OAS)";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=42Crunch.vscode-openapi";
           homepage = "https://github.com/42Crunch/vscode-openapi";
           license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/adzero.vscode-sievehighlight/changelog";
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension to enable syntax highlight support for Sieve mail filtering language";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension to enable syntax highlight support for Sieve mail filtering language";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=adzero.vscode-sievehighlight";
           homepage = "https://github.com/adzero/vscode-sievehighlight";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/alexisvt.flutter-snippets/changelog";
-          description = "A set of helpful widget snippets for day to day Flutter development";
+          description = "Set of helpful widget snippets for day to day Flutter development";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=alexisvt.flutter-snippets";
           homepage = "https://github.com/Alexisvt/flutter-snippets";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ let
           hash = "sha256-awbqFv6YuYI0tzM/QbHRTUl4B2vNUdy52F4nPmv+dRU=";
         };
         meta = {
-          description = "An arctic, north-bluish clean and elegant Visual Studio Code theme";
+          description = "Arctic, north-bluish clean and elegant Visual Studio Code theme";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=arcticicestudio.nord-visual-studio-code";
           homepage = "https://github.com/arcticicestudio/nord-visual-studio-code";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ let
           hash = "sha256-79Yg4I0OkfG7PaDYnTA8HK8jrSxre4FGriq0Baiq7wA=";
         };
         meta = {
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension for Spellchecker";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension for Spellchecker";
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/ban.spellright/changelog";
           homepage = "https://github.com/bartosz-antosik/vscode-spellright";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/bierner.docs-view/changelog";
-          description = "A VSCode extension that displays documentation in the sidebar or panel";
+          description = "VSCode extension that displays documentation in the sidebar or panel";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bierner.docs-view";
           homepage = "https://github.com/mattbierner/vscode-docs-view#readme";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ let
           hash = "sha256-tVbd+j9+90Z07+jGAiT0gylZN9YWHdJmq2sh1wf2oGE=";
         };
         meta = {
-          description = "A cyberpunk-inspired colour theme to satisfy your neon dreams";
+          description = "Cyberpunk-inspired colour theme to satisfy your neon dreams";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=carrie999.cyberpunk-2020";
           homepage = "https://github.com/Carrie999/cyberpunk";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ let
         meta = {
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/charliermarsh.ruff/changelog";
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension with support for the Ruff linter";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension with support for the Ruff linter";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=charliermarsh.ruff";
           homepage = "https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-vscode";
           maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.azd325 ];
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://github.com/cameronmaske/pytest-vscode/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md";
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension that adds IntelliSense support for pytest fixtures";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension that adds IntelliSense support for pytest fixtures";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Cameron.vscode-pytest";
           license = lib.licenses.unlicense;
           maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.rhoriguchi ];
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ let
       chris-hayes.chatgpt-reborn = buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/chris-hayes.chatgpt-reborn/changelog";
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension to support ChatGPT, GPT-3 and Codex conversations";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension to support ChatGPT, GPT-3 and Codex conversations";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=chris-hayes.chatgpt-reborn";
           homepage = "https://github.com/christopher-hayes/vscode-chatgpt-reborn";
           license = lib.licenses.isc;
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ let
           hash = "sha256-N1X8wB2n6JYoFHCP5iHBXHnEaRa9S1zooQZsR5mUeh8=";
         };
         meta = {
-          description = "An extension for Visual Studio Code to open any Coder workspace in VS Code with a single click";
+          description = "Extension for Visual Studio Code to open any Coder workspace in VS Code with a single click";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=coder.coder-remote";
           homepage = "https://github.com/coder/vscode-coder";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ let
           hash = "sha256-blqLK7S+RmEoyr9zktS5/SNC0GeSXnNpbhltyajoAfw=";
         };
         meta = {
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension to provide purely hover translation";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension to provide purely hover translation";
           longDescription = ''
             Code Translate is a purely hover translation extension
             - Non-intrusive display of translation results: perfectly integrated with VS Code code analysis.
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ let
           hash = "sha256-yVXltjvtLc+zqela/Jyg+g66PU61+YTMX1hWPW8fIkk=";
         };
         meta = {
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension for Odin language";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension for Odin language";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=DanielGavin.ols";
           homepage = "https://github.com/DanielGavin/ols";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/denoland.vscode-deno/changelog";
-          description = "A language server client for Deno";
+          description = "Language server client for Deno";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=denoland.vscode-deno";
           homepage = "https://github.com/denoland/vscode_deno";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/DEVSENSE.composer-php-vscode/changelog";
-          description = "A visual studio code extension for full development integration for Composer, the PHP package manager";
+          description = "Visual studio code extension for full development integration for Composer, the PHP package manager";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=DEVSENSE.composer-php-vscode";
           homepage = "https://github.com/DEVSENSE/phptools-docs";
           license = lib.licenses.unfree;
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ let
 
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/DEVSENSE.phptools-vscode/changelog";
-          description = "A visual studio code extension for full development integration for the PHP language";
+          description = "Visual studio code extension for full development integration for the PHP language";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=DEVSENSE.phptools-vscode";
           homepage = "https://github.com/DEVSENSE/phptools-docs";
           license = lib.licenses.unfree;
@@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/DEVSENSE.profiler-php-vscode/changelog";
-          description = "A visual studio code extension for PHP and XDebug profiling and inspecting";
+          description = "Visual studio code extension for PHP and XDebug profiling and inspecting";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=DEVSENSE.profiler-php-vscode";
           homepage = "https://github.com/DEVSENSE/phptools-docs";
           license = lib.licenses.unfree;
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/dhedgecock.radical-vscode/changelog";
-          description = "A dark theme for radical hacking inspired by retro futuristic design";
+          description = "Dark theme for radical hacking inspired by retro futuristic design";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=dhedgecock.radical-vscode";
           homepage = "https://github.com/dhedgecock/radical-vscode";
           license = lib.licenses.isc;
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/discloud.discloud/changelog";
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension for hosting and managing applications on Discloud";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension for hosting and managing applications on Discloud";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=discloud.discloud";
           homepage = "https://github.com/discloud/vscode-discloud";
           license = lib.licenses.asl20;
@@ -1400,7 +1400,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/eamodio.gitlens/changelog";
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension that improves its built-in Git capabilities";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension that improves its built-in Git capabilities";
           longDescription = ''
             Supercharge the Git capabilities built into Visual Studio Code — Visualize code authorship at a glance via Git
             blame annotations and code lens, seamlessly navigate and explore Git repositories, gain valuable insights via
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/emroussel.atomize-atom-one-dark-theme/changelog";
-          description = "A detailed and accurate Atom One Dark theme for VSCode";
+          description = "Detailed and accurate Atom One Dark theme for VSCode";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=emroussel.atomize-atom-one-dark-theme";
           homepage = "https://github.com/emroussel/atomize/blob/main/README.md";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/enkia.tokyo-night/changelog";
-          description = "A clean Visual Studio Code theme that celebrates the lights of Downtown Tokyo at night";
+          description = "Clean Visual Studio Code theme that celebrates the lights of Downtown Tokyo at night";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=enkia.tokyo-night";
           homepage = "https://github.com/enkia/tokyo-night-vscode-theme";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -1620,7 +1620,7 @@ let
           hash = "sha256-caNcbDTB/F2mdlGpfIfJv13lzY5Wwj7p7r8dAte9+3A=";
         };
         meta = {
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension of using chinese-english dictonary in right-click menu";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension of using chinese-english dictonary in right-click menu";
           homepage = "https://github.com/exiahuang/fanyi-vscode";
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/ExiaHuang.dictionary/changelog";
           license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
@@ -1654,7 +1654,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/firefox-devtools.vscode-firefox-debug/changelog";
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension for debugging web applications and browser extensions in Firefox";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension for debugging web applications and browser extensions in Firefox";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=firefox-devtools.vscode-firefox-debug";
           homepage = "https://github.com/firefox-devtools/vscode-firefox-debug";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/foam.foam-vscode/changelog";
-          description = "A personal knowledge management and sharing system for VSCode ";
+          description = "Personal knowledge management and sharing system for VSCode ";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=foam.foam-vscode";
           homepage = "https://foambubble.github.io/";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -1758,7 +1758,7 @@ let
           hash = "sha256-9Vo6lwqD1eE3zY0Gi9ME/6lPwmwuJ3Iq9StHPvncnM4=";
         };
         meta = {
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension using google translation to helping you quickly translate text right in your code rocket";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension using google translation to helping you quickly translate text right in your code rocket";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=funkyremi.vscode-google-translate";
           homepage = "https://github.com/funkyremi/vscode-google-translate.git";
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/funkyremi.vscode-google-translate/changelog";
@@ -1786,7 +1786,7 @@ let
       genieai.chatgpt-vscode = buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/genieai.chatgpt-vscode/changelog";
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension to support ChatGPT, GPT-3 and Codex conversations";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension to support ChatGPT, GPT-3 and Codex conversations";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=genieai.chatgpt-vscode";
           homepage = "https://github.com/ai-genie/chatgpt-vscode";
           license = lib.licenses.isc;
@@ -1873,7 +1873,7 @@ let
           hash = "sha256-sEc6Fbn4XpK8vNK32R4fjnx/R+1xYOwcuhKlo7sPd5o=";
         };
         meta = {
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension for GitHub Actions workflows and runs for github.com hosted repositories";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension for GitHub Actions workflows and runs for github.com hosted repositories";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=github.vscode-github-actions";
           homepage = "https://github.com/github/vscode-github-actions";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -2077,7 +2077,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://github.com/hbenl/vscode-test-explorer/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md";
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension that runs your tests in the sidebar";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension that runs your tests in the sidebar";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=hbenl.vscode-test-explorer";
           homepage = "https://github.com/hbenl/vscode-test-explorer";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -2204,7 +2204,7 @@ let
           hash = "sha256-g6mlScxv8opZuqgWtTJ3k0Yo7W7WzIkwB+8lWf6cMiU=";
         };
         meta = {
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension to translate the comments for computer language";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension to translate the comments for computer language";
           longDescription = ''
             This plugin uses the Google Translate API to translate comments for the VSCode programming language.
           '';
@@ -2262,7 +2262,7 @@ let
         '';
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/jackmacwindows.vscode-computercraft/changelog";
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension for ComputerCraft and CC: Tweaked auto-completion";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension for ComputerCraft and CC: Tweaked auto-completion";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jackmacwindows.vscode-computercraft";
           homepage = "https://github.com/MCJack123/vscode-computercraft";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -2328,7 +2328,7 @@ let
           hash = "sha256-BHw+T2EPdQq/wOD5kzvSln5SBFTYUXip8QDjnAGBfFY=";
         };
         meta = {
-          description = "A VSCode extension to formats all files in the current workspace";
+          description = "VSCode extension to formats all files in the current workspace";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jbockle.jbockle-format-files";
           homepage = "https://github.com/jbockle/format-files";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -2345,7 +2345,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/jdinhlife.gruvbox/changelog";
-          description = "A port of Gruvbox theme to VS Code editor";
+          description = "Port of Gruvbox theme to VS Code editor";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jdinhlife.gruvbox";
           homepage = "https://github.com/jdinhify/vscode-theme-gruvbox";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -2435,7 +2435,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/julialang.language-julia/changelog";
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension for Julia programming language";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension for Julia programming language";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=julialang.language-julia";
           homepage = "https://github.com/julia-vscode/julia-vscode";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -3061,7 +3061,7 @@ let
           hash = "sha256-FJolnWU0DbuQYvMuGL3mytf0h39SH9rUPCl2ahLXLuY=";
         };
         meta = {
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension for PowerShell language support";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension for PowerShell language support";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.PowerShell";
           homepage = "https://github.com/PowerShell/vscode-powershell";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -3077,7 +3077,7 @@ let
           hash = "sha256-M53jhAVawk2yCeSrLkWrUit3xbDc0zgCK2snbK+BaSs=";
         };
         meta = {
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension that converts from the Test Explorer UI API into native VS Code testing";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension that converts from the Test Explorer UI API into native VS Code testing";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.test-adapter-converter";
           homepage = "https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-test-adapter-converter";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -3129,7 +3129,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/mshr-h.VerilogHDL/changelog";
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension for supporting Verilog-HDL, SystemVerilog, Bluespec and SystemVerilog";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension for supporting Verilog-HDL, SystemVerilog, Bluespec and SystemVerilog";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mshr-h.VerilogHDL";
           homepage = "https://github.com/mshr-h/vscode-verilog-hdl-support";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -3254,7 +3254,7 @@ let
           hash = "sha256-fatJZquCDsLDFGVzBol2D6LIZUbZ6GzqcVEFAwLodW0=";
         };
         meta = {
-          description = "A dark theme designed specifically for syntax highlighting";
+          description = "Dark theme designed specifically for syntax highlighting";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=nur.just-black";
           homepage = "https://github.com/nurmohammed840/extension.vsix/tree/Just-Black";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -3406,7 +3406,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/PythagoraTechnologies.gpt-pilot-vs-code/changelog";
-          description = "A VSCode extension for assisting the developer to code, debug, build applications using LLMs/AI";
+          description = "VSCode extension for assisting the developer to code, debug, build applications using LLMs/AI";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=PythagoraTechnologies.gpt-pilot-vs-code";
           homepage = "https://github.com/Pythagora-io/gpt-pilot/";
           license = lib.licenses.asl20;
@@ -3782,7 +3782,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/signageos.signageos-vscode-sops/changelog";
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension for SOPS support";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension for SOPS support";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=signageos.signageos-vscode-sops";
           homepage = "https://github.com/signageos/vscode-sops";
           license = lib.licenses.unfree;
@@ -3799,7 +3799,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/silofy.hackthebox/changelog";
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code theme built for hackers by hackers";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code theme built for hackers by hackers";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=silofy.hackthebox";
           homepage = "https://github.com/silofy/hackthebox";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -3914,7 +3914,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/stephlin.vscode-tmux-keybinding/changelog";
-          description = "A simple extension for tmux behavior in vscode terminal";
+          description = "Simple extension for tmux behavior in vscode terminal";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=stephlin.vscode-tmux-keybinding";
           homepage = "https://github.com/StephLin/vscode-tmux-keybinding";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -3999,7 +3999,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/supermaven.supermaven/changelog";
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension for code completion suggestions";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension for code completion suggestions";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=supermaven.supermaven";
           homepage = "https://supermaven.com/";
           license = lib.licenses.unfree;
@@ -4122,7 +4122,7 @@ let
           sha256 = "sha256-+IFqgWliKr+qjBLmQlzF44XNbN7Br5a119v9WAnZOu4=";
         };
         meta = {
-          description = "A simple theme with bright colors and comes in three versions — dark, light and mirage for all day long comfortable work";
+          description = "Simple theme with bright colors and comes in three versions — dark, light and mirage for all day long comfortable work";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=teabyii.ayu";
           homepage = "https://github.com/ayu-theme/vscode-ayu";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -4137,7 +4137,7 @@ let
           hash = "sha256-t9DYY1fqW7M5F1pbIUtnnodxMzIzURew4RXT78djWMI=";
         };
         meta = {
-          description = "A VSCode extension that provides some language features for Yew's html macro syntax";
+          description = "VSCode extension that provides some language features for Yew's html macro syntax";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=TechTheAwesome.rust-yew";
           homepage = "https://github.com/TechTheAwesome/code-yew-server";
           license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
@@ -4254,7 +4254,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://github.com/open-policy-agent/vscode-opa/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md";
-          description = "An extension for VS Code which provides support for OPA";
+          description = "Extension for VS Code which provides support for OPA";
           homepage = "https://github.com/open-policy-agent/vscode-opa";
           license = lib.licenses.asl20;
           maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.msanft ];
@@ -4346,7 +4346,7 @@ let
           rm -r $out/share/vscode/extensions/uloco.theme-bluloco-light/screenshots
         '';
         meta = {
-          description = "A fancy but yet sophisticated light designer color scheme / theme for Visual Studio Code";
+          description = "Fancy but yet sophisticated light designer color scheme / theme for Visual Studio Code";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=uloco.theme-bluloco-light";
           homepage = "https://github.com/uloco/theme-bluloco-light";
           license = lib.licenses.lgpl3;
@@ -4378,7 +4378,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/usernamehw.errorlens/changelog";
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension that improves highlighting of errors, warnings and other language diagnostics";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension that improves highlighting of errors, warnings and other language diagnostics";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=usernamehw.errorlens";
           homepage = "https://github.com/usernamehw/vscode-error-lens";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -4502,7 +4502,7 @@ let
 
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/vscjava.vscode-gradle/changelog";
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension for Gradle build tool";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension for Gradle build tool";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vscjava.vscode-gradle";
           homepage = "https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-gradle";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -4731,7 +4731,7 @@ let
           hash = "sha256-tN/jlG2PzuiCeERpgQvdqDoa3UgrUaM7fKHv6KFqujc=";
         };
         meta = {
-          description = "A VSCode extension for quickly changing the case (camelCase, CONSTANT_CASE, snake_case, etc) of the current selection or current word";
+          description = "VSCode extension for quickly changing the case (camelCase, CONSTANT_CASE, snake_case, etc) of the current selection or current word";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=wmaurer.change-case";
           homepage = "https://github.com/wmaurer/vscode-change-case";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -4800,7 +4800,7 @@ let
           hash = "sha256-dpJcJARRKzRNHfXs/qknud8OQ8xIyeaVnt/EcDq0k4E=";
         };
         meta = {
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension to help user easyly finish long words ";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension to help user easyly finish long words ";
           longDescription = ''
             Dictionary completion allows user to get a list of keywords, based off of the current word at the cursor.
             This is useful if you are typing a long word (e.g. acknowledgeable) and don't want to finish typing or don't remember the Spelling
@@ -4838,7 +4838,7 @@ let
         };
         meta = {
           changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/ZainChen.json/changelog";
-          description = "A Visual Studio Code extension for JSON support";
+          description = "Visual Studio Code extension for JSON support";
           downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ZainChen.json";
           license = lib.licenses.mit;
           maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.rhoriguchi ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/jackmacwindows.craftos-pc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/jackmacwindows.craftos-pc/default.nix
index 27f091d5110f6..e2c8e46773d41 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/jackmacwindows.craftos-pc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/jackmacwindows.craftos-pc/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ vscode-utils.buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
   '';
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/jackmacwindows.craftos-pc/changelog";
-    description = "A Visual Studio Code extension for opening a CraftOS-PC window";
+    description = "Visual Studio Code extension for opening a CraftOS-PC window";
     downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jackmacwindows.craftos-pc";
     homepage = "https://www.craftos-pc.cc/docs/extension";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/jebbs.plantuml/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/jebbs.plantuml/default.nix
index afe4cd7bdb742..eb6b5ab49626c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/jebbs.plantuml/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/jebbs.plantuml/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ vscode-utils.buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A Visual Studio Code extension for supporting Rich PlantUML";
+    description = "Visual Studio Code extension for supporting Rich PlantUML";
     downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jebbs.plantuml";
     homepage = "https://github.com/qjebbs/vscode-plantuml";
     changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/jebbs.plantuml/changelog";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/ms-python.python/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/ms-python.python/default.nix
index 35bc6cdcef238..5d56759f08615 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/ms-python.python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/ms-python.python/default.nix
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ vscode-utils.buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A Visual Studio Code extension with rich support for the Python language";
+    description = "Visual Studio Code extension with rich support for the Python language";
     downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.python";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python";
     changelog = "https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python/releases";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/ms-python.vscode-pylance/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/ms-python.vscode-pylance/default.nix
index ad8c6a9eac461..7bcbcc11a89da 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/ms-python.vscode-pylance/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/ms-python.vscode-pylance/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ vscode-utils.buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/ms-python.vscode-pylance/changelog";
-    description = "A performant, feature-rich language server for Python in VS Code";
+    description = "Performant, feature-rich language server for Python in VS Code";
     downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.vscode-pylance";
     homepage = "https://github.com/microsoft/pylance-release";
     license = lib.licenses.unfree;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/myriad-dreamin.tinymist/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/myriad-dreamin.tinymist/default.nix
index 8bb08893f8dbf..ea2276c7e7a3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/myriad-dreamin.tinymist/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/myriad-dreamin.tinymist/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ vscode-utils.buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/myriad-dreamin.tinymist/changelog";
-    description = "A VSCode extension for providing an integration solution for Typst";
+    description = "VSCode extension for providing an integration solution for Typst";
     downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=myriad-dreamin.tinymist";
     homepage = "https://github.com/myriad-dreamin/tinymist";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/nvarner.typst-lsp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/nvarner.typst-lsp/default.nix
index 22344e3b2b2b9..13fdcef74019e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/nvarner.typst-lsp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/nvarner.typst-lsp/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ vscode-utils.buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/nvarner.typst-lsp/changelog";
-    description = "A VSCode extension for providing a language server for Typst";
+    description = "VSCode extension for providing a language server for Typst";
     downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=nvarner.typst-lsp";
     homepage = "https://github.com/nvarner/typst-lsp";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/reditorsupport.r/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/reditorsupport.r/default.nix
index c2c2217762efa..5fc6dfa5071b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/reditorsupport.r/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/reditorsupport.r/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ vscode-utils.buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
   '';
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/REditorSupport.r/changelog";
-    description = "A Visual Studio Code extension for the R programming language";
+    description = "Visual Studio Code extension for the R programming language";
     downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=REditorSupport.r";
     homepage = "https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/rust-lang.rust-analyzer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/rust-lang.rust-analyzer/default.nix
index 6fd65c9ae9b4a..dcdbf3dd2cbf6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/rust-lang.rust-analyzer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/rust-lang.rust-analyzer/default.nix
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ vscode-utils.buildVscodeExtension {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "An alternative rust language server to the RLS";
+    description = "Alternative rust language server to the RLS";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer";
     license = [
       lib.licenses.mit
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/sourcery.sourcery/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/sourcery.sourcery/default.nix
index 143ce42045612..a74f934705f7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/sourcery.sourcery/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/sourcery.sourcery/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ vscode-utils.buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://sourcery.ai/changelog/";
-    description = "A VSCode extension for Sourcery, an AI-powered code review and pair programming tool for Python";
+    description = "VSCode extension for Sourcery, an AI-powered code review and pair programming tool for Python";
     downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=sourcery.sourcery";
     homepage = "https://github.com/sourcery-ai/sourcery-vscode";
     license = lib.licenses.unfree;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/tekumara.typos-vscode/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/tekumara.typos-vscode/default.nix
index 140a371efd456..f383ef7dfb4ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/tekumara.typos-vscode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/tekumara.typos-vscode/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ vscode-utils.buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/tekumara.typos-vscode/changelog";
-    description = "A VSCode extension for providing a low false-positive source code spell checker";
+    description = "VSCode extension for providing a low false-positive source code spell checker";
     downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tekumara.typos-vscode";
     homepage = "https://github.com/tekumara/typos-lsp";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/vadimcn.vscode-lldb/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/vadimcn.vscode-lldb/default.nix
index 8ed7c0b946b40..6f14d1e918215 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/vadimcn.vscode-lldb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/vadimcn.vscode-lldb/default.nix
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A native debugger extension for VSCode based on LLDB";
+    description = "Native debugger extension for VSCode based on LLDB";
     homepage = "https://github.com/vadimcn/vscode-lldb";
     license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.nigelgbanks ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/wily/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/wily/default.nix
index 0e883a51210af..5c6eb5dc5ba3a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/wily/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/wily/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An emulation of ACME";
+    description = "Emulation of ACME";
     homepage = "http://wily.sourceforge.net";
     license = licenses.artistic1;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.vrthra ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/xmlcopyeditor/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/xmlcopyeditor/default.nix
index 857b61521b552..fe3a12a37c20f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/xmlcopyeditor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/xmlcopyeditor/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fast, free, validating XML editor";
+    description = "Fast, free, validating XML editor";
     homepage = "https://xml-copy-editor.sourceforge.io/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/zee/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/zee/default.nix
index b0ebcf635c5fd..38ca48ee4056a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/zee/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/zee/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-fBBjtjM7AnyAL6EOFstL4h6yS+UoLgxck6Mc0tJcXaI=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A modern text editor for the terminal written in Rust";
+    description = "Modern text editor for the terminal written in Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/zee-editor/zee";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ booklearner ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/attract-mode/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/attract-mode/default.nix
index 9173faf7fe5bb..53765e927a0d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/attract-mode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/attract-mode/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A frontend for arcade cabinets and media PCs";
+    description = "Frontend for arcade cabinets and media PCs";
     homepage = "http://attractmode.org";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ hrdinka ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/bsnes/bsnes-hd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/bsnes/bsnes-hd/default.nix
index 4b8e94dac1d10..354437e7c7b0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/bsnes/bsnes-hd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/bsnes/bsnes-hd/default.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fork of bsnes that adds HD video features";
+    description = "Fork of bsnes that adds HD video features";
     homepage = "https://github.com/DerKoun/bsnes-hd";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ stevebob ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/bsnes/higan/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/bsnes/higan/default.nix
index 0b9eb51d3baf8..17700859ca3a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/bsnes/higan/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/bsnes/higan/default.nix
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/higan-emu/higan";
-    description = "An open-source, cycle-accurate multi-system emulator";
+    description = "Open-source, cycle-accurate multi-system emulator";
     longDescription = ''
       higan is a multi-system emulator, originally developed by Near, with an
       uncompromising focus on accuracy and code readability.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/caprice32/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/caprice32/default.nix
index 7a4f4b1ab4aed..54ebfc49964f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/caprice32/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/caprice32/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A complete emulation of CPC464, CPC664 and CPC6128";
+    description = "Complete emulation of CPC464, CPC664 and CPC6128";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ColinPitrat/caprice32";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/ccemux/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/ccemux/default.nix
index 8e00b8281efa2..0aba58f5f10a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/ccemux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/ccemux/default.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A modular ComputerCraft emulator";
+    description = "Modular ComputerCraft emulator";
     homepage = "https://github.com/CCEmuX/CCEmuX";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/cdemu/common-drv-attrs.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/cdemu/common-drv-attrs.nix
index 9c43e358981ef..2a99841eeed81 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/cdemu/common-drv-attrs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/cdemu/common-drv-attrs.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     inherit hash;
   };
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A suite of tools for emulating optical drives and discs";
+    description = "Suite of tools for emulating optical drives and discs";
     longDescription = ''
       CDEmu consists of:
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/cen64/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/cen64/default.nix
index e13adbb71de82..d9c0048b7b34b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/cen64/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/cen64/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Cycle-Accurate Nintendo 64 Emulator";
+    description = "Cycle-Accurate Nintendo 64 Emulator";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     homepage = "https://github.com/n64dev/cen64";
     maintainers = [ maintainers._414owen ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/craftos-pc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/craftos-pc/default.nix
index 0d077d7669f25..1952bd6e6bd32 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/craftos-pc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/craftos-pc/default.nix
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An implementation of the CraftOS-PC API written in C++ using SDL";
+    description = "Implementation of the CraftOS-PC API written in C++ using SDL";
     homepage = "https://www.craftos-pc.cc";
     license = with licenses; [ mit free ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/desmume/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/desmume/default.nix
index 89078bc6411a5..19f28f7962f65 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/desmume/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/desmume/default.nix
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.github.com/TASVideos/desmume/";
-    description = "An open-source Nintendo DS emulator";
+    description = "Open-source Nintendo DS emulator";
     longDescription = ''
       DeSmuME is a freeware emulator for the NDS roms & Nintendo DS Lite games
       created by YopYop156 and now maintained by the TASvideos team. It supports
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/dlx/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/dlx/default.nix
index 9573dd6d48dc3..8230f2b52c9c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/dlx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/dlx/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.davidviner.com/dlx.html?name=DLX+Simulator";
-    description = "An DLX simulator written in C";
+    description = "DLX simulator written in C";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/dosbox-x/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/dosbox-x/default.nix
index 7ec2b8df3b715..9920e9e77baf1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/dosbox-x/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/dosbox-x/default.nix
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://dosbox-x.com";
-    description = "A cross-platform DOS emulator based on the DOSBox project";
+    description = "Cross-platform DOS emulator based on the DOSBox project";
     longDescription = ''
       DOSBox-X is an expanded fork of DOSBox with specific focus on running
       Windows 3.x/9x/Me, PC-98 and 3D support via 3dfx.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/dosbox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/dosbox/default.nix
index f17d3a783ba9d..2a1171ccf3b78 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/dosbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/dosbox/default.nix
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://www.dosbox.com/";
-    description = "A DOS emulator";
+    description = "DOS emulator";
     longDescription = ''
       DOSBox is an emulator that recreates a MS-DOS compatible environment
       (complete with Sound, Input, Graphics and even basic networking). This
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/dynamips/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/dynamips/default.nix
index 2c529af3a80f3..1abc0dcf52365 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/dynamips/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/dynamips/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     inherit (src.meta) homepage;
-    description = "A Cisco router emulator";
+    description = "Cisco router emulator";
     longDescription = ''
       Dynamips is an emulator computer program that was written to emulate Cisco
       routers.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/emu2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/emu2/default.nix
index a919d644d720c..22f2e17902e84 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/emu2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/emu2/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/dmsc/emu2/";
-    description = "A simple text-mode x86 + DOS emulator";
+    description = "Simple text-mode x86 + DOS emulator";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/fceux/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/fceux/default.nix
index 6a33b68dbe708..c5b3188b3ca40 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/fceux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/fceux/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.fceux.com/";
-    description = "A Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Emulator";
+    description = "Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Emulator";
     mainProgram = "fceux";
     changelog = "https://github.com/TASEmulators/blob/fceux/${finalAttrs.src.rev}/changelog.txt";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl2Plus ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/flycast/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/flycast/default.nix
index 6c598c5f51284..8f426f9c52651 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/flycast/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/flycast/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast";
     changelog = "https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast/releases/tag/v${version}";
-    description = "A multi-platform Sega Dreamcast, Naomi and Atomiswave emulator";
+    description = "Multi-platform Sega Dreamcast, Naomi and Atomiswave emulator";
     mainProgram = "flycast";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/gens-gs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/gens-gs/default.nix
index 66c4eb8ada23a..9699d24be6a76 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/gens-gs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/gens-gs/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://segaretro.org/Gens/GS";
-    description = "A Genesis/Mega Drive emulator";
+    description = "Genesis/Mega Drive emulator";
     platforms = [ "i686-linux" ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.eelco ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libdsk/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libdsk/default.nix
index 356e0631659f1..a0ea910adad90 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libdsk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libdsk/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A library for accessing discs and disc image files";
+    description = "Library for accessing discs and disc image files";
     homepage = "http://www.seasip.info/Unix/LibDsk/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/mame/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/mame/default.nix
index 29f9cf69292ed..804c5b1cceeed 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/mame/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/mame/default.nix
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.mamedev.org/";
-    description = "A multi-purpose emulation framework";
+    description = "Multi-purpose emulation framework";
     longDescription = ''
       MAME's purpose is to preserve decades of software history. As electronic
       technology continues to rush forward, MAME prevents this important
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/mupen64plus/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/mupen64plus/default.nix
index ba8c69cfb3e02..81c86eeafecbe 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/mupen64plus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/mupen64plus/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Nintendo 64 Emulator";
+    description = "Nintendo 64 Emulator";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     homepage = "http://www.mupen64plus.org/";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.sander ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/np2kai/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/np2kai/default.nix
index 4a0ed1d519f9d..0fc56e2844173 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/np2kai/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/np2kai/default.nix
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A PC-9801 series emulator";
+    description = "PC-9801 series emulator";
     homepage = "https://github.com/AZO234/NP2kai";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ OPNA2608 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
index 70526a80e3989..532109eefa6d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ in
   fuse = mkLibretroCore {
     core = "fuse";
     meta = {
-      description = "A port of the Fuse Unix Spectrum Emulator to libretro";
+      description = "Port of the Fuse Unix Spectrum Emulator to libretro";
       license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
     };
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retrofe/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retrofe/default.nix
index fe61849d5ae1a..37e05f744d8bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retrofe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retrofe/default.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A frontend for arcade cabinets and media PCs";
+    description = "Frontend for arcade cabinets and media PCs";
     homepage = "http://retrofe.nl/";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ hrdinka ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/ripes/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/ripes/default.nix
index d1ebaf34be25b..92b7aca0a1444 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/ripes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/ripes/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A graphical processor simulator and assembly editor for the RISC-V ISA";
+    description = "Graphical processor simulator and assembly editor for the RISC-V ISA";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mortbopet/Ripes";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/ruffle/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/ruffle/default.nix
index ed19110f4ee8a..0d9e05dc2e86d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/ruffle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/ruffle/default.nix
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An Adobe Flash Player emulator written in the Rust programming language";
+    description = "Adobe Flash Player emulator written in the Rust programming language";
     homepage = "https://ruffle.rs/";
     license = with licenses; [
       mit
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/simh/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/simh/default.nix
index b0cae68ed2180..74419d500a53e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/simh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/simh/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://simh.trailing-edge.com/";
-    description = "A collection of simulators of historic hardware";
+    description = "Collection of simulators of historic hardware";
     longDescription = ''
       SimH (History Simulator) is a collection of simulators for historically
       significant or just plain interesting computer hardware and software from
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/simplenes/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/simplenes/default.nix
index 05a00e2c9201b..5fba8b5376e92 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/simplenes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/simplenes/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/amhndu/SimpleNES";
-    description = "An NES emulator written in C++";
+    description = "NES emulator written in C++";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ivar ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/tamatool/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/tamatool/default.nix
index cc245ebbe1fae..04e5452bf72d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/tamatool/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/tamatool/default.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A cross-platform Tamagotchi P1 explorer";
+    description = "Cross-platform Tamagotchi P1 explorer";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jcrona/tamatool";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fgaz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/tiny8086/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/tiny8086/default.nix
index c236cd0950f61..a3dc3c07265c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/tiny8086/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/tiny8086/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/adriancable/8086tiny";
-    description = "An open-source small 8086 emulator";
+    description = "Open-source small 8086 emulator";
     longDescription = ''
       8086tiny is a tiny, open-source (MIT), portable (little-endian hosts)
       Intel PC emulator, powerful enough to run DOS, Windows 3.0, Excel, MS
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/tinyemu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/tinyemu/default.nix
index ca3f8acd88ca2..31dbfc9c23db6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/tinyemu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/tinyemu/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://bellard.org/tinyemu/";
-    description = "A system emulator for the RISC-V and x86 architectures";
+    description = "System emulator for the RISC-V and x86 architectures";
     longDescription = ''
       TinyEMU is a system emulator for the RISC-V and x86 architectures. Its
       purpose is to be small and simple while being complete.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/vbam/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/vbam/default.nix
index 3c89fed020b41..b5141c59f91ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/vbam/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/vbam/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta =  with lib; {
-    description = "A merge of the original Visual Boy Advance forks";
+    description = "Merge of the original Visual Boy Advance forks";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lassulus netali ];
     homepage = "https://vba-m.com/";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/wine/base.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/wine/base.nix
index 1c62a9aad97d3..dfc72683d7d3b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/wine/base.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/wine/base.nix
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ lib.optionalAttrs (buildScript != null) { builder = buildScript; }
       fromSource
       binaryNativeCode  # mono, gecko
     ];
-    description = "An Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL, and Unix";
+    description = "Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL, and Unix";
     inherit badPlatforms platforms;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ avnik raskin bendlas jmc-figueira reckenrode ];
     inherit mainProgram;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/wine/winetricks.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/wine/winetricks.nix
index 2b31faae18a42..6d3ac4f662963 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/wine/winetricks.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/wine/winetricks.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A script to install DLLs needed to work around problems in Wine";
+    description = "Script to install DLLs needed to work around problems in Wine";
     mainProgram = "winetricks";
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl21;
     homepage = "https://github.com/Winetricks/winetricks";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/xcpc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/xcpc/default.nix
index 6482f05cf1b11..d2d946c400fd1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/xcpc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/xcpc/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ optional motifSupport lesstif;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A portable Amstrad CPC 464/664/6128 emulator written in C";
+    description = "Portable Amstrad CPC 464/664/6128 emulator written in C";
     homepage = "https://www.xcpc-emulator.net";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/yabause/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/yabause/default.nix
index fea9a439bb8fe..53fcc870f1a16 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/yabause/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/yabause/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ] ;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An open-source Sega Saturn emulator";
+    description = "Open-source Sega Saturn emulator";
     mainProgram = "yabause";
     homepage = "https://yabause.org/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/zsnes/2.x.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/zsnes/2.x.nix
index df253477d07bb..4a446174a34d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/zsnes/2.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/zsnes/2.x.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/xyproto/zsnes";
-    description = "A maintained fork of zsnes";
+    description = "Maintained fork of zsnes";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.AndersonTorres ];
     platforms = lib.intersectLists lib.platforms.linux lib.platforms.x86;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/zsnes/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/zsnes/default.nix
index ebe7af84d7fcf..98fed7058611c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/zsnes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/zsnes/default.nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A Super Nintendo Entertainment System Emulator";
+    description = "Super Nintendo Entertainment System Emulator";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.sander ];
     homepage = "https://www.zsnes.com";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/file-managers/browsr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/file-managers/browsr/default.nix
index dbf481ed00482..ba88f782ef657 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/file-managers/browsr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/file-managers/browsr/default.nix
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A file explorer in your terminal";
+    description = "File explorer in your terminal";
     mainProgram = "browsr";
     homepage = "https://juftin.com/browsr";
     changelog = "https://github.com/juftin/browsr/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/file-managers/lf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/file-managers/lf/default.nix
index 20f91b9518a90..5e6c09b89c89e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/file-managers/lf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/file-managers/lf/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A terminal file manager written in Go and heavily inspired by ranger";
+    description = "Terminal file manager written in Go and heavily inspired by ranger";
     longDescription = ''
       lf (as in "list files") is a terminal file manager written in Go. It is
       heavily inspired by ranger with some missing and extra features. Some of
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/file-managers/portfolio-filemanager/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/file-managers/portfolio-filemanager/default.nix
index 4c21e8cbe0574..8375e18634b08 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/file-managers/portfolio-filemanager/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/file-managers/portfolio-filemanager/default.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A minimalist file manager for those who want to use Linux mobile devices";
+    description = "Minimalist file manager for those who want to use Linux mobile devices";
     homepage = "https://github.com/tchx84/Portfolio";
     changelog = "https://github.com/tchx84/Portfolio/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/file-managers/projectable/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/file-managers/projectable/default.nix
index c5b6009bf22f2..207ea0d0ba0a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/file-managers/projectable/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/file-managers/projectable/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A TUI file manager built for projects";
+    description = "TUI file manager built for projects";
     homepage = "https://github.com/dzfrias/projectable";
     changelog = "https://github.com/dzfrias/projectable/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/file-managers/spacefm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/file-managers/spacefm/default.nix
index 4de3580c1df3e..f7c7eac9a3a3f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/file-managers/spacefm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/file-managers/spacefm/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # Revert when libplist builds again…
 
   meta = with lib;  {
-    description = "A multi-panel tabbed file manager";
+    description = "Multi-panel tabbed file manager";
     longDescription = ''
       Multi-panel tabbed file and desktop manager for Linux
       with built-in VFS, udev- or HAL-based device manager,
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/file-managers/vifm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/file-managers/vifm/default.nix
index c8e038a6f605b..f58768593c8f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/file-managers/vifm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/file-managers/vifm/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A vi-like file manager${lib.optionalString isFullPackage "; Includes support for optional features"}";
+    description = "Vi-like file manager${lib.optionalString isFullPackage "; Includes support for optional features"}";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin ];
     platforms = if mediaSupport then platforms.linux else platforms.unix;
     license = licenses.gpl2;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/file-managers/xplorer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/file-managers/xplorer/default.nix
index 76edf8ee48328..027c051fef79a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/file-managers/xplorer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/file-managers/xplorer/default.nix
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A customizable, modern file manager";
+    description = "Customizable, modern file manager";
     homepage = "https://xplorer.space";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dit7ya ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/gis/qgis/unwrapped-ltr.nix b/pkgs/applications/gis/qgis/unwrapped-ltr.nix
index f76f82856055c..aa313fef857cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/gis/qgis/unwrapped-ltr.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/gis/qgis/unwrapped-ltr.nix
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ in mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Free and Open Source Geographic Information System";
+    description = "Free and Open Source Geographic Information System";
     homepage = "https://www.qgis.org";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; teams.geospatial.members ++ [ lsix ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/gis/qgis/unwrapped.nix b/pkgs/applications/gis/qgis/unwrapped.nix
index 19fcb5344445a..c20e9209f0746 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/gis/qgis/unwrapped.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/gis/qgis/unwrapped.nix
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ in mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Free and Open Source Geographic Information System";
+    description = "Free and Open Source Geographic Information System";
     homepage = "https://www.qgis.org";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; teams.geospatial.members ++ [ lsix ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/gis/spatialite-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/gis/spatialite-tools/default.nix
index b05b3949aef6e..cdd7911a5d3fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/gis/spatialite-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/gis/spatialite-tools/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A complete sqlite3-compatible CLI front-end for libspatialite";
+    description = "Complete sqlite3-compatible CLI front-end for libspatialite";
     homepage = "https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/spatialite-tools";
     license = with licenses; [ mpl11 gpl2Plus lgpl21Plus ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/gis/tunnelx/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/gis/tunnelx/default.nix
index 270faac53f685..8209635d8859a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/gis/tunnelx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/gis/tunnelx/default.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A program for drawing cave surveys in 2D";
+    description = "Program for drawing cave surveys in 2D";
     homepage = "https://github.com/CaveSurveying/tunnelx/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ goatchurchprime ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/gis/whitebox-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/gis/whitebox-tools/default.nix
index ecb89d2e995a6..df2343d8813e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/gis/whitebox-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/gis/whitebox-tools/default.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://jblindsay.github.io/ghrg/WhiteboxTools/index.html";
-    description = "An advanced geospatial data analysis platform";
+    description = "Advanced geospatial data analysis platform";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ mpickering ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/6.x.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/6.x.nix
index 9be6460d8f1de..99810a8d496f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/6.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/6.x.nix
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://legacy.imagemagick.org/";
     changelog = "https://legacy.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php";
-    description = "A software suite to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images";
+    description = "Software suite to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images";
     pkgConfigModules = [ "ImageMagick" "MagickWand" ];
     platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/default.nix
index 608e7bc506123..491ef7c1f538c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/default.nix
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://www.imagemagick.org/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/ImageMagick/Website/blob/main/ChangeLog.md";
-    description = "A software suite to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images";
+    description = "Software suite to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images";
     pkgConfigModules = [ "ImageMagick" "MagickWand" ];
     platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ erictapen dotlambda rhendric ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ahoviewer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/ahoviewer/default.nix
index 4c1d309ebbab6..eaec49ec89bba 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ahoviewer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/ahoviewer/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/ahodesuka/ahoviewer";
-    description = "A GTK2 image viewer, manga reader, and booru browser";
+    description = "GTK2 image viewer, manga reader, and booru browser";
     mainProgram = "ahoviewer";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ xzfc ];
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/antimony/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/antimony/default.nix
index 56ee01f8bbe80..d39961da9077c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/antimony/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/antimony/default.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ in
     ];
 
     meta = with lib; {
-      description = "A computer-aided design (CAD) tool from a parallel universe";
+      description = "Computer-aided design (CAD) tool from a parallel universe";
       mainProgram = "antimony";
       homepage    = "https://github.com/mkeeter/antimony";
       license     = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/artem/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/artem/default.nix
index 36d200ad07c46..8b391f104d83c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/artem/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/artem/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A small CLI program to convert images to ASCII art";
+    description = "Small CLI program to convert images to ASCII art";
     homepage = "https://github.com/finefindus/artem";
     changelog = "https://github.com/finefindus/artem/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.mpl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/awesomebump/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/awesomebump/default.nix
index ef9a2f7c77665..8f5b4c0c659cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/awesomebump/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/awesomebump/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ in mkDerivation {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/kmkolasinski/AwesomeBump";
-    description = "A program to generate normal, height, specular or ambient occlusion textures from a single image";
+    description = "Program to generate normal, height, specular or ambient occlusion textures from a single image";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.eelco ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ciano/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/ciano/default.nix
index 454a1d28c4772..1106bd9581942 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ciano/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/ciano/default.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/robertsanseries/ciano";
-    description = "A multimedia file converter focused on simplicity";
+    description = "Multimedia file converter focused on simplicity";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/curv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/curv/default.nix
index 71793b861508f..7113437245a38 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/curv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/curv/default.nix
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A 2D and 3D geometric modelling programming language for creating art with maths";
+    description = "2D and 3D geometric modelling programming language for creating art with maths";
     homepage = "https://github.com/curv3d/curv";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/deskew/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/deskew/default.nix
index f43a26f692a34..71ed3051d084f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/deskew/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/deskew/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command line tool for deskewing scanned text documents";
+    description = "Command line tool for deskewing scanned text documents";
     homepage = "https://galfar.vevb.net/deskew";
     license = with licenses; [ mit mpl11 ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ryantm];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/djv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/djv/default.nix
index 735807691af79..00d3d93a25e15 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/djv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/djv/default.nix
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A professional review software for VFX, animation, and film production";
+    description = "Professional review software for VFX, animation, and film production";
     homepage = "https://darbyjohnston.github.io/DJV/";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.blitz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/djview/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/djview/default.nix
index 5bbbfc0c686cf..115233dd2641c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/djview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/djview/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
-    description = "A portable DjVu viewer (Qt5) and browser (nsdejavu) plugin";
+    description = "Portable DjVu viewer (Qt5) and browser (nsdejavu) plugin";
     mainProgram = "djview";
     homepage = "https://djvu.sourceforge.net/djview4.html";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/dosage/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/dosage/default.nix
index d04820afad96c..e943bf4f31816 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/dosage/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/dosage/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A comic strip downloader and archiver";
+    description = "Comic strip downloader and archiver";
     mainProgram = "dosage";
     homepage = "https://dosage.rocks/";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/drawing/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/drawing/default.nix
index cf4b650219194..6f464a1ec0b4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/drawing/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/drawing/default.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   strictDeps = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A free basic image editor, similar to Microsoft Paint, but aiming at the GNOME desktop";
+    description = "Free basic image editor, similar to Microsoft Paint, but aiming at the GNOME desktop";
     mainProgram = "drawing";
     homepage = "https://maoschanz.github.io/drawing/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/maoschanz/drawing/releases/tag/${version}";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/drawio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/drawio/default.nix
index b6d6007226a61..fdecceeac74e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/drawio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/drawio/default.nix
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A desktop application for creating diagrams";
+    description = "Desktop application for creating diagrams";
     homepage = "https://about.draw.io/";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     changelog = "https://github.com/jgraph/drawio-desktop/releases/tag/v${version}";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/drawpile/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/drawpile/default.nix
index 5c43c609f31f6..0522879d9d3e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/drawpile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/drawpile/default.nix
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ in mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A collaborative drawing program that allows multiple users to sketch on the same canvas simultaneously";
+    description = "Collaborative drawing program that allows multiple users to sketch on the same canvas simultaneously";
     mainProgram = "drawpile-srv";
     homepage = "https://drawpile.net/";
     downloadPage = "https://drawpile.net/download/";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/emulsion/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/emulsion/default.nix
index 67342c57c8464..a57a33e11b51b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/emulsion/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/emulsion/default.nix
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fast and minimalistic image viewer";
+    description = "Fast and minimalistic image viewer";
     homepage = "https://arturkovacs.github.io/emulsion-website/";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.magnetophon ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/feh/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/feh/default.nix
index de43122b9080c..f4adcace1ec43 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/feh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/feh/default.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A light-weight image viewer";
+    description = "Light-weight image viewer";
     homepage = "https://feh.finalrewind.org/";
     # released under a variant of the MIT license
     # https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT-feh.html
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/flaca/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/flaca/default.nix
index 90fec04b36e5f..b2d82b458b495 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/flaca/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/flaca/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-w+PeuH6VFIu3iH5EXF6gEwyYoGeqXX0yd5jJs2NqisQ=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI tool to losslessly compress JPEG and PNG images";
+    description = "CLI tool to losslessly compress JPEG and PNG images";
     longDescription = "A CLI tool for x86-64 Linux machines that simplifies the task of maximally, losslessly compressing JPEG and PNG images for use in production web environments";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Blobfolio/flaca";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ zzzsy ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gcolor3/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gcolor3/default.nix
index a5b89a605d55b..38c38143ff9ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gcolor3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gcolor3/default.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple color chooser written in GTK3";
+    description = "Simple color chooser written in GTK3";
     mainProgram = "gcolor3";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/gcolor3";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gpicview/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gpicview/default.nix
index fcef4751eab72..9015677843545 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gpicview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gpicview/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ gtk2 ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple and fast image viewer for X";
+    description = "Simple and fast image viewer for X";
     homepage = "https://lxde.sourceforge.net/gpicview/";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovek323 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gqview/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gqview/default.nix
index 8237473c79b1a..89b86bf24b206 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gqview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gqview/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lm";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fast image viewer";
+    description = "Fast image viewer";
     homepage = "https://gqview.sourceforge.net";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gscan2pdf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gscan2pdf/default.nix
index 0989c07d8a6f9..6aaf257496cd9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gscan2pdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gscan2pdf/default.nix
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ perlPackages.buildPerlPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A GUI to produce PDFs or DjVus from scanned documents";
+    description = "GUI to produce PDFs or DjVus from scanned documents";
     homepage = "https://gscan2pdf.sourceforge.net/";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pacien ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gscreenshot/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gscreenshot/default.nix
index a09b39bdadb45..c3468f65dcab6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gscreenshot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gscreenshot/default.nix
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   patches = [ ./0001-Changing-paths-to-be-nix-compatible.patch ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A screenshot frontend (CLI and GUI) for a variety of screenshot backends";
+    description = "Screenshot frontend (CLI and GUI) for a variety of screenshot backends";
 
     longDescription = ''
       gscreenshot provides a common frontend and expanded functionality to a
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/identity/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/identity/default.nix
index 8d9caa58543cf..debc7e2f423b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/identity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/identity/default.nix
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A program for comparing multiple versions of an image or video";
+    description = "Program for comparing multiple versions of an image or video";
     mainProgram = "identity";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/YaLTeR/identity";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/img-cat/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/img-cat/default.nix
index 414f4b2a3b332..d148320b86986 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/img-cat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/img-cat/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   vendorHash = "sha256-4kF+LwVNBY770wHLLcVlAqPoy4SNhbp2TxdNWRiJL6Q=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to output images as RGB ANSI graphics on the terminal";
+    description = "Tool to output images as RGB ANSI graphics on the terminal";
     homepage = "https://github.com/trashhalo/imgcat";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ penguwin ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/imlibsetroot/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/imlibsetroot/default.nix
index a4059ccba28b7..7fac0a0d386c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/imlibsetroot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/imlibsetroot/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Xinerama Aware Background Changer";
+    description = "Xinerama Aware Background Changer";
     homepage = "http://robotmonkeys.net/2010/03/30/imlibsetroot/";
     license = licenses.mitAdvertising;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/imv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/imv/default.nix
index 98aa410e96147..077979096cd73 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/imv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/imv/default.nix
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command line image viewer for tiling window managers";
+    description = "Command line image viewer for tiling window managers";
     homepage = "https://sr.ht/~exec64/imv/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ rnhmjoj markus1189 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/extensions/silhouette/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/extensions/silhouette/default.nix
index e251c52ff96b4..3aef4497e1cf0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/extensions/silhouette/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/extensions/silhouette/default.nix
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An extension to drive Silhouette vinyl cutters (e.g. Cameo, Portrait, Curio series) from within Inkscape";
+    description = "Extension to drive Silhouette vinyl cutters (e.g. Cameo, Portrait, Curio series) from within Inkscape";
     homepage = "https://github.com/fablabnbg/inkscape-silhouette";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jfly ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ipe/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/ipe/default.nix
index fd5fb779517c8..131881341f797 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ipe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/ipe/default.nix
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An editor for drawing figures";
+    description = "Editor for drawing figures";
     homepage = "http://ipe.otfried.org"; # https not available
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/kgraphviewer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/kgraphviewer/default.nix
index 20098eabeff48..3758c091a831b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/kgraphviewer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/kgraphviewer/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Graphviz dot graph viewer for KDE";
+    description = "Graphviz dot graph viewer for KDE";
     mainProgram = "kgraphviewer";
     license     = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/komorebi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/komorebi/default.nix
index 261f451d07c2f..4d60cde30cd38 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/komorebi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/komorebi/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion { package = komorebi; };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A beautiful and customizable wallpaper manager for Linux";
+    description = "Beautiful and customizable wallpaper manager for Linux";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Komorebi-Fork/komorebi";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ kranzes ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/krita/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/krita/generic.nix
index 8df637ffa1ce1..ff859b4ed7ed9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/krita/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/krita/generic.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A free and open source painting application";
+    description = "Free and open source painting application";
     homepage = "https://krita.org/";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar sifmelcara nek0 ];
     mainProgram = "krita";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/litemdview/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/litemdview/default.nix
index 9fedae23069c0..e07c22165277d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/litemdview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/litemdview/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://notabug.org/g0tsu/litemdview";
-    description = "A suckless markdown viewer";
+    description = "Suckless markdown viewer";
     longDescription = ''
       LiteMDview is a lightweight, extremely fast markdown viewer with lots of useful features. One of them is ability to use your prefered text editor to edit markdown files, every time you save the file, litemdview reloads those changes (I call it live-reload). It has a convinient navigation through local directories, has support for a basic "git-like" folders hierarchy as well as vimwiki projects.
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/luminance-hdr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/luminance-hdr/default.nix
index 53d127857617d..ef0f687d334b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/luminance-hdr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/luminance-hdr/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://qtpfsgui.sourceforge.net/";
-    description = "A complete open source solution for HDR photography";
+    description = "Complete open source solution for HDR photography";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.hrdinka ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/mandelbulber/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/mandelbulber/default.nix
index 1f11160968215..af6dffd249393 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/mandelbulber/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/mandelbulber/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A 3D fractal rendering engine";
+    description = "3D fractal rendering engine";
     mainProgram = "mandelbulber2";
     longDescription = "Mandelbulber creatively generates three-dimensional fractals. Explore trigonometric, hyper-complex, Mandelbox, IFS, and many other 3D fractals.";
     homepage = "https://mandelbulber.com";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/meh/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/meh/default.nix
index 992a739bb3775..49477277d92bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/meh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/meh/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [ libXext libX11 libjpeg libpng giflib ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A minimal image viewer using raw XLib";
+    description = "Minimal image viewer using raw XLib";
     homepage = "https://www.johnhawthorn.com/meh/";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/meme-image-generator/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/meme-image-generator/default.nix
index d9e21d3f57a2e..e60351bf962d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/meme-image-generator/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/meme-image-generator/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   vendorHash = null;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command line utility for creating image macro style memes";
+    description = "Command line utility for creating image macro style memes";
     homepage = "https://github.com/nomad-software/meme";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.fgaz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/meshlab/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/meshlab/default.nix
index a77a39445c045..549780a8acb70 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/meshlab/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/meshlab/default.nix
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A system for processing and editing 3D triangular meshes";
+    description = "System for processing and editing 3D triangular meshes";
     mainProgram = "meshlab";
     homepage = "https://www.meshlab.net/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/mtpaint/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/mtpaint/default.nix
index 332acf25e498c..991eb8925f379 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/mtpaint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/mtpaint/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   configureFlags = [ "gtk3" "intl" "man" ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A simple GTK painting program";
+    description = "Simple GTK painting program";
     longDescription = ''
       mtPaint is a simple GTK painting program designed for
       creating icons and pixel based artwork.  It can edit indexed palette
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/mypaint/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/mypaint/default.nix
index 0d261b5e6034a..8abd4cba4846f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/mypaint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/mypaint/default.nix
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ in buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A graphics application for digital painters";
+    description = "Graphics application for digital painters";
     homepage = "http://mypaint.org/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/oculante/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/oculante/default.nix
index 34e0af1fa1138..3f3d39769f811 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/oculante/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/oculante/default.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
-    description = "A minimalistic crossplatform image viewer written in Rust";
+    description = "Minimalistic crossplatform image viewer written in Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/woelper/oculante";
     changelog = "https://github.com/woelper/oculante/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/pdfcpu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/pdfcpu/default.nix
index 77458c3cc5af8..d8ca4fbcabf10 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/pdfcpu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/pdfcpu/default.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   subPackages = [ "cmd/pdfcpu" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A PDF processor written in Go";
+    description = "PDF processor written in Go";
     homepage = "https://pdfcpu.io";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ doronbehar ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/photoflare/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/photoflare/default.nix
index 3f47a0073d245..bb79b8c8ddc0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/photoflare/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/photoflare/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${graphicsmagick}/include/GraphicsMagick";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A cross-platform image editor with a powerful features and a very friendly graphical user interface";
+    description = "Cross-platform image editor with a powerful features and a very friendly graphical user interface";
     mainProgram = "photoflare";
     homepage = "https://photoflare.io";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.omgbebebe ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/phototonic/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/phototonic/default.nix
index 345398435a07a..e3fea1ee9c478 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/phototonic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/phototonic/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An image viewer and organizer";
+    description = "Image viewer and organizer";
     mainProgram = "phototonic";
     homepage = "https://github.com/oferkv/phototonic";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/pick-colour-picker/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/pick-colour-picker/default.nix
index fd736c3ec7ab8..98980ed7fd462 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/pick-colour-picker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/pick-colour-picker/default.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     homepage = "https://kryogenix.org/code/pick/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    description = "A colour picker that remembers where you picked colours from";
+    description = "Colour picker that remembers where you picked colours from";
     mainProgram = "pick-colour-picker";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.mkg20001 ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/pika/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/pika/default.nix
index b9cbf142a21ff..e1e5726eb54d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/pika/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/pika/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://superhighfives.com/pika";
-    description = "An open-source colour picker app for macOS";
+    description = "Open-source colour picker app for macOS";
     platforms = platforms.darwin;
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ arkivm ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/pixeluvo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/pixeluvo/default.nix
index 2c94b4645c562..0ae800710d486 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/pixeluvo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/pixeluvo/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Beautifully Designed Image and Photo Editor for Windows and Linux";
+    description = "Beautifully Designed Image and Photo Editor for Windows and Linux";
     homepage = "http://www.pixeluvo.com/";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
     license = licenses.unfree;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/pizarra/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/pizarra/default.nix
index 6fd94f57e1e75..c636637763d7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/pizarra/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/pizarra/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple blackboard written in GTK";
+    description = "Simple blackboard written in GTK";
     mainProgram = "pizarra";
     longDescription = ''
       A simple endless blackboard.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/potrace/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/potrace/default.nix
index b46c2060ede0e..5a7093396283a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/potrace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/potrace/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://potrace.sourceforge.net/";
-    description = "A tool for tracing a bitmap, which means, transforming a bitmap into a smooth, scalable image";
+    description = "Tool for tracing a bitmap, which means, transforming a bitmap into a smooth, scalable image";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.pSub ];
     license = licenses.gpl2;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/processing/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/processing/default.nix
index d71ded259e831..9ea148323cde0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/processing/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/processing/default.nix
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A language and IDE for electronic arts";
+    description = "Language and IDE for electronic arts";
     homepage = "https://processing.org";
     license = with licenses; [ gpl2Only lgpl21Only ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/qimgv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/qimgv/default.nix
index c6789fd057380..f4eedb6c3fb0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/qimgv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/qimgv/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Qt5 image viewer with optional video support";
+    description = "Qt5 image viewer with optional video support";
     mainProgram = "qimgv";
     homepage = "https://github.com/easymodo/qimgv";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/qosmic/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/qosmic/default.nix
index a3a688fd0366b..ebee900cf9d6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/qosmic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/qosmic/default.nix
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A cosmic recursive flame fractal editor";
+    description = "Cosmic recursive flame fractal editor";
     mainProgram = "qosmic";
     homepage = "https://github.com/bitsed/qosmic";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/solvespace/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/solvespace/default.nix
index 610ef336a9e3f..fc360943fae39 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/solvespace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/solvespace/default.nix
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DENABLE_OPENMP=ON" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A parametric 3d CAD program";
+    description = "Parametric 3d CAD program";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.edef ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/synfigstudio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/synfigstudio/default.nix
index 858fef718aaa5..f1edfe81fb638 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/synfigstudio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/synfigstudio/default.nix
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A 2D animation program";
+    description = "2D animation program";
     homepage = "http://www.synfig.org";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/tev/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/tev/default.nix
index 7447e549465aa..288eb7aef6ca6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/tev/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/tev/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   env.CXXFLAGS = "-include cstdint";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A high dynamic range (HDR) image comparison tool";
+    description = "High dynamic range (HDR) image comparison tool";
     mainProgram = "tev";
     longDescription = ''
       A high dynamic range (HDR) image comparison tool for graphics people. tev
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/textual-paint/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/textual-paint/default.nix
index 89d94d6f4c7e2..c11a5cd632d75 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/textual-paint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/textual-paint/default.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "textual_paint" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A TUI image editor inspired by MS Paint";
+    description = "TUI image editor inspired by MS Paint";
     homepage = "https://github.com/1j01/textual-paint";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/trimage/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/trimage/default.nix
index 269ffa5852331..4a0bf082c10ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/trimage/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/trimage/default.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A cross-platform tool for optimizing PNG and JPG files";
+    description = "Cross-platform tool for optimizing PNG and JPG files";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Kilian/Trimage";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "trimage";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/veusz/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/veusz/default.nix
index 67f5a76e5e97a..d5ccbf7166197 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/veusz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/veusz/default.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A scientific plotting and graphing program with a GUI";
+    description = "Scientific plotting and graphing program with a GUI";
     mainProgram = "veusz";
     homepage = "https://veusz.github.io/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/vkdt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/vkdt/default.nix
index e7776062de44f..ee9357bc04af1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/vkdt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/vkdt/default.nix
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A vulkan-powered raw image processor";
+    description = "Vulkan-powered raw image processor";
     homepage = "https://github.com/hanatos/vkdt";
     license = licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ paperdigits ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xfig/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xfig/default.nix
index cb96daeb12708..1929bff925fba 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xfig/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xfig/default.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     changelog = "https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/xfig/ci/${version}/tree/CHANGES";
-    description = "An interactive drawing tool for X11";
+    description = "Interactive drawing tool for X11";
     mainProgram = "xfig";
     longDescription = ''
       Note that you need to have the <literal>netpbm</literal> tools
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xpano/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xpano/default.nix
index c4b43c5963fea..cd6f5ff850345 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xpano/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xpano/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A panorama stitching tool";
+    description = "Panorama stitching tool";
     mainProgram = "Xpano";
     homepage = "https://krupkat.github.io/xpano/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/krupkat/xpano/releases/tag/v${version}";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xrgears/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xrgears/default.nix
index 2f367e8a70d5c..cdb0977b4e974 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xrgears/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xrgears/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/monado/demos/xrgears";
-    description = "An OpenXR example using Vulkan for rendering";
+    description = "OpenXR example using Vulkan for rendering";
     mainProgram = "xrgears";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/yacreader/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/yacreader/default.nix
index 9487e0c352fe7..d3cead3671694 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/yacreader/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/yacreader/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ qtquickcontrols2 qtgraphicaleffects qtdeclarative ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A comic reader for cross-platform reading and managing your digital comic collection";
+    description = "Comic reader for cross-platform reading and managing your digital comic collection";
     homepage = "http://www.yacreader.com";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     mainProgram = "YACReader";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/yed/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/yed/default.nix
index 7c6029312c8ca..3599cf70032a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/yed/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/yed/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.unfree;
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
     homepage = "https://www.yworks.com/products/yed";
-    description = "A powerful desktop application that can be used to quickly and effectively generate high-quality diagrams";
+    description = "Powerful desktop application that can be used to quickly and effectively generate high-quality diagrams";
     platforms = jre.meta.platforms;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
     mainProgram = "yed";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/arianna.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/arianna.nix
index ba88e4ecbded1..95427d74e2955 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/arianna.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/arianna.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An Epub Reader for Plasma and Plasma Mobile";
+    description = "Epub Reader for Plasma and Plasma Mobile";
     mainProgram = "arianna";
     homepage = "https://invent.kde.org/graphics/arianna";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/bomber.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/bomber.nix
index 1e52a6d877275..59c6ab779cf35 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/bomber.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/bomber.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   pname = "bomber";
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://apps.kde.org/bomber/";
-    description = "A single player arcade game";
+    description = "Single player arcade game";
     mainProgram = "bomber";
     longDescription = ''
       Bomber is a single player arcade game. The player is invading various
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/dragon.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/dragon.nix
index a9e9425b7bb5b..38d81647edadf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/dragon.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/dragon.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://apps.kde.org/dragonplayer/";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl2Plus fdl12Plus ];
-    description = "A simple media player for KDE";
+    description = "Simple media player for KDE";
     mainProgram = "dragon";
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.jonathanreeve ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/elisa.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/elisa.nix
index b9a384616416b..82facd60e72a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/elisa.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/elisa.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://apps.kde.org/elisa/";
-    description = "A simple media player for KDE";
+    description = "Simple media player for KDE";
     mainProgram = "elisa";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/ghostwriter.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/ghostwriter.nix
index d9399986959e7..b29d1a9519b66 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/ghostwriter.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/ghostwriter.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A cross-platform, aesthetic, distraction-free Markdown editor";
+    description = "Cross-platform, aesthetic, distraction-free Markdown editor";
     mainProgram = "ghostwriter";
     homepage = "https://ghostwriter.kde.org/";
     changelog = "https://invent.kde.org/office/ghostwriter/-/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/kalgebra.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/kalgebra.nix
index ed1b0b567e0be..539ee30a66802 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/kalgebra.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/kalgebra.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ mkDerivation {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://apps.kde.org/kalgebra/";
-    description = "A 2D and 3D Graph Calculator";
+    description = "2D and 3D Graph Calculator";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl2Plus ];
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ninjafb ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/kamoso.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/kamoso.nix
index 878c127a977ca..bb83ccb8f20b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/kamoso.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/kamoso.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ mkDerivation {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://apps.kde.org/kamoso/";
-    description = "A simple and friendly program to use your camera";
+    description = "Simple and friendly program to use your camera";
     mainProgram = "kamoso";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ lgpl21Only gpl3Only ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/kcharselect.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/kcharselect.nix
index 54549aeb73caa..ae607c5fe49e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/kcharselect.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/kcharselect.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ mkDerivation {
     homepage = "https://apps.kde.org/kcharselect/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.schmittlauch ];
-    description = "A tool to select special characters from all installed fonts and copy them into the clipboard";
+    description = "Tool to select special characters from all installed fonts and copy them into the clipboard";
     mainProgram = "kcharselect";
   };
   nativeBuildInputs = [ extra-cmake-modules kdoctools ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/kdiamond.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/kdiamond.nix
index d5b18530aff9e..7da4e4605289c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/kdiamond.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/kdiamond.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   pname = "kdiamond";
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://kde.org/applications/en/games/org.kde.kdiamond";
-    description = "A single player puzzle game";
+    description = "Single player puzzle game";
     mainProgram = "kdiamond";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ freezeboy ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/kgpg.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/kgpg.nix
index c39e521802e4c..0aa84dd5eaffc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/kgpg.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/kgpg.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   '';
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://apps.kde.org/kgpg/";
-    description = "A KDE based interface for GnuPG, a powerful encryption utility";
+    description = "KDE based interface for GnuPG, a powerful encryption utility";
     mainProgram = "kgpg";
     license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2 ];
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.ttuegel ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/kigo.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/kigo.nix
index 1fcedb3938648..7d6b99fd136ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/kigo.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/kigo.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   pname = "kigo";
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://kde.org/applications/en/games/org.kde.kigo";
-    description = "An open-source implementation of the popular Go game";
+    description = "Open-source implementation of the popular Go game";
     mainProgram = "kigo";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ freezeboy ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/killbots.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/killbots.nix
index 6ac75851619f1..39a774b8212ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/killbots.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/killbots.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   pname = "killbots";
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://kde.org/applications/en/games/org.kde.killbots";
-    description = "A game where you avoid robots";
+    description = "Game where you avoid robots";
     mainProgram = "killbots";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ freezeboy ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/klettres.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/klettres.nix
index 583edfb8a56c1..806aa6583d5c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/klettres.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/klettres.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   pname = "klettres";
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://invent.kde.org/education/klettres";
-    description = "An application specially designed to help the user to learn an alphabet";
+    description = "Application specially designed to help the user to learn an alphabet";
     mainProgram = "klettres";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ freezeboy ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/klines.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/klines.nix
index a7b4d81f5fe4c..de628516c826c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/klines.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/klines.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   pname = "klines";
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://kde.org/applications/en/games/org.kde.klines";
-    description = "A simple but highly addictive one player game";
+    description = "Simple but highly addictive one player game";
     mainProgram = "klines";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ freezeboy ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/kmag.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/kmag.nix
index dc6cec7e5a475..adf63b145f89c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/kmag.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/kmag.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   pname = "kmag";
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://kde.org/applications/en/utilities/org.kde.kmag";
-    description = "A small Linux utility to magnify a part of the screen";
+    description = "Small Linux utility to magnify a part of the screen";
     mainProgram = "kmag";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ freezeboy ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/kmines.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/kmines.nix
index 108c7f049b08c..99413733b13bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/kmines.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/kmines.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   pname = "kmines";
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://kde.org/applications/en/games/org.kde.kmines";
-    description = "A classic Minesweeper game";
+    description = "Classic Minesweeper game";
     mainProgram = "kmines";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ freezeboy ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/knetwalk.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/knetwalk.nix
index ae25146b41b66..a74b18d184d7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/knetwalk.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/knetwalk.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   pname = "knetwalk";
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://kde.org/applications/en/games/org.kde.knetwalk";
-    description = "A single player logic game";
+    description = "Single player logic game";
     mainProgram = "knetwalk";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ freezeboy ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/knights.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/knights.nix
index 589f409907d72..ae0d1d62fe573 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/knights.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/knights.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   pname = "knights";
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://kde.org/applications/en/games/org.kde.knights";
-    description = "A chess game";
+    description = "Chess game";
     mainProgram = "knights";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ freezeboy ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/kollision.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/kollision.nix
index 4aa01245f1aeb..96e34f69c93b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/kollision.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/kollision.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   pname = "kollision";
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://kde.org/applications/en/games/org.kde.kollision";
-    description = "A casual game";
+    description = "Casual game";
     mainProgram = "kollision";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ freezeboy ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/kongress.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/kongress.nix
index be5efcdb9e23a..5738569bae900 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/kongress.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/kongress.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A companion application for conferences";
+    description = "Companion application for conferences";
     homepage = "https://apps.kde.org/kongress/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/kreversi.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/kreversi.nix
index 91756d2e15d74..11cce1799c1b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/kreversi.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/kreversi.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   pname = "kreversi";
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://kde.org/applications/en/games/org.kde.kreversi";
-    description = "A simple one player strategy game played against the computer";
+    description = "Simple one player strategy game played against the computer";
     mainProgram = "kreversi";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ freezeboy ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/kshisen.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/kshisen.nix
index b15dbfa8f9fae..4982456bdd01e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/kshisen.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/kshisen.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   pname = "kshisen";
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://kde.org/applications/en/games/org.kde.kshisen";
-    description = "A solitaire-like game played using the standard set of Mahjong tiles";
+    description = "Solitaire-like game played using the standard set of Mahjong tiles";
     mainProgram = "kshisen";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ freezeboy ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/ksquares.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/ksquares.nix
index 326482c3aa8c9..34a3cdeb8702f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/ksquares.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/ksquares.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   pname = "ksquares";
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://kde.org/applications/en/games/org.kde.ksquares";
-    description = "A game of Dots and Boxes";
+    description = "Game of Dots and Boxes";
     mainProgram = "ksquares";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ freezeboy ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/kteatime.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/kteatime.nix
index 056df2fa263dd..bda8f6b7f1f7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/kteatime.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/kteatime.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   pname = "kteatime";
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://kde.org/applications/en/utilities/org.kde.kteatime";
-    description = "A handy timer for steeping tea";
+    description = "Handy timer for steeping tea";
     mainProgram = "kteatime";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ freezeboy ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/ktimer.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/ktimer.nix
index 31535af1d7ad7..bc2d6494c1346 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/ktimer.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/ktimer.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   pname = "ktimer";
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://kde.org/applications/en/utilities/org.kde.ktimer";
-    description = "A little tool to execute programs after some time";
+    description = "Little tool to execute programs after some time";
     mainProgram = "ktimer";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ freezeboy ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/ktouch.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/ktouch.nix
index 1a5f14bbc9e3f..18cc2ec0e32f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/ktouch.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/ktouch.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ mkDerivation {
     homepage = "https://apps.kde.org/ktouch/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.schmittlauch ];
-    description = "A touch typing tutor from the KDE software collection";
+    description = "Touch typing tutor from the KDE software collection";
     mainProgram = "ktouch";
   };
   nativeBuildInputs = [ extra-cmake-modules kdoctools qtdeclarative ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/kturtle.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/kturtle.nix
index 1f03f7fcb4075..299b6bd83facc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/kturtle.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/kturtle.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   pname = "kturtle";
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://invent.kde.org/education/kturtle";
-    description = "An educational programming environment for learning how to program";
+    description = "Educational programming environment for learning how to program";
     mainProgram = "kturtle";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ freezeboy ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/kwave.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/kwave.nix
index b0eda04de7096..46e6c1a5cf3c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/kwave.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/kwave.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://kde.org/applications/en/multimedia/org.kde.kwave";
-    description = "A simple media player";
+    description = "Simple media player";
     mainProgram = "kwave";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ freezeboy ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/libktorrent.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/libktorrent.nix
index 3b4ae5f72f7f0..20975c7eb0ee2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/libktorrent.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/libktorrent.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 mkDerivation {
   pname = "libktorrent";
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A BitTorrent library used by KTorrent";
+    description = "BitTorrent library used by KTorrent";
     homepage    = "https://apps.kde.org/ktorrent/";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ eelco ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/merkuro.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/merkuro.nix
index b8d3107eb6145..7c2064e2969b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/merkuro.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/merkuro.nix
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   qtWrapperArgs = [''--prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath [ akonadi kdepim-runtime akonadi-search ]}"''];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A calendar application using Akonadi to sync with external services (Nextcloud, GMail, ...)";
+    description = "Calendar application using Akonadi to sync with external services (Nextcloud, GMail, ...)";
     homepage = "https://invent.kde.org/pim/merkuro";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ Thra11 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/neochat.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/neochat.nix
index 840ab864cd95d..f8dc1f6c35b7e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/neochat.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/neochat.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A client for matrix, the decentralized communication protocol";
+    description = "Client for matrix, the decentralized communication protocol";
     mainProgram = "neochat";
     homepage = "https://apps.kde.org/en/neochat";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/palapeli.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/palapeli.nix
index 9effbc2674f75..37a387af0a3d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/palapeli.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/palapeli.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [ libkdegames kio ktextwidgets ];
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://apps.kde.org/palapeli/";
-    description = "A single-player jigsaw puzzle game";
+    description = "Single-player jigsaw puzzle game";
     mainProgram = "palapeli";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl2 ];
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ harrisonthorne ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/rocs.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/rocs.nix
index 67470a59e06ed..263cce39f176f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/rocs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/rocs.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://edu.kde.org/rocs/";
-    description = "A graph theory IDE";
+    description = "Graph theory IDE";
     mainProgram = "rocs";
     license = with licenses; [ gpl2Plus lgpl21Plus fdl12Plus ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/telly-skout.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/telly-skout.nix
index 9ecff11c0e082..7c249c99f9aa2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/telly-skout.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/telly-skout.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [ qtquickcontrols2 kcoreaddons kconfig ki18n kirigami2 ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A convergent Kirigami TV guide";
+    description = "Convergent Kirigami TV guide";
     mainProgram = "telly-skout";
     homepage = "https://apps.kde.org/telly-skout/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/tokodon.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/tokodon.nix
index c11bb05dae0fc..fdf2d63d2bf5f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/tokodon.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/tokodon.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Mastodon client for Plasma and Plasma Mobile";
+    description = "Mastodon client for Plasma and Plasma Mobile";
     mainProgram = "tokodon";
     homepage = "https://invent.kde.org/network/tokodon";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/umbrello.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/umbrello.nix
index 4746e1976bf17..7a3356fd2103a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/umbrello.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/umbrello.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   pname = "umbrello";
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://umbrello.kde.org/";
-    description = "A Unified Modelling Language (UML) diagram program";
+    description = "Unified Modelling Language (UML) diagram program";
     license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2 ];
   };
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/zanshin.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/zanshin.nix
index a43632ce362cb..4b98ea8e0cf7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/zanshin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/zanshin.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 mkDerivation {
   pname = "zanshin";
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A powerful yet simple application to manage your day to day actions, getting your mind like water";
+    description = "Powerful yet simple application to manage your day to day actions, getting your mind like water";
     homepage = "https://zanshin.kde.org/";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ zraexy ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/actiona/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/actiona/default.nix
index 0d1500448a140..069473ce3c0fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/actiona/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/actiona/default.nix
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A cross-platform automation tool";
+    description = "Cross-platform automation tool";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Jmgr/actiona";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
     mainProgram = "actiona";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/albert/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/albert/default.nix
index 8fe269ddab230..5b1e1aac20c1a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/albert/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/albert/default.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fast and flexible keyboard launcher";
+    description = "Fast and flexible keyboard launcher";
     longDescription = ''
       Albert is a desktop agnostic launcher. Its goals are usability and beauty,
       performance and extensibility. It is written in C++ and based on the Qt
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/anup/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/anup/default.nix
index 94c21164184da..91cf5c9540a5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/anup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/anup/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/Acizza/anup";
-    description = "An anime tracker for AniList featuring a TUI";
+    description = "Anime tracker for AniList featuring a TUI";
     license = licenses.agpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ natto1784 ];
     mainProgram = "anup";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/artha/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/artha/default.nix
index 0dfc3285c0615..ee22c2776c5a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/artha/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/artha/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ dbus-glib gtk2 wordnet ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An offline thesaurus based on WordNet";
+    description = "Offline thesaurus based on WordNet";
     homepage = "https://artha.sourceforge.net";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/audio/soxr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/audio/soxr/default.nix
index 6762fbe25742f..f469ef5f0fed8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/audio/soxr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/audio/soxr/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An audio resampling library";
+    description = "Audio resampling library";
     homepage = "https://soxr.sourceforge.net";
     license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
     platforms = platforms.unix ++ platforms.windows;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/avizo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/avizo/default.nix
index 77d942797abcd..0b05e9ce5499f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/avizo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/avizo/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A neat notification daemon for Wayland";
+    description = "Neat notification daemon for Wayland";
     homepage = "https://github.com/misterdanb/avizo";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/azuredatastudio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/azuredatastudio/default.nix
index ff441f672a502..2c2c00d8b24ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/azuredatastudio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/azuredatastudio/default.nix
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ xavierzwirtz ];
-    description = "A data management tool that enables working with SQL Server, Azure SQL DB and SQL DW";
+    description = "Data management tool that enables working with SQL Server, Azure SQL DB and SQL DW";
     homepage = "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/azure-data-studio/download-azure-data-studio";
     sourceProvenance = with lib.sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
     license = lib.licenses.unfreeRedistributable;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/base16-universal-manager/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/base16-universal-manager/default.nix
index 98a255f873983..44b521ae0d166 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/base16-universal-manager/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/base16-universal-manager/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   vendorHash = "sha256-U28OJ5heeiaj3aGAhR6eAXzfvFMehAUcHzyFkZBRK6c=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A universal manager to set base16 themes for any supported application";
+    description = "Universal manager to set base16 themes for any supported application";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pinpox/base16-universal-manager";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jo1gi ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/bashSnippets/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/bashSnippets/default.nix
index f4e25200835b7..f0f82a6f626cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/bashSnippets/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/bashSnippets/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A collection of small bash scripts for heavy terminal users";
+    description = "Collection of small bash scripts for heavy terminal users";
     homepage = "https://github.com/alexanderepstein/Bash-Snippets";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/bibletime/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/bibletime/default.nix
index f49477fae234d..aa24399dbde84 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/bibletime/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/bibletime/default.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://www.bibletime.info/";
-    description = "A powerful cross platform Bible study tool";
+    description = "Powerful cross platform Bible study tool";
     mainProgram = "bibletime";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/bicon/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/bicon/default.nix
index dfb424ea9da56..11f63b7a868f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/bicon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/bicon/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A bidirectional console";
+    description = "Bidirectional console";
     homepage =  "https://github.com/behdad/bicon";
     license = [ licenses.lgpl21 licenses.psfl licenses.bsd0 ];
     maintainers = [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/bleachbit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/bleachbit/default.nix
index bb0e777186a28..5800ae9af9d5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/bleachbit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/bleachbit/default.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://bleachbit.sourceforge.net";
-    description = "A program to clean your computer";
+    description = "Program to clean your computer";
     longDescription = "BleachBit helps you easily clean your computer to free space and maintain privacy.";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ leonardoce mbprtpmnr ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/blogc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/blogc/default.nix
index 86d52625dc2e1..4360cc6f20a04 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/blogc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/blogc/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A blog compiler";
+    description = "Blog compiler";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     homepage = "https://blogc.rgm.io";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/bottles/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/bottles/default.nix
index 434ffd76852e8..495a945d32d3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/bottles/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/bottles/default.nix
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An easy-to-use wineprefix manager";
+    description = "Easy-to-use wineprefix manager";
     homepage = "https://usebottles.com/";
     downloadPage = "https://github.com/bottlesdevs/Bottles/releases";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/calcurse/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/calcurse/default.nix
index 07faa52710dfd..49d8a9e42d421 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/calcurse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/calcurse/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A calendar and scheduling application for the command line";
+    description = "Calendar and scheduling application for the command line";
     longDescription = ''
       calcurse is a calendar and scheduling application for the command line. It helps
       keep track of events, appointments and everyday tasks. A configurable notification
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cardpeek/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cardpeek/default.nix
index 4cf13498be942..0b7630b53f099 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cardpeek/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cardpeek/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/L1L1/cardpeek";
-    description = "A tool to read the contents of ISO7816 smart cards";
+    description = "Tool to read the contents of ISO7816 smart cards";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ embr ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cartridges/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cartridges/default.nix
index dc897a1ca0f0f..3674d61fafcae 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cartridges/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cartridges/default.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A GTK4 + Libadwaita game launcher";
+    description = "GTK4 + Libadwaita game launcher";
     mainProgram = "cartridges";
     longDescription = ''
       A simple game launcher for all of your games.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cataract/build.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cataract/build.nix
index 9576ee2ebc6c7..860a49b5ce03e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cataract/build.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cataract/build.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://cgg.bzatek.net/";
-    description = "A simple static web photo gallery, designed to be clean and easily usable";
+    description = "Simple static web photo gallery, designed to be clean and easily usable";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.matthiasbeyer ];
     platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/chatblade/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/chatblade/default.nix
index 9ec41576c1a85..7310b1c7f19d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/chatblade/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/chatblade/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/npiv/chatblade/";
-    description = "A CLI Swiss Army Knife for ChatGPT";
+    description = "CLI Swiss Army Knife for ChatGPT";
     mainProgram = "chatblade";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ deejayem ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cherrytree/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cherrytree/default.nix
index 48d382e284ff3..f3429399b1633 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cherrytree/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cherrytree/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An hierarchical note taking application";
+    description = "Hierarchical note taking application";
     mainProgram = "cherrytree";
     longDescription = ''
       Cherrytree is an hierarchical note taking application, featuring rich
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cipher/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cipher/default.nix
index a51279c73a261..f4416738e0e83 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cipher/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cipher/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple application for encoding and decoding text, designed for elementary OS";
+    description = "Simple application for encoding and decoding text, designed for elementary OS";
     homepage = "https://github.com/arshubham/cipher";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ xiorcale ] ++ teams.pantheon.members;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/clight/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/clight/default.nix
index 3b0189ddb5c1c..882c29f4b36e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/clight/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/clight/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A C daemon that turns your webcam into a light sensor";
+    description = "C daemon that turns your webcam into a light sensor";
     homepage = "https://github.com/FedeDP/Clight";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cobang/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cobang/default.nix
index 999bc4e0cc896..8759991d9b3b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cobang/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cobang/default.nix
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A QR code scanner desktop app for Linux";
+    description = "QR code scanner desktop app for Linux";
     homepage = "https://github.com/hongquan/CoBang";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ wolfangaukang ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/colorstorm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/colorstorm/default.nix
index ddb429dae33f7..63014eb51e60f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/colorstorm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/colorstorm/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A color theme generator for editors and terminal emulators";
+    description = "Color theme generator for editors and terminal emulators";
     homepage = "https://github.com/benbusby/colorstorm";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/colort/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/colort/default.nix
index 2716e2d464bcf..e7f3429fe8d7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/colort/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/colort/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A program for 'tinting' color values";
+    description = "Program for 'tinting' color values";
     homepage = "https://github.com/neeasade/colort";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/coltrane/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/coltrane/default.nix
index 5d77f8dd6d567..f4c1ccb41e9ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/coltrane/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/coltrane/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ bundlerApp rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/pedrozath/coltrane";
-    description = "A music calculation library/CLI";
+    description = "Music calculation library/CLI";
     longDescription = ''
       coltrane allows to search for Notes, Chords, Scales for
       guitar, bass, piano and ukelele
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/conceal/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/conceal/default.nix
index 177162499230c..8579e54f33fd2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/conceal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/conceal/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A trash collector written in Rust";
+    description = "Trash collector written in Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/TD-Sky/conceal";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jedsek kashw2 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/crow-translate/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/crow-translate/default.nix
index 5209368a6b229..8f6bc27438faf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/crow-translate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/crow-translate/default.nix
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple and lightweight translator that allows to translate and speak text using Google, Yandex and Bing";
+    description = "Simple and lightweight translator that allows to translate and speak text using Google, Yandex and Bing";
     homepage = "https://crow-translate.github.io/";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ sikmir ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/ctodo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/ctodo/default.nix
index 315d5ffc34cf5..16c1ac90aea94 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/ctodo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/ctodo/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://ctodo.apakoh.dk/";
-    description = "A simple ncurses-based task list manager";
+    description = "Simple ncurses-based task list manager";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.matthiasbeyer ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubiomes-viewer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubiomes-viewer/default.nix
index fd07542b7fa90..35d2ab7117947 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubiomes-viewer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubiomes-viewer/default.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
     homepage = "https://github.com/Cubitect/cubiomes-viewer";
-    description = "A graphical Minecraft seed finder and map viewer";
+    description = "Graphical Minecraft seed finder and map viewer";
     mainProgram = "cubiomes-viewer";
     longDescription = ''
       Cubiomes Viewer provides a graphical interface for the efficient and flexible seed-finding
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coreaction/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coreaction/default.nix
index 818e9da4494ed..cd6363f5a1006 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coreaction/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coreaction/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A side bar for showing widgets from the C Suite";
+    description = "Side bar for showing widgets from the C Suite";
     mainProgram = "coreaction";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/cubocore/coreapps/coreaction";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corefm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corefm/default.nix
index 6bbd8ed8f7854..79e1e206ea02d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corefm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corefm/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A lightwight filemanager from the C Suite";
+    description = "Lightwight filemanager from the C Suite";
     mainProgram = "corefm";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/cubocore/coreapps/corefm";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coregarage/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coregarage/default.nix
index 8a7050e5538ac..6c181da0b112d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coregarage/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coregarage/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A settings manager for the C Suite";
+    description = "Settings manager for the C Suite";
     mainProgram = "coregarage";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/cubocore/coreapps/coregarage";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corehunt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corehunt/default.nix
index d802a6f448afd..1c4d643488eb5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corehunt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corehunt/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A file finder utility from the C Suite";
+    description = "File finder utility from the C Suite";
     mainProgram = "corehunt";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/cubocore/coreapps/corehunt";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coreimage/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coreimage/default.nix
index cbb5fba861fb2..61e20afa5eeb0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coreimage/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coreimage/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An image viewer from the C Suite";
+    description = "Image viewer from the C Suite";
     mainProgram = "coreimage";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/cubocore/coreapps/coreimage";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coreinfo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coreinfo/default.nix
index 6093c1176b808..32ccccf4b2a41 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coreinfo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coreinfo/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A file information tool from the C Suite";
+    description = "File information tool from the C Suite";
     mainProgram = "coreinfo";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/cubocore/coreapps/coreinfo";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corekeyboard/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corekeyboard/default.nix
index dcd05b4bf77f3..0a6b7b15e1424 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corekeyboard/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corekeyboard/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A virtual keyboard for X11 from the C Suite";
+    description = "Virtual keyboard for X11 from the C Suite";
     mainProgram = "corekeyboard";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/cubocore/coreapps/corekeyboard";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corepad/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corepad/default.nix
index 8db13988b0b0b..3a1cd9f87c1c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corepad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corepad/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A document editor from the C Suite";
+    description = "Document editor from the C Suite";
     mainProgram = "corepad";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/cubocore/coreapps/corepad";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corepaint/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corepaint/default.nix
index 345a9b26e666c..01a495bfcbaf8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corepaint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corepaint/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A paint app from the C Suite";
+    description = "Paint app from the C Suite";
     mainProgram = "corepaint";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/cubocore/coreapps/corepaint";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corepdf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corepdf/default.nix
index 242422fd8a3f5..a343f84baf8c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corepdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corepdf/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A PDF viewer from the C Suite";
+    description = "PDF viewer from the C Suite";
     mainProgram = "corepdf";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/cubocore/coreapps/corepdf";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corepins/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corepins/default.nix
index cb31415ef5d04..e7306691b02c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corepins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corepins/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A bookmarking app from the C Suite";
+    description = "Bookmarking app from the C Suite";
     mainProgram = "corepins";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/cubocore/coreapps/corepins";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corerenamer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corerenamer/default.nix
index 6d48c65fc95fd..92d8cd04c95b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corerenamer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corerenamer/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A batch file renamer from the C Suite";
+    description = "Batch file renamer from the C Suite";
     mainProgram = "corerenamer";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/cubocore/coreapps/corerenamer";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coreshot/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coreshot/default.nix
index 3603becfc1e32..ed9339251756a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coreshot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coreshot/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A screen capture utility from the C Suite";
+    description = "Screen capture utility from the C Suite";
     mainProgram = "coreshot";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/cubocore/coreapps/coreshot";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corestats/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corestats/default.nix
index e01691b9f6182..a6d12a0d2c28a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corestats/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corestats/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A system resource viewer from the C Suite";
+    description = "System resource viewer from the C Suite";
     mainProgram = "corestats";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/cubocore/coreapps/corestats";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corestuff/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corestuff/default.nix
index 933a09bbd188d..08b8629da6525 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corestuff/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/corestuff/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An activity viewer from the C Suite";
+    description = "Activity viewer from the C Suite";
     mainProgram = "corestuff";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/cubocore/coreapps/corestuff";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coreterminal/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coreterminal/default.nix
index c4a8ea5c90e96..d2dc3599bd34a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coreterminal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coreterminal/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A terminal emulator from the C Suite";
+    description = "Terminal emulator from the C Suite";
     mainProgram = "coreterminal";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/cubocore/coreapps/coreterminal";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coretime/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coretime/default.nix
index b8ac4c39a1a3a..626b7cf8eda41 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coretime/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/coretime/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A time related task manager from the C Suite";
+    description = "Time related task manager from the C Suite";
     mainProgram = "coretime";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/cubocore/coreapps/coretime";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/libcprime/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/libcprime/default.nix
index 90df8e546e7bd..d4b15ead4ec00 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/libcprime/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubocore-packages/libcprime/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A library for bookmarking, saving recent activites, managing settings of C-Suite";
+    description = "Library for bookmarking, saving recent activites, managing settings of C-Suite";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/cubocore/coreapps/libcprime";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dan4ik605743 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/curaengine/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/curaengine/default.nix
index 1155ce8e8e8e1..70283d49fea93 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/curaengine/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/curaengine/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A powerful, fast and robust engine for processing 3D models into 3D printing instruction";
+    description = "Powerful, fast and robust engine for processing 3D models into 3D printing instruction";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Ultimaker/CuraEngine";
     license = licenses.agpl3Only;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/deadd-notification-center/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/deadd-notification-center/default.nix
index 5551ebe1750f7..e6fed669c72d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/deadd-notification-center/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/deadd-notification-center/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ in mkDerivation rec {
     echo "${systemd-service}" > $out/lib/systemd/user/deadd-notification-center.service
   '';
 
-  description = "A haskell-written notification center for users that like a desktop with style";
+  description = "Haskell-written notification center for users that like a desktop with style";
   homepage = "https://github.com/phuhl/linux_notification_center";
   license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
   maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ melkor333 sna ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/deckmaster/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/deckmaster/default.nix
index 03e5e05852ad0..2261b7c516bc9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/deckmaster/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/deckmaster/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An application to control your Elgato Stream Deck on Linux";
+    description = "Application to control your Elgato Stream Deck on Linux";
     mainProgram = "deckmaster";
     homepage = "https://github.com/muesli/deckmaster";
     changelog = "https://github.com/muesli/deckmaster/releases/tag/v${version}";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/deco/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/deco/default.nix
index a39f6b4f0bad1..5efa22e8843c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/deco/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/deco/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/ebzzry/deco";
-    description = "A simple root image setter";
+    description = "Simple root image setter";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ebzzry ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/devdocs-desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/devdocs-desktop/default.nix
index c6307cb3fa9a1..21cf63adc8948 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/devdocs-desktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/devdocs-desktop/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ in appimageTools.wrapType2 rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A full-featured desktop app for DevDocs.io";
+    description = "Full-featured desktop app for DevDocs.io";
     longDescription = ''
       DevDocs.io combines multiple API documentations in a fast, organized, and searchable interface. This is an unofficial desktop app for it.
     '';
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/devilspie2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/devilspie2/default.nix
index 8ea982f6059f9..830bfd19471a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/devilspie2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/devilspie2/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A window matching utility";
+    description = "Window matching utility";
     longDescription = ''
       Devilspie2 is a window matching utility, allowing the user to
       perform scripted actions on windows as they are created. For
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/dialect/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/dialect/default.nix
index 87c2ded56d852..8ce0a162174bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/dialect/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/dialect/default.nix
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/dialect-app/dialect";
-    description = "A translation app for GNOME";
+    description = "Translation app for GNOME";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ aleksana ];
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/digitalbitbox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/digitalbitbox/default.nix
index 8c8f4a1c94670..418c4996eb3b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/digitalbitbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/digitalbitbox/default.nix
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ in mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A QT based application for the Digital Bitbox hardware wallet";
+    description = "QT based application for the Digital Bitbox hardware wallet";
     longDescription = ''
       Digital Bitbox provides dbb-app, a GUI tool, and dbb-cli, a CLI tool, to manage Digital Bitbox devices.
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu-rs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu-rs/default.nix
index 3340171c2da6c..37ddb8922a830 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu-rs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu-rs/default.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A pixel perfect port of dmenu, rewritten in Rust with extensive plugin support";
+    description = "Pixel perfect port of dmenu, rewritten in Rust with extensive plugin support";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Shizcow/dmenu-rs";
     license = with licenses; [ gpl3Only ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ benjaminedwardwebb ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu/default.nix
index 890c1886a4177..109befe7594ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A generic, highly customizable, and efficient menu for the X Window System";
+    description = "Generic, highly customizable, and efficient menu for the X Window System";
     homepage = "https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pSub globin qusic ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu/wayland.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu/wayland.nix
index 35a50481bea7c..2e4e62acae634 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu/wayland.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu/wayland.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    description = "An efficient dynamic menu for wayland (wlroots)";
+    description = "Efficient dynamic menu for wayland (wlroots)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/nyyManni/dmenu-wayland";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ rewine ];
     mainProgram = "dmenu-wl";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/dnd-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/dnd-tools/default.nix
index 130b4bd63126a..4959f29ec7e14 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/dnd-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/dnd-tools/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/savagezen/dnd-tools";
-    description = "A set of interactive command line tools for Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition";
+    description = "Set of interactive command line tools for Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition";
     mainProgram = "dnd-tools";
     license = licenses.agpl3Only;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.urlordjames ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/doctave/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/doctave/default.nix
index 3ebe50311d575..487d8340265de 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/doctave/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/doctave/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A batteries-included developer documentation site generator";
+    description = "Batteries-included developer documentation site generator";
     homepage = "https://github.com/doctave/doctave";
     changelog = "https://github.com/doctave/doctave/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/doing/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/doing/default.nix
index c5114eccc77fd..2c49361c2bb4c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/doing/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/doing/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ bundlerEnv {
   passthru.updateScript = bundlerUpdateScript "doing";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command line tool for keeping track of what you’re doing and tracking what you’ve done";
+    description = "Command line tool for keeping track of what you’re doing and tracking what you’ve done";
     longDescription = ''
       doing is a basic CLI for adding and listing "what was I doing" reminders
       in a TaskPaper-formatted text file. It allows for multiple
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/dozenal/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/dozenal/default.nix
index c0bedb728aa62..5991f260f53ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/dozenal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/dozenal/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postInstall = "rm $out/bin/gdozdc";
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A complete suite of dozenal (base twelve) programs";
+    description = "Complete suite of dozenal (base twelve) programs";
     longDescription = ''
       Programs
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/dwmbar/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/dwmbar/default.nix
index 0d942eff73d7a..3f7e9c821a2ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/dwmbar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/dwmbar/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/thytom/dwmbar";
-    description = "A Modular Status Bar for dwm";
+    description = "Modular Status Bar for dwm";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ baitinq ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/electron-cash/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/electron-cash/default.nix
index f8914a7bb8f45..910e21528eb51 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/electron-cash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/electron-cash/default.nix
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Bitcoin Cash SPV Wallet";
+    description = "Bitcoin Cash SPV Wallet";
     mainProgram = "electron-cash";
     longDescription = ''
       An easy-to-use Bitcoin Cash client featuring wallets generated from
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/emem/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/emem/default.nix
index ef429ac4c0845..043be629fd28e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/emem/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/emem/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ EOF
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/ebzzry/emem";
-    description = "A trivial Markdown to HTML converter";
+    description = "Trivial Markdown to HTML converter";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
     license = licenses.epl10;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ebzzry ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/emoji-picker/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/emoji-picker/default.nix
index a0475bc943717..6a6d9a4815b05 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/emoji-picker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/emoji-picker/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   vendorHash = "sha256-Xeh5JKIBiyOXRGVx9udoUNs+Wv49BMyFvmnAbDfG3rA=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI Emoji Picker";
+    description = "CLI Emoji Picker";
     homepage = "https://github.com/bcongdon/ep";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ urandom ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/epdfview/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/epdfview/default.nix
index 840165dcedee3..ec43e5a18ca6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/epdfview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/epdfview/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/epdfview";
-    description = "A lightweight PDF document viewer using Poppler and GTK";
+    description = "Lightweight PDF document viewer using Poppler and GTK";
     longDescription = ''
       ePDFView is a free lightweight PDF document viewer using Poppler and
       GTK libraries. The aim of ePDFView is to make a simple PDF document
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/exercism/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/exercism/default.nix
index b3ea4b96b9151..4473fbdbe78d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/exercism/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/exercism/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
    inherit (src.meta) homepage;
-   description = "A Go based command line tool for exercism.io";
+   description = "Go based command line tool for exercism.io";
    license     = licenses.mit;
    maintainers = [ maintainers.rbasso maintainers.nobbz ];
    mainProgram = "exercism";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/expenses/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/expenses/default.nix
index 0bca959b8b04c..6d66ab12c3dba 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/expenses/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/expenses/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-   description = "An interactive command line expense logger";
+   description = "Interactive command line expense logger";
    license = licenses.mit;
    maintainers = [ maintainers.manojkarthick ];
    mainProgram = "expenses";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/faircamp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/faircamp/default.nix
index 3b1cdf51321b8..b243dccf9734c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/faircamp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/faircamp/default.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A self-hostable, statically generated bandcamp alternative";
+    description = "Self-hostable, statically generated bandcamp alternative";
     mainProgram = "faircamp";
     longDescription = ''
       Faircamp takes a directory on your disk - your Catalog - and from it
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/feedbackd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/feedbackd/default.nix
index 94962dd7f4e87..813869496cb9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/feedbackd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/feedbackd/default.nix
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A daemon to provide haptic (and later more) feedback on events";
+    description = "Daemon to provide haptic (and later more) feedback on events";
     homepage = "https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/feedbackd";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pacman99 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/fetchmail/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/fetchmail/default.nix
index d13b8cc718a3c..fb2548f26a951 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/fetchmail/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/fetchmail/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.fetchmail.info/";
-    description = "A full-featured remote-mail retrieval and forwarding utility";
+    description = "Full-featured remote-mail retrieval and forwarding utility";
     longDescription = ''
       A full-featured, robust, well-documented remote-mail retrieval and
       forwarding utility intended to be used over on-demand TCP/IP links
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/fetchmail/v7.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/fetchmail/v7.nix
index 7962f4a94b61d..9fa51a34d5965 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/fetchmail/v7.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/fetchmail/v7.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.fetchmail.info/";
-    description = "A full-featured remote-mail retrieval and forwarding utility";
+    description = "Full-featured remote-mail retrieval and forwarding utility";
     longDescription = ''
       A full-featured, robust, well-documented remote-mail retrieval and
       forwarding utility intended to be used over on-demand TCP/IP links
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/filet/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/filet/default.nix
index b13f24be307d0..2c03c6e76ea24 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/filet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/filet/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fucking fucking fast file fucker (afffff)";
+    description = "Fucking fucking fast file fucker (afffff)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/buffet/filet";
     license = licenses.mpl20;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/flavours/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/flavours/default.nix
index ca3c5956e3c23..ffb329129d8e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/flavours/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/flavours/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An easy to use base16 scheme manager/builder that integrates with any workflow";
+    description = "Easy to use base16 scheme manager/builder that integrates with any workflow";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Misterio77/flavours";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Misterio77/flavours/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/fluxboxlauncher/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/fluxboxlauncher/default.nix
index 7172ce535071a..d42179aa0a959 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/fluxboxlauncher/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/fluxboxlauncher/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Gui editor (gtk) to configure applications launching on a fluxbox session";
+    description = "Gui editor (gtk) to configure applications launching on a fluxbox session";
     mainProgram = "fluxboxlauncher";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mothsART/fluxboxlauncher";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mothsart ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/formatter/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/formatter/default.nix
index 8f5c4c9c6b322..e56ee22c506e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/formatter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/formatter/default.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple formatter designed for elementary OS";
+    description = "Simple formatter designed for elementary OS";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Djaler/Formatter";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ xiorcale ] ++ teams.pantheon.members;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/fspy/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/fspy/default.nix
index 96178649efe7f..0227e889fd6b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/fspy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/fspy/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ in appimageTools.wrapType2 {
   inherit pname version src;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A cross platform app for quick and easy still image camera matching";
+    description = "Cross platform app for quick and easy still image camera matching";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     homepage = "https://fspy.io/";
     knownVulnerabilities = [ "Vendors Electron 2.0 (end-of-life)" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/fusee-interfacee-tk/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/fusee-interfacee-tk/default.nix
index c69b7c0633f43..a7e19ed8af572 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/fusee-interfacee-tk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/fusee-interfacee-tk/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/nh-server/fusee-interfacee-tk";
-    description = "A tool to send .bin files to a Nintendo Switch in RCM mode";
+    description = "Tool to send .bin files to a Nintendo Switch in RCM mode";
     mainProgram = "fusee-interfacee-tk";
     longDescription = "A mod of falquinhos Fusée Launcher for use with Nintendo Homebrew Switch Guide. It also adds the ability to mount SD while in RCM.
     Must be run as sudo.";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gImageReader/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gImageReader/default.nix
index 8aa564fc780bb..742b14a15fcfb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/gImageReader/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gImageReader/default.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DINTERFACE_TYPE=${variant}" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple Gtk/Qt front-end to tesseract-ocr";
+    description = "Simple Gtk/Qt front-end to tesseract-ocr";
     mainProgram = "gimagereader-gtk";
     homepage = "https://github.com/manisandro/gImageReader";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/galculator/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/galculator/default.nix
index 9128906fe9c50..ef45224a83ce5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/galculator/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/galculator/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ gtk flex ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A GTK 2/3 algebraic and RPN calculator";
+    description = "GTK 2/3 algebraic and RPN calculator";
     longDescription = ''
       galculator is a GTK 2 / GTK 3 based calculator. Its main features include:
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/genact/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/genact/default.nix
index 43dee3baca4b2..8591b749a4068 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/genact/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/genact/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A nonsense activity generator";
+    description = "Nonsense activity generator";
     homepage = "https://github.com/svenstaro/genact";
     changelog = "https://github.com/svenstaro/genact/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/genesys/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/genesys/default.nix
index b7d8c3796dda5..9624111b5707d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/genesys/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/genesys/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A simple family tree generator that scales";
+    description = "Simple family tree generator that scales";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mrlem/genesys";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ rogarb ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/getxbook/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/getxbook/default.nix
index dd091563fde34..40e8db2a086c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/getxbook/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/getxbook/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A collection of tools to download books from Google Books";
+    description = "Collection of tools to download books from Google Books";
     homepage    = "https://njw.me.uk/getxbook/";
     license     = licenses.isc;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ obadz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/glom/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/glom/default.nix
index 67618ed083f56..9d6c9f09dc965 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/glom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/glom/default.nix
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An easy-to-use database designer and user interface";
+    description = "Easy-to-use database designer and user interface";
     homepage = "http://www.glom.org/";
     license = [ licenses.lgpl2 licenses.gpl2 ];
     maintainers = teams.gnome.members;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gmtp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gmtp/default.nix
index dc5111c2a7222..e3a33cace9cb0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/gmtp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gmtp/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A simple MP3 and Media player client for UNIX and UNIX like systems";
+    description = "Simple MP3 and Media player client for UNIX and UNIX like systems";
     mainProgram = "gmtp";
     homepage = "https://gmtp.sourceforge.io";
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gnome-solanum/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gnome-solanum/default.nix
index b58d5e67d6084..07dd24a616950 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/gnome-solanum/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gnome-solanum/default.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Solanum";
-    description = "A pomodoro timer for the GNOME desktop";
+    description = "Pomodoro timer for the GNOME desktop";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ linsui ];
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gnome-usage/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gnome-usage/default.nix
index 85d7f36d2014c..d53871476bd18 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/gnome-usage/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gnome-usage/default.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A nice way to view information about use of system resources, like memory and disk space";
+    description = "Nice way to view information about use of system resources, like memory and disk space";
     mainProgram = "gnome-usage";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-usage";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/goldendict-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/goldendict-ng/default.nix
index 9f8de3ad6e160..356059d1d9bde 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/goldendict-ng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/goldendict-ng/default.nix
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://xiaoyifang.github.io/goldendict-ng/";
-    description = "An advanced multi-dictionary lookup program";
+    description = "Advanced multi-dictionary lookup program";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     mainProgram = "goldendict";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ slbtty michojel ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/goldendict/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/goldendict/default.nix
index 4f5df502fdfcd..328f1f7343208 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/goldendict/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/goldendict/default.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://goldendict.org/";
-    description = "A feature-rich dictionary lookup program";
+    description = "Feature-rich dictionary lookup program";
     platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
     mainProgram = "goldendict";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ gebner astsmtl sikmir ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gollum/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gollum/default.nix
index a345896ca8d96..cb39fbd3964ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/gollum/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gollum/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ bundlerApp rec {
   passthru.tests.gollum = nixosTests.gollum;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple, Git-powered wiki with a sweet API and local frontend";
+    description = "Simple, Git-powered wiki with a sweet API and local frontend";
     homepage = "https://github.com/gollum/gollum";
     changelog = "https://github.com/gollum/gollum/blob/HEAD/HISTORY.md";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/googleearth-pro/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/googleearth-pro/default.nix
index 2e139b0d71cad..d00e45bdeb1e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/googleearth-pro/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/googleearth-pro/default.nix
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A world sphere viewer";
+    description = "World sphere viewer";
     homepage = "https://www.google.com/earth/";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
     license = licenses.unfree;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gopacked/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gopacked/default.nix
index aef599323b81d..6b0eaeff65f5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/gopacked/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gopacked/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple text-based Minecraft modpack manager";
+    description = "Simple text-based Minecraft modpack manager";
     license = licenses.agpl3Plus;
     homepage = src.meta.homepage;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gphoto2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gphoto2/default.nix
index 96eca30a4f491..cf2d0c633c371 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/gphoto2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gphoto2/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A ready to use set of digital camera software applications";
+    description = "Ready to use set of digital camera software applications";
     longDescription = ''
 
       A set of command line utilities for manipulating over 1400 different
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gpu-viewer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gpu-viewer/default.nix
index 329babc36c686..71dd7a091e603 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/gpu-viewer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gpu-viewer/default.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/arunsivaramanneo/GPU-Viewer";
-    description = "A front-end to glxinfo, vulkaninfo, clinfo and es2_info";
+    description = "Front-end to glxinfo, vulkaninfo, clinfo and es2_info";
     changelog = "https://github.com/arunsivaramanneo/GPU-Viewer/releases/tag/v${version}";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ GaetanLepage ];
     license = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/grb/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/grb/default.nix
index 9d4774b42a2cf..48caa482bb753 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/grb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/grb/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A cli-accessible Greek Bible with the Septuagint, SBL and Apocrypha";
+    description = "Cli-accessible Greek Bible with the Septuagint, SBL and Apocrypha";
     homepage = "https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/grb";
     license = licenses.publicDomain;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.cafkafk ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gtk2fontsel/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gtk2fontsel/default.nix
index 83be4fe82393d..f55e32baebf83 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/gtk2fontsel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gtk2fontsel/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   preferLocalBuild = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A font selection program for X11 using the GTK 2 toolkit";
+    description = "Font selection program for X11 using the GTK 2 toolkit";
     longDescription = ''
       Font selection tool similar to xfontsel implemented using GTK 2.
       Trivial, but useful nonetheless.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gxmessage/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gxmessage/default.nix
index ae5c7d1d07a4a..642cc57eb8098 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/gxmessage/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gxmessage/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ gtk3 texinfo ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A GTK enabled dropin replacement for xmessage";
+    description = "GTK enabled dropin replacement for xmessage";
     homepage = "https://trmusson.dreamhosters.com/programs.html#gxmessage";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [jfb];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/health/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/health/default.nix
index 776f2cf20e2ac..8a2972e99a3a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/health/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/health/default.nix
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ]);
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A health tracking app for the GNOME desktop";
+    description = "Health tracking app for the GNOME desktop";
     homepage = "https://apps.gnome.org/app/dev.Cogitri.Health";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     mainProgram = "dev.Cogitri.Health";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/hello-unfree/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/hello-unfree/default.nix
index 6fae0eca13997..7ff71814fb5eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/hello-unfree/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/hello-unfree/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "An example package with unfree license (for testing)";
+    description = "Example package with unfree license (for testing)";
     license = lib.licenses.unfree;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.oxij ];
     mainProgram = "hello-unfree";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/hmm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/hmm/default.nix
index 4f45c09ef63b1..c20f3a9626f51 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/hmm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/hmm/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A small command-line note-taking app";
+    description = "Small command-line note-taking app";
     homepage = "https://github.com/samwho/hmm";
     changelog = "https://github.com/samwho/hmm/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/holochain-launcher/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/holochain-launcher/default.nix
index 3d7c6b6c205be..4fbcad6b8d3d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/holochain-launcher/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/holochain-launcher/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A cross-platform executable that launches a local Holochain conductor, and installs and opens apps";
+    description = "Cross-platform executable that launches a local Holochain conductor, and installs and opens apps";
     homepage = "https://github.com/holochain/launcher";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.steveej ];
     license = licenses.cal10;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/hr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/hr/default.nix
index f0a43de700fc3..51a2a14be9cc1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/hr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/hr/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/LuRsT/hr";
-    description = "A horizontal bar for your terminal";
+    description = "Horizontal bar for your terminal";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.matthiasbeyer ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/hue-plus/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/hue-plus/default.nix
index 4cb4adcafd68b..47c5d6b4193f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/hue-plus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/hue-plus/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/kusti8/hue-plus";
-    description = "A Windows and Linux driver in Python for the NZXT Hue+";
+    description = "Windows and Linux driver in Python for the NZXT Hue+";
     longDescription = ''
       A cross-platform driver in Python for the NZXT Hue+. Supports all functionality except FPS, CPU, and GPU lighting.
     '';
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/inherd-quake/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/inherd-quake/default.nix
index 68ca556aac63e..df47036b2d009 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/inherd-quake/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/inherd-quake/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A knowledge management meta-framework for geeks";
+    description = "Knowledge management meta-framework for geeks";
     homepage = "https://github.com/phodal/quake";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.elliot ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/inlyne/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/inlyne/default.nix
index bd765c864d220..a37f965dd5306 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/inlyne/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/inlyne/default.nix
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A GPU powered browserless markdown viewer";
+    description = "GPU powered browserless markdown viewer";
     homepage = "https://github.com/trimental/inlyne";
     changelog = "https://github.com/trimental/inlyne/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/insulator2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/insulator2/default.nix
index 65b8cb505f722..b69a3c7fe88df 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/insulator2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/insulator2/default.nix
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A client UI to inspect Kafka topics, consume, produce and much more";
+    description = "Client UI to inspect Kafka topics, consume, produce and much more";
     homepage = "https://github.com/andrewinci/insulator2";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ tc-kaluza ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/j4-dmenu-desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/j4-dmenu-desktop/default.nix
index 6ad3bda778340..b4ea7d829a3ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/j4-dmenu-desktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/j4-dmenu-desktop/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     changelog = "https://github.com/enkore/j4-dmenu-desktop/blob/${finalAttrs.src.rev}/CHANGELOG";
-    description = "A wrapper for dmenu that recognizes .desktop files";
+    description = "Wrapper for dmenu that recognizes .desktop files";
     homepage = "https://github.com/enkore/j4-dmenu-desktop";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     mainProgram = "j4-dmenu-desktop";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/jekyll/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/jekyll/default.nix
index 2b9f1497b765d..8eaf05298e892 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/jekyll/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/jekyll/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ in bundlerApp {
   passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A blog-aware, static site generator, written in Ruby";
+    description = "Blog-aware, static site generator, written in Ruby";
     longDescription = ''
       Jekyll is a simple, blog-aware, static site generator, written in Ruby.
       Think of it like a file-based CMS, without all the complexity. Jekyll
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/johnny-reborn/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/johnny-reborn/default.nix
index db8eec95f2b1d..4ad2328feda85 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/johnny-reborn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/johnny-reborn/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "An open-source engine for the classic \"Johnny Castaway\" screensaver (engine only)";
+    description = "Open-source engine for the classic \"Johnny Castaway\" screensaver (engine only)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/xesf/jc_reborn";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ pedrohlc ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/johnny-reborn/with-data.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/johnny-reborn/with-data.nix
index b9432c543feee..1e669658186f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/johnny-reborn/with-data.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/johnny-reborn/with-data.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "An open-source engine for the classic \"Johnny Castaway\" screensaver (ready to use, with resources)";
+    description = "Open-source engine for the classic \"Johnny Castaway\" screensaver (ready to use, with resources)";
     license = lib.licenses.unfree;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ pedrohlc ];
     inherit (johnny-reborn-engine.meta) homepage platforms mainProgram;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/joplin-desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/joplin-desktop/default.nix
index 7127d83c65843..219f15936fb9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/joplin-desktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/joplin-desktop/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ let
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An open source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation capabilities";
+    description = "Open source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation capabilities";
     mainProgram = "joplin-desktop";
     longDescription = ''
       Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/jp2a/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/jp2a/default.nix
index 5ae33e8264f9d..7702468768167 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/jp2a/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/jp2a/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
     homepage = "https://csl.name/jp2a/";
-    description = "A small utility that converts JPG images to ASCII";
+    description = "Small utility that converts JPG images to ASCII";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.FlorianFranzen ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/k4dirstat/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/k4dirstat/default.nix
index e1636e30267b5..55e0de4d55246 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/k4dirstat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/k4dirstat/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/jeromerobert/k4dirstat";
-    description = "A small utility program that sums up disk usage for directory trees";
+    description = "Small utility program that sums up disk usage for directory trees";
     mainProgram = "k4dirstat";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.raboof ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/kaufkauflist/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/kaufkauflist/default.nix
index fee38a8a9483e..895567ba659b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/kaufkauflist/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/kaufkauflist/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ in buildNpmPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://codeberg.org/annaaurora/kaufkauflist";
-    description = "A to-do list for shopping or other use cases";
+    description = "To-do list for shopping or other use cases";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ annaaurora ];
     mainProgram = "kaufdbclean";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/keepass-diff/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/keepass-diff/default.nix
index 5cee712ae0c61..c7546cb004558 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/keepass-diff/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/keepass-diff/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-+kgb9hbCH4Nt80nobTeDrC+LVp1r6EbzUs+t6zlIhtU=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI-tool to diff Keepass (.kdbx) files";
+    description = "CLI-tool to diff Keepass (.kdbx) files";
     homepage = "https://keepass-diff.narigo.dev/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ wamserma ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/keylight-controller-mschneider82/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/keylight-controller-mschneider82/default.nix
index 5a9afb42dd15a..0ae96fcf6115d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/keylight-controller-mschneider82/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/keylight-controller-mschneider82/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ]);
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A desktop application to control Elgato Keylights";
+    description = "Desktop application to control Elgato Keylights";
     longDescription = ''
       Requires having:
       * Elgato's Keylight paired to local wifi network.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/kile-wl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/kile-wl/default.nix
index c33ca9bd2a68e..582509db4184b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/kile-wl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/kile-wl/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tiling layout generator for river";
+    description = "Tiling layout generator for river";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/snakedye/kile";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.linux; # It's meant for river, a wayland compositor
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/kiln/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/kiln/default.nix
index 14cf734d9860a..a3dacf6e82e8f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/kiln/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/kiln/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple static site generator for Gemini";
+    description = "Simple static site generator for Gemini";
     homepage = "https://kiln.adnano.co/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ sikmir ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/default.nix
index e804f890b832f..1c338a7f58a61 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An offline reader for Web content";
+    description = "Offline reader for Web content";
     mainProgram = "kiwix-desktop";
     homepage = "https://kiwix.org";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/kord/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/kord/default.nix
index 43be74e134418..65337780469a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/kord/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/kord/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.AudioUnit ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A music theory binary and library for Rust";
+    description = "Music theory binary and library for Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/twitchax/kord";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ kidsan ];
     license = with licenses; [ mit ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/kratos/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/kratos/default.nix
index 6bf06be9be7e8..3462438986474 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/kratos/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/kratos/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ buildGoModule {
 
   meta = {
     mainProgram = "kratos";
-    description = "An API-first Identity and User Management system that is built according to cloud architecture best practices";
+    description = "API-first Identity and User Management system that is built according to cloud architecture best practices";
     homepage = "https://www.ory.sh/kratos/";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ mrmebelman ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/krename/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/krename/default.nix
index 6cc5df92ae727..a5f09789fc404 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/krename/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/krename/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ in mkDerivation rec {
   NIX_LDFLAGS = "-ltag";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A powerful batch renamer for KDE";
+    description = "Powerful batch renamer for KDE";
     mainProgram = "krename";
     homepage = "https://kde.org/applications/utilities/krename/";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/ksmoothdock/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/ksmoothdock/default.nix
index c592d944c6322..41a7c43875019 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/ksmoothdock/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/ksmoothdock/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   cmakeDir = "../src";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A cool desktop panel for KDE Plasma 5";
+    description = "Cool desktop panel for KDE Plasma 5";
     mainProgram = "ksmoothdock";
     license = licenses.mit;
     homepage = "https://dangvd.github.io/ksmoothdock/";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/kupfer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/kupfer/default.nix
index 8c22612ad452c..c184a78deaf46 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/kupfer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/kupfer/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   doCheck = false; # no tests
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A smart, quick launcher";
+    description = "Smart, quick launcher";
     homepage    = "https://kupferlauncher.github.io/";
     license     = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ cobbal ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/lavalauncher/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/lavalauncher/default.nix
index d4556402e21bb..77ad5e5901a94 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/lavalauncher/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/lavalauncher/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://git.sr.ht/~leon_plickat/lavalauncher";
-    description = "A simple launcher panel for Wayland desktops";
+    description = "Simple launcher panel for Wayland desktops";
     longDescription = ''
       LavaLauncher is a simple launcher panel for Wayland desktops.
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/llpp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/llpp/default.nix
index 95c98d9665a62..db089796222cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/llpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/llpp/default.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/criticic/llpp";
-    description = "A MuPDF based PDF pager written in OCaml";
+    description = "MuPDF based PDF pager written in OCaml";
     platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pSub ];
     license = [ licenses.publicDomain licenses.bsd3 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/logseq/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/logseq/default.nix
index 5fe74bbe204a7..7dfee5ca9dfdd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/logseq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/logseq/default.nix
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ in {
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A local-first, non-linear, outliner notebook for organizing and sharing your personal knowledge base";
+    description = "Local-first, non-linear, outliner notebook for organizing and sharing your personal knowledge base";
     homepage = "https://github.com/logseq/logseq";
     changelog = "https://github.com/logseq/logseq/releases/tag/${version}";
     license = lib.licenses.agpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/loxodo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/loxodo/default.nix
index a5b729c3cf3bf..2623b9f027ccc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/loxodo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/loxodo/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication {
   doCheck = false;  # Tests are interactive.
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Password Safe V3 compatible password vault";
+    description = "Password Safe V3 compatible password vault";
     mainProgram = "loxodo";
     homepage = "https://www.christoph-sommer.de/loxodo/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/lswt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/lswt/default.nix
index 0845a5a1cb5e6..15e2f6e955ebd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/lswt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/lswt/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command that lists Wayland toplevels";
+    description = "Command that lists Wayland toplevels";
     homepage = "https://sr.ht/~leon_plickat/lswt";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ edrex ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/lunatask/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/lunatask/default.nix
index 84ad583c63b5d..573d0311887a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/lunatask/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/lunatask/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ appimageTools.wrapType2 rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An all-in-one encrypted todo list, notebook, habit and mood tracker, pomodoro timer, and journaling app";
+    description = "All-in-one encrypted todo list, notebook, habit and mood tracker, pomodoro timer, and journaling app";
     longDescription = ''
       Lunatask is an all-in-one encrypted todo list, notebook, habit and mood tracker, pomodoro timer, and journaling app. It remembers stuff for you and keeps track of your mental health.
     '';
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/marktext/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/marktext/default.nix
index 573d4a9d5a734..1cea36541120c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/marktext/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/marktext/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ appimageTools.wrapType2 rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple and elegant markdown editor, available for Linux, macOS and Windows";
+    description = "Simple and elegant markdown editor, available for Linux, macOS and Windows";
     homepage = "https://www.marktext.cc";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ nh2 eduarrrd ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/mbutil/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/mbutil/default.nix
index 13809abe3929c..a33fe7d07cffa 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/mbutil/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/mbutil/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   checkPhase = "nosetests";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An importer and exporter for MBTiles";
+    description = "Importer and exporter for MBTiles";
     mainProgram = "mb-util";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mapbox/mbutil";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/mdp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/mdp/default.nix
index fd3ab88ff4c82..13d34b66801fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/mdp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/mdp/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/visit1985/mdp";
-    description = "A command-line based markdown presentation tool";
+    description = "Command-line based markdown presentation tool";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ matthiasbeyer vrthra ];
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     platforms = with platforms; unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/memo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/memo/default.nix
index 93ef8192f54b4..c6d9c58b0ad62 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/memo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/memo/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A simple tool written in bash to memorize stuff";
+    description = "Simple tool written in bash to memorize stuff";
     longDescription = ''
       A simple tool written in bash to memorize stuff.
       Memo organizes is structured through topics which are folders in ~/memo.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/metamorphose2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/metamorphose2/default.nix
index c5950e2e9df0a..344376b985a6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/metamorphose2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/metamorphose2/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "a graphical mass renaming program for files and folders";
+    description = "Graphical mass renaming program for files and folders";
     homepage    = "https://github.com/timinaust/metamorphose2";
     license     = with licenses; gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ramkromberg ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/michabo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/michabo/default.nix
index 6329bd9d2495b..7f077d20fc85c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/michabo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/michabo/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ in mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A native desktop app for Pleroma and Mastodon servers";
+    description = "Native desktop app for Pleroma and Mastodon servers";
     mainProgram = "Michabo";
     homepage = "https://git.pleroma.social/kaniini/michabo";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/minigalaxy/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/minigalaxy/default.nix
index aa31ffa5cc2b0..b8cdab22e8247 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/minigalaxy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/minigalaxy/default.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     homepage = "https://sharkwouter.github.io/minigalaxy/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/sharkwouter/minigalaxy/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     downloadPage = "https://github.com/sharkwouter/minigalaxy/releases";
-    description = "A simple GOG client for Linux";
+    description = "Simple GOG client for Linux";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/mnamer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/mnamer/default.nix
index fbcc9e61be45d..8477f95ab6667 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/mnamer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/mnamer/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/jkwill87/mnamer";
-    description = "An intelligent and highly configurable media organization utility";
+    description = "Intelligent and highly configurable media organization utility";
     mainProgram = "mnamer";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ urlordjames ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/mobilecoin-wallet/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/mobilecoin-wallet/default.nix
index 2b891abc64738..6c4eb8ff3ebc2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/mobilecoin-wallet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/mobilecoin-wallet/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ in appimageTools.wrapType2 {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A user-friendly desktop wallet with support for transaction history, encrypted contact book, gift codes, and payments";
+    description = "User-friendly desktop wallet with support for transaction history, encrypted contact book, gift codes, and payments";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mobilecoinofficial/desktop-wallet";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ wolfangaukang ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/monitorcontrol/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/monitorcontrol/default.nix
index b5a6935958e23..db112415fda85 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/monitorcontrol/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/monitorcontrol/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A macOS system extension to control brightness and volume of external displays with native OSD";
+    description = "MacOS system extension to control brightness and volume of external displays with native OSD";
     longDescription = "Controls your external display brightness and volume and shows native OSD. Use menulet sliders or the keyboard, including native Apple keys!";
     homepage = "https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl#readme";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/mpvc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/mpvc/default.nix
index 8736abb413ba5..5182b53faa9a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/mpvc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/mpvc/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ socat ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A mpc-like control interface for mpv";
+    description = "Mpc-like control interface for mpv";
     mainProgram = "mpvc";
     homepage = "https://github.com/lwilletts/mpvc";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/navi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/navi/default.nix
index 3ea19ebd0209a..23abf6a3546e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/navi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/navi/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
    ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An interactive cheatsheet tool for the command-line and application launchers";
+    description = "Interactive cheatsheet tool for the command-line and application launchers";
     homepage = "https://github.com/denisidoro/navi";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/neo4j-desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/neo4j-desktop/default.nix
index 6c1ac1ede965d..bf38fff01af9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/neo4j-desktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/neo4j-desktop/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ in appimageTools.wrapType2 {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A GUI front-end for Neo4j";
+    description = "GUI front-end for Neo4j";
     homepage = "https://neo4j.com/";
     license = licenses.unfree;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.bobvanderlinden ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/nixnote2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/nixnote2/default.nix
index b55497a168ced..d6d0775f78d21 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/nixnote2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/nixnote2/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An unofficial client of Evernote";
+    description = "Unofficial client of Evernote";
     homepage = "http://www.nixnote.org/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ htr ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/notesnook/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/notesnook/default.nix
index 7ce92ec883c8d..b63297e6160df 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/notesnook/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/notesnook/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ let
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fully open source & end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote";
+    description = "Fully open source & end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote";
     longDescription = ''
       Notesnook is a free (as in speech) & open source note taking app
       focused on user privacy & ease of use. To ensure zero knowledge
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/obsidian/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/obsidian/default.nix
index e9d8437c6dfd4..354399a1ac44d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/obsidian/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/obsidian/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ let
   version = "1.6.3";
   appname = "Obsidian";
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files";
+    description = "Powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files";
     homepage = "https://obsidian.md";
     downloadPage = "https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-releases/releases";
     license = licenses.obsidian;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/octoprint/plugins.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/octoprint/plugins.nix
index b176723827a09..090c4e0e852d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/octoprint/plugins.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/octoprint/plugins.nix
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ in
     };
 
     meta = with lib; {
-      description = "A simple plugin that add an emergency stop buton on NavBar of OctoPrint";
+      description = "Simple plugin that add an emergency stop buton on NavBar of OctoPrint";
       homepage = "https://github.com/Sebclem/OctoPrint-SimpleEmergencyStop";
       license = licenses.agpl3Only;
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ WhittlesJr ];
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ in
     };
 
     meta = with lib; {
-      description = "A simple stl viewer tab for OctoPrint";
+      description = "Simple stl viewer tab for OctoPrint";
       homepage = "https://github.com/jneilliii/Octoprint-STLViewer";
       license = licenses.agpl3Only;
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ in
     };
 
     meta = with lib; {
-      description = "A plugin for a better integration of Klipper into OctoPrint";
+      description = "Plugin for a better integration of Klipper into OctoPrint";
       homepage = "https://github.com/AliceGrey/OctoprintKlipperPlugin";
       license = licenses.agpl3Only;
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovesegfault ];
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ in
     };
 
     meta = with lib; {
-      description = "A dashboard for Octoprint";
+      description = "Dashboard for Octoprint";
       homepage = "https://github.com/StefanCohen/OctoPrint-Dashboard";
       license = licenses.agpl3Plus;
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ j0hax ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/ola/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/ola/default.nix
index 5de5c157d3709..2d28d8138c289 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/ola/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/ola/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
-    description = "A framework for controlling entertainment lighting equipment";
+    description = "Framework for controlling entertainment lighting equipment";
     homepage = "https://www.openlighting.org/ola/";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
     license = with licenses; [ lgpl21 gpl2Plus ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/openbangla-keyboard/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/openbangla-keyboard/default.nix
index 108bb1aeff0dc..da1f2dc629d2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/openbangla-keyboard/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/openbangla-keyboard/default.nix
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     isIbusEngine = withIbusSupport;
-    description = "An OpenSource, Unicode compliant Bengali Input Method";
+    description = "OpenSource, Unicode compliant Bengali Input Method";
     mainProgram = "openbangla-gui";
     homepage = "https://openbangla.github.io/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/openbrf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/openbrf/default.nix
index 03b3cde0c835f..d2419ae25b9ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/openbrf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/openbrf/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   dontPatchELF = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to edit resource files (BRF)";
+    description = "Tool to edit resource files (BRF)";
     mainProgram = "openBrf";
     homepage = "https://github.com/cfcohen/openbrf";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ abbradar ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/opencpn/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/opencpn/default.nix
index 52cf30b1ffba2..84aff125aac2b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/opencpn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/opencpn/default.nix
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A concise ChartPlotter/Navigator";
+    description = "Concise ChartPlotter/Navigator";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ kragniz lovesegfault ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/openrgb-plugins/effects/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/openrgb-plugins/effects/default.nix
index f84aa13b72199..9cdda76f8a138 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/openrgb-plugins/effects/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/openrgb-plugins/effects/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/OpenRGBDevelopers/OpenRGBEffectsPlugin";
-    description = "An effects plugin for OpenRGB";
+    description = "Effects plugin for OpenRGB";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fgaz ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/openring/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/openring/default.nix
index 2f72b8b41cc01..0c1424e5ac479 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/openring/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/openring/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A webring for static site generators";
+    description = "Webring for static site generators";
     homepage = "https://sr.ht/~sircmpwn/openring";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ sumnerevans ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/orpie/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/orpie/default.nix
index fc33b9e1cbd91..b817c253830b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/orpie/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/orpie/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ ocamlPackages.buildDunePackage rec {
 
   meta = {
     inherit (src.meta) homepage;
-    description = "A Curses-based RPN calculator";
+    description = "Curses-based RPN calculator";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ obadz ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/oxker/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/oxker/default.nix
index 081240b155d57..bfa2278e8b866 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/oxker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/oxker/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-wI7yqRvaszBP4OtlWbWIZ9RLf5y7dx2KufYLaK+PWps=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple tui to view & control docker containers";
+    description = "Simple tui to view & control docker containers";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mrjackwills/oxker";
     changelog = "https://github.com/mrjackwills/oxker/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/passky-desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/passky-desktop/default.nix
index 26f5debecacdf..b668ba94bfafc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/passky-desktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/passky-desktop/default.nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple, modern, lightweight, open source and secure password manager";
+    description = "Simple, modern, lightweight, open source and secure password manager";
     homepage = "https://passky.org";
     downloadPage = "https://github.com/Rabbit-Company/Passky-Desktop/releases";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Rabbit-Company/Passky-Desktop/releases/tag/v${version}";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/pastel/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/pastel/default.nix
index ba59bc5db42cb..69e6a53758a4f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/pastel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/pastel/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   buildInputs = lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin Security;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command-line tool to generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors";
+    description = "Command-line tool to generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors";
     homepage = "https://github.com/sharkdp/pastel";
     changelog = "https://github.com/sharkdp/pastel/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = with licenses; [ asl20 /* or */ mit ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/pattypan/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/pattypan/default.nix
index 344540e848635..b5f48c51de803 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/pattypan/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/pattypan/default.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An uploader for Wikimedia Commons";
+    description = "Uploader for Wikimedia Commons";
     homepage = "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Pattypan";
     license = licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "pattypan";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/pdf-quench/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/pdf-quench/default.nix
index bfb240e2b9d21..6159bfc7c810f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/pdf-quench/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/pdf-quench/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/linuxerwang/pdf-quench";
-    description = "A visual tool for cropping pdf files";
+    description = "Visual tool for cropping pdf files";
     mainProgram = "pdf-quench";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = licenses.gpl2;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/pdfpc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/pdfpc/default.nix
index 5b77a264ed2bf..2b6e7a0ed88cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/pdfpc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/pdfpc/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   cmakeFlags = lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin (lib.cmakeBool "MOVIES" false);
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A presenter console with multi-monitor support for PDF files";
+    description = "Presenter console with multi-monitor support for PDF files";
     mainProgram = "pdfpc";
     homepage = "https://pdfpc.github.io/";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/pdfslicer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/pdfslicer/default.nix
index 154a2ed837e3a..9d91a89df147e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/pdfslicer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/pdfslicer/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     lib.optional (stdenv.cc.isGNU && lib.versionAtLeast stdenv.cc.version "13") "-Wno-changes-meaning";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple application to extract, merge, rotate and reorder pages of PDF documents";
+    description = "Simple application to extract, merge, rotate and reorder pages of PDF documents";
     homepage = "https://junrrein.github.io/pdfslicer/";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/pdfstudio/common.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/pdfstudio/common.nix
index 726cb6bedcc44..1fc5ffaf2e669 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/pdfstudio/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/pdfstudio/common.nix
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ buildFHSEnv {
   meta = with lib; {
     inherit broken;
     homepage = "https://www.qoppa.com/${pname}/";
-    description = "An easy to use, full-featured PDF editing software";
+    description = "Easy to use, full-featured PDF editing software";
     longDescription = longDescription;
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [
       binaryBytecode
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/peaclock/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/peaclock/default.nix
index 866d6660910f6..57f1a17685d8f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/peaclock/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/peaclock/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ libpthreadstubs icu ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A clock, timer, and stopwatch for the terminal";
+    description = "Clock, timer, and stopwatch for the terminal";
     homepage = "https://octobanana.com/software/peaclock";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/pell/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/pell/default.nix
index 1a11a793f5638..55b5dd3d37108 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/pell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/pell/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/ebzzry/pell";
-    description = "A simple host availability monitor";
+    description = "Simple host availability monitor";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ebzzry ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/perkeep/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/perkeep/default.nix
index 11bee79962e39..d77b99b6c6553 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/perkeep/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/perkeep/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A way of storing, syncing, sharing, modelling and backing up content (née Camlistore)";
+    description = "Way of storing, syncing, sharing, modelling and backing up content (née Camlistore)";
     homepage = "https://perkeep.org";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ kalbasit ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/pgmanage/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/pgmanage/default.nix
index e3860ee625840..0c435dc04fa41 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/pgmanage/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/pgmanage/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   passthru.tests.sign-in = nixosTests.pgmanage;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fast replacement for PGAdmin";
+    description = "Fast replacement for PGAdmin";
     longDescription = ''
       At the heart of pgManage is a modern, fast, event-based C-binary, built in
       the style of NGINX and Node.js. This heart makes pgManage as fast as any
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/pgmodeler/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/pgmodeler/default.nix
index 9293a732323ce..c3b5491387cd4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/pgmodeler/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/pgmodeler/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   dontWrapQtApps = stdenv.isDarwin;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A database modeling tool for PostgreSQL";
+    description = "Database modeling tool for PostgreSQL";
     homepage = "https://pgmodeler.io/";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.esclear ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/pinfo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/pinfo/default.nix
index 92d892fc9c974..5ec9e939ce556 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/pinfo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/pinfo/default.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A viewer for info files";
+    description = "Viewer for info files";
     homepage = "https://github.com/baszoetekouw/pinfo";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/pipr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/pipr/default.nix
index f447ffcaeef6b..f7aeb09b1f9be 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/pipr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/pipr/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A commandline-tool to interactively write shell pipelines";
+    description = "Commandline-tool to interactively write shell pipelines";
     mainProgram = "pipr";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ElKowar/pipr";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/plasma-applet-volumewin7mixer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/plasma-applet-volumewin7mixer/default.nix
index e8bc572e284f2..124b43f1bfae5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/plasma-applet-volumewin7mixer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/plasma-applet-volumewin7mixer/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   dontWrapQtApps = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fork of the default volume plasmoid with a Windows 7 theme (vertical sliders)";
+    description = "Fork of the default volume plasmoid with a Windows 7 theme (vertical sliders)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-volumewin7mixer";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/plasma-theme-switcher/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/plasma-theme-switcher/default.nix
index f2af3f6e43ab3..ecdece47c0b2e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/plasma-theme-switcher/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/plasma-theme-switcher/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/maldoinc/plasma-theme-switcher/";
-    description = "A KDE Plasma theme switcher";
+    description = "KDE Plasma theme switcher";
     license = with licenses; [ gpl2Only ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ kevink ];
     mainProgram = "plasma-theme";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/please-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/please-cli/default.nix
index f21ef4203831d..35d877d6eebe6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/please-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/please-cli/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An AI helper script to create CLI commands based on GPT prompts";
+    description = "AI helper script to create CLI commands based on GPT prompts";
     homepage = "https://github.com/TNG/please-cli";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ _8-bit-fox ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/pomodoro/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/pomodoro/default.nix
index fe09f5328ee81..35244bf041a77 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/pomodoro/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/pomodoro/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Foundation ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple CLI pomodoro timer using desktop notifications written in Rust";
+    description = "Simple CLI pomodoro timer using desktop notifications written in Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/SanderJSA/Pomodoro";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ annaaurora ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/process-compose/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/process-compose/default.nix
index 9cda45b04c320..dad288ef47595 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/process-compose/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/process-compose/default.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple and flexible scheduler and orchestrator to manage non-containerized applications";
+    description = "Simple and flexible scheduler and orchestrator to manage non-containerized applications";
     homepage = "https://github.com/F1bonacc1/process-compose";
     changelog = "https://github.com/F1bonacc1/process-compose/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/process-viewer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/process-viewer/default.nix
index f453009e0c811..94327ef3e4db9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/process-viewer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/process-viewer/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A process viewer GUI in rust";
+    description = "Process viewer GUI in rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/guillaumegomez/process-viewer";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/pueue/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/pueue/default.nix
index 475ec5e490bb0..173323f589751 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/pueue/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/pueue/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/Nukesor/pueue";
-    description = "A daemon for managing long running shell commands";
+    description = "Daemon for managing long running shell commands";
     longDescription = ''
       Pueue is a command-line task management tool for sequential and parallel
       execution of long-running tasks.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/pw-viz/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/pw-viz/default.nix
index c4afc80830dba..0242164be79c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/pw-viz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/pw-viz/default.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [ "-DPW_ENABLE_DEPRECATED" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple and elegant pipewire graph editor ";
+    description = "Simple and elegant pipewire graph editor ";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ax9d/pw-viz";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/pwsafe/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/pwsafe/default.nix
index d9ae209dda21f..4dd5a5e2d280b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/pwsafe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/pwsafe/default.nix
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A password database utility";
+    description = "Password database utility";
     longDescription = ''
       Password Safe is a password database utility. Like many other
       such products, commercial and otherwise, it stores your
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/pysentation/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/pysentation/default.nix
index 1a84c06c94ff4..ad2d9c02e683a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/pysentation/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/pysentation/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "pysentation" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI for displaying Python presentations";
+    description = "CLI for displaying Python presentations";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mimseyedi/pysentation";
     changelog = "https://github.com/mimseyedi/pysentation/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/q4wine/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/q4wine/default.nix
index cb4014684fd2a..f56e4455becda 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/q4wine/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/q4wine/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://q4wine.brezblock.org.ua/";
-    description = "A Qt GUI for Wine to manage prefixes and applications";
+    description = "Qt GUI for Wine to manage prefixes and applications";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ rkitover ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/qlcplus/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/qlcplus/default.nix
index 806ed8380f51c..1428ca6014da3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/qlcplus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/qlcplus/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A free and cross-platform software to control DMX or analog lighting systems like moving heads, dimmers, scanners etc";
+    description = "Free and cross-platform software to control DMX or analog lighting systems like moving heads, dimmers, scanners etc";
     maintainers = [ ];
     license = licenses.asl20;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/qsyncthingtray/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/qsyncthingtray/default.nix
index bfe1d61818f5c..2fa22cf732211 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/qsyncthingtray/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/qsyncthingtray/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/sieren/QSyncthingTray/";
-    description = "A Traybar Application for Syncthing written in C++";
+    description = "Traybar Application for Syncthing written in C++";
     longDescription = ''
         A cross-platform status bar for Syncthing.
         Currently supports macOS, Windows and Linux.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/qtpass/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/qtpass/default.nix
index d401a57dda78a..e37056e86a56a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/qtpass/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/qtpass/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A multi-platform GUI for pass, the standard unix password manager";
+    description = "Multi-platform GUI for pass, the standard unix password manager";
     mainProgram = "qtpass";
     homepage = "https://qtpass.org";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/raiseorlaunch/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/raiseorlaunch/default.nix
index 455b6df4d0546..925bc9bdcb3f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/raiseorlaunch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/raiseorlaunch/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ winpat ];
-    description = "A run-or-raise-application-launcher for i3 window manager";
+    description = "Run-or-raise-application-launcher for i3 window manager";
     mainProgram = "raiseorlaunch";
     homepage = "https://github.com/open-dynaMIX/raiseorlaunch";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/ratt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/ratt/default.nix
index fd882b3b572c6..788dde7c5c9ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/ratt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/ratt/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool for converting websites to rss/atom feeds";
+    description = "Tool for converting websites to rss/atom feeds";
     homepage = "https://git.sr.ht/~ghost08/ratt";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ kmein ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/regextester/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/regextester/default.nix
index 902ae57492011..8508f65727e05 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/regextester/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/regextester/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A desktop application to test regular expressions interactively";
+    description = "Desktop application to test regular expressions interactively";
     mainProgram = "com.github.artemanufrij.regextester";
     homepage = "https://github.com/artemanufrij/regextester";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ samdroid-apps ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/remarkable/remarkable-mouse/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/remarkable/remarkable-mouse/default.nix
index 64baaf5d1b088..c953d5e6299a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/remarkable/remarkable-mouse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/remarkable/remarkable-mouse/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "remarkable_mouse" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A program to use a reMarkable as a graphics tablet";
+    description = "Program to use a reMarkable as a graphics tablet";
     homepage = "https://github.com/evidlo/remarkable_mouse";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.nickhu ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/remarkable/rmapi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/remarkable/rmapi/default.nix
index 585a18bb34329..c995fdcad389d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/remarkable/rmapi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/remarkable/rmapi/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Go app that allows access to the ReMarkable Cloud API programmatically";
+    description = "Go app that allows access to the ReMarkable Cloud API programmatically";
     homepage = "https://github.com/juruen/rmapi";
     changelog = "https://github.com/juruen/rmapi/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.agpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/remnote/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/remnote/default.nix
index f09a0181e71fa..0c247ffb092f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/remnote/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/remnote/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ appimageTools.wrapType2 {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A note-taking application focused on learning and productivity";
+    description = "Note-taking application focused on learning and productivity";
     homepage = "https://remnote.com/";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ max-niederman chewblacka ];
     license = licenses.unfree;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/remontoire/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/remontoire/default.nix
index 754d32617e789..05eb16abaf21b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/remontoire/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/remontoire/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A small GTK app for presenting keybinding hints";
+    description = "Small GTK app for presenting keybinding hints";
     mainProgram = "remontoire";
     homepage = "https://github.com/regolith-linux/remontoire";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/river-tag-overlay/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/river-tag-overlay/default.nix
index e1652cf70da71..63092e3586f90 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/river-tag-overlay/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/river-tag-overlay/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A pop-up showing tag status";
+    description = "Pop-up showing tag status";
     homepage = "https://sr.ht/~leon_plickat/river-tag-overlay";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ edrex ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rivercarro/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rivercarro/default.nix
index 93b476973f55f..fa99e88f87a67 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rivercarro/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rivercarro/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://git.sr.ht/~novakane/rivercarro";
-    description = "A layout generator for river Wayland compositor, fork of rivertile";
+    description = "Layout generator for river Wayland compositor, fork of rivertile";
     longDescription = ''
       A slightly modified version of rivertile layout generator for river.
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rlaunch/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rlaunch/default.nix
index fe8d499d00a80..52499df258e06 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rlaunch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rlaunch/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A lightweight application launcher for X11";
+    description = "Lightweight application launcher for X11";
     homepage = "https://github.com/PonasKovas/rlaunch";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi-emoji/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi-emoji/default.nix
index ac8518e6a2d4f..3b0aaefc83c28 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi-emoji/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi-emoji/default.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An emoji selector plugin for Rofi";
+    description = "Emoji selector plugin for Rofi";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Mange/rofi-emoji";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ cole-h ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi-top/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi-top/default.nix
index 877cbd6a284ef..e7ca95c81e393 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi-top/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi-top/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A plugin for rofi that emulates top behaviour";
+    description = "Plugin for rofi that emulates top behaviour";
     homepage = "https://github.com/davatorium/rofi-top";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ aacebedo ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rootbar/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rootbar/default.nix
index 2ef92f1c9aa21..a528cd4a94ade 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rootbar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rootbar/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://hg.sr.ht/~scoopta/rootbar";
-    description = "A bar for Wayland WMs";
+    description = "Bar for Wayland WMs";
     mainProgram = "rootbar";
     longDescription = ''
       Root Bar is a bar for wlroots based wayland compositors such as sway and
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rsclock/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rsclock/default.nix
index 1830a60087269..a8d0a89d4800f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rsclock/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rsclock/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-/uAxIV7eroJNGsLl4T/6RskoTIWKu5Cgmv48eMkDZQw=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple terminal clock written in Rust";
+    description = "Simple terminal clock written in Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/valebes/rsClock";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [valebes];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/sc-im/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/sc-im/default.nix
index 506ff5f10c8af..2ec7f35a219b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/sc-im/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/sc-im/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     changelog = "https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGES";
     homepage = "https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im";
-    description = "An ncurses spreadsheet program for terminal";
+    description = "Ncurses spreadsheet program for terminal";
     license = licenses.bsdOriginal;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/seatd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/seatd/default.nix
index da3dda9fc8d71..c10d5085dfc85 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/seatd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/seatd/default.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   passthru.tests.basic = nixosTests.seatd;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A minimal seat management daemon, and a universal seat management library";
+    description = "Minimal seat management daemon, and a universal seat management library";
     changelog = "https://git.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd/refs/${finalAttrs.version}";
     homepage = "https://sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd/";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/selectdefaultapplication/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/selectdefaultapplication/default.nix
index 700ac3e75884e..cfc142cb96e8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/selectdefaultapplication/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/selectdefaultapplication/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A very simple application that lets you define default applications on Linux in a sane way";
+    description = "Very simple application that lets you define default applications on Linux in a sane way";
     mainProgram = "selectdefaultapplication";
     homepage = "https://github.com/sandsmark/selectdefaultapplication";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ nsnelson ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/semver/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/semver/default.nix
index 53e06a4c406ec..750d86eea1139 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/semver/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/semver/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/catouc/semver-go";
-    description = "A small CLI to fish out the current or next semver version from a git repository";
+    description = "Small CLI to fish out the current or next semver version from a git repository";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ catouc ];
     license = licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "semver";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/sent/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/sent/default.nix
index dc681b7385dc6..9f11cfa53bb20 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/sent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/sent/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple plaintext presentation tool";
+    description = "Simple plaintext presentation tool";
     mainProgram = "sent";
     homepage = "https://tools.suckless.org/sent/";
     license = licenses.isc;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/sfwbar/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/sfwbar/default.nix
index 9f467fdf6a2d3..bc96dbe2c317a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/sfwbar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/sfwbar/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/LBCrion/sfwbar";
-    description = "A flexible taskbar application for wayland compositors, designed with a stacking layout in mind";
+    description = "Flexible taskbar application for wayland compositors, designed with a stacking layout in mind";
     mainProgram = "sfwbar";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ NotAShelf ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/shavee/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/shavee/default.nix
index 7854cfbd17f4d..1e4dadcf786b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/shavee/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/shavee/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/ashuio/shavee";
-    description = "A program to automatically decrypt and mount ZFS datasets using Yubikey HMAC as 2FA or any File on USB/SFTP/HTTPS";
+    description = "Program to automatically decrypt and mount ZFS datasets using Yubikey HMAC as 2FA or any File on USB/SFTP/HTTPS";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jasonodoom ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/sidequest/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/sidequest/default.nix
index c472fdb65ec97..c90a7116b6df2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/sidequest/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/sidequest/default.nix
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
       inherit pname version;
 
       meta = with lib; {
-        description = "An open app store and side-loading tool for Android-based VR devices such as the Oculus Go, Oculus Quest or Moverio BT 300";
+        description = "Open app store and side-loading tool for Android-based VR devices such as the Oculus Go, Oculus Quest or Moverio BT 300";
         homepage = "https://github.com/SideQuestVR/SideQuest";
         downloadPage = "https://github.com/SideQuestVR/SideQuest/releases";
         sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/sioyek/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/sioyek/default.nix
index 3cdec7ec291f7..ab853d4dc1f4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/sioyek/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/sioyek/default.nix
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://sioyek.info/";
-    description = "A PDF viewer designed for research papers and technical books";
+    description = "PDF viewer designed for research papers and technical books";
     mainProgram = "sioyek";
     changelog = "https://github.com/ahrm/sioyek/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/skate/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/skate/default.nix
index b344a0e0639e2..6ea198adc0332 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/skate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/skate/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" "-X=main.Version=${version}" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A personal multi-machine syncable key value store";
+    description = "Personal multi-machine syncable key value store";
     homepage = "https://github.com/charmbracelet/skate";
     changelog = "https://github.com/charmbracelet/skate/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/slweb/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/slweb/default.nix
index b1e92cb9a39ce..f71a0d61c2a56 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/slweb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/slweb/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A static website generator which aims at being simplistic";
+    description = "Static website generator which aims at being simplistic";
     homepage = "https://strahinja.srht.site/slweb/";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/spacenav-cube-example/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/spacenav-cube-example/default.nix
index 66c16e458b8f6..c34828627b4e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/spacenav-cube-example/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/spacenav-cube-example/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://spacenav.sourceforge.net/";
-    description = "An example application to test the spacenavd driver";
+    description = "Example application to test the spacenavd driver";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ sohalt ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/speedread/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/speedread/default.nix
index 234e6b136feb2..e62edf48cbadc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/speedread/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/speedread/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple terminal-based open source Spritz-alike";
+    description = "Simple terminal-based open source Spritz-alike";
     longDescription = ''
       Speedread is a command line filter that shows input text as a
       per-word rapid serial visual presentation aligned on optimal
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/sticky/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/sticky/default.nix
index 423944cafb1fa..66b4897e30386 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/sticky/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/sticky/default.nix
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A sticky notes app for the linux desktop";
+    description = "Sticky notes app for the linux desktop";
     mainProgram = "sticky";
     homepage = "https://github.com/linuxmint/sticky";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/stretchly/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/stretchly/default.nix
index 71288ca07c9dd..ab7ae6fff5997 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/stretchly/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/stretchly/default.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A break time reminder app";
+    description = "Break time reminder app";
     longDescription = ''
       stretchly is a cross-platform electron app that reminds you to take
       breaks when working on your computer. By default, it runs in your tray
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/stw/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/stw/default.nix
index ca46c163128af..689fc9e81ce7f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/stw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/stw/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   makeFlags = [ "CC:=$(CC)" "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple text widget for X resembling the watch(1) command";
+    description = "Simple text widget for X resembling the watch(1) command";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ somasis ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/stylish/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/stylish/default.nix
index 8dce6409bb7c4..77b3d480ac1d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/stylish/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/stylish/default.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/thevinter/styli.sh";
-    description = "A shell script to manage wallpapers";
+    description = "Shell script to manage wallpapers";
     mainProgram = "styli.sh";
     longDescription = ''
       Styli.sh is a Bash script that aims to automate the tedious process
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/subsurface/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/subsurface/default.nix
index fb028c7447511..e8cc4baf27575 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/subsurface/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/subsurface/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ let
 
     meta = with lib; {
       homepage = "https://www.libdivecomputer.org";
-      description = "A cross-platform and open source library for communication with dive computers from various manufacturers";
+      description = "Cross-platform and open source library for communication with dive computers from various manufacturers";
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ mguentner ];
       license = licenses.lgpl21;
       platforms = platforms.all;
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   passthru = { inherit version libdc googlemaps; };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A divelog program";
+    description = "Divelog program";
     mainProgram = "subsurface";
     longDescription = ''
       Subsurface can track single- and multi-tank dives using air, Nitrox or TriMix.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/swappy/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/swappy/default.nix
index cb56e4281da06..d13578b3c82ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/swappy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/swappy/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Wayland native snapshot editing tool, inspired by Snappy on macOS";
+    description = "Wayland native snapshot editing tool, inspired by Snappy on macOS";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jtheoof/swappy";
     license = licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "swappy";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/sway-contrib/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/sway-contrib/default.nix
index 05127f05e20a2..b0c8154f2c513 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/sway-contrib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/sway-contrib/default.nix
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ grimshot = stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; meta // {
-    description = "A helper for screenshots within sway";
+    description = "Helper for screenshots within sway";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ evils ];
     mainProgram = "grimshot";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/swaysettings/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/swaysettings/default.nix
index 490f0048081e5..5b13954c63f34 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/swaysettings/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/swaysettings/default.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A GUI for configuring your sway desktop";
+    description = "GUI for configuring your sway desktop";
     longDescription = ''
       Sway settings enables easy configuration of a sway desktop environment
       such as selection of application or icon themes.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/tabula-java/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/tabula-java/default.nix
index 4041d927c68b1..4c437ea6df5de 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/tabula-java/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/tabula-java/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ maven.buildMavenPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A library for extracting tables from PDF files";
+    description = "Library for extracting tables from PDF files";
     longDescription = ''
       tabula-java is the table extraction engine that powers
       Tabula. You can use tabula-java as a command-line tool to
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/tabula/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/tabula/default.nix
index ec2ded975fed3..c4b7749b5304c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/tabula/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/tabula/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool for liberating data tables locked inside PDF files";
+    description = "Tool for liberating data tables locked inside PDF files";
     longDescription = ''
       If you’ve ever tried to do anything with data provided to you in PDFs, you
       know how painful it is — there's no easy way to copy-and-paste rows of data
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/tango/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/tango/default.nix
index bd2dca9d790b4..11b7275d1e94c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/tango/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/tango/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   vendorHash = "sha256-83nKtiEy1na1HgAQcbTEfl+0vGg6BkCLBK1REN9fP+k=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A local command-line Japanese dictionary tool using yomichan's dictionary files";
+    description = "Local command-line Japanese dictionary tool using yomichan's dictionary files";
     homepage = "https://github.com/masakichi/tango";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ donovanglover ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/taskjuggler/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/taskjuggler/default.nix
index 5c15748f2b8ec..cc2d7218bd4cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/taskjuggler/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/taskjuggler/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ bundlerApp {
   passthru.updateScript = bundlerUpdateScript "taskjuggler";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A modern and powerful project management tool";
+    description = "Modern and powerful project management tool";
     homepage    = "https://taskjuggler.org/";
     license     = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms   = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/tasknc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/tasknc/default.nix
index 5d8b453b0f4ea..2b3decab36b58 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/tasknc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/tasknc/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/lharding/tasknc";
-    description = "A ncurses wrapper around taskwarrior";
+    description = "Ncurses wrapper around taskwarrior";
     mainProgram = "tasknc";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ matthiasbeyer ];
     platforms = platforms.linux; # Cannot test others
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/taskwarrior-tui/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/taskwarrior-tui/default.nix
index e96478d96c68f..88a8e99f26a02 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/taskwarrior-tui/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/taskwarrior-tui/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A terminal user interface for taskwarrior ";
+    description = "Terminal user interface for taskwarrior ";
     homepage = "https://github.com/kdheepak/taskwarrior-tui";
     license = with licenses; [ mit ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ matthiasbeyer ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/tdrop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/tdrop/default.nix
index e39dd24623216..5f43956d8ae6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/tdrop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/tdrop/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Glorified WM-Independent Dropdown Creator";
+    description = "Glorified WM-Independent Dropdown Creator";
     mainProgram = "tdrop";
     homepage = "https://github.com/noctuid/tdrop";
     license = licenses.bsd2;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/terminal-typeracer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/terminal-typeracer/default.nix
index 4aee5fccfbd10..80ece5bded7a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/terminal-typeracer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/terminal-typeracer/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR = 1;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An open source terminal based version of Typeracer written in rust";
+    description = "Open source terminal based version of Typeracer written in rust";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/ttyperacer/terminal-typeracer";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ yoctocell ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/themechanger/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/themechanger/default.nix
index e1c26828c97ee..98f6b6183a339 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/themechanger/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/themechanger/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/ALEX11BR/ThemeChanger";
-    description = "A theme changing utility for Linux";
+    description = "Theme changing utility for Linux";
     mainProgram = "themechanger";
     longDescription = ''
       This app is a theme changing utility for Linux, BSDs, and whatnots.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/thokr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/thokr/default.nix
index cf82a8d6aeb81..94363083ab9e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/thokr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/thokr/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoSha256 = "sha256-gEpmXyLmw6bX3enA3gNVtXNMlkQl6J/8AwJQSY0RtFw=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A typing tui with visualized results and historical logging";
+    description = "Typing tui with visualized results and historical logging";
     homepage = "https://github.com/thatvegandev/thokr";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/timewarrior/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/timewarrior/default.nix
index 02445a655b462..beaf36465efeb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/timewarrior/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/timewarrior/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command-line time tracker";
+    description = "Command-line time tracker";
     homepage = "https://timewarrior.net";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ matthiasbeyer mrVanDalo ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/topydo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/topydo/default.nix
index 59e93dcb5dea8..39a3c7013b0a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/topydo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/topydo/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A cli todo application compatible with the todo.txt format";
+    description = "Cli todo application compatible with the todo.txt format";
     mainProgram = "topydo";
     homepage = "https://github.com/topydo/topydo";
     changelog = "https://github.com/topydo/topydo/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGES.md";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/ttdl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/ttdl/default.nix
index a67742aa63308..e1e1ccd1cd59a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/ttdl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/ttdl/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-+jYl/oUeJaABgDX/OBTyeo/B7RYc2MUTreU1ySLG0XQ=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI tool to manage todo lists in todo.txt format";
+    description = "CLI tool to manage todo lists in todo.txt format";
     homepage = "https://github.com/VladimirMarkelov/ttdl";
     changelog = "https://github.com/VladimirMarkelov/ttdl/blob/v${version}/changelog";
     license = with licenses; [ mit ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/tthsum/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/tthsum/default.nix
index 2c41c1c300f7f..603ddeca4fd7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/tthsum/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/tthsum/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
-    description = "An md5sum-alike program that works with Tiger/THEX hashes";
+    description = "Md5sum-alike program that works with Tiger/THEX hashes";
     longDescription = ''
       tthsum generates or checks TTH checksums (root of the THEX hash
       tree). The Merkle Hash Tree, invented by Ralph Merkle, is a hash
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/tuckr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/tuckr/default.nix
index f61f7bea912d6..6c9b527294b01 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/tuckr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/tuckr/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   doCheck = false; # test result: FAILED. 5 passed; 3 failed;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A super powered replacement for GNU Stow";
+    description = "Super powered replacement for GNU Stow";
     homepage = "https://github.com/RaphGL/Tuckr";
     changelog = "https://github.com/RaphGL/Tuckr/releases/tag/${version}";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/tut/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/tut/default.nix
index 85f2768cc715f..f6094f516694c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/tut/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/tut/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   vendorHash = "sha256-gPF4XrUqDDJCCY1zrUr3AXDG0uoADR8LBxRP4yolcug=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A TUI for Mastodon with vim inspired keys";
+    description = "TUI for Mastodon with vim inspired keys";
     homepage = "https://github.com/RasmusLindroth/tut";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ equirosa ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/twmn/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/twmn/default.nix
index d4b4d1d9d8035..7700c62a50642 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/twmn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/twmn/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A notification system for tiling window managers";
+    description = "Notification system for tiling window managers";
     homepage = "https://github.com/sboli/twmn";
     platforms = with lib.platforms; linux;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.matejc ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/ulauncher/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/ulauncher/default.nix
index 55a62e6d1d92e..92d93b5095d13 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/ulauncher/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/ulauncher/default.nix
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fast application launcher for Linux, written in Python, using GTK";
+    description = "Fast application launcher for Linux, written in Python, using GTK";
     homepage = "https://ulauncher.io/";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/usync/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/usync/default.nix
index 1034b3844b130..7a5abda593029 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/usync/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/usync/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/ebzzry/usync";
-    description = "A simple site-to-site synchronization tool";
+    description = "Simple site-to-site synchronization tool";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ebzzry ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/valent/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/valent/default.nix
index b65d2b36e31f9..1071f39d43d20 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/valent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/valent/default.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "An implementation of the KDE Connect protocol, built on GNOME platform libraries";
+    description = "Implementation of the KDE Connect protocol, built on GNOME platform libraries";
     mainProgram = "valent";
     longDescription = ''
       Note that you have to open firewall ports for other devices
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/valentina/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/valentina/default.nix
index e0ca06af8aa3e..525a3a5399df1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/valentina/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/valentina/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An open source sewing pattern drafting software";
+    description = "Open source sewing pattern drafting software";
     homepage = "https://smart-pattern.com.ua/";
     changelog = "https://gitlab.com/smart-pattern/valentina/-/blob/v${version}/ChangeLog.txt";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/variety/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/variety/default.nix
index e90a8e9a1e01c..3a4d6ac760856 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/variety/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/variety/default.nix
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/varietywalls/variety";
-    description = "A wallpaper manager for Linux systems";
+    description = "Wallpaper manager for Linux systems";
     mainProgram = "variety";
     longDescription = ''
       Variety is a wallpaper manager for Linux systems. It supports numerous
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/vhs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/vhs/default.nix
index 5d9f87b2316ac..82633111c33c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/vhs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/vhs/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool for generating terminal GIFs with code";
+    description = "Tool for generating terminal GIFs with code";
     mainProgram = "vhs";
     homepage = "https://github.com/charmbracelet/vhs";
     changelog = "https://github.com/charmbracelet/vhs/releases/tag/v${version}";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/vym/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/vym/default.nix
index e58b98c4e0700..8a550ac4a79f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/vym/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/vym/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.insilmaril.de/vym/";
-    description = "A mind-mapping software";
+    description = "Mind-mapping software";
     mainProgram = "vym";
     longDescription = ''
       VYM (View Your Mind) is a tool to generate and manipulate maps which show
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/wallust/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/wallust/default.nix
index 3e2fb300dd1e9..e92d5517026f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/wallust/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/wallust/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A better pywal";
+    description = "Better pywal";
     homepage = "https://codeberg.org/explosion-mental/wallust";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ onemoresuza iynaix ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/warpd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/warpd/default.nix
index 7d653a628eae3..a2957a4edb6ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/warpd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/warpd/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A modal keyboard driven interface for mouse manipulation";
+    description = "Modal keyboard driven interface for mouse manipulation";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rvaiya/warpd";
     changelog = "https://github.com/rvaiya/warpd/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ hhydraa ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/watershot/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/watershot/default.nix
index 6d29fab825277..3935b3ef211c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/watershot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/watershot/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     platforms = with platforms; linux;
-    description = "A simple wayland native screenshot tool";
+    description = "Simple wayland native screenshot tool";
     mainProgram = "watershot";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Kirottu/watershot";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/wcalc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/wcalc/default.nix
index 62ab0aaa05a50..92d53989ded8e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/wcalc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/wcalc/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ mpfr readline ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command line calculator";
+    description = "Command line calculator";
     homepage = "https://w-calc.sourceforge.net";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/wikicurses/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/wikicurses/default.nix
index 5f20f314d3f4c..d339e8646e75f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/wikicurses/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/wikicurses/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A simple curses interface for MediaWiki sites such as Wikipedia";
+    description = "Simple curses interface for MediaWiki sites such as Wikipedia";
     mainProgram = "wikicurses";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ids1024/wikicurses/";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/wlclock/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/wlclock/default.nix
index ad14b24abd29a..d79a81788c7ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/wlclock/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/wlclock/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A digital analog clock for Wayland desktops";
+    description = "Digital analog clock for Wayland desktops";
     homepage = "https://git.sr.ht/~leon_plickat/wlclock";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ nomisiv ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/wmenu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/wmenu/default.nix
index df568c045ac2a..c443791848621 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/wmenu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/wmenu/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ cairo pango wayland libxkbcommon wayland-protocols scdoc ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An efficient dynamic menu for Sway and wlroots based Wayland compositors";
+    description = "Efficient dynamic menu for Sway and wlroots based Wayland compositors";
     homepage = "https://git.sr.ht/~adnano/wmenu";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/wofi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/wofi/default.nix
index fc124c56eb569..c6ad0199e51fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/wofi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/wofi/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A launcher/menu program for wlroots based wayland compositors such as sway";
+    description = "Launcher/menu program for wlroots based wayland compositors such as sway";
     homepage = "https://hg.sr.ht/~scoopta/wofi";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/workrave/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/workrave/default.nix
index ebe09f8b861c2..1235b22b8aba1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/workrave/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/workrave/default.nix
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = (stdenv.isLinux && stdenv.isAarch64);
-    description = "A program to help prevent Repetitive Strain Injury";
+    description = "Program to help prevent Repetitive Strain Injury";
     mainProgram = "workrave";
     longDescription = ''
       Workrave is a program that assists in the recovery and prevention of
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xca/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xca/default.nix
index 19b5a8e3ec2d3..fb0bf3063bbcf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xca/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xca/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An x509 certificate generation tool, handling RSA, DSA and EC keys, certificate signing requests (PKCS#10) and CRLs";
+    description = "X509 certificate generation tool, handling RSA, DSA and EC keys, certificate signing requests (PKCS#10) and CRLs";
     mainProgram = "xca";
     homepage = "https://hohnstaedt.de/xca/";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xchm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xchm/default.nix
index 8c48388594d44..33f8978820e6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xchm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xchm/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A viewer for Microsoft HTML Help files";
+    description = "Viewer for Microsoft HTML Help files";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rzvncj/xCHM";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ sikmir ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xdg-launch/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xdg-launch/default.nix
index bf5b0484c867c..4a61839c7d8c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xdg-launch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xdg-launch/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/bbidulock/xdg-launch";
-    description = "A command line XDG compliant launcher and tools";
+    description = "Command line XDG compliant launcher and tools";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ck3d ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xiphos/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xiphos/default.nix
index 83690f129bffa..d3aaa70fc9af1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xiphos/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xiphos/default.nix
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A GTK Bible study tool";
+    description = "GTK Bible study tool";
     longDescription = ''
       Xiphos (formerly known as GnomeSword) is a Bible study tool
       written for Linux, UNIX, and Windows using GTK, offering a rich
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xkblayout-state/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xkblayout-state/default.nix
index c73ff6a607833..10bd1961f09c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xkblayout-state/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xkblayout-state/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A small command-line program to get/set the current XKB keyboard layout";
+    description = "Small command-line program to get/set the current XKB keyboard layout";
     homepage = "https://github.com/nonpop/xkblayout-state";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.jagajaga ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xmenu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xmenu/default.nix
index ae08952af2e85..59058f3f53bd5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xmenu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xmenu/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postPatch = "sed -i \"s:/usr/local:$out:\" config.mk";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A menu utility for X";
+    description = "Menu utility for X";
     homepage = "https://github.com/phillbush/xmenu";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ neonfuz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xmrig/moneroocean.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xmrig/moneroocean.nix
index 0e4ac69cb813e..47aee945971b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xmrig/moneroocean.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xmrig/moneroocean.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ xmrig.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fork of the XMRig CPU miner with support for algorithm switching";
+    description = "Fork of the XMRig CPU miner with support for algorithm switching";
     homepage = "https://github.com/MoneroOcean/xmrig";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     mainProgram = "xmrig";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xpad/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xpad/default.nix
index d945ae7ff0baa..1206b39679abe 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xpad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xpad/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ glib gtk3 gtksourceview ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A sticky note application for jotting down things to remember";
+    description = "Sticky note application for jotting down things to remember";
     mainProgram = "xpad";
     homepage = "https://launchpad.net/xpad";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xsw/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xsw/default.nix
index fac2c6812bd27..0e68a1769025b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xsw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xsw/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     inherit (src.meta) homepage;
-    description = "A slide show presentation tool";
+    description = "Slide show presentation tool";
 
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     license  = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xxkb/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xxkb/default.nix
index 3fd9eb8a6ecbb..022abdb5ae18e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xxkb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xxkb/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installTargets = [ "install" "install.man" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A keyboard layout indicator and switcher";
+    description = "Keyboard layout indicator and switcher";
     homepage = "http://xxkb.sourceforge.net/";
     license = licenses.artistic2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ rasendubi ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/yokadi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/yokadi/default.nix
index 10d519efa45c2..55acd53fd1e0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/yokadi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/yokadi/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command line oriented, sqlite powered, todo-list";
+    description = "Command line oriented, sqlite powered, todo-list";
     homepage = "https://yokadi.github.io/index.html";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.nkpvk ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/cb/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/cb/default.nix
index f8e29a65a3a6c..2c4dc76abb477 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/cb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/cb/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura-cb/";
-    description = "A zathura CB plugin";
+    description = "Zathura CB plugin";
     longDescription = ''
       The zathura-cb plugin adds comic book support to zathura.
     '';
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
index 9b8193a52bd8f..b7b7a517310b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura";
-    description = "A core component for zathura PDF viewer";
+    description = "Core component for zathura PDF viewer";
     license = licenses.zlib;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ globin ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/djvu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/djvu/default.nix
index 9805f19c46936..c7b3c3e52c940 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/djvu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/djvu/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura-djvu/";
-    description = "A zathura DJVU plugin";
+    description = "Zathura DJVU plugin";
     longDescription = ''
       The zathura-djvu plugin adds DjVu support to zathura by using the
       djvulibre library.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/pdf-mupdf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/pdf-mupdf/default.nix
index 66376746cf8ce..b7eff35913c3b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/pdf-mupdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/pdf-mupdf/default.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura-pdf-mupdf/";
-    description = "A zathura PDF plugin (mupdf)";
+    description = "Zathura PDF plugin (mupdf)";
     longDescription = ''
       The zathura-pdf-mupdf plugin adds PDF support to zathura by
       using the mupdf rendering library.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/pdf-poppler/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/pdf-poppler/default.nix
index 4d216b9c0c63c..1c4ba79ee91b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/pdf-poppler/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/pdf-poppler/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura-pdf-poppler/";
-    description = "A zathura PDF plugin (poppler)";
+    description = "Zathura PDF plugin (poppler)";
     longDescription = ''
       The zathura-pdf-poppler plugin adds PDF support to zathura by
       using the poppler rendering library.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/ps/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/ps/default.nix
index 10db97aa8b344..63b9cedd7a299 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/ps/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/ps/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura-ps/";
-    description = "A zathura PS plugin";
+    description = "Zathura PS plugin";
     longDescription = ''
       The zathura-ps plugin adds PS support to zathura by using the
       libspectre library.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/wrapper.nix
index 0294d0efadf9e..5d60c48222123 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/wrapper.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ symlinkJoin {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/";
-    description = "A highly customizable and functional PDF viewer";
+    description = "Highly customizable and functional PDF viewer";
     longDescription = ''
       Zathura is a highly customizable and functional PDF viewer based on the
       poppler rendering library and the GTK toolkit. The idea behind zathura
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zettlr/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zettlr/generic.nix
index 847d11c4f24ce..777c74a5dffe5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zettlr/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zettlr/generic.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ appimageTools.wrapType2 rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A markdown editor for writing academic texts and taking notes";
+    description = "Markdown editor for writing academic texts and taking notes";
     homepage = "https://www.zettlr.com";
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
     license = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zine/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zine/default.nix
index 63675fa69abdb..c7fb80e8318b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zine/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zine/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple and opinionated tool to build your own magazine";
+    description = "Simple and opinionated tool to build your own magazine";
     homepage = "https://github.com/zineland/zine";
     changelog = "https://github.com/zineland/zine/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zk-shell/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zk-shell/default.nix
index e565e1ecda75f..b05c12227fc0c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zk-shell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zk-shell/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A powerful & scriptable shell for Apache ZooKeeper";
+    description = "Powerful & scriptable shell for Apache ZooKeeper";
     mainProgram = "zk-shell";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rgs1/zk_shell";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zktree/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zktree/default.nix
index 7638ad4e8e139..82b93763ed821 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zktree/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zktree/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoSha256 = "18v7agm39acnblc703278cn8py5971hm8p5kxmznpw119fjp36s5";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A small tool to display Znodes in Zookeeper in tree structure";
+    description = "Small tool to display Znodes in Zookeeper in tree structure";
     homepage = "https://github.com/alirezameskin/zktree";
     license = licenses.unlicense;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ alirezameskin ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zscroll/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zscroll/default.nix
index ccdac791e3369..79a5c72ddc8f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zscroll/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zscroll/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ python3 ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A text scroller for use with panels and shells";
+    description = "Text scroller for use with panels and shells";
     mainProgram = "zscroll";
     homepage = "https://github.com/noctuid/zscroll";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/browsh/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/browsh/default.nix
index 2eeef882d6307..29ddb1475ed9d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/browsh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/browsh/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fully-modern text-based browser, rendering to TTY and browsers";
+    description = "Fully-modern text-based browser, rendering to TTY and browsers";
     mainProgram = "browsh";
     homepage = "https://www.brow.sh/";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ kalbasit siraben ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/castor/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/castor/default.nix
index f02ae0f6e05e3..78e2791c1bb45 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/castor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/castor/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   useNextest = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A graphical client for plain-text protocols written in Rust with GTK. It currently supports the Gemini, Gopher and Finger protocols";
+    description = "Graphical client for plain-text protocols written in Rust with GTK. It currently supports the Gemini, Gopher and Finger protocols";
     mainProgram = "castor";
     homepage = "https://sr.ht/~julienxx/Castor";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/browser.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/browser.nix
index 24811cc336b6a..5b77afaaf3ebb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/browser.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/browser.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ mkChromiumDerivation (base: rec {
   requiredSystemFeatures = [ "big-parallel" ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "An open source web browser from Google"
+    description = "Open source web browser from Google"
       + lib.optionalString ungoogled ", with dependencies on Google web services removed";
     longDescription = ''
       Chromium is an open source web browser from Google that aims to build a
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/eolie/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/eolie/default.nix
index 8649969d8c30a..69c3fdbfbca0c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/eolie/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/eolie/default.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   strictDeps = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A new GNOME web browser";
+    description = "New GNOME web browser";
     mainProgram = "eolie";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/eolie";
     license  = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/packages.nix
index f52a828e199b4..90154b4a9fd57 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/packages.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
     meta = {
       changelog = "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/${version}/releasenotes/";
-      description = "A web browser built from Firefox source tree";
+      description = "Web browser built from Firefox source tree";
       homepage = "http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/";
       maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ lovesegfault hexa ];
       platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
     meta = {
       changelog = "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}beta/releasenotes/";
-      description = "A web browser built from Firefox Beta Release source tree";
+      description = "Web browser built from Firefox Beta Release source tree";
       homepage = "http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/";
       maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jopejoe1 ];
       platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
     meta = {
       changelog = "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}beta/releasenotes/";
-      description = "A web browser built from Firefox Developer Edition source tree";
+      description = "Web browser built from Firefox Developer Edition source tree";
       homepage = "http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/";
       maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jopejoe1 ];
       platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 
     meta = {
       changelog = "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/${lib.removeSuffix "esr" version}/releasenotes/";
-      description = "A web browser built from Firefox Extended Support Release source tree";
+      description = "Web browser built from Firefox Extended Support Release source tree";
       homepage = "http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/";
       maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ hexa ];
       platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/floorp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/floorp/default.nix
index 30c7d10fb025e..9541153d8cc1a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/floorp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/floorp/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   updateScript = ./update.sh;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A fork of Firefox, focused on keeping the Open, Private and Sustainable Web alive, built in Japan";
+    description = "Fork of Firefox, focused on keeping the Open, Private and Sustainable Web alive, built in Japan";
     homepage = "https://floorp.app/";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ christoph-heiss ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/gmni/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/gmni/default.nix
index 51dc9a3df53d2..a17cdab086651 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/gmni/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/gmni/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   hardeningDisable = [ "fortify3" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Gemini client";
+    description = "Gemini client";
     homepage = "https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/gmni";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ bsima jb55 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/ladybird/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/ladybird/default.nix
index 98b99e17f93db..85d85ba2476b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/ladybird/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/ladybird/default.nix
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A browser using the SerenityOS LibWeb engine with a Qt or Cocoa GUI";
+    description = "Browser using the SerenityOS LibWeb engine with a Qt or Cocoa GUI";
     homepage = "https://ladybird.dev";
     license = licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fgaz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/lagrange/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/lagrange/default.nix
index 7892ac2b85454..7a486ec65fe93 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/lagrange/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/lagrange/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Beautiful Gemini Client";
+    description = "Beautiful Gemini Client";
     homepage = "https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/";
     license = licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ sikmir ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/librewolf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/librewolf/default.nix
index 6a1d59858d80e..04c253f7d4f1e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/librewolf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/librewolf/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ in
   inherit (librewolf-src) extraConfigureFlags extraPatches extraPostPatch extraPassthru;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom";
+    description = "Fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom";
     homepage = "https://librewolf.net/";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dotlambda squalus ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/links2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/links2/default.nix
index f032d54db348a..cbf4f538c4286 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/links2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/links2/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://links.twibright.com/";
-    description = "A small browser with some graphics support";
+    description = "Small browser with some graphics support";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin ];
     mainProgram = "links";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/litebrowser/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/litebrowser/default.nix
index 0c2c2b2e9b3c2..b46bde36cb961 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/litebrowser/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/litebrowser/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = stdenv.cc.isClang;  # https://github.com/litehtml/litebrowser-linux/issues/19
-    description = "A simple browser based on the litehtml engine";
+    description = "Simple browser based on the litehtml engine";
     mainProgram = "litebrowser";
     homepage = "https://github.com/litehtml/litebrowser-linux";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/lynx/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/lynx/default.nix
index 88943ae846380..88eb19146e8f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/lynx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/lynx/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A text-mode web browser";
+    description = "Text-mode web browser";
     homepage = "https://lynx.invisible-island.net/";
     mainProgram = "lynx";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/netsurf/browser.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/netsurf/browser.nix
index 36f669439d000..cd1b78fc2980f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/netsurf/browser.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/netsurf/browser.nix
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.netsurf-browser.org/";
-    description = "A free, open source, small web browser";
+    description = "Free, open source, small web browser";
     mainProgram = "netsurf-gtk3";
     longDescription = ''
       NetSurf is a free, open source web browser. It is written in C and
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/palemoon/bin.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/palemoon/bin.nix
index 4e648d00919f4..1052bb750102b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/palemoon/bin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/palemoon/bin.nix
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.palemoon.org/";
-    description = "An Open Source, Goanna-based web browser focusing on efficiency and customization";
+    description = "Open Source, Goanna-based web browser focusing on efficiency and customization";
     longDescription = ''
       Pale Moon is an Open Source, Goanna-based web browser focusing on
       efficiency and customization.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/surf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/surf/default.nix
index ad1b9a51a4432..ec31a8d1a39c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/surf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/surf/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple web browser based on WebKitGTK";
+    description = "Simple web browser based on WebKitGTK";
     mainProgram = "surf";
     longDescription = ''
       surf is a simple web browser based on WebKitGTK. It is able to display
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/vimb/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/vimb/default.nix
index a78fcf36f3840..1c15d89eded59 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/vimb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/vimb/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}" ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A Vim-like browser";
+    description = "Vim-like browser";
     mainProgram = "vimb";
     longDescription = ''
       A fast and lightweight vim like web browser based on the webkit web
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/vivaldi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/vivaldi/default.nix
index 0e7be253a32e3..4a4244107db46 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/vivaldi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/vivaldi/default.nix
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   passthru.updateScript = ./update-vivaldi.sh;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Browser for our Friends, powerful and personal";
+    description = "Browser for our Friends, powerful and personal";
     homepage    = "https://vivaldi.com";
     license     = licenses.unfree;
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/w3m/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/w3m/default.nix
index 5d2ea47b34c65..acfd83f560867 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/w3m/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/w3m/default.nix
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://w3m.sourceforge.net/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/v${version}/ChangeLog";
-    description = "A text-mode web browser";
+    description = "Text-mode web browser";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ anthonyroussel ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/calls/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/calls/default.nix
index c3eadae5048e4..77ed9916e16eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/calls/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/calls/default.nix
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A phone dialer and call handler";
+    description = "Phone dialer and call handler";
     longDescription = "GNOME Calls is a phone dialer and call handler. Setting NixOS option `programs.calls.enable = true` is recommended.";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/calls";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/circumflex/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/circumflex/default.nix
index 7e719e25c04ca..8fce759acff69 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/circumflex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/circumflex/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command line tool for browsing Hacker News in your terminal";
+    description = "Command line tool for browsing Hacker News in your terminal";
     homepage = "https://github.com/bensadeh/circumflex";
     license = licenses.agpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mktip ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/bosh-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/bosh-cli/default.nix
index 8da15d85765ae..aa1e18fd5cd88 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/bosh-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/bosh-cli/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command line interface to CloudFoundry BOSH";
+    description = "Command line interface to CloudFoundry BOSH";
     homepage = "https://bosh.io";
     changelog = "https://github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-cli/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/cmctl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/cmctl/default.nix
index 14c92f1b773e7..b2162068058e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/cmctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/cmctl/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI tool for managing cert-manager service on Kubernetes clusters";
+    description = "CLI tool for managing cert-manager service on Kubernetes clusters";
     mainProgram = "cmctl";
     longDescription = ''
       cert-manager adds certificates and certificate issuers as resource types
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/containerpilot/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/containerpilot/default.nix
index 16466afc0af00..eab6288dc65df 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/containerpilot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/containerpilot/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.joyent.com/containerpilot";
-    description = "An application centric micro-orchestrator";
+    description = "Application centric micro-orchestrator";
     mainProgram = "containerpilot";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     license = licenses.mpl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/fetchit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/fetchit/default.nix
index a113a5c718f0b..263e52fc7c455 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/fetchit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/fetchit/default.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to manage the life cycle and configuration of Podman containers";
+    description = "Tool to manage the life cycle and configuration of Podman containers";
     mainProgram = "fetchit";
     longDescription = ''
       FetchIt allows for a GitOps based approach to manage containers running on
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/flink/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/flink/default.nix
index ecdd2303e744d..7a9cc6073633f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/flink/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/flink/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A distributed stream processing framework";
+    description = "Distributed stream processing framework";
     mainProgram = "flink";
     homepage = "https://flink.apache.org";
     downloadPage = "https://flink.apache.org/downloads.html";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/habitat/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/habitat/default.nix
index 03f6d79a5387b..6830836a7318e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/habitat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/habitat/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An application automation framework";
+    description = "Application automation framework";
     homepage = "https://www.habitat.sh";
     changelog = "https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/hashi-up/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/hashi-up/default.nix
index de782bef9af1d..60284c1fec286 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/hashi-up/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/hashi-up/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   vendorHash = "sha256-dircE3WlDPsPnF+0wT5RG/c4hC8qPs8NaSGM5wpvVlM=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A lightweight utility to install HashiCorp Consul, Nomad, or Vault on any remote Linux host";
+    description = "Lightweight utility to install HashiCorp Consul, Nomad, or Vault on any remote Linux host";
     mainProgram = "hashi-up";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jsiebens/hashi-up";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm-dashboard/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm-dashboard/default.nix
index e0603ff721368..1d7a5447f4cd7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm-dashboard/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm-dashboard/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" "-X main.version=v${version}" ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A simplified way of working with Helm";
+    description = "Simplified way of working with Helm";
     mainProgram = "helm-dashboard";
     longDescription = ''
       Helm Dashboard is an open-source project which offers a UI-driven way to view the installed Helm charts,
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm-docs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm-docs/default.nix
index dfd3f4f08ea94..a087fb84fe6b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm-docs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm-docs/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs";
-    description = "A tool for automatically generating markdown documentation for Helm charts";
+    description = "Tool for automatically generating markdown documentation for Helm charts";
     mainProgram = "helm-docs";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ sagikazarmark ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/chart-testing/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/chart-testing/default.nix
index 3da904ac5fbc9..a19f5b474f678 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/chart-testing/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/chart-testing/default.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool for testing Helm charts";
+    description = "Tool for testing Helm charts";
     homepage = "https://github.com/helm/chart-testing";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ atkinschang ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/default.nix
index f005f317debc4..986528ee8d983 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/default.nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/kubernetes/helm";
-    description = "A package manager for kubernetes";
+    description = "Package manager for kubernetes";
     mainProgram = "helm";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ rlupton20 edude03 saschagrunert Frostman Chili-Man techknowlogick ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/plugins/helm-diff.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/plugins/helm-diff.nix
index 6926b5498b4cc..e0bf652558dee 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/plugins/helm-diff.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/plugins/helm-diff.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ buildGo122Module rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Helm plugin that shows a diff";
+    description = "Helm plugin that shows a diff";
     homepage = "https://github.com/databus23/helm-diff";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ yurrriq ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/plugins/helm-mapkubeapis.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/plugins/helm-mapkubeapis.nix
index 21cb8b065e7ee..364cea36b3ea2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/plugins/helm-mapkubeapis.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/plugins/helm-mapkubeapis.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A Helm plugin which maps deprecated or removed Kubernetes APIs in a release to supported APIs";
+    description = "Helm plugin which maps deprecated or removed Kubernetes APIs in a release to supported APIs";
     homepage = "https://github.com/helm/helm-mapkubeapis";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ asl20 ];
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ aos ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/plugins/helm-s3.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/plugins/helm-s3.nix
index 87494186377b1..a3b622fc889d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/plugins/helm-s3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/plugins/helm-s3.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Helm plugin that allows to set up a chart repository using AWS S3";
+    description = "Helm plugin that allows to set up a chart repository using AWS S3";
     homepage = "https://github.com/hypnoglow/helm-s3";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ yurrriq ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/plugins/helm-secrets.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/plugins/helm-secrets.nix
index 7729ca16881e3..4b215f7f0c1ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/plugins/helm-secrets.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/plugins/helm-secrets.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Helm plugin that helps manage secrets";
+    description = "Helm plugin that helps manage secrets";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jkroepke/helm-secrets";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ yurrriq ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/hetzner-kube/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/hetzner-kube/default.nix
index 1519058e8f166..40a0a2a363dbf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/hetzner-kube/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/hetzner-kube/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A CLI tool for provisioning Kubernetes clusters on Hetzner Cloud";
+    description = "CLI tool for provisioning Kubernetes clusters on Hetzner Cloud";
     mainProgram = "hetzner-kube";
     homepage = "https://github.com/xetys/hetzner-kube";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k0sctl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k0sctl/default.nix
index 8cc0697e337aa..faa50adb0b17d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k0sctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k0sctl/default.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A bootstrapping and management tool for k0s clusters";
+    description = "Bootstrapping and management tool for k0s clusters";
     homepage = "https://k0sproject.io/";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     mainProgram = "k0sctl";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3d/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3d/default.nix
index fcd97875ff809..2731e237d45fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3d/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3d/default.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/k3d-io/k3d/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/k3d-io/k3d/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    description = "A helper to run k3s (Lightweight Kubernetes. 5 less than k8s) in a docker container";
+    description = "Helper to run k3s (Lightweight Kubernetes. 5 less than k8s) in a docker container";
     mainProgram = "k3d";
     longDescription = ''
       k3s is the lightweight Kubernetes distribution by Rancher: rancher/k3s
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/builder.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/builder.nix
index 9f2909802f911..431e73ece66c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/builder.nix
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ lib:
 let
 
   baseMeta = with lib; {
-    description = "A lightweight Kubernetes distribution";
+    description = "Lightweight Kubernetes distribution";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     homepage = "https://k3s.io";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kaniko/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kaniko/default.nix
index 25754e5251077..22875f86c161c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kaniko/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kaniko/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A tool to build container images from a Dockerfile, inside a container or Kubernetes cluster";
+    description = "Tool to build container images from a Dockerfile, inside a container or Kubernetes cluster";
     homepage = "https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kconf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kconf/default.nix
index 8813327a60905..2586b1a07fafb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kconf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kconf/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An opinionated command line tool for managing multiple kubeconfigs";
+    description = "Opinionated command line tool for managing multiple kubeconfigs";
     mainProgram = "kconf";
     homepage = "https://github.com/particledecay/kconf";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kompose/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kompose/default.nix
index 248dcf84e3eda..99c85a484be91 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kompose/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kompose/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to help users who are familiar with docker-compose move to Kubernetes";
+    description = "Tool to help users who are familiar with docker-compose move to Kubernetes";
     mainProgram = "kompose";
     homepage = "https://kompose.io";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kpt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kpt/default.nix
index 8ae2138907b1a..d7aa86fd7d39e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kpt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kpt/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" "-X github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kpt/run.version=${version}" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A toolkit to help you manage, manipulate, customize, and apply Kubernetes Resource configuration data files";
+    description = "Toolkit to help you manage, manipulate, customize, and apply Kubernetes Resource configuration data files";
     mainProgram = "kpt";
     homepage = "https://googlecontainertools.github.io/kpt/";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/krane/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/krane/default.nix
index 0bb04197a7ee9..9be10f5d2f0fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/krane/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/krane/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ bundlerApp {
   passthru.updateScript = bundlerUpdateScript "krane";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command-line tool that helps you ship changes to a Kubernetes namespace and understand the result";
+    description = "Command-line tool that helps you ship changes to a Kubernetes namespace and understand the result";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Shopify/krane";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Shopify/krane/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/krelay/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/krelay/default.nix
index 5515d10dfd99b..6c61899e7d5be 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/krelay/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/krelay/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A drop-in replacement for `kubectl port-forward` with some enhanced features";
+    description = "Drop-in replacement for `kubectl port-forward` with some enhanced features";
     homepage = "https://github.com/knight42/krelay";
     changelog = "https://github.com/knight42/krelay/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/ktop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/ktop/default.nix
index 847a58a9c40f9..9bc630b9ccc5f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/ktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/ktop/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A top-like tool for your Kubernetes cluster";
+    description = "Top-like tool for your Kubernetes cluster";
     mainProgram = "ktop";
     longDescription = ''
       Following the tradition of Unix/Linux top tools, ktop is a tool that displays useful metrics information about nodes, pods, and other workload resources running in a Kubernetes cluster.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/ktunnel/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/ktunnel/default.nix
index 5cbcc6b661b77..f193e4d38e90c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/ktunnel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/ktunnel/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ buildGoModule {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A cli that exposes your local resources to kubernetes ";
+    description = "Cli that exposes your local resources to kubernetes ";
     mainProgram = "ktunnel";
     homepage = "https://github.com/omrikiei/ktunnel";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubecfg/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubecfg/default.nix
index 78f14012707bc..8a2a85943955c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubecfg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubecfg/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool for managing Kubernetes resources as code";
+    description = "Tool for managing Kubernetes resources as code";
     mainProgram = "kubecfg";
     homepage = "https://github.com/kubecfg/kubecfg";
     changelog = "https://github.com/kubecfg/kubecfg/releases/tag/v${version}";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubeconform/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubeconform/default.nix
index d850d0fb89a56..4d02d170afef8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubeconform/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubeconform/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   vendorHash = null;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A FAST Kubernetes manifests validator, with support for Custom Resources!";
+    description = "FAST Kubernetes manifests validator, with support for Custom Resources!";
     mainProgram = "kubeconform";
     homepage    = "https://github.com/yannh/kubeconform/";
     license     = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubectl-explore/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubectl-explore/default.nix
index 66f45ad898a5a..4e27abfefef61 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubectl-explore/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubectl-explore/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A better kubectl explain with the fuzzy finder";
+    description = "Better kubectl explain with the fuzzy finder";
     mainProgram = "kubectl-explore";
     homepage = "https://github.com/keisku/kubectl-explore";
     changelog = "https://github.com/keisku/kubectl-explore/releases/tag/v${version}";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubectl-gadget/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubectl-gadget/default.nix
index 9d8a76335b548..739413144965c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubectl-gadget/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubectl-gadget/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   subPackages = [ "cmd/kubectl-gadget" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A collection of gadgets for troubleshooting Kubernetes applications using eBPF";
+    description = "Collection of gadgets for troubleshooting Kubernetes applications using eBPF";
     mainProgram = "kubectl-gadget";
     homepage = "https://inspektor-gadget.io";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubectl-klock/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubectl-klock/default.nix
index 7bb18112e7727..f04f5034fb827 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubectl-klock/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubectl-klock/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A kubectl plugin to render watch output in a more readable fashion";
+    description = "Kubectl plugin to render watch output in a more readable fashion";
     homepage = "https://github.com/applejag/kubectl-klock";
     changelog = "https://github.com/applejag/kubectl-klock/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubectl-ktop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubectl-ktop/default.nix
index a7a27e54c065e..289d5bc77d4b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubectl-ktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubectl-ktop/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A top-like tool for your Kubernetes clusters";
+    description = "Top-like tool for your Kubernetes clusters";
     homepage = "https://github.com/vladimirvivien/ktop";
     changelog = "https://github.com/vladimirvivien/ktop/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubelogin-oidc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubelogin-oidc/default.nix
index efd5a6d6f69ae..6a96666829615 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubelogin-oidc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubelogin-oidc/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Kubernetes credential plugin implementing OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication";
+    description = "Kubernetes credential plugin implementing OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication";
     mainProgram = "kubectl-oidc_login";
     inherit (src.meta) homepage;
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubelogin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubelogin/default.nix
index 43fd319201106..f3b4a96404a9d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubelogin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubelogin/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Kubernetes credential plugin implementing Azure authentication";
+    description = "Kubernetes credential plugin implementing Azure authentication";
     mainProgram = "kubelogin";
     inherit (src.meta) homepage;
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubeseal/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubeseal/default.nix
index 7db64aa5b36d4..af646127fba59 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubeseal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubeseal/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" "-X main.VERSION=${version}" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Kubernetes controller and tool for one-way encrypted Secrets";
+    description = "Kubernetes controller and tool for one-way encrypted Secrets";
     mainProgram = "kubeseal";
     homepage = "https://github.com/bitnami-labs/sealed-secrets";
     changelog = "https://github.com/bitnami-labs/sealed-secrets/blob/v${version}/RELEASE-NOTES.md";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubespy/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubespy/default.nix
index 81a9145327b35..b9e46525f20ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubespy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubespy/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to observe Kubernetes resources in real time";
+    description = "Tool to observe Kubernetes resources in real time";
     mainProgram = "kubespy";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pulumi/kubespy";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubevela/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubevela/default.nix
index 4e6f0a53f288f..caa2519af57aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubevela/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubevela/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "An application delivery platform to deploy and operate applications in hybrid, multi-cloud environments";
+    description = "Application delivery platform to deploy and operate applications in hybrid, multi-cloud environments";
     downloadPage = "https://github.com/kubevela/kubevela";
     homepage = "https://kubevela.io/";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/levant/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/levant/default.nix
index 937e57204b96d..cd6d25113e728 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/levant/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/levant/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An open source templating and deployment tool for HashiCorp Nomad jobs";
+    description = "Open source templating and deployment tool for HashiCorp Nomad jobs";
     mainProgram = "levant";
     homepage = "https://github.com/hashicorp/levant";
     license = licenses.mpl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/linkerd/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/linkerd/generic.nix
index edd5a895f3f0a..5ccdb9320bf58 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/linkerd/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/linkerd/generic.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   passthru.updateScript = (./. + "/update-${channel}.sh");
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple Kubernetes service mesh that improves security, observability and reliability";
+    description = "Simple Kubernetes service mesh that improves security, observability and reliability";
     mainProgram = "linkerd";
     downloadPage = "https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/";
     homepage = "https://linkerd.io/";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/minikube/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/minikube/default.nix
index 9f13b3799bc5c..90f94c459742d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/minikube/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/minikube/default.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io";
-    description = "A tool that makes it easy to run Kubernetes locally";
+    description = "Tool that makes it easy to run Kubernetes locally";
     mainProgram = "minikube";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ebzzry copumpkin vdemeester atkinschang Chili-Man ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nerdctl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nerdctl/default.nix
index 0ef96ddf69a4a..af9c96c6c5eb1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nerdctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nerdctl/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl/releases/tag/v${version}";
-    description = "A Docker-compatible CLI for containerd";
+    description = "Docker-compatible CLI for containerd";
     mainProgram = "nerdctl";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ developer-guy jk ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/plugins/nixops-hetznercloud.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/plugins/nixops-hetznercloud.nix
index 0e9a5325141af..6e9a4b742e302 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/plugins/nixops-hetznercloud.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/plugins/nixops-hetznercloud.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ buildPythonPackage {
   passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater {};
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A NixOps plugin supporting Hetzner Cloud deployments";
+    description = "NixOps plugin supporting Hetzner Cloud deployments";
     homepage = "https://github.com/lukebfox/nixops-hetznercloud";
     license = licenses.lgpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lukebfox ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/unwrapped.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/unwrapped.nix
index a435c70520efe..7f00babc15e4f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/unwrapped.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/unwrapped.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool for deploying to NixOS machines in a network or cloud";
+    description = "Tool for deploying to NixOS machines in a network or cloud";
     homepage = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixops";
     license = licenses.lgpl3Only;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ aminechikhaoui roberth ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nomad/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nomad/default.nix
index 12c13bc44e537..e170919495d3f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nomad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nomad/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ let
 
       meta = with lib; {
         homepage = "https://www.nomadproject.io/";
-        description = "A Distributed, Highly Available, Datacenter-Aware Scheduler";
+        description = "Distributed, Highly Available, Datacenter-Aware Scheduler";
         mainProgram = "nomad";
         inherit license;
         maintainers = with maintainers; [ rushmorem pradeepchhetri techknowlogick cottand ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/pgo-client/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/pgo-client/default.nix
index 47062588dd61a..c417eb84f879f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/pgo-client/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/pgo-client/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   subPackages = [ "cmd/pgo" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI client for Crunchy PostgreSQL Kubernetes Operator";
+    description = "CLI client for Crunchy PostgreSQL Kubernetes Operator";
     homepage = "https://github.com/CrunchyData/postgres-operator";
     changelog = "https://github.com/CrunchyData/postgres-operator/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/popeye/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/popeye/default.nix
index 547186ec51302..6b9bf60d45307 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/popeye/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/popeye/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Kubernetes cluster resource sanitizer";
+    description = "Kubernetes cluster resource sanitizer";
     mainProgram = "popeye";
     homepage = "https://github.com/derailed/popeye";
     changelog = "https://github.com/derailed/popeye/releases/tag/v${version}";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/prow/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/prow/default.nix
index 9c8b311cf7cca..1ef34b011ef80 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/prow/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/prow/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Kubernetes based CI/CD system";
+    description = "Kubernetes based CI/CD system";
     longDescription = ''
       Prow is a Kubernetes based CI/CD system. Jobs can be triggered by various
       types of events and report their status to many different services. In
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/rke/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/rke/default.nix
index ebf37e05e5f24..a8155cb8254a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/rke/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/rke/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/rancher/rke";
-    description = "An extremely simple, lightning fast Kubernetes distribution that runs entirely within containers";
+    description = "Extremely simple, lightning fast Kubernetes distribution that runs entirely within containers";
     mainProgram = "rke";
     changelog = "https://github.com/rancher/rke/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/talosctl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/talosctl/default.nix
index 2b148c859e31c..da1086be40164 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/talosctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/talosctl/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   doCheck = false; # no tests
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos";
+    description = "CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos";
     mainProgram = "talosctl";
     homepage = "https://www.talos.dev/";
     license = licenses.mpl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/temporal/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/temporal/default.nix
index e9492a07ed42c..3bef419324d09 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/temporal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/temporal/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A microservice orchestration platform which enables developers to build scalable applications without sacrificing productivity or reliability";
+    description = "Microservice orchestration platform which enables developers to build scalable applications without sacrificing productivity or reliability";
     homepage = "https://temporal.io";
     changelog = "https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/temporalite/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/temporalite/default.nix
index 5581c1694534e..007daac6bef43 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/temporalite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/temporalite/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An experimental distribution of Temporal that runs as a single process";
+    description = "Experimental distribution of Temporal that runs as a single process";
     mainProgram = "temporalite";
     homepage = "https://github.com/temporalio/temporalite";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terraform-docs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terraform-docs/default.nix
index 0a07d0e8627ae..1890a26d99c16 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terraform-docs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terraform-docs/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   subPackages = [ "." ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A utility to generate documentation from Terraform modules in various output formats";
+    description = "Utility to generate documentation from Terraform modules in various output formats";
     mainProgram = "terraform-docs";
     homepage = "https://github.com/terraform-docs/terraform-docs/";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terranix/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terranix/default.nix
index 2c42ac08d0591..4eb04c628646f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terranix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terranix/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A NixOS like terraform-json generator";
+    description = "NixOS like terraform-json generator";
     homepage = "https://terranix.org";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/timoni/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/timoni/default.nix
index 40511cc74ebc3..482aa416f2d8a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/timoni/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/timoni/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ buildGo122Module rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://timoni.sh";
     changelog = "https://github.com/stefanprodan/timoni/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
-    description = "A package manager for Kubernetes, powered by CUE and inspired by Helm";
+    description = "Package manager for Kubernetes, powered by CUE and inspired by Helm";
     mainProgram = "timoni";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ votava ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/davmail/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/davmail/default.nix
index 188eaecd2dc23..c7979cbaa475d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/davmail/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/davmail/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Java application which presents a Microsoft Exchange server as local CALDAV, IMAP and SMTP servers";
+    description = "Java application which presents a Microsoft Exchange server as local CALDAV, IMAP and SMTP servers";
     homepage = "https://davmail.sourceforge.net/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/deck/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/deck/default.nix
index afc05ff370808..f35b1e909bb81 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/deck/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/deck/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A configuration management and drift detection tool for Kong";
+    description = "Configuration management and drift detection tool for Kong";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Kong/deck";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ liyangau ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/discordo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/discordo/default.nix
index cd3f502156908..9841eb6de2f26 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/discordo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/discordo/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A lightweight, secure, and feature-rich Discord terminal client";
+    description = "Lightweight, secure, and feature-rich Discord terminal client";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ayn2op/discordo";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.arian-d ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/dsvpn/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/dsvpn/default.nix
index 94000d6f8f973..92f877022adde 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/dsvpn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/dsvpn/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Dead Simple VPN";
+    description = "Dead Simple VPN";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jedisct1/dsvpn";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/canto-curses/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/canto-curses/default.nix
index d0a1e2cbce15a..0c69125ebf9f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/canto-curses/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/canto-curses/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ canto-daemon ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "An ncurses-based console Atom/RSS feed reader";
+    description = "Ncurses-based console Atom/RSS feed reader";
     mainProgram = "canto-curses";
     longDescription = ''
       Canto is an Atom/RSS feed reader for the console that is meant to be
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/castget/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/castget/default.nix
index bf304389bcaee..c3937f996086f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/castget/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/castget/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple, command-line based RSS enclosure downloader";
+    description = "Simple, command-line based RSS enclosure downloader";
     mainProgram = "castget";
     longDescription = ''
       castget is a simple, command-line based RSS enclosure downloader. It is
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/gnome-feeds/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/gnome-feeds/default.nix
index edab321b11b0e..def8bfb515200 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/gnome-feeds/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/gnome-feeds/default.nix
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An RSS/Atom feed reader for GNOME";
+    description = "RSS/Atom feed reader for GNOME";
     mainProgram = "gfeeds";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/gfeeds";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/gnome-feeds/listparser.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/gnome-feeds/listparser.nix
index 77aa94a3b863a..7dd2f752598fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/gnome-feeds/listparser.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/gnome-feeds/listparser.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A parser for subscription lists";
+    description = "Parser for subscription lists";
     homepage = "https://github.com/kurtmckee/listparser";
     license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
     maintainers = [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/goeland/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/goeland/default.nix
index 08bdff3bbcfa8..337b09cff3362 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/goeland/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/goeland/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An alternative to rss2email written in golang with many filters";
+    description = "Alternative to rss2email written in golang with many filters";
     mainProgram = "goeland";
     longDescription = ''
       Goeland excels at creating beautiful emails from RSS feeds,
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsboat/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsboat/default.nix
index bd89a2a0a329c..1a8049b4e2a29 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsboat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsboat/default.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   meta = {
     homepage    = "https://newsboat.org/";
     changelog   = "https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    description = "A fork of Newsbeuter, an RSS/Atom feed reader for the text console";
+    description = "Fork of Newsbeuter, an RSS/Atom feed reader for the text console";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dotlambda nicknovitski ];
     license     = lib.licenses.mit;
     platforms   = lib.platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsflash/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsflash/default.nix
index f8fcea67a4896..779a811605b7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsflash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsflash/default.nix
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { rev-prefix = "v."; };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A modern feed reader designed for the GNOME desktop";
+    description = "Modern feed reader designed for the GNOME desktop";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/news-flash/news_flash_gtk";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/rss2email/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/rss2email/default.nix
index 3feabb49602dd..a24325454af57 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/rss2email/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/rss2email/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool that converts RSS/Atom newsfeeds to email";
+    description = "Tool that converts RSS/Atom newsfeeds to email";
     homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/rss2email";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ekleog ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/russ/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/russ/default.nix
index fdc0336c316f0..aa0154227c1e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/russ/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/russ/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   ]);
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A TUI RSS reader with vim-like controls and a local-first, offline-first focus";
+    description = "TUI RSS reader with vim-like controls and a local-first, offline-first focus";
     mainProgram = "russ";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ckampfe/russ";
     license = with licenses; [ agpl3Only ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/tuifeed/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/tuifeed/default.nix
index 6ee7a61484458..be76874b2fccf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/tuifeed/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/tuifeed/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A terminal feed reader with a fancy UI";
+    description = "Terminal feed reader with a fancy UI";
     mainProgram = "tuifeed";
     homepage = "https://github.com/veeso/tuifeed";
     license = with licenses; [ mit ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/firehol/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/firehol/default.nix
index 47b69eaed6eaf..cdff695aa8df5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/firehol/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/firehol/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
                    lib.optionals onlyQOS [ "--disable-firehol" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A firewall for humans";
+    description = "Firewall for humans";
     longDescription = ''
       FireHOL, an iptables stateful packet filtering firewall for humans!
       FireQOS, a TC based bandwidth shaper for humans!
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/gdrive/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/gdrive/default.nix
index 2d100e3c21599..a07f25775ff44 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/gdrive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/gdrive/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/prasmussen/gdrive";
-    description = "A command line utility for interacting with Google Drive";
+    description = "Command line utility for interacting with Google Drive";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.rzetterberg ];
     mainProgram = "gdrive";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/geph/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/geph/default.nix
index 13f500ad9f8dc..32b0fe1462946 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/geph/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/geph/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 let
   version = "4.11.0";
   geph-meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A modular Internet censorship circumvention system designed specifically to deal with national filtering";
+    description = "Modular Internet censorship circumvention system designed specifically to deal with national filtering";
     homepage = "https://geph.io";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ penalty1083 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/giara/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/giara/default.nix
index 77a7777ceff0d..872c869f1691d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/giara/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/giara/default.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Reddit app, built with Python, GTK and Handy; Created with mobile Linux in mind";
+    description = "Reddit app, built with Python, GTK and Handy; Created with mobile Linux in mind";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dasj19 ];
     homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/giara";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/go-graft/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/go-graft/default.nix
index 14dbcea6277ba..b57f57081b8c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/go-graft/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/go-graft/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   subPackages = [ "." ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command-line tool for one-click proxy in your research and development without installing v2ray or anything else";
+    description = "Command-line tool for one-click proxy in your research and development without installing v2ray or anything else";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mzz2017/gg";
     license = licenses.agpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ xyenon ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/google-drive-ocamlfuse/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/google-drive-ocamlfuse/default.nix
index 406c6e547aaaa..5455ce856d522 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/google-drive-ocamlfuse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/google-drive-ocamlfuse/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildDunePackage rec {
 
   meta = {
     inherit (src.meta) homepage;
-    description = "A FUSE-based file system backed by Google Drive, written in OCaml";
+    description = "FUSE-based file system backed by Google Drive, written in OCaml";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ obadz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/gopher/geomyidae/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/gopher/geomyidae/default.nix
index 442757a8bbe4f..949150ea5f7ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/gopher/geomyidae/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/gopher/geomyidae/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A gopher daemon for Linux/BSD";
+    description = "Gopher daemon for Linux/BSD";
     mainProgram = "geomyidae";
     homepage = "gopher://bitreich.org/1/scm/geomyidae";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/gopher/gopher/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/gopher/gopher/default.nix
index 09b8f8aafcb31..822acd530749d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/gopher/gopher/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/gopher/gopher/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://gopher.quux.org:70/devel/gopher";
-    description = "A ncurses gopher client";
+    description = "Ncurses gopher client";
     platforms = platforms.linux; # clang doesn't like local regex.h
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ sternenseemann ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/gopher/phetch/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/gopher/phetch/default.nix
index ed327dab740a7..d8c30a9e6ab40 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/gopher/phetch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/gopher/phetch/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A quick lil gopher client for your terminal, written in rust";
+    description = "Quick lil gopher client for your terminal, written in rust";
     mainProgram = "phetch";
     longDescription = ''
       phetch is a terminal client designed to help you quickly navigate the gophersphere.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/gopher/sacc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/gopher/sacc/default.nix
index 2e89930f2b781..dc4ed20d7204e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/gopher/sacc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/gopher/sacc/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A terminal gopher client";
+    description = "Terminal gopher client";
     mainProgram = "sacc";
     homepage = "gopher://bitreich.org/1/scm/sacc";
     license = licenses.isc;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/gossa/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/gossa/default.nix
index 13b59f4c4d9df..66f024934b2a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/gossa/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/gossa/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/pldubouilh/gossa";
-    description = "A fast and simple multimedia fileserver";
+    description = "Fast and simple multimedia fileserver";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dsymbol ];
     mainProgram = "gossa";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/hydroxide/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/hydroxide/default.nix
index e06c120490108..c9c54cfe08cda 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/hydroxide/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/hydroxide/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   subPackages = [ "cmd/hydroxide" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A third-party, open-source ProtonMail bridge";
+    description = "Third-party, open-source ProtonMail bridge";
     homepage = "https://github.com/emersion/hydroxide";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ Br1ght0ne ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/hyprspace/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/hyprspace/default.nix
index bf5480911bb5e..77a3107420627 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/hyprspace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/hyprspace/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   vendorHash = "sha256-EV59sXmjunWs+MC++CwyuBlbWzWZI1YXDLEsOaESgRU=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Lightweight VPN Built on top of Libp2p for Truly Distributed Networks";
+    description = "Lightweight VPN Built on top of Libp2p for Truly Distributed Networks";
     homepage = "https://github.com/hyprspace/hyprspace";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ yusdacra ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/suricata/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/suricata/default.nix
index 823a455fe857b..215606c527390 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/suricata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/suricata/default.nix
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A free and open source, mature, fast and robust network threat detection engine";
+    description = "Free and open source, mature, fast and robust network threat detection engine";
     homepage = "https://suricata.io";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/caprine-bin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/caprine-bin/default.nix
index ac3c751ed5cb2..cadfe432b297e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/caprine-bin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/caprine-bin/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ let
   pname = "caprine";
   version = "2.59.1";
   metaCommon = with lib; {
-    description = "An elegant Facebook Messenger desktop app";
+    description = "Elegant Facebook Messenger desktop app";
     homepage = "https://sindresorhus.com/caprine";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ShamrockLee ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/chatterino2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/chatterino2/default.nix
index 5b1f1f5740080..43b5e7600bce2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/chatterino2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/chatterino2/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cp $src/resources/icon.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/chatterino.png
   '';
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A chat client for Twitch chat";
+    description = "Chat client for Twitch chat";
     mainProgram = "chatterino";
     longDescription = ''
       Chatterino is a chat client for Twitch chat. It aims to be an
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/coyim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/coyim/default.nix
index 47fb0f161063f..94606d6087a8a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/coyim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/coyim/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
   buildInputs = [ glib cairo gdk-pixbuf gtk3 gnome.adwaita-icon-theme ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "a safe and secure chat client";
+    description = "Safe and secure chat client";
     mainProgram = "coyim";
     homepage = "https://coy.im/";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord-screenaudio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord-screenaudio/default.nix
index aa3bb8277227f..9b4778cfd6a4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord-screenaudio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord-screenaudio/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A custom discord client that supports streaming with audio on Linux";
+    description = "Custom discord client that supports streaming with audio on Linux";
     mainProgram = "discord-screenaudio";
     homepage = "https://github.com/maltejur/discord-screenaudio";
     downloadPage = "https://github.com/maltejur/discord-screenaudio/releases";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-web.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-web.nix
index 2d69022ec35df..66243fe724444 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-web.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-web.nix
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: builtins.removeAttrs pinData [ "hashes" ] // {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A glossy Matrix collaboration client for the web";
+    description = "Glossy Matrix collaboration client for the web";
     homepage = "https://element.io/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/blob/v${finalAttrs.version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     maintainers = lib.teams.matrix.members;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/feishu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/feishu/default.nix
index 48a6ba12d1826..4637a0d845b4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/feishu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/feishu/default.nix
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An all-in-one collaboration suite";
+    description = "All-in-one collaboration suite";
     homepage = "https://www.feishu.cn/en/";
     downloadPage = "https://www.feishu.cn/en/#en_home_download_block";
     license = licenses.unfree;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/flare-signal/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/flare-signal/default.nix
index ea6fb5d4e3bd9..b22963c476a79 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/flare-signal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/flare-signal/default.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://gitlab.com/schmiddi-on-mobile/flare/-/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    description = "An unofficial Signal GTK client";
+    description = "Unofficial Signal GTK client";
     mainProgram = "flare";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/schmiddi-on-mobile/flare";
     license = lib.licenses.agpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/franz/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/franz/default.nix
index ec9f0d3691953..e986ff75a34af 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/franz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/franz/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ mkFranzDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-zQhZlxr7kyMWx6txDnV+ECBTzVEwnUaBsLWKJy3XYFg=";
   };
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A free messaging app that combines chat & messaging services into one application";
+    description = "Free messaging app that combines chat & messaging services into one application";
     homepage = "https://meetfranz.com";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
     license = licenses.free;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/hamsket/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/hamsket/default.nix
index e535456ccf5ed..7501bfda3ec5f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/hamsket/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/hamsket/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ appimageTools.wrapType2 {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A free and open source messaging and emailing app that combines common web applications into one";
+    description = "Free and open source messaging and emailing app that combines common web applications into one";
     homepage = "https://github.com/TheGoddessInari/hamsket";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ nova-madeline ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/iamb/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/iamb/default.nix
index 03d8b1cc13db1..af2e875411756 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/iamb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/iamb/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Matrix client for Vim addicts";
+    description = "Matrix client for Vim addicts";
     mainProgram = "iamb";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ulyssa/iamb";
     changelog = "https://github.com/ulyssa/iamb/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mm/default.nix
index a4f17b6709d11..fd5fd66c66cc2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mm/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ buildGoModule {
   vendorHash = "sha256-zJJ9PzQShv2iRNyCg1XVscbwjV9ZtMIojJDtXXm3rVM=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A file system based matrix client";
+    description = "File system based matrix client";
     mainProgram = "mm";
     homepage = "https://git.lost.host/meutraa/mm";
     license = licenses.isc;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pantalaimon/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pantalaimon/default.nix
index 5b5669a3a6a20..f12a51d751913 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pantalaimon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pantalaimon/default.nix
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An end-to-end encryption aware Matrix reverse proxy daemon";
+    description = "End-to-end encryption aware Matrix reverse proxy daemon";
     homepage = "https://github.com/matrix-org/pantalaimon";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ valodim ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/pidgin-indicator/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/pidgin-indicator/default.nix
index 70cb3a9028df2..ddc52274174d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/pidgin-indicator/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/pidgin-indicator/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ glib libappindicator-gtk2 libtool pidgin ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Plugin for Pidgin";
+    description = "AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Plugin for Pidgin";
     homepage = "https://github.com/philipl/pidgin-indicator";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ imalison ];
     license = licenses.gpl2;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/purple-mm-sms/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/purple-mm-sms/default.nix
index 121ef0231a74e..4989c36d83445 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/purple-mm-sms/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/purple-mm-sms/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/purple-mm-sms";
-    description = "A libpurple plugin for sending and receiving SMS via Modemmanager";
+    description = "Libpurple plugin for sending and receiving SMS via Modemmanager";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity/default.nix
index e38d45a001763..4687fd5f4ac3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity/default.nix
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta =  with lib; {
     homepage = "http://www.profanity.im/";
-    description = "A console based XMPP client";
+    description = "Console based XMPP client";
     mainProgram = "profanity";
     longDescription = ''
       Profanity is a console based XMPP client written in C using ncurses and
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/psi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/psi/default.nix
index 7745fc9fc9097..d1f0ce3b22859 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/psi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/psi/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://psi-im.org";
-    description = "An XMPP (Jabber) client";
+    description = "XMPP (Jabber) client";
     mainProgram = "psi";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.raskin ];
     license = licenses.gpl2;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/revolt-desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/revolt-desktop/default.nix
index 857614962d3e7..d995f81406cbc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/revolt-desktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/revolt-desktop/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An open source user-first chat platform";
+    description = "Open source user-first chat platform";
     homepage = "https://revolt.chat/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/revoltchat/desktop/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.agpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/seren/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/seren/default.nix
index 590a0639dc845..80484114f32fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/seren/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/seren/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple ncurses VoIP program based on the Opus codec";
+    description = "Simple ncurses VoIP program based on the Opus codec";
     mainProgram = "seren";
     longDescription = ''
       Seren is a simple VoIP program based on the Opus codec
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/signaldctl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/signaldctl/default.nix
index d1c152013b57d..128ecd0f5b56f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/signaldctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/signaldctl/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A golang library for communicating with signald";
+    description = "Golang library for communicating with signald";
     mainProgram = "signaldctl";
     homepage = "https://signald.org/signaldctl/";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telepathy/haze/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telepathy/haze/default.nix
index 36b38c5854382..79034b2dd9dce 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telepathy/haze/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telepathy/haze/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config libxslt python3 ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A Telepathy connection manager based on libpurple";
+    description = "Telepathy connection manager based on libpurple";
     homepage = "https://telepathy.freedesktop.org/components/telepathy-haze/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telepathy/mission-control/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telepathy/mission-control/default.nix
index 2039544346071..03465b1314faa 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telepathy/mission-control/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telepathy/mission-control/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An account manager and channel dispatcher for the Telepathy framework";
+    description = "Account manager and channel dispatcher for the Telepathy framework";
     homepage = "https://telepathy.freedesktop.org/components/telepathy-mission-control/";
     license = licenses.lgpl21Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/turses/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/turses/default.nix
index 19e50f3fe8bfa..dfcb9facfd8ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/turses/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/turses/default.nix
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Twitter client for the console";
+    description = "Twitter client for the console";
     mainProgram = "turses";
     homepage = "https://github.com/louipc/turses";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/twinkle/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/twinkle/default.nix
index dcf33a91f951e..af00b360bf9b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/twinkle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/twinkle/default.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     changelog = "https://github.com/LubosD/twinkle/blob/${version}/NEWS";
-    description = "A SIP-based VoIP client";
+    description = "SIP-based VoIP client";
     homepage = "http://twinkle.dolezel.info/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.mkg20001 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/vacuum/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/vacuum/default.nix
index f735907e46b82..fffda2fedfa84 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/vacuum/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/vacuum/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An XMPP client fully composed of plugins";
+    description = "XMPP client fully composed of plugins";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.raskin ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/viber/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/viber/default.nix
index 884bd0942db1a..781508179cbfe 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/viber/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/viber/default.nix
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.viber.com";
-    description = "An instant messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) app";
+    description = "Instant messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) app";
     sourceProvenance = with lib.sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
     license = lib.licenses.unfree;
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/vk-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/vk-cli/default.nix
index 9d089a383556a..b3425dcfb6f64 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/vk-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/vk-cli/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A console (ncurses) client for vk.com written in D";
+    description = "Console (ncurses) client for vk.com written in D";
     mainProgram = "vk-cli";
     homepage = "https://github.com/vk-cli/vk";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/wire-desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/wire-desktop/default.nix
index 0dcacc526d103..a9f29029b0694 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/wire-desktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/wire-desktop/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ let
   }.${system} or throwSystem;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A modern, secure messenger for everyone";
+    description = "Modern, secure messenger for everyone";
     longDescription = ''
       Wire Personal is a secure, privacy-friendly messenger. It combines useful
       and fun features, audited security, and a beautiful, distinct user
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/ytalk/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/ytalk/default.nix
index 29ebc5f43d56f..bb284a84b022a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/ytalk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/ytalk/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage    = "http://ytalk.ourproject.org";
-    description = "A terminal based talk client";
+    description = "Terminal based talk client";
     mainProgram = "ytalk";
     platforms   = lib.platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ taeer ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/ipfs-upload-client/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/ipfs-upload-client/default.nix
index 416f3dc60cc6e..a3d02d00c4187 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/ipfs-upload-client/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/ipfs-upload-client/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   vendorHash = "sha256-YzIUoN/B4TBlAfmvORrR9Gy+lMzwlaePm8yBoMsPaYU=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A minimal CLI tool to upload files and directories to IPFS via Infura's IPFS or another API endpoint";
+    description = "Minimal CLI tool to upload files and directories to IPFS via Infura's IPFS or another API endpoint";
     homepage = "https://github.com/INFURA/ipfs-upload-client";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ matthewcroughan ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/iptraf-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/iptraf-ng/default.nix
index d21f21def8e2a..5b50bf3c5b013 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/iptraf-ng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/iptraf-ng/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A console-based network monitoring utility (fork of iptraf)";
+    description = "Console-based network monitoring utility (fork of iptraf)";
     longDescription = ''
       IPTraf-ng is a console-based network monitoring utility. IPTraf-ng
       gathers data like TCP connection packet and byte counts, interface
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/bip/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/bip/default.nix
index 2eb1b5d8607f1..75f31d1ba9b59 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/bip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/bip/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "An IRC proxy (bouncer)";
+    description = "IRC proxy (bouncer)";
     homepage = "http://bip.milkypond.org/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
     downloadPage = "https://projects.duckcorp.org/projects/bip/files";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/catgirl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/catgirl/default.nix
index 393313da41062..318a3ec5fdb3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/catgirl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/catgirl/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://git.causal.agency/catgirl/about/";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    description = "A TLS-only terminal IRC client";
+    description = "TLS-only terminal IRC client";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     mainProgram = "catgirl";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ xfnw ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/communi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/communi/default.nix
index 4f81dd657c623..84940c288bed2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/communi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/communi/default.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple and elegant cross-platform IRC client";
+    description = "Simple and elegant cross-platform IRC client";
     mainProgram = "communi";
     homepage = "https://github.com/communi/communi-desktop";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/epic5/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/epic5/default.nix
index 969a9da46b15c..404eca810ef24 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/epic5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/epic5/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://epicsol.org";
-    description = "A IRC client that offers a great ircII interface";
+    description = "IRC client that offers a great ircII interface";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = [];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/glowing-bear/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/glowing-bear/default.nix
index d8d65f724e2a3..d5c0cad075b39 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/glowing-bear/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/glowing-bear/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A web client for Weechat";
+    description = "Web client for Weechat";
     homepage = "https://github.com/glowing-bear/glowing-bear";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/hexchat/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/hexchat/default.nix
index d6f9976ad67bf..4aafcc272638f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/hexchat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/hexchat/default.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A popular and easy to use graphical IRC (chat) client";
+    description = "Popular and easy to use graphical IRC (chat) client";
     homepage = "https://hexchat.github.io/";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/irccloud/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/irccloud/default.nix
index 6823eaf016991..4e41e1f865ecf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/irccloud/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/irccloud/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ in appimageTools.wrapType2 {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A desktop client for IRCCloud";
+    description = "Desktop client for IRCCloud";
     mainProgram = "irccloud";
     homepage = "https://www.irccloud.com";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/tiny/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/tiny/default.nix
index 4eae9c18111cf..1999cbfd26602 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/tiny/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/tiny/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   buildFeatures = lib.optional notificationSupport "desktop-notifications";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A console IRC client";
+    description = "Console IRC client";
     homepage = "https://github.com/osa1/tiny";
     changelog = "https://github.com/osa1/tiny/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/weechat-matrix-bridge/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/weechat-matrix-bridge/default.nix
index 282603f992480..46cb08594ee05 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/weechat-matrix-bridge/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/weechat-matrix-bridge/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A WeeChat script in Lua that implements the matrix.org chat protocol";
+    description = "WeeChat script in Lua that implements the matrix.org chat protocol";
     homepage = "https://github.com/torhve/weechat-matrix-protocol-script";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
     license = licenses.mit; # see https://github.com/torhve/weechat-matrix-protocol-script/blob/0052e7275ae149dc5241226391c9b1889ecc3c6b/matrix.lua#L53
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/weechat-matrix/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/weechat-matrix/default.nix
index 2b572df389101..b8bb3bc3b2371 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/weechat-matrix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/weechat-matrix/default.nix
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ in buildPythonPackage {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Python plugin for Weechat that lets Weechat communicate over the Matrix protocol";
+    description = "Python plugin for Weechat that lets Weechat communicate over the Matrix protocol";
     homepage = "https://github.com/poljar/weechat-matrix";
     license = licenses.isc;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/weechat-notify-send/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/weechat-notify-send/default.nix
index d8f2b9ba0028c..abd289d990375 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/weechat-notify-send/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/weechat-notify-send/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A WeeChat script that sends highlight and message notifications through notify-send";
+    description = "WeeChat script that sends highlight and message notifications through notify-send";
     homepage = "https://github.com/s3rvac/weechat-notify-send";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ tobim ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/wraith/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/wraith/default.nix
index b16efb03655f1..c059babffe7b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/wraith/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/wraith/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = (stdenv.isLinux && stdenv.isAarch64);
-    description = "An IRC channel management bot written purely in C/C++";
+    description = "IRC channel management bot written purely in C/C++";
     longDescription = ''
       Wraith is an IRC channel management bot written purely in C/C++. It has
       been in development since late 2003. It is based on Eggdrop 1.6.12 but has
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/jmeter/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/jmeter/default.nix
index 2b0627451e31d..ab8589c839fc7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/jmeter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/jmeter/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A 100% pure Java desktop application designed to load test functional behavior and measure performance";
+    description = "100% pure Java desktop application designed to load test functional behavior and measure performance";
     longDescription = ''
       The Apache JMeter desktop application is open source software, a 100%
       pure Java application designed to load test functional behavior and
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/jxplorer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/jxplorer/default.nix
index e64cbaf357b01..c31c27bdd5db3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/jxplorer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/jxplorer/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Java Ldap Browser";
+    description = "Java Ldap Browser";
     homepage    = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/jxplorer/";
     license     = lib.licenses.caossl;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ benwbooth ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/ktailctl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/ktailctl/default.nix
index 8e5e9abb0fb46..88caf1a5f43e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/ktailctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/ktailctl/default.nix
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A GUI to monitor and manage Tailscale on your Linux desktop";
+    description = "GUI to monitor and manage Tailscale on your Linux desktop";
     homepage = "https://github.com/f-koehler/KTailctl";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ k900 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/libcoap/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/libcoap/default.nix
index 1c0fece2edf46..bae998f6cf88a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/libcoap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/libcoap/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ lib.optional withTLS "--enable-dtls";
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/obgm/libcoap";
-    description = "A CoAP (RFC 7252) implementation in C";
+    description = "CoAP (RFC 7252) implementation in C";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     license = licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.kmein ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/localsend/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/localsend/default.nix
index 3854b347c0614..bd681b74eebbc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/localsend/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/localsend/default.nix
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ let
   };
 
   metaCommon = with lib; {
-    description = "An open source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop";
+    description = "Open source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop";
     homepage = "https://localsend.org/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "localsend";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/aerc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/aerc/default.nix
index 003b07d2d5f6f..11dfe033248ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/aerc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/aerc/default.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An email client for your terminal";
+    description = "Email client for your terminal";
     homepage = "https://aerc-mail.org/";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ tadeokondrak ];
     mainProgram = "aerc";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/afew/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/afew/default.nix
index 9c40ce8f0f682..993b9862fb2f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/afew/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/afew/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/afewmail/afew";
-    description = "An initial tagging script for notmuch mail";
+    description = "Initial tagging script for notmuch mail";
     mainProgram = "afew";
     license = licenses.isc;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ flokli ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/balsa/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/balsa/default.nix
index 3602ef602fe1e..e6453e377d935 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/balsa/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/balsa/default.nix
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://pawsa.fedorapeople.org/balsa/";
-    description = "An e-mail client for GNOME";
+    description = "E-mail client for GNOME";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.romildo ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/bubblemail/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/bubblemail/default.nix
index 09747831543c3..add8f6c4e0986 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/bubblemail/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/bubblemail/default.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An extensible mail notification service";
+    description = "Extensible mail notification service";
     homepage = "http://bubblemail.free.fr/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mailnag/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mailnag/default.nix
index 6c887ef66ce53..1976521b2f220 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mailnag/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mailnag/default.nix
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An extensible mail notification daemon";
+    description = "Extensible mail notification daemon";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pulb/mailnag";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mailspring/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mailspring/default.nix
index ba8436717a40d..9624b1b9aa0b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mailspring/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mailspring/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ let
   version = "1.13.3";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A beautiful, fast and maintained fork of Nylas Mail by one of the original authors";
+    description = "Beautiful, fast and maintained fork of Nylas Mail by one of the original authors";
     downloadPage = "https://github.com/Foundry376/Mailspring";
     homepage = "https://getmailspring.com";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mswatch/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mswatch/default.nix
index f7ba4bb1bf126..cf14a411efe6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mswatch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mswatch/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command-line Linux utility that efficiently directs mail synchronization between a pair of mailboxes";
+    description = "Command-line Linux utility that efficiently directs mail synchronization between a pair of mailboxes";
     homepage = "https://mswatch.sourceforge.net/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mutt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mutt/default.nix
index 817e3a4c99d9d..c45ff30e54d4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mutt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mutt/default.nix
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A small but very powerful text-based mail client";
+    description = "Small but very powerful text-based mail client";
     homepage = "http://www.mutt.org";
     mainProgram = "mutt";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/notmuch-bower/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/notmuch-bower/default.nix
index 125ea39584084..29aa21bca0f22 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/notmuch-bower/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/notmuch-bower/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/wangp/bower";
-    description = "A curses terminal client for the Notmuch email system";
+    description = "Curses terminal client for the Notmuch email system";
     mainProgram = "bower";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jgart ];
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/packages.nix
index 91f72a3e5a312..1d98adf9a58a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/packages.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ rec {
 
     meta = with lib; {
       changelog = "https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/${version}/releasenotes/";
-      description = "A full-featured e-mail client";
+      description = "Full-featured e-mail client";
       homepage = "https://thunderbird.net/";
       mainProgram = "thunderbird";
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ eelco lovesegfault pierron vcunat ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/trojita/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/trojita/default.nix
index 395e9b0f4e3f5..8015484d70435 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/trojita/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/trojita/default.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ in mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Qt IMAP e-mail client";
+    description = "Qt IMAP e-mail client";
     homepage = "http://trojita.flaska.net/";
     license = with licenses; [ gpl2 gpl3 ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ehmry ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mhost/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mhost/default.nix
index f4313187636c3..435f58d068502 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mhost/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mhost/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A modern take on the classic host DNS lookup utility including an easy to use and very fast Rust lookup library";
+    description = "Modern take on the classic host DNS lookup utility including an easy to use and very fast Rust lookup library";
     homepage = "https://github.com/lukaspustina/mhost";
     license = with licenses; [ asl20 /* or */ mit ];
     maintainers = [ maintainers.mgttlinger ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/modem-manager-gui/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/modem-manager-gui/default.nix
index ba14278292bc0..a96031342f8ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/modem-manager-gui/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/modem-manager-gui/default.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An app to send/receive SMS, make USSD requests, control mobile data usage and more";
+    description = "App to send/receive SMS, make USSD requests, control mobile data usage and more";
     longDescription = ''
       A simple GTK based GUI compatible with Modem manager, Wader and oFono
       system services able to control EDGE/3G/4G broadband modem specific
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mullvad/libwg.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mullvad/libwg.nix
index ab54d23486a2a..4d9d4c373ee31 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mullvad/libwg.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mullvad/libwg.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ buildGoModule {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tiny wrapper around wireguard-go";
+    description = "Tiny wrapper around wireguard-go";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app/tree/main/wireguard/libwg";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ cole-h ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/nali/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/nali/default.nix
index be8b2c5ac1849..1eab5e5a97bc6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/nali/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/nali/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An offline tool for querying IP geographic information and CDN provider";
+    description = "Offline tool for querying IP geographic information and CDN provider";
     homepage = "https://github.com/zu1k/nali";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ diffumist xyenon ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/ncgopher/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/ncgopher/default.nix
index 5bc7da276caf3..6f7dcc5120754 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/ncgopher/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/ncgopher/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A gopher and gemini client for the modern internet";
+    description = "Gopher and gemini client for the modern internet";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jansc/ncgopher";
     license = licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ shamilton ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/ndppd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/ndppd/default.nix
index b52f312e03fe3..e5ea298a8dc99 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/ndppd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/ndppd/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A daemon that proxies NDP (Neighbor Discovery Protocol) messages between interfaces";
+    description = "Daemon that proxies NDP (Neighbor Discovery Protocol) messages between interfaces";
     homepage = "https://github.com/DanielAdolfsson/ndppd";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea/default.nix
index 8b55f12732aac..7bed268a477cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea/default.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A GTK-based news feed aggregator";
+    description = "GTK-based news feed aggregator";
     homepage = "http://lzone.de/liferea/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ romildo yayayayaka ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/pan/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/pan/default.nix
index 3a8418e48bda5..1f01b52ee6502 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/pan/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/pan/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A GTK-based Usenet newsreader good at both text and binaries";
+    description = "GTK-based Usenet newsreader good at both text and binaries";
     mainProgram = "pan";
     homepage = "http://pan.rebelbase.com/";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.eelco ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/quiterss/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/quiterss/default.nix
index 176ce43af5f75..f9266db68917b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/quiterss/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/quiterss/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ qtbase qttools qtwebkit sqlite.dev ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Qt-based RSS/Atom news feed reader";
+    description = "Qt-based RSS/Atom news feed reader";
     longDescription = ''
       QuiteRSS is a open-source cross-platform RSS/Atom news feeds reader
       written on Qt/C++
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/nym/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/nym/default.nix
index fcd7893e7f270..fc2095caaf21e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/nym/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/nym/default.nix
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A mixnet providing IP-level privacy";
+    description = "Mixnet providing IP-level privacy";
     longDescription = ''
       Nym routes IP packets through other participating nodes to hide their source and destination.
       In contrast with Tor, it prevents timing attacks at the cost of latency.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/opsdroid/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/opsdroid/default.nix
index 45569fefb28fa..bded5d6d2b356 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/opsdroid/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/opsdroid/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
   passthru.python = python3Packages.python;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An open source chat-ops bot framework";
+    description = "Open source chat-ops bot framework";
     homepage = "https://opsdroid.dev";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ globin willibutz ];
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/ostinato/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/ostinato/default.nix
index b9a5dce35f6fe..ef67028087812 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/ostinato/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/ostinato/default.nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A packet traffic generator and analyzer";
+    description = "Packet traffic generator and analyzer";
     homepage    = "https://ostinato.org/";
     license     = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ rick68 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/owamp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/owamp/default.nix
index fb3660ace2dc9..29510254922e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/owamp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/owamp/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://software.internet2.edu/owamp/";
-    description = "A tool for performing one-way active measurements";
+    description = "Tool for performing one-way active measurements";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [maintainers.teto];
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/eiskaltdcpp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/eiskaltdcpp/default.nix
index f86eefe668f9f..5386c6636add0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/eiskaltdcpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/eiskaltdcpp/default.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A cross-platform program that uses the Direct Connect and ADC protocols";
+    description = "Cross-platform program that uses the Direct Connect and ADC protocols";
     homepage = "https://github.com/eiskaltdcpp/eiskaltdcpp";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/flood-for-transmission/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/flood-for-transmission/default.nix
index c4017bc61bdbd..c3f4c5406a55b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/flood-for-transmission/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/flood-for-transmission/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Flood clone for Transmission";
+    description = "Flood clone for Transmission";
     homepage = "https://github.com/johman10/flood-for-transmission";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ al3xtjames ];
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/jesec-rtorrent/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/jesec-rtorrent/default.nix
index 94c1994bd0809..6308235998cfe 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/jesec-rtorrent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/jesec-rtorrent/default.nix
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An ncurses client for libtorrent, ideal for use with screen, tmux, or dtach (jesec's fork)";
+    description = "Ncurses client for libtorrent, ideal for use with screen, tmux, or dtach (jesec's fork)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jesec/rtorrent";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ winter AndersonTorres ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/jesec-rtorrent/libtorrent.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/jesec-rtorrent/libtorrent.nix
index 7acfee3671dac..6329ce94d5b18 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/jesec-rtorrent/libtorrent.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/jesec-rtorrent/libtorrent.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/jesec/libtorrent";
-    description = "A BitTorrent library written in C++ for *nix, with focus on high performance and good code (jesec's fork)";
+    description = "BitTorrent library written in C++ for *nix, with focus on high performance and good code (jesec's fork)";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ winter AndersonTorres ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/pyrosimple/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/pyrosimple/default.nix
index 866727ba4349e..c08f6ae4b64b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/pyrosimple/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/pyrosimple/default.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A rTorrent client";
+    description = "RTorrent client";
     homepage = "https://kannibalox.github.io/pyrosimple/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/kannibalox/pyrosimple/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/rakshasa-rtorrent/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/rakshasa-rtorrent/default.nix
index 994c5a4b11d49..bc3989f1ee67c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/rakshasa-rtorrent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/rakshasa-rtorrent/default.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://rakshasa.github.io/rtorrent/";
-    description = "An ncurses client for libtorrent, ideal for use with screen, tmux, or dtach";
+    description = "Ncurses client for libtorrent, ideal for use with screen, tmux, or dtach";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ebzzry codyopel ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/rakshasa-rtorrent/libtorrent.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/rakshasa-rtorrent/libtorrent.nix
index fff4cbb36cf62..7217026dc8053 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/rakshasa-rtorrent/libtorrent.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/rakshasa-rtorrent/libtorrent.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/rakshasa/libtorrent";
-    description = "A BitTorrent library written in C++ for *nix, with focus on high performance and good code";
+    description = "BitTorrent library written in C++ for *nix, with focus on high performance and good code";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ebzzry codyopel ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/storrent/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/storrent/default.nix
index a4dc0b459cfd8..57ea126a16357 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/storrent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/storrent/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/jech/storrent";
-    description = "An implementation of the BitTorrent protocol that is optimised for streaming media";
+    description = "Implementation of the BitTorrent protocol that is optimised for streaming media";
     mainProgram = "storrent";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/4.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/4.nix
index 8cb9724626fe5..7c5e9b3651868 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/4.nix
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fast, easy and free BitTorrent client";
+    description = "Fast, easy and free BitTorrent client";
     mainProgram = if (enableQt5 || enableQt6) then "transmission-qt" else if enableGTK3 then "transmission-gtk" else "transmission-cli";
     longDescription = ''
       Transmission is a BitTorrent client which features a simple interface
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/default.nix
index 2804f76f8ef96..9d6b95754c612 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/default.nix
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A fast, easy and free BitTorrent client";
+    description = "Fast, easy and free BitTorrent client";
     mainProgram = if enableQt then "transmission-qt" else if enableGTK3 then "transmission-gtk" else "transmission-cli";
     longDescription = ''
       Transmission is a BitTorrent client which features a simple interface
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/zeronet-conservancy/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/zeronet-conservancy/default.nix
index 71799de37fc39..284578460a040 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/zeronet-conservancy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/zeronet-conservancy/default.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fork/continuation of the ZeroNet project";
+    description = "Fork/continuation of the ZeroNet project";
     mainProgram = "zeronet";
     longDescription = ''
       zeronet-conservancy is a fork/continuation of ZeroNet project (that has
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/pjsip/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/pjsip/default.nix
index 124a1d40f3b31..fe0e032dd2247 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/pjsip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/pjsip/default.nix
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A multimedia communication library written in C, implementing standard based protocols such as SIP, SDP, RTP, STUN, TURN, and ICE";
+    description = "Multimedia communication library written in C, implementing standard based protocols such as SIP, SDP, RTP, STUN, TURN, and ICE";
     homepage = "https://pjsip.org/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ olynch ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/powerdns-admin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/powerdns-admin/default.nix
index 07a155e15e4c6..6028f0e1a1ae9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/powerdns-admin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/powerdns-admin/default.nix
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A PowerDNS web interface with advanced features";
+    description = "PowerDNS web interface with advanced features";
     mainProgram = "powerdns-admin";
     homepage = "https://github.com/PowerDNS-Admin/PowerDNS-Admin";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/qv2ray/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/qv2ray/default.nix
index af1fafea5e940..01e471c97de96 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/qv2ray/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/qv2ray/default.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An GUI frontend to v2ray";
+    description = "GUI frontend to v2ray";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Qv2ray/Qv2ray";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ poscat rewine ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/r53-ddns/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/r53-ddns/default.nix
index 8db9ddacef726..5e83a3793b72b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/r53-ddns/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/r53-ddns/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     license = licenses.mit;
     homepage = "https://github.com/fleaz/r53-ddns";
-    description = "A DIY DynDNS tool based on Route53";
+    description = "DIY DynDNS tool based on Route53";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fleaz ];
     mainProgram = "r53-ddns";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/dayon/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/dayon/default.nix
index d0199bb325a19..0d706bb8b528b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/dayon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/dayon/default.nix
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An easy to use, cross-platform remote desktop assistance solution";
+    description = "Easy to use, cross-platform remote desktop assistance solution";
     homepage = "https://retgal.github.io/Dayon/index.html";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus; # https://github.com/RetGal/Dayon/issues/59
     mainProgram = "dayon";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/freerdp/3.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/freerdp/3.nix
index 3181e5d67625f..17da5643a9a11 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/freerdp/3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/freerdp/3.nix
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ]);
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Remote Desktop Protocol Client";
+    description = "Remote Desktop Protocol Client";
     longDescription = ''
       FreeRDP is a client-side implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
       following the Microsoft Open Specifications.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/freerdp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/freerdp/default.nix
index 0366e91515469..fd34c054d2091 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/freerdp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/freerdp/default.nix
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Remote Desktop Protocol Client";
+    description = "Remote Desktop Protocol Client";
     longDescription = ''
       FreeRDP is a client-side implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
       following the Microsoft Open Specifications.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/putty/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/putty/default.nix
index df95f5b9d6f74..82f096699b20b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/putty/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/putty/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Free Telnet/SSH Client";
+    description = "Free Telnet/SSH Client";
     longDescription = ''
       PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Windows and Unix
       platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/waypipe/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/waypipe/default.nix
index 8924006e81efa..5137867ee4376 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/waypipe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/waypipe/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A network proxy for Wayland clients (applications)";
+    description = "Network proxy for Wayland clients (applications)";
     longDescription = ''
       waypipe is a proxy for Wayland clients. It forwards Wayland messages and
       serializes changes to shared memory buffers over a single socket. This
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/wayvnc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/wayvnc/default.nix
index 6a08c1a091fea..53f993760fc10 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/wayvnc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/wayvnc/default.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A VNC server for wlroots based Wayland compositors";
+    description = "VNC server for wlroots based Wayland compositors";
     longDescription = ''
       This is a VNC server for wlroots based Wayland compositors. It attaches
       to a running Wayland session, creates virtual input devices and exposes a
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/xrdp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/xrdp/default.nix
index 5c0dd23a9e135..6e2f10ee8e47c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/xrdp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/xrdp/default.nix
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ let
     };
 
     meta = with lib; {
-      description = "An open source RDP server";
+      description = "Open source RDP server";
       homepage = "https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp";
       license = licenses.asl20;
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ chvp lucasew ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/sieve-connect/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/sieve-connect/default.nix
index a3f78b5d59518..6bc3e1f7d50ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/sieve-connect/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/sieve-connect/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A client for the MANAGESIEVE Protocol";
+    description = "Client for the MANAGESIEVE Protocol";
     longDescription = ''
       This is sieve-connect. A client for the ManageSieve protocol,
       as specifed in RFC 5804. Historically, this was MANAGESIEVE as
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/siproxd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/siproxd/default.nix
index f9dea3e2bf805..76ef0338dccf9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/siproxd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/siproxd/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://siproxd.sourceforge.net/";
-    description = "A masquerading SIP Proxy Server";
+    description = "Masquerading SIP Proxy Server";
     mainProgram = "siproxd";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [viric];
     platforms = with lib.platforms; linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/sniffers/sngrep/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/sniffers/sngrep/default.nix
index 45a1526751f86..2c2c47e92efb9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/sniffers/sngrep/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/sniffers/sngrep/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool for displaying SIP calls message flows from terminal";
+    description = "Tool for displaying SIP calls message flows from terminal";
     mainProgram = "sngrep";
     homepage = "https://github.com/irontec/sngrep";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/ssb-patchwork/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/ssb-patchwork/default.nix
index 75776f02150b4..4e271534a6427 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/ssb-patchwork/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/ssb-patchwork/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ in
     '';
 
     meta = with lib; {
-      description = "A decentralized messaging and sharing app built on top of Secure Scuttlebutt (SSB)";
+      description = "Decentralized messaging and sharing app built on top of Secure Scuttlebutt (SSB)";
       longDescription = ''
         sea-slang for gossip - a scuttlebutt is basically a watercooler on a ship.
       '';
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/station/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/station/default.nix
index b3235ba5154f5..7207617a11665 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/station/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/station/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ in appimageTools.wrapType2 rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A single place for all of your web applications";
+    description = "Single place for all of your web applications";
     homepage = "https://getstation.com";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/acd_cli/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/acd_cli/default.nix
index 95970a7b8709b..fd7c37e589624 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/acd_cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/acd_cli/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command line interface and FUSE filesystem for Amazon Cloud Drive";
+    description = "Command line interface and FUSE filesystem for Amazon Cloud Drive";
     homepage = "https://github.com/yadayada/acd_cli";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ edwtjo ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/lsyncd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/lsyncd/default.nix
index 24908b4940e94..bdb1b69289fed 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/lsyncd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/lsyncd/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd";
-    description = "A utility that synchronizes local directories with remote targets";
+    description = "Utility that synchronizes local directories with remote targets";
     mainProgram = "lsyncd";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/onedrive/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/onedrive/default.nix
index a4616c2aa923a..d7dd30b106c8e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/onedrive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/onedrive/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A complete tool to interact with OneDrive on Linux";
+    description = "Complete tool to interact with OneDrive on Linux";
     mainProgram = "onedrive";
     homepage = "https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rsync/rrsync.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rsync/rrsync.nix
index 09f9ab22f335a..67cec6eeeeafa 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rsync/rrsync.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rsync/rrsync.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = rsync.meta // {
-    description = "A helper to run rsync-only environments from ssh-logins";
+    description = "Helper to run rsync-only environments from ssh-logins";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/synology-cloud-sync-decryption-tool/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/synology-cloud-sync-decryption-tool/default.nix
index 3299204c18095..0872391e6035c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/synology-cloud-sync-decryption-tool/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/synology-cloud-sync-decryption-tool/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ qt5.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A desktop tool to decrypt data encrypted by Cloud Sync";
+    description = "Desktop tool to decrypt data encrypted by Cloud Sync";
     homepage = "https://kb.synology.com/en-global/DSM/help/SynologyCloudSyncDecryptionTool/synologycloudsyncdecryptiontool";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
     license = licenses.unfree;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/termius/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/termius/default.nix
index 0f16865ac8e3c..7e660f4e2ba1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/termius/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/termius/default.nix
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A cross-platform SSH client with cloud data sync and more";
+    description = "Cross-platform SSH client with cloud data sync and more";
     homepage = "https://termius.com/";
     downloadPage = "https://termius.com/linux/";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/tmpmail/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/tmpmail/default.nix
index 8c72fdd435e59..b55db4e64af27 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/tmpmail/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/tmpmail/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
 
    meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/sdushantha/tmpmail";
-    description = "A temporary email right from your terminal written in POSIX sh ";
+    description = "Temporary email right from your terminal written in POSIX sh ";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.lom ];
     mainProgram = "tmpmail";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/trayscale/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/trayscale/default.nix
index e6960e2987131..5bb826e77d0a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/trayscale/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/trayscale/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     changelog = "https://github.com/DeedleFake/trayscale/releases/tag/${version}";
-    description = "An unofficial GUI wrapper around the Tailscale CLI client";
+    description = "Unofficial GUI wrapper around the Tailscale CLI client";
     homepage = "https://github.com/DeedleFake/trayscale";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ patka ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/tsung/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/tsung/default.nix
index ab66d6a09dc2f..a9a30859b2178 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/tsung/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/tsung/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://tsung.erlang-projects.org/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/processone/tsung/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    description = "A high-performance benchmark framework for various protocols including HTTP, XMPP, LDAP, etc";
+    description = "High-performance benchmark framework for various protocols including HTTP, XMPP, LDAP, etc";
     longDescription = ''
       Tsung is a distributed load testing tool. It is protocol-independent and
       can currently be used to stress HTTP, WebDAV, SOAP, PostgreSQL, MySQL,
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/wgnord/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/wgnord/default.nix
index 4a78274f2f3fa..9f781d713873f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/wgnord/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/wgnord/default.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ resholve.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A NordVPN Wireguard (NordLynx) client in POSIX shell";
+    description = "NordVPN Wireguard (NordLynx) client in POSIX shell";
     homepage = "https://github.com/phirecc/wgnord";
     changelog = "https://github.com/phirecc/wgnord/releases/tag/v${version}";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ urandom ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/xpipe/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/xpipe/default.nix
index 6508aed76b374..d819c658aab4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/xpipe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/xpipe/default.nix
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ in stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A cross-platform shell connection hub and remote file manager";
+    description = "Cross-platform shell connection hub and remote file manager";
     homepage = "https://github.com/xpipe-io/${pname}";
     downloadPage = "https://github.com/xpipe-io/${pname}/releases/latest";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/zerobin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/zerobin/default.nix
index ca55085d8085f..e75f121d5fee0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/zerobin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/zerobin/default.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "zerobin" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A client side encrypted pastebin";
+    description = "Client side encrypted pastebin";
     homepage = "https://0bin.net/";
     license = licenses.wtfpl;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/znc/modules.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/znc/modules.nix
index 09e75567af576..91c2ec526d1c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/znc/modules.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/znc/modules.nix
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ in
     };
 
     meta = with lib; {
-      description = "An advanced playback module for ZNC";
+      description = "Advanced playback module for ZNC";
       homepage = "https://github.com/jpnurmi/znc-playback";
       license = licenses.asl20;
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ hrdinka ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/activitywatch/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/activitywatch/default.nix
index 32c490b0af3dc..54105e7c71017 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/activitywatch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/activitywatch/default.nix
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ rec {
     '';
 
     meta = with lib; {
-      description = "A web-based UI for ActivityWatch, built with Vue.js";
+      description = "Web-based UI for ActivityWatch, built with Vue.js";
       homepage = "https://github.com/ActivityWatch/aw-webui/";
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ huantian ];
       license = licenses.mpl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/agenda/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/agenda/default.nix
index 8957df0bad194..8d06589cb4166 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/agenda/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/agenda/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple, fast, no-nonsense to-do (task) list designed for elementary OS";
+    description = "Simple, fast, no-nonsense to-do (task) list designed for elementary OS";
     homepage = "https://github.com/dahenson/agenda";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ xiorcale ] ++ teams.pantheon.members;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/atlassian-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/atlassian-cli/default.nix
index 54a070596dc6e..d6c4db65c1504 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/atlassian-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/atlassian-cli/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An integrated family of CLI’s for various Atlassian applications";
+    description = "Integrated family of CLI’s for various Atlassian applications";
     homepage = "https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ACLI/overview";
     license = licenses.unfreeRedistributable;
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/beancount/beancount_share.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/beancount/beancount_share.nix
index 3b2ae6c4ddf02..19b49a2697ccf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/beancount/beancount_share.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/beancount/beancount_share.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/akuukis/beancount_share";
-    description = "A beancount plugin to share expenses with external partners within one ledger";
+    description = "Beancount plugin to share expenses with external partners within one ledger";
     license = licenses.agpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ matthiasbeyer ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/bookworm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/bookworm/default.nix
index c64c3389d95d8..f35a0e515897a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/bookworm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/bookworm/default.nix
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple, focused eBook reader";
+    description = "Simple, focused eBook reader";
     mainProgram = "com.github.babluboy.bookworm";
     longDescription = ''
       Read the books you love without having to worry about different format complexities like epub, pdf, mobi, cbr, etc.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/calligra/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/calligra/default.nix
index 302419fdcefcf..611336b8a908e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/calligra/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/calligra/default.nix
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A suite of productivity applications";
+    description = "Suite of productivity applications";
     longDescription = ''
       Calligra Suite is a set of applications written to help
       you to accomplish your work. Calligra includes efficient
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/cutemarked-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/cutemarked-ng/default.nix
index 79555fc2f1133..cd564199b0169 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/cutemarked-ng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/cutemarked-ng/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Qt-based, free and open source markdown editor";
+    description = "Qt-based, free and open source markdown editor";
     mainProgram = "cutemarked";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Waqar144/CuteMarkEd-NG";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/docear/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/docear/default.nix
index f8cd25ad78435..3f0544d56f6e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/docear/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/docear/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A unique solution to academic literature management";
+    description = "Unique solution to academic literature management";
     homepage = "http://www.docear.org/";
     # Licenses at: http://www.docear.org/software/download/
     license = with licenses; [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/foliate/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/foliate/default.nix
index e1f915075b970..4cd888468eaf6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/foliate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/foliate/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple and modern GTK eBook reader";
+    description = "Simple and modern GTK eBook reader";
     homepage = "https://johnfactotum.github.io/foliate";
     changelog = "https://github.com/johnfactotum/foliate/releases/tag/${version}";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/gnote/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/gnote/default.nix
index a4262de9937f7..6a77eb0534a66 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/gnote/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/gnote/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnote";
-    description = "A note taking application";
+    description = "Note taking application";
     mainProgram = "gnote";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jfvillablanca ];
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/grisbi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/grisbi/default.nix
index 586777ccf41e0..846b4180625ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/grisbi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/grisbi/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A personnal accounting application";
+    description = "Personnal accounting application";
     mainProgram = "grisbi";
     longDescription = ''
       Grisbi is an application written by French developers, so it perfectly
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/kexi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/kexi/default.nix
index 37240b8ac5691..132194d0c7824 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/kexi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/kexi/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A open source visual database applications creator, a long-awaited competitor for programs like MS Access or Filemaker";
+    description = "Open source visual database applications creator, a long-awaited competitor for programs like MS Access or Filemaker";
     longDescription = ''
       Kexi is a visual database applications creator.
       It can be used for creating database schemas,
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/kitsas/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/kitsas/default.nix
index e1b3a2b1a7292..28064da7fe4cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/kitsas/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/kitsas/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/artoh/kitupiikki";
-    description = "An accounting tool suitable for Finnish associations and small business";
+    description = "Accounting tool suitable for Finnish associations and small business";
     mainProgram = "kitsas";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ gspia ];
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/ledger-web/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/ledger-web/default.nix
index e19d4492ac918..00e3636fc3971 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/ledger-web/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/ledger-web/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ bundlerApp {
   passthru.updateScript = bundlerUpdateScript "ledger-web";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A web frontend to the Ledger CLI tool";
+    description = "Web frontend to the Ledger CLI tool";
     homepage = "https://github.com/peterkeen/ledger-web";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg manveru nicknovitski ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/mendeley/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/mendeley/default.nix
index aa31b5f55f2e1..acfa14dabb7de 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/mendeley/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/mendeley/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ in appimageTools.wrapType2 {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.mendeley.com";
-    description = "A reference manager and academic social network";
+    description = "Reference manager and academic social network";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
     license = licenses.unfree;
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/notes/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/notes/default.nix
index dda8ddb5beacf..7f41ca33e3dcf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/notes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/notes/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A fast and beautiful note-taking app";
+    description = "Fast and beautiful note-taking app";
     mainProgram = "notes";
     downloadPage = "https://github.com/nuttyartist/notes";
     homepage = "https://www.get-notes.com";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/osmo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/osmo/default.nix
index 7dc7444379cc7..c49d9bc2c4259 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/osmo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/osmo/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gspell webkitgtk libgringotts ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A handy personal organizer";
+    description = "Handy personal organizer";
     mainProgram = "osmo";
     homepage = "https://clayo.org/osmo/";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-gtk.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-gtk.nix
index 9e6beb5053a40..2393ac0ece553 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-gtk.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-gtk.nix
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A personal document manager for scanned documents";
+    description = "Personal document manager for scanned documents";
     homepage = "https://openpaper.work/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ aszlig symphorien ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/pdfmixtool/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/pdfmixtool/default.nix
index 2aeca54c1e966..73a5b54cb4424 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/pdfmixtool/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/pdfmixtool/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An application to split, merge, rotate and mix PDF files";
+    description = "Application to split, merge, rotate and mix PDF files";
     mainProgram = "pdfmixtool";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/scarpetta/pdfmixtool";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/pinpoint/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/pinpoint/default.nix
index ca91b33ecae6e..d0b682e9b9663 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/pinpoint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/pinpoint/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/pinpoint";
-    description = "A tool for making hackers do excellent presentations";
+    description = "Tool for making hackers do excellent presentations";
     license = licenses.lgpl21;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pSub ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/portfolio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/portfolio/default.nix
index c320729ee9ee6..760a72e77497a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/portfolio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/portfolio/default.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple tool to calculate the overall performance of an investment portfolio";
+    description = "Simple tool to calculate the overall performance of an investment portfolio";
     homepage = "https://www.portfolio-performance.info/";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
     license = licenses.epl10;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/qpdfview/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/qpdfview/default.nix
index 9b0bb09df9044..56bd5f126afae 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/qpdfview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/qpdfview/default.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tabbed document viewer";
+    description = "Tabbed document viewer";
     mainProgram = "qpdfview";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/rime-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/rime-cli/default.nix
index a5b989528459d..9c89db2125958 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/rime-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/rime-cli/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/puddinging/rime-cli";
     changelog = "https://github.com/puddinging/rime-cli/releases/tag/v${version}";
-    description = "A command line tool to add customized vocabulary for Rime IME";
+    description = "Command line tool to add customized vocabulary for Rime IME";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ urandom ];
     mainProgram = "rime-cli";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/roam-research/darwin.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/roam-research/darwin.nix
index 1369a2352b585..372186f551f1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/roam-research/darwin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/roam-research/darwin.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A note-taking tool for networked thought";
+    description = "Note-taking tool for networked thought";
     homepage = "https://roamresearch.com/";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dbalan ];
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/roam-research/linux.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/roam-research/linux.nix
index 8733ce33026a8..04a05d95ffc2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/roam-research/linux.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/roam-research/linux.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   dontPatchELF = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A note-taking tool for networked thought";
+    description = "Note-taking tool for networked thought";
     homepage = "https://roamresearch.com/";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dbalan ];
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/semantik/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/semantik/default.nix
index f7533adb62c58..f4cc1670383bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/semantik/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/semantik/default.nix
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A mind-mapping application for KDE";
+    description = "Mind-mapping application for KDE";
     license = licenses.mit;
     homepage = "https://waf.io/semantik.html";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.shamilton ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/skrooge/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/skrooge/default.nix
index b3c1c39379552..851f53039dd4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/skrooge/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/skrooge/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A personal finances manager, powered by KDE";
+    description = "Personal finances manager, powered by KDE";
     license = with licenses; [ gpl3 ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ joko ];
     homepage = "https://skrooge.org/";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/softmaker/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/softmaker/generic.nix
index 6162aa2326062..fed47d637f266 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/softmaker/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/softmaker/generic.nix
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   desktopItems = builtins.attrValues desktopItems;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An office suite with a word processor, spreadsheet and presentation program";
+    description = "Office suite with a word processor, spreadsheet and presentation program";
     homepage = "https://www.softmaker.com/";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
     license = licenses.unfree;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/tagainijisho/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/tagainijisho/default.nix
index 6ec176393e3e6..cc2522ffa7282 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/tagainijisho/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/tagainijisho/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A free, open-source Japanese dictionary and kanji lookup tool";
+    description = "Free, open-source Japanese dictionary and kanji lookup tool";
     mainProgram = "tagainijisho";
     homepage = "https://www.tagaini.net/";
     license = with licenses; [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/ticktick/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/ticktick/default.nix
index a7b88321a82d6..746a46e2d4a13 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/ticktick/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/ticktick/default.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A powerful to-do & task management app with seamless cloud synchronization across all your devices";
+    description = "Powerful to-do & task management app with seamless cloud synchronization across all your devices";
     homepage = "https://ticktick.com/home/";
     license = licenses.unfree;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ hbjydev ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/timetrap/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/timetrap/default.nix
index 7ece5e9b4b030..4ec8101db0e58 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/timetrap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/timetrap/default.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple command line time tracker written in ruby";
+    description = "Simple command line time tracker written in ruby";
     homepage    = "https://github.com/samg/timetrap";
     license     = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jerith666 manveru nicknovitski ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/vnote/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/vnote/default.nix
index 4394a58bdb3e9..1b815228ac2d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/vnote/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/vnote/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://vnotex.github.io/vnote";
-    description = "A pleasant note-taking platform";
+    description = "Pleasant note-taking platform";
     mainProgram = "vnote";
     changelog = "https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.rev}";
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/watson/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/watson/default.nix
index 0c04b0ddd52ec..8cf348020c437 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/watson/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/watson/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://tailordev.github.io/Watson/";
-    description = "A wonderful CLI to track your time!";
+    description = "Wonderful CLI to track your time!";
     mainProgram = "watson";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mguentner nathyong oxzi ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/zim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/zim/default.nix
index 9680748287b9b..98d83f53f2d33 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/zim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/zim/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A desktop wiki";
+    description = "Desktop wiki";
     homepage = "https://zim-wiki.org/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/zim-desktop-wiki/zim-desktop-wiki/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/zk/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/zk/default.nix
index 96429770662a1..f9e318a657b7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/zk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/zk/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pinpox ];
     license = licenses.gpl3;
-    description = "A zettelkasten plain text note-taking assistant";
+    description = "Zettelkasten plain text note-taking assistant";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mickael-menu/zk";
     mainProgram = "zk";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/anytone-emu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/anytone-emu/default.nix
index 5f4731616667e..eee3375294db3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/anytone-emu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/anytone-emu/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tiny emulator for AnyTone radios";
+    description = "Tiny emulator for AnyTone radios";
     homepage = "https://github.com/hmatuschek/anytone-emu";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ janik ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/chirp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/chirp/default.nix
index 1c465f5d0e1b9..c113f365aef53 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/chirp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/chirp/default.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A free, open-source tool for programming your amateur radio";
+    description = "Free, open-source tool for programming your amateur radio";
     homepage = "https://chirp.danplanet.com/";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.emantor ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/csdr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/csdr/default.nix
index 3a5d85f99401f..af05cb61e8362 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/csdr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/csdr/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/jketterl/csdr";
-    description = "A simple DSP library and command-line tool for Software Defined Radio";
+    description = "Simple DSP library and command-line tool for Software Defined Radio";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/direwolf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/direwolf/default.nix
index 99503d5d03651..e55f895d24af1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/direwolf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/direwolf/default.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Soundcard Packet TNC, APRS Digipeater, IGate, APRStt gateway";
+    description = "Soundcard Packet TNC, APRS Digipeater, IGate, APRStt gateway";
     homepage = "https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf/";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/dump1090/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/dump1090/default.nix
index 94d844aba8c5d..bcbf0ab9fd155 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/dump1090/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/dump1090/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple Mode S decoder for RTLSDR devices";
+    description = "Simple Mode S decoder for RTLSDR devices";
     homepage = "https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/gnss-sdr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/gnss-sdr/default.nix
index 06838c40c2ce9..948acd2f19c0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/gnss-sdr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/gnss-sdr/default.nix
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ gnuradio.pkgs.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An open source Global Navigation Satellite Systems software-defined receiver";
+    description = "Open source Global Navigation Satellite Systems software-defined receiver";
     homepage = "https://gnss-sdr.org/";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/gridtracker/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/gridtracker/default.nix
index 645aed7fffd6f..2d632a44680f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/gridtracker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/gridtracker/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An amateur radio companion to WSJT-X or JTDX";
+    description = "Amateur radio companion to WSJT-X or JTDX";
     mainProgram = "gridtracker";
     longDescription = ''
       GridTracker listens to traffic from WSJT-X/JTDX, displays it on a map,
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/grig/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/grig/default.nix
index 84664d897203a..fa3e915ba3acf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/grig/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/grig/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ hamlib_4 gtk2 ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple Ham Radio control (CAT) program based on Hamlib";
+    description = "Simple Ham Radio control (CAT) program based on Hamlib";
     mainProgram = "grig";
     longDescription = ''
       Grig is a graphical user interface for the Ham Radio Control Libraries.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/hackrf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/hackrf/default.nix
index bc6b2e424f600..3cbb80393c979 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/hackrf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/hackrf/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An open source SDR platform";
+    description = "Open source SDR platform";
     homepage = "https://greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/klog/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/klog/default.nix
index a9b9c5959a8cd..0215e6cdcdabd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/klog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/klog/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   qmakeFlags = [ "KLog.pro" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A multiplatform free hamradio logger";
+    description = "Multiplatform free hamradio logger";
     mainProgram = "klog";
     longDescription = ''
       KLog provides QSO management, useful QSL management DX-Cluster client, DXCC management,
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/openwebrx/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/openwebrx/default.nix
index 0d65fe8e629b8..a1d419bbd4730 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/openwebrx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/openwebrx/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ let
 
     meta = with lib; {
       homepage = "https://github.com/jketterl/js8py";
-      description = "A library to decode the output of the js8 binary of JS8Call";
+      description = "Library to decode the output of the js8 binary of JS8Call";
       license = licenses.gpl3Only;
       maintainers = teams.c3d2.members;
     };
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ let
 
     meta = with lib; {
       homepage = "https://github.com/jketterl/owrx_connector";
-      description = "A set of connectors that are used by OpenWebRX to interface with SDR hardware";
+      description = "Set of connectors that are used by OpenWebRX to interface with SDR hardware";
       license = licenses.gpl3Only;
       platforms = platforms.unix;
       maintainers = teams.c3d2.members;
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/jketterl/openwebrx";
-    description = "A simple DSP library and command-line tool for Software Defined Radio";
+    description = "Simple DSP library and command-line tool for Software Defined Radio";
     mainProgram = "openwebrx";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = teams.c3d2.members;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/quisk/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/quisk/default.nix
index 6593d276a51f6..aab629aa7c10c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/quisk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/quisk/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A SDR transceiver for radios that use the Hermes protocol";
+    description = "SDR transceiver for radios that use the Hermes protocol";
     longDescription = ''
       QUISK is a Software Defined Radio (SDR) transceiver. You supply radio
       hardware that converts signals at the antenna to complex (I/Q) data at an
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/rtl-ais/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/rtl-ais/default.nix
index 407c18c1a0adc..57cd7420d7542 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/rtl-ais/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/rtl-ais/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple AIS tuner and generic dual-frequency FM demodulator";
+    description = "Simple AIS tuner and generic dual-frequency FM demodulator";
     homepage = "https://github.com/dgiardini/rtl-ais";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mgdm ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/welle-io/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/welle-io/default.nix
index fcb35bd66a49b..39ebfe8886390 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/welle-io/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/welle-io/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A DAB/DAB+ Software Radio";
+    description = "DAB/DAB+ Software Radio";
     homepage = "https://www.welle.io/";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ck3d markuskowa ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/xlog/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/xlog/default.nix
index 4e492af65600f..7e67de130101f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/xlog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/xlog/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ glib gtk2 hamlib ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An amateur radio logging program";
+    description = "Amateur radio logging program";
     longDescription =
       '' Xlog is an amateur radio logging program.
          It supports cabrillo, ADIF, trlog (format also used by tlf),
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/astrolabe-generator/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/astrolabe-generator/default.nix
index c58b09889772d..603fb8087266f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/astrolabe-generator/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/astrolabe-generator/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib;{
     homepage = "https://www.astrolabeproject.com";
-    description = "A Java-based tool for generating EPS files for constructing astrolabes and related tools";
+    description = "Java-based tool for generating EPS files for constructing astrolabes and related tools";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bedtools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bedtools/default.nix
index 76780298120ed..19df156ae17cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bedtools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bedtools/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installPhase = "make prefix=$out SHELL=${stdenv.shell} CXX=${cxx} CC=${cc} install";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A powerful toolset for genome arithmetic";
+    description = "Powerful toolset for genome arithmetic";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     homepage = "https://bedtools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jbedo ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bftools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bftools/default.nix
index a8bb739bbed85..6b8a7fd96d099 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bftools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bftools/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A bundle of scripts for using Bio-Formats on the command line with bioformats_package.jar already included";
+    description = "Bundle of scripts for using Bio-Formats on the command line with bioformats_package.jar already included";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bowtie/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bowtie/default.nix
index bec263a2d9315..2009788ead6a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bowtie/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bowtie/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installFlags = [ "prefix=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An ultrafast memory-efficient short read aligner";
+    description = "Ultrafast memory-efficient short read aligner";
     license = licenses.artistic2;
     homepage = "https://bowtie-bio.sourceforge.net";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ prusnak ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bowtie2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bowtie2/default.nix
index d467eafe6fe7f..576b46288c885 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bowtie2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bowtie2/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An ultrafast and memory-efficient tool for aligning sequencing reads to long reference sequences";
+    description = "Ultrafast and memory-efficient tool for aligning sequencing reads to long reference sequences";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     homepage = "http://bowtie-bio.sf.net/bowtie2";
     changelog = "https://github.com/BenLangmead/bowtie2/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.rev}";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bwa/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bwa/default.nix
index 8c883e2617bfa..c70eba475d233 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bwa/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bwa/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A software package for mapping low-divergent sequences against a large reference genome, such as the human genome";
+    description = "Software package for mapping low-divergent sequences against a large reference genome, such as the human genome";
     mainProgram = "bwa";
     license     = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     homepage    = "https://bio-bwa.sourceforge.net/";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/gatk/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/gatk/default.nix
index 9884e3a771111..41623bf640dda 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/gatk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/gatk/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://gatk.broadinstitute.org/hc/en-us";
-    description = "A wide variety of tools with a primary focus on variant discovery and genotyping." ;
+    description = "Wide variety of tools with a primary focus on variant discovery and genotyping." ;
     license = licenses.asl20;
     sourceProvenance = with lib.sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ] ;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ apraga ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/igv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/igv/default.nix
index 219792326b685..0c74b65c98a26 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/igv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/igv/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.broadinstitute.org/igv/";
-    description = "A visualization tool for interactive exploration of genomic datasets";
+    description = "Visualization tool for interactive exploration of genomic datasets";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.mimame ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/kalign/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/kalign/default.nix
index f26b679f799db..55df8d875bbd5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/kalign/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/kalign/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A fast multiple sequence alignment program";
+    description = "Fast multiple sequence alignment program";
     mainProgram = "kalign";
     homepage = "https://github.com/TimoLassmann/kalign";
     changelog = "https://github.com/TimoLassmann/kalign/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.rev}";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/megahit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/megahit/default.nix
index 5fa9420bc87cb..185f763c2fb8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/megahit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/megahit/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DSTATIC_BUILD=ON"
     ];
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An ultra-fast single-node solution for large and complex metagenomics assembly via succinct de Bruijn graph";
+    description = "Ultra-fast single-node solution for large and complex metagenomics assembly via succinct de Bruijn graph";
     license     = licenses.gpl3;
     homepage    = "https://github.com/voutcn/megahit";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ luispedro ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/messer-slim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/messer-slim/default.nix
index af3856f041674..3812e9980cdfe 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/messer-slim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/messer-slim/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
                  "-DCMAKE_RANLIB=${gcc-unwrapped}/bin/gcc-ranlib" ];
 
   meta = {
-     description = "An evolutionary simulation framework";
+     description = "Evolutionary simulation framework";
      homepage = "https://messerlab.org/slim/";
      license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl3 ];
      maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ bzizou ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/minimap2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/minimap2/default.nix
index 923d72f7fb387..5597b5504678d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/minimap2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/minimap2/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A versatile pairwise aligner for genomic and spliced nucleotide sequences";
+    description = "Versatile pairwise aligner for genomic and spliced nucleotide sequences";
     mainProgram = "minimap2";
     homepage = "https://lh3.github.io/minimap2";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/plink-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/plink-ng/default.nix
index 0e65bed4cf3e4..b91655ac8fdac 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/plink-ng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/plink-ng/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     broken = (stdenv.isLinux && stdenv.isAarch64);
-    description = "A comprehensive update to the PLINK association analysis toolset";
+    description = "Comprehensive update to the PLINK association analysis toolset";
     mainProgram = "plink";
     homepage = "https://www.cog-genomics.org/plink2";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/poretools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/poretools/default.nix
index 47ffd507efdaf..27a1b7ed38416 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/poretools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/poretools/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ python2Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ python2Packages.h5py python2Packages.matplotlib python2Packages.seaborn python2Packages.pandas ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "a toolkit for working with nanopore sequencing data from Oxford Nanopore";
+    description = "Toolkit for working with nanopore sequencing data from Oxford Nanopore";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     homepage = "https://poretools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/";
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.rybern ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/raxml/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/raxml/default.nix
index 0cc20b0635036..94ccafd36d00c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/raxml/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/raxml/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool for Phylogenetic Analysis and Post-Analysis of Large Phylogenies";
+    description = "Tool for Phylogenetic Analysis and Post-Analysis of Large Phylogenies";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     homepage = "https://sco.h-its.org/exelixis/web/software/raxml/";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.unode ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/tandem-aligner/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/tandem-aligner/default.nix
index 0b3f2520d82be..d44489debbb62 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/tandem-aligner/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/tandem-aligner/default.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A parameter-free algorithm for sequence alignment";
+    description = "Parameter-free algorithm for sequence alignment";
     homepage = "https://github.com/seryrzu/tandem_aligner";
     changelog = "https://github.com/seryrzu/tandem_aligner/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/trimal/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/trimal/default.nix
index b27a63a2135ae..b2ef121caa9a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/trimal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/trimal/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool for the automated removal of spurious sequences or poorly aligned regions from a multiple sequence alignment";
+    description = "Tool for the automated removal of spurious sequences or poorly aligned regions from a multiple sequence alignment";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     homepage = "http://trimal.cgenomics.org";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/trimmomatic/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/trimmomatic/default.nix
index db19278eaa479..111a4dda9e9df 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/trimmomatic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/trimmomatic/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://github.com/usadellab/Trimmomatic/blob/main/versionHistory.txt";
-    description = "A flexible read trimming tool for Illumina NGS data";
+    description = "Flexible read trimming tool for Illumina NGS data";
     longDescription = ''
       Trimmomatic performs a variety of useful trimming tasks for illumina
       paired-end and single ended data: adapter trimming, quality trimming,
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/vcftools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/vcftools/default.nix
index a4ec84d4d5060..644c7eb2bd37b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/vcftools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/vcftools/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ zlib perl ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A set of tools written in Perl and C++ for working with VCF files, such as those generated by the 1000 Genomes Project";
+    description = "Set of tools written in Perl and C++ for working with VCF files, such as those generated by the 1000 Genomes Project";
     license = licenses.lgpl3;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     homepage = "https://vcftools.github.io/index.html";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/xenomapper/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/xenomapper/default.nix
index 194db966915e1..98ee7c2819bec 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/xenomapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/xenomapper/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/genomematt/xenomapper";
-    description = "A utility for post processing mapped reads that have been aligned to a primary genome and a secondary genome and binning reads into species specific, multimapping in each species, unmapped and unassigned bins";
+    description = "Utility for post processing mapped reads that have been aligned to a primary genome and a secondary genome and binning reads into species specific, multimapping in each species, unmapped and unassigned bins";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     platforms = platforms.all;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.jbedo ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/jmol/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/jmol/default.nix
index bafbeb3529c69..5ae9b5d164699 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/jmol/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/jmol/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-     description = "A Java 3D viewer for chemical structures";
+     description = "Java 3D viewer for chemical structures";
      mainProgram = "jmol";
      homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/jmol";
      sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/marvin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/marvin/default.nix
index 090c252bb82ce..4228e818e4887 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/marvin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/marvin/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A chemical modelling, analysis and structure drawing program";
+    description = "Chemical modelling, analysis and structure drawing program";
     homepage = "https://chemaxon.com/products/marvin";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fusion809 ];
     license = licenses.unfree;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/siesta/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/siesta/default.nix
index 02586dea2e297..2ec4d37f73ed2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/siesta/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/siesta/default.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A first-principles materials simulation code using DFT";
+    description = "First-principles materials simulation code using DFT";
     mainProgram = "siesta";
     longDescription = ''
          SIESTA is both a method and its computer program
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/computer-architecture/accelergy/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/computer-architecture/accelergy/default.nix
index ec702d2b2906e..9eb6f341b714d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/computer-architecture/accelergy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/computer-architecture/accelergy/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An architecture-level energy/area estimator for accelerator designs";
+    description = "Architecture-level energy/area estimator for accelerator designs";
     license = licenses.mit;
     homepage = "https://accelergy.mit.edu/";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ gdinh ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/csxcad/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/csxcad/default.nix
index 83ee992f4b28a..bc1f4287c1158 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/csxcad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/csxcad/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A C++ library to describe geometrical objects";
+    description = "C++ library to describe geometrical objects";
     homepage = "https://github.com/thliebig/CSXCAD";
     license = licenses.lgpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ matthuszagh ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/degate/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/degate/default.nix
index 30ded5d1354f6..580d452f333df 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/degate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/degate/default.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A modern and open-source cross-platform software for chips reverse engineering";
+    description = "Modern and open-source cross-platform software for chips reverse engineering";
     mainProgram = "Degate";
     homepage = "https://degate.readthedocs.io/";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/dsview/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/dsview/default.nix
index 2818379afc38b..b7950bfbb8d95 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/dsview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/dsview/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isLinux qtwayland;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A GUI program for supporting various instruments from DreamSourceLab, including logic analyzer, oscilloscope, etc";
+    description = "GUI program for supporting various instruments from DreamSourceLab, including logic analyzer, oscilloscope, etc";
     mainProgram = "DSView";
     homepage = "https://www.dreamsourcelab.com/";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/dwfv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/dwfv/default.nix
index 2d88e2647dfd7..415cc29812d3d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/dwfv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/dwfv/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoSha256 = "1z51yx3psdxdzmwny0rzlch5hjx2pssll73q79qij2bc7wgyjscy";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple digital waveform viewer with vi-like key bindings";
+    description = "Simple digital waveform viewer with vi-like key bindings";
     mainProgram = "dwfv";
     homepage = "https://github.com/psurply/dwfv";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/fped/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/fped/default.nix
index 6d10426b298a5..edfe34c0e25e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/fped/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/fped/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "An editor that allows the interactive creation of footprints electronic components";
+    description = "Editor that allows the interactive creation of footprints electronic components";
     mainProgram = "fped";
     homepage = "http://projects.qi-hardware.com/index.php/p/fped/";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/fritzing/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/fritzing/default.nix
index 955edb9b59ae2..9eb7b50445020 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/fritzing/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/fritzing/default.nix
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An open source prototyping tool for Arduino-based projects";
+    description = "Open source prototyping tool for Arduino-based projects";
     homepage = "https://fritzing.org/";
     license = with licenses; [ gpl3 cc-by-sa-30 ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ robberer muscaln ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/gerbv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/gerbv/default.nix
index 5f178e08280a9..c4c46b5507994 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/gerbv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/gerbv/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Gerber (RS-274X) viewer";
+    description = "Gerber (RS-274X) viewer";
     mainProgram = "gerbv";
     homepage = "https://gerbv.github.io/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/gerbv/gerbv/releases/tag/v${version}";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/hal-hardware-analyzer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/hal-hardware-analyzer/default.nix
index 4c3692266a5c4..c193352eb4559 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/hal-hardware-analyzer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/hal-hardware-analyzer/default.nix
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A comprehensive reverse engineering and manipulation framework for gate-level netlists";
+    description = "Comprehensive reverse engineering and manipulation framework for gate-level netlists";
     mainProgram = "hal";
     homepage = "https://github.com/emsec/hal";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/horizon-eda/base.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/horizon-eda/base.nix
index 2a37c0265dc37..0292ee493a829 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/horizon-eda/base.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/horizon-eda/base.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ rec {
   CASROOT = opencascade-occt;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A free EDA software to develop printed circuit boards";
+    description = "Free EDA software to develop printed circuit boards";
     homepage = "https://horizon-eda.org";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ guserav jue89 ];
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/librepcb/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/librepcb/default.nix
index 67bc014646e09..cff52d67dc477 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/librepcb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/librepcb/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ qtbase ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A free EDA software to develop printed circuit boards";
+    description = "Free EDA software to develop printed circuit boards";
     homepage    = "https://librepcb.org/";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ luz thoughtpolice ];
     license     = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/simulide/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/simulide/default.nix
index 9053bcfe58e50..717f7b57de74c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/simulide/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/simulide/default.nix
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ let
       '';
 
       meta = {
-        description = "A simple real time electronic circuit simulator";
+        description = "Simple real time electronic circuit simulator";
         longDescription = ''
           SimulIDE is a simple real time electronic circuit simulator, intended for hobbyist or students
           to learn and experiment with analog and digital electronic circuits and microcontrollers.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/geometry/antiprism/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/geometry/antiprism/default.nix
index 79688e05fb807..62ffc099dc6cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/geometry/antiprism/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/geometry/antiprism/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.antiprism.com";
-    description = "A collection of programs for generating, manipulating, transforming and viewing polyhedra";
+    description = "Collection of programs for generating, manipulating, transforming and viewing polyhedra";
     license = with licenses; [ mit ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/abc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/abc/default.nix
index 1685bb7aba33c..a71122c5465c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/abc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/abc/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   passthru.rev = finalAttrs.src.rev;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool for squential logic synthesis and formal verification";
+    description = "Tool for squential logic synthesis and formal verification";
     homepage    = "https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~alanmi/abc";
     license     = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice Luflosi ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/acgtk/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/acgtk/default.nix
index 3fa4111668ebc..37c7b527a9134 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/acgtk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/acgtk/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://acg.loria.fr/";
-    description = "A toolkit for developing ACG signatures and lexicon";
+    description = "Toolkit for developing ACG signatures and lexicon";
     license = licenses.cecill20;
     inherit (ocamlPackages.ocaml.meta) platforms;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.jirkamarsik ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/beluga/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/beluga/default.nix
index 693be7f338866..b1497e2b1dcbe 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/beluga/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/beluga/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ ocamlPackages.buildDunePackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A functional language for reasoning about formal systems";
+    description = "Functional language for reasoning about formal systems";
     homepage = "https://complogic.cs.mcgill.ca/beluga";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Beluga-lang/Beluga/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/bitwuzla/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/bitwuzla/default.nix
index 8ac21c2e2bc41..c1eb751fb1a57 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/bitwuzla/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/bitwuzla/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   doCheck = stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A SMT solver for fixed-size bit-vectors, floating-point arithmetic, arrays, and uninterpreted functions";
+    description = "SMT solver for fixed-size bit-vectors, floating-point arithmetic, arrays, and uninterpreted functions";
     mainProgram = "bitwuzla";
     homepage = "https://bitwuzla.github.io";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/boolector/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/boolector/default.nix
index d23db163aeb64..1fd6bf7dc5431 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/boolector/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/boolector/default.nix
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An extremely fast SMT solver for bit-vectors and arrays";
+    description = "Extremely fast SMT solver for bit-vectors and arrays";
     homepage    = "https://boolector.github.io";
     license     = licenses.mit;
     platforms   = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/btor2tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/btor2tools/default.nix
index ce73ea636f295..a66637150bdfd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/btor2tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/btor2tools/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A generic parser and tool package for the BTOR2 format";
+    description = "Generic parser and tool package for the BTOR2 format";
     homepage    = "https://github.com/Boolector/btor2tools";
     license     = licenses.mit;
     platforms   = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cedille/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cedille/default.nix
index fe12d5995a6f9..1ac3ff3fe310a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cedille/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cedille/default.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An interactive theorem-prover and dependently typed programming language, based on extrinsic (aka Curry-style) type theory";
+    description = "Interactive theorem-prover and dependently typed programming language, based on extrinsic (aka Curry-style) type theory";
     homepage = "https://cedille.github.io/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mpickering ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cryptominisat/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cryptominisat/default.nix
index 4040cdb797290..7c2ee23d36cb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cryptominisat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cryptominisat/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An advanced SAT Solver";
+    description = "Advanced SAT Solver";
     mainProgram = "cryptominisat5";
     homepage = "https://github.com/msoos/cryptominisat";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cubicle/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cubicle/default.nix
index 03409e68ea336..2af9e6e926492 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cubicle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cubicle/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An open source model checker for verifying safety properties of array-based systems";
+    description = "Open source model checker for verifying safety properties of array-based systems";
     mainProgram = "cubicle";
     homepage = "https://cubicle.lri.fr/";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cvc3/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cvc3/default.nix
index bec5a89cc691b..8b78b86cbb073 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cvc3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cvc3/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A prover for satisfiability modulo theory (SMT)";
+    description = "Prover for satisfiability modulo theory (SMT)";
     mainProgram = "cvc3";
     maintainers = with maintainers;
       [ raskin ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cvc4/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cvc4/default.nix
index ac45db8cb3127..2dc12b7ab7234 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cvc4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cvc4/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   cmakeBuildType = "Production";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A high-performance theorem prover and SMT solver";
+    description = "High-performance theorem prover and SMT solver";
     mainProgram = "cvc4";
     homepage    = "http://cvc4.cs.stanford.edu/web/";
     license     = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cvc5/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cvc5/default.nix
index d34b293372968..93a05e97ff9e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cvc5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cvc5/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A high-performance theorem prover and SMT solver";
+    description = "High-performance theorem prover and SMT solver";
     mainProgram = "cvc5";
     homepage    = "https://cvc5.github.io";
     license     = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/dafny/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/dafny/default.nix
index acf4f05000bf1..f85e6cf22879d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/dafny/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/dafny/default.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ buildDotnetModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A programming language with built-in specification constructs";
+    description = "Programming language with built-in specification constructs";
     homepage = "https://research.microsoft.com/dafny";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ layus ];
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/drat-trim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/drat-trim/default.nix
index 78d810e19be23..fb8468f4fbda6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/drat-trim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/drat-trim/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A proof checker for unSAT proofs";
+    description = "Proof checker for unSAT proofs";
     longDescription = ''
       DRAT-trim is a satisfiability proof checking and trimming
       utility designed to validate proofs for all known satisfiability
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/egglog/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/egglog/default.nix
index 8b94c449c6be2..f730d0ec55eaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/egglog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/egglog/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fixpoint reasoning system that unifies Datalog and equality saturation";
+    description = "Fixpoint reasoning system that unifies Datalog and equality saturation";
     mainProgram = "egglog";
     homepage = "https://github.com/egraphs-good/egglog";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/fast-downward/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/fast-downward/default.nix
index 77b538d1cbd86..c18a610467470 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/fast-downward/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/fast-downward/default.nix
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A domain-independent planning system";
+    description = "Domain-independent planning system";
     mainProgram = "fast-downward";
     homepage = "https://www.fast-downward.org/";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/iprover/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/iprover/default.nix
index 77e5919c0eee1..ad21323ec3e13 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/iprover/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/iprover/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An automated first-order logic theorem prover";
+    description = "Automated first-order logic theorem prover";
     homepage = "http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~korovink/iprover/";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin gebner ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/kissat/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/kissat/default.nix
index 65bcebdc6b1a1..9a34409730fee 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/kissat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/kissat/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A 'keep it simple and clean bare metal SAT solver' written in C";
+    description = "'keep it simple and clean bare metal SAT solver' written in C";
     mainProgram = "kissat";
     longDescription = ''
       Kissat is a "keep it simple and clean bare metal SAT solver" written in C.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/klee/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/klee/default.nix
index 4f17558b340e4..b610ce558605d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/klee/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/klee/default.nix
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A symbolic virtual machine built on top of LLVM";
+    description = "Symbolic virtual machine built on top of LLVM";
     longDescription = ''
       KLEE is a symbolic virtual machine built on top of the LLVM compiler
       infrastructure. Currently, there are two primary components:
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/klee/klee-uclibc.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/klee/klee-uclibc.nix
index 7c8b4e6a93d5c..5bbd8e69a46fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/klee/klee-uclibc.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/klee/klee-uclibc.nix
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   makeFlags = ["HAVE_DOT_CONFIG=y"];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A modified version of uClibc for KLEE";
+    description = "Modified version of uClibc for KLEE";
     longDescription = ''
       klee-uclibc is a bitcode build of uClibc meant for compatibility with the
       KLEE symbolic virtual machine.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/leo2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/leo2/default.nix
index dcf2d5b7c33c3..7fdc37c4db4e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/leo2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/leo2/default.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A high-performance typed higher order prover";
+    description = "High-performance typed higher order prover";
     mainProgram = "leo";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.raskin ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/leo3/binary.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/leo3/binary.nix
index 0cdf8a4dc2103..e8af3fdaab1a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/leo3/binary.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/leo3/binary.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An automated theorem prover for classical higher-order logic with choice";
+    description = "Automated theorem prover for classical higher-order logic with choice";
     mainProgram = "leo3";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
     license = licenses.bsd3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/mcrl2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/mcrl2/default.nix
index 854c2c16f5acf..c26e5f2e761f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/mcrl2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/mcrl2/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
-    description = "A toolset for model-checking concurrent systems and protocols";
+    description = "Toolset for model-checking concurrent systems and protocols";
     longDescription = ''
       A formal specification language with an associated toolset,
       that can be used for modelling, validation and verification of
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/nusmv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/nusmv/default.nix
index d3e3dc998cc0e..d7ecbc7cd8874 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/nusmv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/nusmv/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A new symbolic model checker for the analysis of synchronous finite-state and infinite-state systems";
+    description = "New symbolic model checker for the analysis of synchronous finite-state and infinite-state systems";
     homepage = "https://nuxmv.fbk.eu/pmwiki.php";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mgttlinger ];
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/opensmt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/opensmt/default.nix
index ee3d0b924f84e..1a031e8d1e1dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/opensmt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/opensmt/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = (stdenv.isLinux && stdenv.isAarch64);
-    description = "A satisfiability modulo theory (SMT) solver";
+    description = "Satisfiability modulo theory (SMT) solver";
     mainProgram = "opensmt";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.raskin ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/ott/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/ott/default.nix
index b8197aaa41230..73de6373e8f05 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/ott/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/ott/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A tool for the working semanticist";
+    description = "Tool for the working semanticist";
     mainProgram = "ott";
     longDescription = ''
       Ott is a tool for writing definitions of programming languages and
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/prooftree/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/prooftree/default.nix
index ce8badf8f6536..bb20477fd1788 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/prooftree/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/prooftree/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   prefixKey = "--prefix ";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A program for proof-tree visualization";
+    description = "Program for proof-tree visualization";
     mainProgram = "prooftree";
     longDescription = ''
       Prooftree is a program for proof-tree visualization during interactive
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/redprl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/redprl/default.nix
index 2749730f9d667..03117d4e03285 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/redprl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/redprl/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A proof assistant for Nominal Computational Type Theory";
+    description = "Proof assistant for Nominal Computational Type Theory";
     mainProgram = "redprl";
     homepage = "http://www.redprl.org/";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/sharpsat-td/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/sharpsat-td/default.nix
index 2f2128d542f1b..4c5e22ba9b4f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/sharpsat-td/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/sharpsat-td/default.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A fast solver for the #SAT model counting problem";
+    description = "Fast solver for the #SAT model counting problem";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Laakeri/sharpsat-td";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ mit asl20 ];
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ris ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/tlaplus/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/tlaplus/default.nix
index 2d2542a607a53..f478bf204d4f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/tlaplus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/tlaplus/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "An algorithm specification language with model checking tools";
+    description = "Algorithm specification language with model checking tools";
     homepage    = "http://lamport.azurewebsites.net/tla/tla.html";
     sourceProvenance = with lib.sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
     license     = lib.licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/tlaplus/tlaplus18.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/tlaplus/tlaplus18.nix
index 4f34846a89276..2bd0f4b835647 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/tlaplus/tlaplus18.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/tlaplus/tlaplus18.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "An algorithm specification language with model checking tools";
+    description = "Algorithm specification language with model checking tools";
     homepage    = "http://lamport.azurewebsites.net/tla/tla.html";
     sourceProvenance = with lib.sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
     license     = lib.licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/verit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/verit/default.nix
index 6c0d1061dcab9..65878ba43df93 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/verit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/verit/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An open, trustable and efficient SMT-solver";
+    description = "Open, trustable and efficient SMT-solver";
     homepage = "https://verit.loria.fr/";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/why3/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/why3/default.nix
index 42256ae70aa69..ac9475417dbdd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/why3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/why3/default.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   passthru.withProvers = callPackage ./with-provers.nix {};
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A platform for deductive program verification";
+    description = "Platform for deductive program verification";
     homepage    = "https://why3.lri.fr/";
     license     = licenses.lgpl21;
     platforms   = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/yices/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/yices/default.nix
index b97245cab4768..de80cd725653f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/yices/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/yices/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A high-performance theorem prover and SMT solver";
+    description = "High-performance theorem prover and SMT solver";
     homepage    = "https://yices.csl.sri.com";
     license     = licenses.gpl3;
     platforms   = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/z3/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/z3/default.nix
index f35da4a732b09..2db1fc95f7974 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/z3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/z3/default.nix
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ let common = { version, sha256, patches ? [ ], tag ? "z3" }:
       ++ optional ocamlBindings "ocaml";
 
     meta = with lib; {
-      description = "A high-performance theorem prover and SMT solver";
+      description = "High-performance theorem prover and SMT solver";
       mainProgram = "z3";
       homepage = "https://github.com/Z3Prover/z3";
       changelog = "https://github.com/Z3Prover/z3/releases/tag/z3-${version}";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/labelimg/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/labelimg/default.nix
index 21174305b9e3e..b610920955904 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/labelimg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/labelimg/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     makeWrapperArgs+=("''${qtWrapperArgs[@]}")
   '';
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A graphical image annotation tool and label object bounding boxes in images";
+    description = "Graphical image annotation tool and label object bounding boxes in images";
     mainProgram = "labelImg";
     homepage = "https://github.com/tzutalin/labelImg";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/shogun/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/shogun/default.nix
index d25bc06385ea9..1e317fdec03e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/shogun/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/shogun/default.nix
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A toolbox which offers a wide range of efficient and unified machine learning methods";
+    description = "Toolbox which offers a wide range of efficient and unified machine learning methods";
     homepage = "http://shogun-toolbox.org/";
     license = if withSvmLight then licenses.unfree else licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ edwtjo smancill ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/4ti2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/4ti2/default.nix
index 9424612c7587a..940e2e45d5acf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/4ti2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/4ti2/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec{
 
   meta = with lib;{
     homepage = "https://4ti2.github.io/";
-    description = "A software package for algebraic, geometric and combinatorial problems on linear spaces";
+    description = "Software package for algebraic, geometric and combinatorial problems on linear spaces";
     license = with licenses; [ gpl2Plus ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/LiE/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/LiE/default.nix
index 7eb9edbb3b192..dbc66fe2a05fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/LiE/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/LiE/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "lie";
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A Computer algebra package for Lie group computations";
+    description = "Computer algebra package for Lie group computations";
     mainProgram = "lie";
     homepage = "http://wwwmathlabo.univ-poitiers.fr/~maavl/LiE/";
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl3; # see the website
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/bliss/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/bliss/default.nix
index 33969c705d05d..5673fcc34d959 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/bliss/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/bliss/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An open source tool for computing automorphism groups and canonical forms of graphs. It has both a command line user interface as well as C++ and C programming language APIs";
+    description = "Open source tool for computing automorphism groups and canonical forms of graphs. It has both a command line user interface as well as C++ and C programming language APIs";
     mainProgram = "bliss";
     homepage = "http://www.tcs.hut.fi/Software/bliss/";
     license = licenses.lgpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/cbc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/cbc/default.nix
index fb92b1cc98fbb..aa979a78cb485 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/cbc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/cbc/default.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = lib.licenses.epl10;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.eelco ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux ++ lib.platforms.darwin;
-    description = "A mixed integer programming solver";
+    description = "Mixed integer programming solver";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/clp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/clp/default.nix
index 06032b4a3182e..f1c2c53638adf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/clp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/clp/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     license = licenses.epl20;
     homepage = "https://github.com/coin-or/Clp";
-    description = "An open-source linear programming solver written in C++";
+    description = "Open-source linear programming solver written in C++";
     mainProgram = "clp";
     platforms = platforms.darwin ++ platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.vbgl ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/colpack/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/colpack/default.nix
index d5ab38ff75149..768366cc5d7a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/colpack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/colpack/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A package comprising of implementations of algorithms for
+    description = "Package comprising of implementations of algorithms for
     vertex coloring and derivative computation";
     homepage = "https://cscapes.cs.purdue.edu/coloringpage/software.htm#functionalities";
     license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/csdp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/csdp/default.nix
index 6ce03008d3a98..c0f863a6d26b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/csdp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/csdp/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://projects.coin-or.org/Csdp";
     license = lib.licenses.cpl10;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.roconnor ];
-    description = "A C Library for Semidefinite Programming";
+    description = "C Library for Semidefinite Programming";
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/dap/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/dap/default.nix
index ed3290f6c27d8..40ce12f66ebd0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/dap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/dap/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/dap";
-    description = "A small statistics and graphics package based on C";
+    description = "Small statistics and graphics package based on C";
     longDescription = ''
       Dap is a small statistics and graphics package based on C. Version 3.0 and
       later of Dap can read SBS programs (based on the utterly famous, industry
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/fricas/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/fricas/default.nix
index 41dc9d66b8a74..9f0b87f011a10 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/fricas/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/fricas/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://fricas.github.io";
-    description = "An advanced computer algebra system";
+    description = "Advanced computer algebra system";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
 
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/getdp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/getdp/default.nix
index 5df35cce8e231..8accf9d76725a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/getdp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/getdp/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   cmakeFlags = lib.optional mpiSupport "-DENABLE_MPI=1";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A General Environment for the Treatment of Discrete Problems";
+    description = "General Environment for the Treatment of Discrete Problems";
     mainProgram = "getdp";
     longDescription = ''
       GetDP is a free finite element solver using mixed elements to discretize
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/gfan/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/gfan/default.nix
index 8fa6da16e336b..ee1fce783d265 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/gfan/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/gfan/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ gmp mpir cddlib ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A software package for computing Gröbner fans and tropical varieties";
+    description = "Software package for computing Gröbner fans and tropical varieties";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2 ;
     maintainers = [lib.maintainers.raskin];
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/giac/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/giac/default.nix
index 0dc12b6dcb050..834ae7b3d61f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/giac/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/giac/default.nix
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A free computer algebra system (CAS)";
+    description = "Free computer algebra system (CAS)";
     homepage = "https://www-fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr/~parisse/giac.html";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux ++ (optionals (!enableGUI) platforms.darwin);
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/glsurf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/glsurf/default.nix
index d2ebba75638b9..38caee5805b43 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/glsurf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/glsurf/default.nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://raffalli.eu/~christophe/glsurf/";
-    description = "A program to draw implicit surfaces and curves";
+    description = "Program to draw implicit surfaces and curves";
     mainProgram = "glsurf";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/gmsh/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/gmsh/default.nix
index 0037b722a8fda..3e88e7f94bbe6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/gmsh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/gmsh/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A three-dimensional finite element mesh generator";
+    description = "Three-dimensional finite element mesh generator";
     mainProgram = "gmsh";
     homepage = "https://gmsh.info/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/gretl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/gretl/default.nix
index d99a49acd9c62..dc2c62b8ad64c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/gretl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/gretl/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   enableParallelInstalling = false;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A software package for econometric analysis";
+    description = "Software package for econometric analysis";
     homepage = "https://gretl.sourceforge.net";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/lp_solve/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/lp_solve/default.nix
index fdabc8896a582..773f1f3c089e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/lp_solve/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/lp_solve/default.nix
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) solver";
+    description = "Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) solver";
     mainProgram = "lp_solve";
     homepage = "https://lpsolve.sourceforge.net";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/mathmod/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/mathmod/default.nix
index 01dab1dedea2e..dd85d06784922 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/mathmod/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/mathmod/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ qmake ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A mathematical modelling software";
+    description = "Mathematical modelling software";
     homepage = "https://github.com/parisolab/mathmod";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     mainProgram = "MathMod";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/msieve/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/msieve/default.nix
index 1de6d416a0e64..bda3e5b3a040a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/msieve/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/msieve/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A C library implementing a suite of algorithms to factor large integers";
+    description = "C library implementing a suite of algorithms to factor large integers";
     mainProgram = "msieve";
     license = lib.licenses.publicDomain;
     homepage = "http://msieve.sourceforge.net/";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/palp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/palp/default.nix
index 2fe77aa14a650..a3b54b78f99bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/palp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/palp/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Package for Analyzing Lattice Polytopes";
+    description = "Package for Analyzing Lattice Polytopes";
     longDescription = ''
       A Package for Analyzing Lattice Polytopes (PALP) is a set of C
       programs for calculations with lattice polytopes and applications to
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/pari/gp2c.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/pari/gp2c.nix
index 512aaba78d54b..c99c2fed2bd16 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/pari/gp2c.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/pari/gp2c.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/";
-    description =  "A compiler to translate GP scripts to PARI programs";
+    description =  "Compiler to translate GP scripts to PARI programs";
     downloadPage = "http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/download.html";
     inherit (pari.meta) license maintainers platforms broken;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/programmer-calculator/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/programmer-calculator/default.nix
index 9cb220ceca6a5..cc418feb763dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/programmer-calculator/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/programmer-calculator/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ gccStdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A terminal calculator for programmers";
+    description = "Terminal calculator for programmers";
     mainProgram = "pcalc";
     longDescription = ''
       Terminal calculator made for programmers working with multiple number
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/pspp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/pspp/default.nix
index 420b495e736e6..100cb5b9bc056 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/pspp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/pspp/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/";
-    description = "A free replacement for SPSS, a program for statistical analysis of sampled data";
+    description = "Free replacement for SPSS, a program for statistical analysis of sampled data";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
 
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/ratpoints/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/ratpoints/default.nix
index 69b972fe97907..f2aa1aac26079 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/ratpoints/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/ratpoints/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   preInstall = ''mkdir -p "$out"/{bin,share,lib,include}'';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A program to find rational points on hyperelliptic curves";
+    description = "Program to find rational points on hyperelliptic curves";
     mainProgram = "ratpoints";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [lib.maintainers.raskin];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/ripser/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/ripser/default.nix
index 83cf6bc51aa40..3f536f25aa115 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/ripser/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/ripser/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A lean C++ code for the computation of Vietoris–Rips persistence barcodes";
+    description = "Lean C++ code for the computation of Vietoris–Rips persistence barcodes";
     mainProgram = "ripser";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Ripser/ripser";
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/singular/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/singular/default.nix
index d079134aec76d..d1b17eccee23b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/singular/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/singular/default.nix
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CAS for polynomial computations";
+    description = "CAS for polynomial computations";
     maintainers = teams.sage.members;
     # 32 bit x86 fails with some link error: `undefined reference to `__divmoddi4@GCC_7.0.0'`
     # https://www.singular.uni-kl.de:8002/trac/ticket/837
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/speedcrunch/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/speedcrunch/default.nix
index a77474b86ffaa..021c1bedc348a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/speedcrunch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/speedcrunch/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage    = "http://speedcrunch.org";
     license     = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    description = "A fast power user calculator";
+    description = "Fast power user calculator";
     mainProgram = "speedcrunch";
     longDescription = ''
       SpeedCrunch is a fast, high precision and powerful desktop calculator.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/symmetrica/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/symmetrica/default.nix
index eea34fb778850..d6ec352d32a2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/symmetrica/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/symmetrica/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A collection of routines for representation theory and combinatorics";
+    description = "Collection of routines for representation theory and combinatorics";
     license = licenses.isc;
     maintainers = teams.sage.members;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/zegrapher/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/zegrapher/default.nix
index 2beaf5757a550..ffe337efd7db5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/zegrapher/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/zegrapher/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://zegrapher.com/";
-    description = "An open source math plotter";
+    description = "Open source math plotter";
     mainProgram = "ZeGrapher";
     longDescription = ''
       An open source, free and easy to use math plotter. It can plot functions,
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/medicine/xmedcon/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/medicine/xmedcon/default.nix
index 1a17880b6ecd3..1f0686cc0dad0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/medicine/xmedcon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/medicine/xmedcon/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config wrapGAppsHook3 ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An open source toolkit for medical image conversion ";
+    description = "Open source toolkit for medical image conversion ";
     homepage = "https://xmedcon.sourceforge.net/";
     license = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ arianvp flokli ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/bada-bib/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/bada-bib/default.nix
index 1895315325747..83abd40030ee5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/bada-bib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/bada-bib/default.nix
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/RogerCrocker/BadaBib";
-    description = "A simple BibTeX Viewer and Editor";
+    description = "Simple BibTeX Viewer and Editor";
     mainProgram = "badabib";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.Cogitri ];
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/cytoscape/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/cytoscape/default.nix
index 1d42600d9770d..392a529f0dedd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/cytoscape/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/cytoscape/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.cytoscape.org";
-    description = "A general platform for complex network analysis and visualization";
+    description = "General platform for complex network analysis and visualization";
     mainProgram = "cytoscape";
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl21;
     maintainers = [lib.maintainers.mimame];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/gephi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/gephi/default.nix
index ab8134daf3aea..77b6584412a5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/gephi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/gephi/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ mavenJdk11.buildMavenPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A platform for visualizing and manipulating large graphs";
+    description = "Platform for visualizing and manipulating large graphs";
     mainProgram = "gephi";
     homepage = "https://gephi.org";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/graphia/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/graphia/default.nix
index b6d33f0840611..a5055220e95fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/graphia/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/graphia/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     # never built on Hydra https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixpkgs/trunk/graphia.x86_64-darwin
     broken = (stdenv.isLinux && stdenv.isAarch64) || stdenv.isDarwin;
-    description = "A visualisation tool for the creation and analysis of graphs";
+    description = "Visualisation tool for the creation and analysis of graphs";
     homepage = "https://graphia.app";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     mainProgram = "Graphia";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/netlogo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/netlogo/default.nix
index 13c3c36f90ae6..20d001d8dba23 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/netlogo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/netlogo/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A multi-agent programmable modeling environment";
+    description = "Multi-agent programmable modeling environment";
     mainProgram = "netlogo";
     longDescription = ''
       NetLogo is a multi-agent programmable modeling environment. It is used by
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/combined/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/combined/default.nix
index bc6bc96202152..8d937dddac547 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/combined/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/combined/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ symlinkJoin {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An open-source Modelica-based modeling and simulation environment intended for industrial and academic usage";
+    description = "Open-source Modelica-based modeling and simulation environment intended for industrial and academic usage";
     homepage = "https://openmodelica.org";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ balodja smironov ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/omedit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/omedit/default.nix
index 57863482fef65..731d64c41755b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/omedit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/omedit/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ mkOpenModelicaDerivation rec {
   QMAKESPEC = "linux-clang";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Modelica connection editor for OpenModelica";
+    description = "Modelica connection editor for OpenModelica";
     homepage = "https://openmodelica.org";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ balodja smironov ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/omlibrary/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/omlibrary/default.nix
index 6821e33d1a629..dee5aacf66655 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/omlibrary/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/omlibrary/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ mkOpenModelicaDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A collection of Modelica libraries to use with OpenModelica,
+    description = "Collection of Modelica libraries to use with OpenModelica,
 including Modelica Standard Library";
     homepage = "https://openmodelica.org";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/omparser/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/omparser/default.nix
index cbf8f2255e76c..03030de2cf486 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/omparser/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/omparser/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ mkOpenModelicaDerivation rec {
   patches = [ ./Makefile.in.patch ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An antlr4-based parser of Modelica files from OpenModelica
+    description = "Antlr4-based parser of Modelica files from OpenModelica
 suite";
     homepage = "https://openmodelica.org";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmvg/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmvg/default.nix
index 5cf4dc4377521..f622f87d2e412 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmvg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmvg/default.nix
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     broken = stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isx86_64;
-    description = "A library for computer-vision scientists and targeted for the Multiple View Geometry community";
+    description = "Library for computer-vision scientists and targeted for the Multiple View Geometry community";
     homepage = "https://openmvg.readthedocs.io/en/latest/";
     license = lib.licenses.mpl20;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/reason-shell/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/reason-shell/default.nix
index 848f31abe4c6b..5491593cc7f70 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/reason-shell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/reason-shell/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A shell for research papers";
+    description = "Shell for research papers";
     mainProgram = "reason";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jaywonchung/reason";
     changelog = "https://github.com/jaywonchung/reason/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/5.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/5.nix
index dfe7b5eca97f3..80f2df0688da3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/5.nix
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://root.cern.ch/";
-    description = "A data analysis framework";
+    description = "Data analysis framework";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     broken = !stdenv.isx86_64 || stdenv.cc.isClang or false;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ veprbl ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
index c369319bcc9e8..ded47a661a21a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://root.cern/";
-    description = "A data analysis framework";
+    description = "Data analysis framework";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.guitargeek maintainers.veprbl ];
     license = licenses.lgpl21;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/sasview/xhtml2pdf.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/sasview/xhtml2pdf.nix
index 41d15e2f1babc..b7ace57d74afc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/sasview/xhtml2pdf.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/sasview/xhtml2pdf.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A pdf converter for the ReportLab Toolkit";
+    description = "Pdf converter for the ReportLab Toolkit";
     homepage = "https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ rprospero ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/tulip/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/tulip/default.nix
index 474df80ace034..9808a572836d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/tulip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/tulip/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A visualization framework for the analysis and visualization of relational data";
+    description = "Visualization framework for the analysis and visualization of relational data";
 
     longDescription =
       '' Tulip is an information visualization framework dedicated to the
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/molecular-dynamics/raspa/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/molecular-dynamics/raspa/default.nix
index 149db0504bf1f..8fd395f9174d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/molecular-dynamics/raspa/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/molecular-dynamics/raspa/default.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A general purpose classical molecular simulation package";
+    description = "General purpose classical molecular simulation package";
     homepage = "https://iraspa.org/raspa/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/physics/dawn/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/physics/dawn/default.nix
index c174d4c0720f7..a32311baca935 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/physics/dawn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/physics/dawn/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A vectorized 3D PostScript processor with analytical hidden line/surface removal";
+    description = "Vectorized 3D PostScript processor with analytical hidden line/surface removal";
     license = licenses.unfree;
     homepage = "https://geant4.kek.jp/~tanaka/DAWN/About_DAWN.html";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/physics/dawncut/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/physics/dawncut/default.nix
index 5c17837d2e952..2c1b987848810 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/physics/dawncut/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/physics/dawncut/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to generate a 3D scene data clipped with an arbitrary plane";
+    description = "Tool to generate a 3D scene data clipped with an arbitrary plane";
     license = licenses.unfree;
     homepage = "https://geant4.kek.jp/~tanaka/DAWN/About_DAWNCUT.html";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/physics/elmerfem/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/physics/elmerfem/default.nix
index c3720602d08d2..4b19bc4b17b48 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/physics/elmerfem/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/physics/elmerfem/default.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://elmerfem.org";
-    description = "A finite element software for multiphysical problems";
+    description = "Finite element software for multiphysical problems";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ wulfsta broke ];
     license = licenses.lgpl21;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/physics/nnpdf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/physics/nnpdf/default.nix
index d0104095f39a8..a4762323dcf95 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/physics/nnpdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/physics/nnpdf/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An open-source machine learning framework for global analyses of parton distributions";
+    description = "Open-source machine learning framework for global analyses of parton distributions";
     mainProgram = "evolven3fit";
     homepage = "https://docs.nnpdf.science/";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/physics/professor/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/physics/professor/default.nix
index 6d52951ee9c9b..555bb39be5394 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/physics/professor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/physics/professor/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installCheckTarget = "check";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tuning tool for Monte Carlo event generators";
+    description = "Tuning tool for Monte Carlo event generators";
     homepage = "https://professor.hepforge.org/";
     license = licenses.unfree; # no license specified
     maintainers = [ maintainers.veprbl ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/physics/quantomatic/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/physics/quantomatic/default.nix
index caff65f1d71b6..05011313bccea 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/physics/quantomatic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/physics/quantomatic/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A piece of software for reasoning about monoidal theories; in particular, quantum information processing";
+    description = "Piece of software for reasoning about monoidal theories; in particular, quantum information processing";
     mainProgram = "quantomatic";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     homepage = "https://quantomatic.github.io/";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/physics/sacrifice/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/physics/sacrifice/default.nix
index 352b65dc700c0..dbe2365371393 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/physics/sacrifice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/physics/sacrifice/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A standalone contribution to AGILe for steering Pythia 8";
+    description = "Standalone contribution to AGILe for steering Pythia 8";
     mainProgram = "run-pythia";
     license     = lib.licenses.gpl2;
     homepage    = "https://agile.hepforge.org/trac/wiki/Sacrifice";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/physics/xflr5/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/physics/xflr5/default.nix
index 497be8fcbaa9e..3090bcbfecd46 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/physics/xflr5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/physics/xflr5/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ qmake ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An analysis tool for airfoils, wings and planes";
+    description = "Analysis tool for airfoils, wings and planes";
     mainProgram = "xflr5";
     homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/xflr5/";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/robotics/mission-planner/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/robotics/mission-planner/default.nix
index f6e7e5f114fa7..0e60cb1fc2604 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/robotics/mission-planner/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/robotics/mission-planner/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An ArduPilot ground station";
+    description = "ArduPilot ground station";
     mainProgram = "mission-planner";
     longDescription = ''
       Full-featured ground station application for the ArduPilot open source
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/default.nix
index 707a29307e766..c3c1b6d85ed30 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/default.nix
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A full-text search tool";
+    description = "Full-text search tool";
     longDescription = ''
       Recoll is an Xapian frontend that can search through files, archive
       members, email attachments.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/system/asusctl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/system/asusctl/default.nix
index 3fe0f13ea3bfb..8ae81050634b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/system/asusctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/system/asusctl/default.nix
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A control daemon, CLI tools, and a collection of crates for interacting with ASUS ROG laptops";
+    description = "Control daemon, CLI tools, and a collection of crates for interacting with ASUS ROG laptops";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/asus-linux/asusctl";
     license = licenses.mpl20;
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/system/supergfxctl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/system/supergfxctl/default.nix
index 4180699155e68..3fd0182e66a22 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/system/supergfxctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/system/supergfxctl/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A GPU switching utility, mostly for ASUS laptops";
+    description = "GPU switching utility, mostly for ASUS laptops";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/asus-linux/supergfxctl";
     license = licenses.mpl20;
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/system/zxfer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/system/zxfer/default.nix
index 855be7bc3be08..802688cad5837 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/system/zxfer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/system/zxfer/default.nix
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ resholve.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A popular script for managing ZFS snapshot replication";
+    description = "Popular script for managing ZFS snapshot replication";
     homepage = "https://github.com/allanjude/zxfer";
     changelog = "https://github.com/allanjude/zxfer/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.bsd2;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/alacritty/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/alacritty/default.nix
index 16f46cb0f8ada..58e527cc50a98 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/alacritty/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/alacritty/default.nix
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   passthru.tests.test = nixosTests.terminal-emulators.alacritty;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator";
+    description = "Cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator";
     homepage = "https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     mainProgram = "alacritty";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/darktile/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/darktile/default.nix
index 2aaa68801cb7a..4336c565afa1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/darktile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/darktile/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   passthru.tests.test = nixosTests.terminal-emulators.darktile;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A GPU rendered terminal emulator designed for tiling window managers";
+    description = "GPU rendered terminal emulator designed for tiling window managers";
     homepage = "https://github.com/liamg/darktile";
     downloadPage = "https://github.com/liamg/darktile/releases";
     changelog = "https://github.com/liamg/darktile/releases/tag/v${version}";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/dterm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/dterm/default.nix
index b9ab08e9bbbc3..d77cf6e4d2c9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/dterm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/dterm/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://www.knossos.net.nz/resources/free-software/dterm/";
-    description = "A simple terminal program";
+    description = "Simple terminal program";
     longDescription = ''
       dterm is a simple terminal emulator, which doesn’t actually emulate any
       particular terminal. Mainly, it is designed for use with xterm and
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/foot/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/foot/default.nix
index 2ab5829b37582..0af07518001a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/foot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/foot/default.nix
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/";
     changelog = "https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/releases/tag/${version}";
-    description = "A fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator";
+    description = "Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.sternenseemann maintainers.abbe ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/hyper/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/hyper/default.nix
index 0c4d0b9d99a20..8fcbbe0666ef4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/hyper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/hyper/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   dontPatchELF = true;
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A terminal built on web technologies";
+    description = "Terminal built on web technologies";
     homepage    = "https://hyper.is/";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ puffnfresh fabiangd ];
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/iterm2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/iterm2/default.nix
index e81648d23144a..f88c3c6753794 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/iterm2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/iterm2/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A replacement for Terminal and the successor to iTerm";
+    description = "Replacement for Terminal and the successor to iTerm";
     homepage = "https://www.iterm2.com/";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ steinybot tricktron ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/kitty/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/kitty/default.nix
index ea09667c06485..03cfa1bc1dc58 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/kitty/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/kitty/default.nix
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty";
-    description = "A modern, hackable, featureful, OpenGL based terminal emulator";
+    description = "Modern, hackable, featureful, OpenGL based terminal emulator";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     changelog = [
       "https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/changelog/"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/microcom/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/microcom/default.nix
index ef9f09a606fa3..8f9639dcfcd48 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/microcom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/microcom/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ readline ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A minimalistic terminal program for communicating
+    description = "Minimalistic terminal program for communicating
     with devices over a serial connection";
     inherit (src.meta) homepage;
     license = licenses.gpl2;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/rio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/rio/default.nix
index 86f06b50ef433..6b68e6bdc0f5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/rio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/rio/default.nix
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A hardware-accelerated GPU terminal emulator powered by WebGPU";
+    description = "Hardware-accelerated GPU terminal emulator powered by WebGPU";
     homepage = "https://raphamorim.io/rio";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ tornax otavio oluceps ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/sakura/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/sakura/default.nix
index bbf435fd4ff73..d58eceae1654c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/sakura/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/sakura/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.pleyades.net/david/projects/sakura";
-    description = "A terminal emulator based on GTK and VTE";
+    description = "Terminal emulator based on GTK and VTE";
     longDescription = ''
       sakura is a terminal emulator based on GTK and VTE. It's a terminal
       emulator with few dependencies, so you don't need a full GNOME desktop
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/st/siduck76-st.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/st/siduck76-st.nix
index a6753a105c6d1..cb4a9d77b5fd5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/st/siduck76-st.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/st/siduck76-st.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/siduck76/st";
-    description = "A fork of st with many add-ons";
+    description = "Fork of st with many add-ons";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/termite/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/termite/default.nix
index a47423390ba21..4acc8263ce869 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/termite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/termite/default.nix
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple VTE-based terminal";
+    description = "Simple VTE-based terminal";
     license = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
     homepage = "https://github.com/thestinger/termite/";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ koral ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/wayst/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/wayst/default.nix
index 63736ac35e350..e1522450a1dc4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/wayst/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/wayst/default.nix
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   passthru.tests.test = nixosTests.terminal-emulators.wayst;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple terminal emulator";
+    description = "Simple terminal emulator";
     mainProgram = "wayst";
     homepage = "https://github.com/91861/wayst";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/bitbucket-server-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/bitbucket-server-cli/default.nix
index ecbe064826c5f..6c38250c2753a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/bitbucket-server-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/bitbucket-server-cli/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ bundlerEnv rec {
   passthru.updateScript = bundlerUpdateScript "bitbucket-server-cli";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command line interface to interact with BitBucket Server (formerly Atlassian Stash)";
+    description = "Command line interface to interact with BitBucket Server (formerly Atlassian Stash)";
     homepage    = "https://bitbucket.org/atlassian/bitbucket-server-cli";
     license     = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jgertm nicknovitski ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/commit-formatter/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/commit-formatter/default.nix
index 03eead59a6ba3..3a3fc7b28127e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/commit-formatter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/commit-formatter/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoSha256 = "AeHQCoP1HOftlOt/Yala3AXocMlwwIXIO2i1AsFSvGQ=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI tool to help you write git commit";
+    description = "CLI tool to help you write git commit";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Eliot00/commit-formatter";
     license = with licenses; [ asl20 /* or */ mit ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ elliot ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvs2svn/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvs2svn/default.nix
index fe429fdb7afc9..5ddb9a0da84b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvs2svn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvs2svn/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pypy2Packages.buildPythonApplication  rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to convert CVS repositories to Subversion repositories";
+    description = "Tool to convert CVS repositories to Subversion repositories";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mhagger/cvs2svn";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ makefu viraptor ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvsps/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvsps/default.nix
index ebee69ebb3cdd..85c092ffe7a61 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvsps/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvsps/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installFlags = [ "prefix=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A tool to generate CVS patch set information";
+    description = "Tool to generate CVS patch set information";
     longDescription = ''
       CVSps is a program for generating `patchset' information from a
       CVS repository.  A patchset in this case is defined as a set of
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvsq/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvsq/default.nix
index 89fe6e89f482c..09e687af7ba39 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvsq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvsq/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A collection of tools to work locally with CVS";
+    description = "Collection of tools to work locally with CVS";
     longDescription = ''
       cvsq is a collection of tools to work locally with CVS.
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/danger-gitlab/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/danger-gitlab/default.nix
index 654ad2c82d560..8ee557bd295a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/danger-gitlab/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/danger-gitlab/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ bundlerApp {
   exes = [ "danger" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A gem that exists to ensure all dependencies are set up for Danger with GitLab";
+    description = "Gem that exists to ensure all dependencies are set up for Danger with GitLab";
     homepage = "https://github.com/danger/danger-gitlab-gem";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = teams.serokell.members;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/deepgit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/deepgit/default.nix
index c5744d073ce00..feffc31b759b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/deepgit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/deepgit/default.nix
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to investigate the history of source code";
+    description = "Tool to investigate the history of source code";
     homepage = "https://www.syntevo.com/deepgit";
     changelog = "https://www.syntevo.com/deepgit/changelog.txt";
     license = licenses.unfree;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/delta/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/delta/default.nix
index c669eb0be1f2c..40f474f2c4c1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/delta/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/delta/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/dandavison/delta";
-    description = "A syntax-highlighting pager for git";
+    description = "Syntax-highlighting pager for git";
     changelog = "https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases/tag/${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ zowoq SuperSandro2000 figsoda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gerrit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gerrit/default.nix
index e8bcdb33a95e8..eed79f28b39f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gerrit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gerrit/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.gerritcodereview.com/index.md";
     license = licenses.asl20;
-    description = "A web based code review and repository management for the git version control system";
+    description = "Web based code review and repository management for the git version control system";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ flokli zimbatm ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-annex-remote-dbx/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-annex-remote-dbx/default.nix
index ed48250114904..041972e146b7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-annex-remote-dbx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-annex-remote-dbx/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ dropbox annexremote humanfriendly ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A git-annex special remote for Dropbox";
+    description = "Git-annex special remote for Dropbox";
     homepage = "https://pypi.org/project/git-annex-remote-dbx/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "git-annex-remote-dbx";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-annex-remote-googledrive/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-annex-remote-googledrive/default.nix
index 10eec961104d8..72c0e48275ca4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-annex-remote-googledrive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-annex-remote-googledrive/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A git-annex special remote for Google Drive";
+    description = "Git-annex special remote for Google Drive";
     homepage = "https://pypi.org/project/git-annex-remote-googledrive/";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ gravndal ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-backup/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-backup/default.nix
index 5f582ca64c30d..ac755e8866626 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-backup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-backup/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/jsdw/git-backup";
-    description = "A tool to help you backup your git repositories from services like GitHub";
+    description = "Tool to help you backup your git repositories from services like GitHub";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ cafkafk ];
     mainProgram = "git-backup";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-bars/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-bars/default.nix
index d9acc9d46fb9c..79f103468dd81 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-bars/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-bars/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/knadh/git-bars";
-    description = "A utility for visualising git commit activity as bars on the terminal";
+    description = "Utility for visualising git commit activity as bars on the terminal";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.matthiasbeyer ];
     mainProgram = "git-bars";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-branchless/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-branchless/default.nix
index fd6213269729f..cccbb0503fedd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-branchless/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-branchless/default.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A suite of tools to help you visualize, navigate, manipulate, and repair your commit history";
+    description = "Suite of tools to help you visualize, navigate, manipulate, and repair your commit history";
     homepage = "https://github.com/arxanas/git-branchless";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     mainProgram = "git-branchless";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-cache/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-cache/default.nix
index 7b31fca2b995f..a099f92f504db 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-cache/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-cache/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/Seb35/git-cache";
     license = licenses.wtfpl;
-    description = "A program to add and manage a system-wide or user-wide cache for remote git repositories";
+    description = "Program to add and manage a system-wide or user-wide cache for remote git repositories";
     mainProgram = "git-cache";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ maxhearnden ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-cliff/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-cliff/default.nix
index 37a8620d2143e..0f6db5806599c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-cliff/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-cliff/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A highly customizable Changelog Generator that follows Conventional Commit specifications";
+    description = "Highly customizable Changelog Generator that follows Conventional Commit specifications";
     homepage = "https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff";
     changelog = "https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-codeowners/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-codeowners/default.nix
index 90e0482675ae0..7ca69ccc3d4b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-codeowners/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-codeowners/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/softprops/git-codeowners";
-    description = "a git extension to work with CODEOWNERS files";
+    description = "Git extension to work with CODEOWNERS files";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ zimbatm ];
     mainProgram = "git-codeowners";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-cola/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-cola/default.nix
index 38c094ad0e20c..f51b9995746a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-cola/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-cola/default.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola";
-    description = "A sleek and powerful Git GUI";
+    description = "Sleek and powerful Git GUI";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.bobvanderlinden ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-credential-manager/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-credential-manager/default.nix
index 54de6b1bcf3a4..b749ce8c6e312 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-credential-manager/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-credential-manager/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ buildDotnetModule rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A secure, cross-platform Git credential storage with authentication to GitHub, Azure Repos, and other popular Git hosting services";
+    description = "Secure, cross-platform Git credential storage with authentication to GitHub, Azure Repos, and other popular Git hosting services";
     homepage = "https://github.com/git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager";
     license = with licenses; [ mit ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-quick-stats/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-quick-stats/default.nix
index 5f845a510fd69..99be76387bd88 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-quick-stats/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-quick-stats/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/arzzen/git-quick-stats";
-    description = "A simple and efficient way to access various statistics in git repository";
+    description = "Simple and efficient way to access various statistics in git repository";
     platforms = platforms.all;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.kmein ];
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-radar/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-radar/default.nix
index 27979d63cca56..4bc6a3f8c531d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-radar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-radar/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/michaeldfallen/git-radar";
     license = licenses.mit;
-    description = "A tool you can add to your prompt to provide at-a-glance information on your git repo";
+    description = "Tool you can add to your prompt to provide at-a-glance information on your git repo";
     platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ kamilchm ];
     mainProgram = "git-radar";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-remote-gcrypt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-remote-gcrypt/default.nix
index fd506ca2b46b6..d3f53b704eeb0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-remote-gcrypt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-remote-gcrypt/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://spwhitton.name/tech/code/git-remote-gcrypt";
-    description = "A git remote helper for GPG-encrypted remotes";
+    description = "Git remote helper for GPG-encrypted remotes";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ellis montag451 ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-secret/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-secret/default.nix
index 877a727523b56..6c0613a28df7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-secret/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-secret/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A bash-tool to store your private data inside a git repository";
+    description = "Bash-tool to store your private data inside a git repository";
     homepage = "https://git-secret.io";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.lo1tuma ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-series/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-series/default.nix
index a055ccc868f28..b2176bb9e939e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-series/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-series/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to help with formatting git patches for review on mailing lists";
+    description = "Tool to help with formatting git patches for review on mailing lists";
     longDescription = ''
       git series tracks changes to a patch series over time. git
       series also tracks a cover letter for the patch series,
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-stree/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-stree/default.nix
index 53f43d69d4d40..d15db48902fa1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-stree/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-stree/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A better Git subtree helper command";
+    description = "Better Git subtree helper command";
     homepage = "http://deliciousinsights.github.io/git-stree";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.benley ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-sync/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-sync/default.nix
index 9180db63a8139..3ff96da704e07 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-sync/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-sync/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A script to automatically synchronize a git repository";
+    description = "Script to automatically synchronize a git repository";
     homepage = "https://github.com/simonthum/git-sync";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ imalison ];
     license = lib.licenses.cc0;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-up/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-up/default.nix
index 5f91aacf63d8a..ddbb5b803f5b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-up/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-up/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/msiemens/PyGitUp";
-    description = "A git pull replacement that rebases all local branches when pulling";
+    description = "Git pull replacement that rebases all local branches when pulling";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-vendor/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-vendor/default.nix
index 6722f94d503e7..a0f3e26b2e4f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-vendor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-vendor/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A git command for managing vendored dependencies";
+    description = "Git command for managing vendored dependencies";
     longDescription = ''
       git-vendor is a wrapper around git-subtree commands for checking out and updating vendored dependencies.
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gita/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gita/default.nix
index eba9f5ed75257..41fe453647de6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gita/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gita/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command-line tool to manage multiple git repos";
+    description = "Command-line tool to manage multiple git repos";
     homepage = "https://github.com/nosarthur/gita";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ seqizz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/gitaly/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/gitaly/default.nix
index 96e91f8209395..828fc9a2eb2ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/gitaly/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/gitaly/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ buildGoModule ({
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly";
-    description = "A Git RPC service for handling all the git calls made by GitLab";
+    description = "Git RPC service for handling all the git calls made by GitLab";
     platforms = platforms.linux ++ [ "x86_64-darwin" ];
     maintainers = teams.gitlab.members;
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitoxide/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitoxide/default.nix
index 1688160c34596..452c6f5ab2f57 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitoxide/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitoxide/default.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ in rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   env.OPENSSL_NO_VENDOR = 1;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command-line application for interacting with git repositories";
+    description = "Command-line application for interacting with git repositories";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Byron/gitoxide";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Byron/gitoxide/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = with licenses; [ mit /* or */ asl20 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gittyup/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gittyup/default.nix
index c035f59666b1f..6fa79e69260a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gittyup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gittyup/default.nix
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A graphical Git client designed to help you understand and manage your source code history";
+    description = "Graphical Git client designed to help you understand and manage your source code history";
     homepage = "https://murmele.github.io/Gittyup";
     license = with licenses; [ mit ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/glitter/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/glitter/default.nix
index a6a81fb08782a..be21abd9effb7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/glitter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/glitter/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   checkFlags = [ "--skip" "runs_correctly" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A git wrapper that allows you to compress multiple commands into one";
+    description = "Git wrapper that allows you to compress multiple commands into one";
     homepage = "https://github.com/milo123459/glitter";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Milo123459/glitter/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gogs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gogs/default.nix
index 0f3c106a7e1fb..534fd288d43e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gogs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gogs/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A painless self-hosted Git service";
+    description = "Painless self-hosted Git service";
     homepage = "https://gogs.io";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.schneefux ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gomp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gomp/default.nix
index 03385404e787c..1aa5bb9951b7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gomp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gomp/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   doCheck = false; # tests require interactive terminal
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool for comparing Git branches";
+    description = "Tool for comparing Git branches";
     homepage = "https://github.com/MarkForged/GOMP";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ prusnak ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gource/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gource/default.nix
index 63c2202b4be96..c6e699ac1b513 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gource/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gource/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://gource.io/";
-    description = "A Software version control visualization tool";
+    description = "Software version control visualization tool";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     longDescription = ''
       Software projects are displayed by Gource as an animated tree with
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gql/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gql/default.nix
index 02a90ab2ec7c4..cb94d6f3bb238 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gql/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gql/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A SQL like query language to perform queries on .git files";
+    description = "SQL like query language to perform queries on .git files";
     homepage = "https://github.com/AmrDeveloper/GQL";
     changelog = "https://github.com/AmrDeveloper/GQL/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gut/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gut/default.nix
index 1254de70eb926..a6604e24fb345 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gut/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gut/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An alternative git CLI";
+    description = "Alternative git CLI";
     homepage = "https://gut-cli.dev";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/hut/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/hut/default.nix
index f1fc58b20da70..beb0926769b5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/hut/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/hut/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://sr.ht/~emersion/hut/";
-    description = "A CLI tool for Sourcehut / sr.ht";
+    description = "CLI tool for Sourcehut / sr.ht";
     license = licenses.agpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fgaz ];
     mainProgram = "hut";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/jujutsu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/jujutsu/default.nix
index cc0eb566ccc31..2cdf24160c518 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/jujutsu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/jujutsu/default.nix
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Git-compatible DVCS that is both simple and powerful";
+    description = "Git-compatible DVCS that is both simple and powerful";
     homepage = "https://github.com/martinvonz/jj";
     changelog = "https://github.com/martinvonz/jj/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/mercurial/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/mercurial/default.nix
index b6bf52048f5e4..25c2df1ad71be 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/mercurial/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/mercurial/default.nix
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ let
     };
 
     meta = with lib; {
-      description = "A fast, lightweight SCM system for very large distributed projects";
+      description = "Fast, lightweight SCM system for very large distributed projects";
       homepage = "https://www.mercurial-scm.org";
       downloadPage = "https://www.mercurial-scm.org/release/";
       changelog = "https://wiki.mercurial-scm.org/Release${versions.majorMinor version}";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/monotone-viz/graphviz-2.0.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/monotone-viz/graphviz-2.0.nix
index 05a0abe93c521..c2a2765b4be7e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/monotone-viz/graphviz-2.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/monotone-viz/graphviz-2.0.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ lib.optional (libX11 == null) "--without-x";
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A program for visualising graphs";
+    description = "Program for visualising graphs";
     homepage = "http://www.graphviz.org/";
     branch = "2.0";
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/monotone/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/monotone/default.nix
index 56e23ee1f6bd1..e50395ebfd990 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/monotone/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/monotone/default.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   #doCheck = true; # some tests fail (and they take VERY long)
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A free distributed version control system";
+    description = "Free distributed version control system";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.raskin ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/nitpick/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/nitpick/default.nix
index 56d3531f72196..eb6956b1a3122 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/nitpick/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/nitpick/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A distributed issue tracker";
+    description = "Distributed issue tracker";
     longDescription = ''
       Nitpick is a distributed issue tracker. It helps keep track of which nits you
       should pick. It's intended to be used with source code such that the issues can
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/pass-git-helper/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/pass-git-helper/default.nix
index 5c7379c51a5d3..da2f159601121 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/pass-git-helper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/pass-git-helper/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/languitar/pass-git-helper";
-    description = "A git credential helper interfacing with pass, the standard unix password manager";
+    description = "Git credential helper interfacing with pass, the standard unix password manager";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ hmenke vanzef ];
     mainProgram = "pass-git-helper";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/peru/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/peru/default.nix
index 5637471711b18..ff3f96a7fac2b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/peru/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/peru/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/buildinspace/peru";
-    description = "A tool for including other people's code in your projects";
+    description = "Tool for including other people's code in your projects";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     mainProgram = "peru";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/pijul/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/pijul/default.nix
index bb6e7aeb91147..7503814c389d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/pijul/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/pijul/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A distributed version control system";
+    description = "Distributed version control system";
     homepage = "https://pijul.org";
     license = with licenses; [ gpl2Plus ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ gal_bolle dywedir fabianhjr ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/reposurgeon/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/reposurgeon/default.nix
index ea34252f68a89..40ce515938e5f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/reposurgeon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/reposurgeon/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A tool for editing version-control repository history";
+    description = "Tool for editing version-control repository history";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     homepage = "http://www.catb.org/esr/reposurgeon/";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dfoxfranke ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/rs-git-fsmonitor/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/rs-git-fsmonitor/default.nix
index 8d6c7f072d041..7c4ecaf30729b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/rs-git-fsmonitor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/rs-git-fsmonitor/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fast git core.fsmonitor hook written in Rust";
+    description = "Fast git core.fsmonitor hook written in Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jgavris/rs-git-fsmonitor";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/sapling/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/sapling/default.nix
index c5f2adf153f56..f06f72f6e9e02 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/sapling/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/sapling/default.nix
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication {
   passthru.isl = isl;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Scalable, User-Friendly Source Control System";
+    description = "Scalable, User-Friendly Source Control System";
     homepage = "https://sapling-scm.com";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pbar thoughtpolice ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/stgit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/stgit/default.nix
index cece41286a804..aba560a81d815 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/stgit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/stgit/default.nix
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A patch manager implemented on top of Git";
+    description = "Patch manager implemented on top of Git";
     homepage = "https://stacked-git.github.io/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/subgit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/subgit/default.nix
index 3aca6673589cd..308d1b80034ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/subgit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/subgit/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "3.3.17";
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A tool for a smooth, stress-free SVN to Git migration";
+    description = "Tool for a smooth, stress-free SVN to Git migration";
     longDescription = "Create writable Git mirror of a local or remote Subversion repository and use both Subversion and Git as long as you like. You may also do a fast one-time import from Subversion to Git.";
     homepage = "https://subgit.com";
     license = lib.licenses.unfree;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion/default.nix
index 0c83d080716cc..d2301db3df2e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion/default.nix
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ let
     doCheck = false; # fails 10 out of ~2300 tests
 
     meta = with lib; {
-      description = "A version control system intended to be a compelling replacement for CVS in the open source community";
+      description = "Version control system intended to be a compelling replacement for CVS in the open source community";
       license = licenses.asl20;
       homepage = "https://subversion.apache.org/";
       mainProgram = "svn";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/svn-all-fast-export/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/svn-all-fast-export/default.nix
index 5fc67ef47d783..cf979f3d7dfde 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/svn-all-fast-export/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/svn-all-fast-export/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/svn-all-fast-export/svn2git";
-    description = "A fast-import based converter for an svn repo to git repos";
+    description = "Fast-import based converter for an svn repo to git repos";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     platforms = platforms.all;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.flokli ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/tailor/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/tailor/default.nix
index f60135909f566..a195c51358ef7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/tailor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/tailor/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to migrate changesets between various kinds of version control system";
+    description = "Tool to migrate changesets between various kinds of version control system";
     longDescription = ''
       With its ability to "translate the history" from one VCS kind to another,
       this tool makes it easier to keep the upstream changes merged in
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/thicket/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/thicket/default.nix
index 710cdda4f94aa..bffad065b15fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/thicket/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/thicket/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ crystal.buildCrystalPackage rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A better one-line git log";
+    description = "Better one-line git log";
     homepage = "https://github.com/taylorthurlow/thicket";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ Br1ght0ne ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/verco/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/verco/default.nix
index 4597a87b4721b..ca41cdc00b7e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/verco/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/verco/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoSha256 = "sha256-urnTPlQTmOPq7mHZjsTqxql/FQe7NYHE8sVJJ4fno+U=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple Git/Mercurial/PlasticSCM tui client based on keyboard shortcuts";
+    description = "Simple Git/Mercurial/PlasticSCM tui client based on keyboard shortcuts";
     homepage = "https://vamolessa.github.io/verco";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/ani-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/ani-cli/default.nix
index f4d174474df23..d906b0d2b865f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/ani-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/ani-cli/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/pystardust/ani-cli";
-    description = "A cli tool to browse and play anime";
+    description = "Cli tool to browse and play anime";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ skykanin ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/animdl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/animdl/default.nix
index 89e5b4d48bff4..c8ba0264e36aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/animdl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/animdl/default.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ buildPythonApplication {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A highly efficient, powerful and fast anime scraper";
+    description = "Highly efficient, powerful and fast anime scraper";
     homepage = "https://github.com/justfoolingaround/animdl";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     mainProgram = "animdl";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/anime-downloader/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/anime-downloader/default.nix
index 5e4f58cea1d30..99323ef960516 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/anime-downloader/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/anime-downloader/default.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/anime-dl/anime-downloader";
-    description = "A simple but powerful anime downloader and streamer";
+    description = "Simple but powerful anime downloader and streamer";
     license = licenses.unlicense;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/bombono/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/bombono/default.nix
index 87545d5bceecb..73471a7564d2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/bombono/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/bombono/default.nix
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "a DVD authoring program for personal computers";
+    description = "DVD authoring program for personal computers";
     homepage = "https://www.bombono.org/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ symphorien ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/clapper/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/clapper/default.nix
index b638bc3afd7df..78bfaa2b46373 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/clapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/clapper/default.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A GNOME media player built using GTK4 toolkit and powered by GStreamer with OpenGL rendering";
+    description = "GNOME media player built using GTK4 toolkit and powered by GStreamer with OpenGL rendering";
     longDescription = ''
       Clapper is a GNOME media player built using the GTK4 toolkit.
       The media player is using GStreamer as a media backend.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/cutecapture/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/cutecapture/default.nix
index a588ddb38a8d4..238249883ef99 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/cutecapture/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/cutecapture/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A (3)DS capture software for Linux and Mac";
+    description = "(3)DS capture software for Linux and Mac";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Gotos/CuteCapture";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/dmlive/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/dmlive/default.nix
index f36fb581a5202..03affd1e00a7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/dmlive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/dmlive/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to play and record videos or live streams with danmaku";
+    description = "Tool to play and record videos or live streams with danmaku";
     homepage = "https://github.com/THMonster/dmlive";
     license = licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "dmlive";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/dra-cla/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/dra-cla/default.nix
index 00bf2c642b2d1..02a4a66be9295 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/dra-cla/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/dra-cla/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/CoolnsX/dra-cla";
-    description = "A cli tool to browse and play korean drama, chinese drama";
+    description = "Cli tool to browse and play korean drama, chinese drama";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ idlip ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/dvdbackup/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/dvdbackup/default.nix
index 523847db247f1..5e791da598a7f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/dvdbackup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/dvdbackup/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   })];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A tool to rip video DVDs from the command line";
+    description = "Tool to rip video DVDs from the command line";
     homepage = "https://dvdbackup.sourceforge.net/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.bradediger ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/dvdstyler/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/dvdstyler/default.nix
index e25bdf877a844..db3f6e7f9a54e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/dvdstyler/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/dvdstyler/default.nix
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.dvdstyler.org/";
-    description = "A DVD authoring software";
+    description = "DVD authoring software";
     longDescription = ''
       DVDStyler is a cross-platform free DVD authoring application for the
       creation of professional-looking DVDs. It allows not only burning of video
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/electronplayer/electronplayer.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/electronplayer/electronplayer.nix
index cc26adc24780a..1cb10e65cbb95 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/electronplayer/electronplayer.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/electronplayer/electronplayer.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ in appimageTools.wrapType2 {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An electron based web video services player";
+    description = "Electron based web video services player";
     mainProgram = "electronplayer";
     homepage = "https://github.com/oscartbeaumont/ElectronPlayer";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/freetube/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/freetube/default.nix
index 9c5d7f2067fee..3d86b182a1515 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/freetube/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/freetube/default.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An Open Source YouTube app for privacy";
+    description = "Open Source YouTube app for privacy";
     homepage = "https://freetubeapp.io/";
     license = licenses.agpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ryneeverett alyaeanyx ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/gnomecast/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/gnomecast/default.nix
index cb6e4a80510a3..37bf7baec8706 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/gnomecast/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/gnomecast/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A native Linux GUI for Chromecasting local files";
+    description = "Native Linux GUI for Chromecasting local files";
     homepage = "https://github.com/keredson/gnomecast";
     license = with licenses; [ gpl3 ];
     broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/gpu-screen-recorder/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/gpu-screen-recorder/default.nix
index 315dc71056730..101cb3af49ddf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/gpu-screen-recorder/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/gpu-screen-recorder/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A screen recorder that has minimal impact on system performance by recording a window using the GPU only";
+    description = "Screen recorder that has minimal impact on system performance by recording a window using the GPU only";
     homepage = "https://git.dec05eba.com/gpu-screen-recorder/about/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.babbaj ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/handbrake/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/handbrake/default.nix
index c3bb6b5456c1b..f9761bd85bb56 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/handbrake/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/handbrake/default.nix
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ let
 
     meta = with lib; {
       homepage = "https://handbrake.fr/";
-      description = "A tool for converting video files and ripping DVDs";
+      description = "Tool for converting video files and ripping DVDs";
       longDescription = ''
         Tool for converting and remuxing video files
         into selection of modern and widely supported codecs
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/hyperion-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/hyperion-ng/default.nix
index 43bd337ae5002..67df0dd420b00 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/hyperion-ng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/hyperion-ng/default.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An opensource Bias or Ambient Lighting implementation";
+    description = "Opensource Bias or Ambient Lighting implementation";
     homepage = "https://github.com/hyperion-project/hyperion.ng";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ algram kazenyuk ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/kazam/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/kazam/default.nix
index cf392a143d7dc..3d3349ab1bd75 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/kazam/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/kazam/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A screencasting program created with design in mind";
+    description = "Screencasting program created with design in mind";
     homepage = "https://github.com/niknah/kazam";
     license = licenses.lgpl3;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/archive_tool/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/archive_tool/default.nix
index 4788556a8793a..03372e1728589 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/archive_tool/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/archive_tool/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ buildKodiAddon rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/zach-morris/script.module.archive_tool";
-    description = "A set of common python functions to work with the Kodi archive virtual file system (vfs) binary addons";
+    description = "Set of common python functions to work with the Kodi archive virtual file system (vfs) binary addons";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = teams.kodi.members;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/inputstreamhelper/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/inputstreamhelper/default.nix
index 97cc417e6bf1c..13b2738fdff99 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/inputstreamhelper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/inputstreamhelper/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ buildKodiAddon rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/emilsvennesson/script.module.inputstreamhelper";
-    description = "A simple Kodi module that makes life easier for add-on developers relying on InputStream based add-ons and DRM playback";
+    description = "Simple Kodi module that makes life easier for add-on developers relying on InputStream based add-ons and DRM playback";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = teams.kodi.members;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/invidious/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/invidious/default.nix
index b975bf48f9d4c..ca688ddc0f2e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/invidious/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/invidious/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ buildKodiAddon rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/kodi-invidious-plugin";
-    description = "A privacy-friendly way of watching YouTube content";
+    description = "Privacy-friendly way of watching YouTube content";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = teams.kodi.members;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/jellycon/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/jellycon/default.nix
index 88e9504f8d191..d618e58cee371 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/jellycon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/jellycon/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ buildKodiAddon rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/jellyfin/jellycon";
-    description = "A lightweight Kodi add-on for Jellyfin";
+    description = "Lightweight Kodi add-on for Jellyfin";
     longDescription = ''
       JellyCon is a lightweight Kodi add-on that lets you browse and play media
       files directly from your Jellyfin server within the Kodi interface. It can
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/jellyfin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/jellyfin/default.nix
index 9f16d0a86f7ee..93217122d53bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/jellyfin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/jellyfin/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ buildKodiAddon rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://jellyfin.org/";
-    description = "A whole new way to manage and view your media library";
+    description = "Whole new way to manage and view your media library";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = teams.kodi.members;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/keymap/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/keymap/default.nix
index e98e5ca2cb419..4254763d53611 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/keymap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/keymap/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ buildKodiAddon rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/tamland/xbmc-keymap-editor";
-    description = "A GUI for configuring mappings for remotes, keyboard and other inputs supported by Kodi";
+    description = "GUI for configuring mappings for remotes, keyboard and other inputs supported by Kodi";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = teams.kodi.members;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/orftvthek/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/orftvthek/default.nix
index 45bdbf213bafd..416cb9a30a6be 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/orftvthek/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/orftvthek/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ buildKodiAddon rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/s0faking/plugin.video.orftvthek";
-    description = "An addon that gives you access to the ORF TVthek Video Platform";
+    description = "Addon that gives you access to the ORF TVthek Video Platform";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = teams.kodi.members;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/pdfreader/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/pdfreader/default.nix
index 62a5853c796b8..c2c11e92213f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/pdfreader/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/pdfreader/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ buildKodiAddon rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=187421";
-    description = "A comic book reader";
+    description = "Comic book reader";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = teams.kodi.members;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/routing/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/routing/default.nix
index 9c87c69e9912e..211b87242363e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/routing/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/routing/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ buildKodiAddon rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/tamland/kodi-plugin-routing";
-    description = "A routing module for kodi plugins";
+    description = "Routing module for kodi plugins";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = teams.kodi.members;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/sponsorblock/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/sponsorblock/default.nix
index d174a09625e51..a0c0b04ec82e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/sponsorblock/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/sponsorblock/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildKodiAddon rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/siku2/script.service.sponsorblock";
-    description = "A Port of SponsorBlock for Invidious and YouTube Plugin";
+    description = "Port of SponsorBlock for Invidious and YouTube Plugin";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = teams.kodi.members;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/websocket/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/websocket/default.nix
index 6d0ecc55aa05a..40667e71392bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/websocket/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/addons/websocket/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ buildKodiAddon rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/websocket-client/websocket-client";
-    description = "A WebSocket client for Python";
+    description = "WebSocket client for Python";
     license = licenses.lgpl2Only;
     maintainers = teams.kodi.members;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/lbry/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/lbry/default.nix
index f978fd6226060..fe4100ebef57e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/lbry/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/lbry/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ appimageTools.wrapAppImage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A browser and wallet for LBRY, the decentralized, user-controlled content marketplace";
+    description = "Browser and wallet for LBRY, the decentralized, user-controlled content marketplace";
     longDescription = ''
       The LBRY app is a graphical browser for the decentralized content marketplace provided by the LBRY protocol.
       It is essentially the lbry daemon bundled with a UI using Electron.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/media-downloader/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/media-downloader/default.nix
index 189edf1f48f16..9340d174162df 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/media-downloader/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/media-downloader/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A Qt/C++ GUI front end for yt-dlp and others";
+    description = "Qt/C++ GUI front end for yt-dlp and others";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mhogomchungu/media-downloader";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ zendo ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/memento/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/memento/default.nix
index cee74556eaabe..40ff061a7fea2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/memento/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/memento/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An mpv-based video player for studying Japanese";
+    description = "Mpv-based video player for studying Japanese";
     homepage = "https://ripose-jp.github.io/Memento/";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ teto ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mplayer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mplayer/default.nix
index 0fbfefa271988..97d1baf9c3e3f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mplayer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mplayer/default.nix
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A movie player that supports many video formats";
+    description = "Movie player that supports many video formats";
     homepage = "http://mplayerhq.hu";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ eelco ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/memo.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/memo.nix
index dea7adc85e976..5d9e2b50fae27 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/memo.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/memo.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildLua {
   passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A recent files menu for mpv";
+    description = "Recent files menu for mpv";
     homepage = "https://github.com/po5/memo";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ purrpurrn ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/modernx-zydezu.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/modernx-zydezu.nix
index a5f6608bfba7f..3ef673ab518f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/modernx-zydezu.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/modernx-zydezu.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ buildLua (finalAttrs: {
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A modern OSC UI replacement for MPV that retains the functionality of the default OSC";
+    description = "Modern OSC UI replacement for MPV that retains the functionality of the default OSC";
     homepage = "https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX";
     license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/modernx.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/modernx.nix
index 3e106d7415487..28a50e15d5d83 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/modernx.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/modernx.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ buildLua (finalAttrs: {
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A modern OSC UI replacement for MPV that retains the functionality of the default OSC";
+    description = "Modern OSC UI replacement for MPV that retains the functionality of the default OSC";
     homepage = "https://github.com/cyl0/ModernX";
     license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ Guanran928 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/mpv-notify-send.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/mpv-notify-send.nix
index 3e3a04499d08f..623e5db22664a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/mpv-notify-send.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/mpv-notify-send.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ buildLua rec {
   passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Lua script for mpv to send notifications with notify-send";
+    description = "Lua script for mpv to send notifications with notify-send";
     homepage = "https://github.com/emilazy/mpv-notify-send";
     license = licenses.wtfpl;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ r3n3gad3p3arl ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/mpv-slicing.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/mpv-slicing.nix
index cf66a6c78a297..c46388f7ebea4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/mpv-slicing.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/mpv-slicing.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ buildLua {
   passthru.scriptName = "slicing.lua";
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A lua script to cut fragments of the video in uncompressed RGB format";
+    description = "Lua script to cut fragments of the video in uncompressed RGB format";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Kagami/mpv_slicing";
     license = lib.licenses.cc0;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ tomasajt ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/quality-menu.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/quality-menu.nix
index cbaa6c1c4da1d..36e5024b6aa8e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/quality-menu.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/quality-menu.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ buildLua rec {
   extraScripts = lib.optional oscSupport "quality-menu-osc.lua";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A userscript for MPV that allows you to change youtube video quality (ytdl-format) on the fly";
+    description = "Userscript for MPV that allows you to change youtube video quality (ytdl-format) on the fly";
     homepage = "https://github.com/christoph-heinrich/mpv-quality-menu";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lunik1 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/simple-mpv-webui.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/simple-mpv-webui.nix
index b71b5d90e3b13..55d55fdf59f83 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/simple-mpv-webui.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/simple-mpv-webui.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ buildLua rec {
   passthru.scriptName = "webui";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A web based user interface with controls for the mpv mediaplayer";
+    description = "Web based user interface with controls for the mpv mediaplayer";
     homepage = "https://github.com/open-dynaMIX/simple-mpv-webui";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [
       cript0nauta
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/sponsorblock-minimal.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/sponsorblock-minimal.nix
index be314ed8ca168..6818154590917 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/sponsorblock-minimal.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/sponsorblock-minimal.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ buildLua {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A minimal script to skip sponsored segments of YouTube videos";
+    description = "Minimal script to skip sponsored segments of YouTube videos";
     homepage = "https://codeberg.org/jouni/mpv_sponsorblock_minimal";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/thumbnail.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/thumbnail.nix
index a0fe388a5b5ae..51784f012f68b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/thumbnail.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/thumbnail.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ buildLua rec {
   passthru.scriptName = "mpv_thumbnail_script_{client_osc,server}.lua";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A lua script to show preview thumbnails in mpv's OSC seekbar";
+    description = "Lua script to show preview thumbnails in mpv's OSC seekbar";
     homepage = "https://github.com/marzzzello/mpv_thumbnail_script";
     changelog = "https://github.com/marzzzello/mpv_thumbnail_script/releases/tag/${version}";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/youtube-upnext.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/youtube-upnext.nix
index 098dd45a5f3c6..ecd71353d6a3b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/youtube-upnext.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/youtube-upnext.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ buildLua rec {
   passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A userscript that allows you to play 'up next'/recommended youtube videos";
+    description = "Userscript that allows you to play 'up next'/recommended youtube videos";
     homepage = "https://github.com/cvzi/mpv-youtube-upnext";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ bddvlpr ];
     license = licenses.unfree;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/advanced-scene-switcher/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/advanced-scene-switcher/default.nix
index 102eff7e83b7c..3b2f2139875c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/advanced-scene-switcher/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/advanced-scene-switcher/default.nix
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=stringop-overflow";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An automated scene switcher for OBS Studio";
+    description = "Automated scene switcher for OBS Studio";
     homepage = "https://github.com/WarmUpTill/SceneSwitcher";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-composite-blur.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-composite-blur.nix
index c1f2073ae6e14..16b4b2c34fbf6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-composite-blur.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-composite-blur.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A comprehensive blur plugin for OBS that provides several different blur algorithms, and proper compositing";
+    description = "Comprehensive blur plugin for OBS that provides several different blur algorithms, and proper compositing";
     homepage = "https://github.com/FiniteSingularity/obs-composite-blur";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ GaetanLepage ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-gstreamer.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-gstreamer.nix
index c34f821d7c6ad..d6341eba53425 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-gstreamer.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-gstreamer.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An OBS Studio source, encoder and video filter plugin to use GStreamer elements/pipelines in OBS Studio";
+    description = "OBS Studio source, encoder and video filter plugin to use GStreamer elements/pipelines in OBS Studio";
     homepage = "https://github.com/fzwoch/obs-gstreamer";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ahuzik pedrohlc ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-rgb-levels-filter.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-rgb-levels-filter.nix
index 7cfe1ee364c35..aff227211e4d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-rgb-levels-filter.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-rgb-levels-filter.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple OBS Studio filter to adjust RGB levels";
+    description = "Simple OBS Studio filter to adjust RGB levels";
     homepage = "https://github.com/wimpysworld/obs-rgb-levels-filter";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ flexiondotorg ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-teleport/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-teleport/default.nix
index 246729639e40a..b7d28caadf899 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-teleport/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-teleport/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "An OBS Studio plugin for an open NDI-like replacement";
+    description = "OBS Studio plugin for an open NDI-like replacement";
     homepage = "https://github.com/fzwoch/obs-teleport";
     maintainers = [ ];
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-vintage-filter.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-vintage-filter.nix
index 90e2b31bd957c..9c3278a3c34ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-vintage-filter.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-vintage-filter.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An OBS Studio filter where the source can be set to be black & white or sepia";
+    description = "OBS Studio filter where the source can be set to be black & white or sepia";
     homepage = "https://github.com/cg2121/obs-vintage-filter";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ flexiondotorg ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/wlrobs.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/wlrobs.nix
index 360b3fb349f68..d6017a649362b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/wlrobs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/wlrobs.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [ wayland obs-studio libX11 ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An obs-studio plugin that allows you to screen capture on wlroots based wayland compositors";
+    description = "Obs-studio plugin that allows you to screen capture on wlroots based wayland compositors";
     homepage = "https://hg.sr.ht/~scoopta/wlrobs";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ grahamc ];
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/omxplayer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/omxplayer/default.nix
index e01d0a2f49c7a..c9c77c1bbcb95 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/omxplayer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/omxplayer/default.nix
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ let
 
     meta = {
       homepage = "http://www.ffmpeg.org/";
-      description = "A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video";
+      description = "Complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video";
     };
   };
 in
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/p2pvc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/p2pvc/default.nix
index ec2f0c95f8998..703676b4615d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/p2pvc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/p2pvc/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A point to point color terminal video chat";
+    description = "Point to point color terminal video chat";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mofarrell/p2pvc";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ trino ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/prism/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/prism/default.nix
index 68ef965ec1ab1..a2f42aa00c4e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/prism/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/prism/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   vendorHash = "sha256-uKtVifw4dxJdVvHxytL+9qjXHEdTyiz8U8n/95MObdY=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An RTMP stream recaster/splitter";
+    description = "RTMP stream recaster/splitter";
     homepage = "https://github.com/muesli/prism";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ paperdigits ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/pyca/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/pyca/default.nix
index 88ae198936539..5ca1e59d107bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/pyca/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/pyca/default.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
-    description = "A fully functional Opencast capture agent written in Python";
+    description = "Fully functional Opencast capture agent written in Python";
     mainProgram = "pyca";
     homepage = "https://github.com/opencast/pyCA";
     license = licenses.lgpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/qarte/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/qarte/default.nix
index cbbf1f3076201..60b773d3aede5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/qarte/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/qarte/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ in mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://launchpad.net/qarte";
-    description = "A recorder for Arte TV Guide and Arte Concert";
+    description = "Recorder for Arte TV Guide and Arte Concert";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ vbgl ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/qmediathekview/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/qmediathekview/default.nix
index 3596791034979..0e8f3bfb584bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/qmediathekview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/qmediathekview/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   installFlags = [ "INSTALL_ROOT=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An alternative Qt-based front-end for the database maintained by the MediathekView project";
+    description = "Alternative Qt-based front-end for the database maintained by the MediathekView project";
     inherit (src.meta) homepage;
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/screenkey/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/screenkey/default.nix
index 301fc3e30f82c..59e53f3ccdc85 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/screenkey/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/screenkey/default.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.thregr.org/~wavexx/software/screenkey/";
-    description = "A screencast tool to display your keys inspired by Screenflick";
+    description = "Screencast tool to display your keys inspired by Screenflick";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.rasendubi ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/shotcut/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/shotcut/default.nix
index 87732ad75b8cc..5427594b1e40b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/shotcut/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/shotcut/default.nix
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A free, open source, cross-platform video editor";
+    description = "Free, open source, cross-platform video editor";
     longDescription = ''
       An official binary for Shotcut, which includes all the
       dependencies pinned to specific versions, is provided on
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/simplescreenrecorder/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/simplescreenrecorder/default.nix
index 3669666cee8ac..8e30dc3e6358c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/simplescreenrecorder/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/simplescreenrecorder/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A screen recorder for Linux";
+    description = "Screen recorder for Linux";
     homepage = "https://www.maartenbaert.be/simplescreenrecorder";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/stremio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/stremio/default.nix
index 1729c8543c953..0aa5ab26e653c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/stremio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/stremio/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     mainProgram = "stremio";
-    description = "A modern media center that gives you the freedom to watch everything you want";
+    description = "Modern media center that gives you the freedom to watch everything you want";
     homepage = "https://www.stremio.com/";
     # (Server-side) web UI is closed source now, apparently they work on open-sourcing it.
     # server.js appears to be MIT-licensed, but I can't find how they actually build it.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/subdl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/subdl/default.nix
index 773d1f1ad4237..61b5af2f0b57b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/subdl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/subdl/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/alexanderwink/subdl";
-    description = "A command-line tool to download subtitles from opensubtitles.org";
+    description = "Command-line tool to download subtitles from opensubtitles.org";
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.exfalso ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/tartube/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/tartube/default.nix
index 73f6946f6baaf..057484d379e84 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/tartube/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/tartube/default.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A GUI front-end for youtube-dl";
+    description = "GUI front-end for youtube-dl";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mkg20001 luc65r ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/timelens/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/timelens/default.nix
index c5d2ff7c4c5ad..b80d1c3c447b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/timelens/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/timelens/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A open source project for creating visual timelines";
+    description = "Open source project for creating visual timelines";
     homepage = "https://timelens.blinry.org";
     changelog = "https://github.com/timelens/timelens/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/plugins.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/plugins.nix
index 70267da854473..6890df0bdca6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/plugins.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/plugins.nix
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ in {
 
     meta = with lib; {
       inherit (src.meta) homepage;
-      description = "A plugin for VDR to access AVMs Fritz Box routers";
+      description = "Plugin for VDR to access AVMs Fritz Box routers";
       maintainers = [ maintainers.ck3d ];
       license = licenses.gpl2;
       inherit (vdr.meta) platforms;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vivictpp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vivictpp/default.nix
index e2fc34340fc5b..114718177afec 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/vivictpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vivictpp/default.nix
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An easy to use tool for subjective comparison of the visual quality of different encodings of the same video source";
+    description = "Easy to use tool for subjective comparison of the visual quality of different encodings of the same video source";
     homepage = "https://github.com/vivictorg/vivictpp";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/w_scan2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/w_scan2/default.nix
index d4d21a26025d0..e20330d0ea3b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/w_scan2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/w_scan2/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A small channel scan tool which generates ATSC, DVB-C, DVB-S/S2 and DVB-T/T2 channels.conf files";
+    description = "Small channel scan tool which generates ATSC, DVB-C, DVB-S/S2 and DVB-T/T2 channels.conf files";
     homepage = "https://github.com/stefantalpalaru/w_scan2";
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ _0x4A6F ] ;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/xine/lib.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/xine/lib.nix
index ec3a642082674..641243ee77c6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/xine/lib.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/xine/lib.nix
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://xine.sourceforge.net/";
-    description = "A high-performance, portable and reusable multimedia playback engine";
+    description = "High-performance, portable and reusable multimedia playback engine";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl2Plus lgpl2Plus ];
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/xplayer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/xplayer/default.nix
index 929d9d2952c48..d697ff2020043 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/xplayer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/xplayer/default.nix
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A generic media player from Linux Mint";
+    description = "Generic media player from Linux Mint";
     license = with licenses; [ gpl2Plus lgpl21Plus ];
     homepage = "https://github.com/linuxmint/xplayer";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ tu-maurice bobby285271 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/youtube-tui/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/youtube-tui/default.nix
index 63e9f51304edb..89d32f6f9a70f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/youtube-tui/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/youtube-tui/default.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An aesthetically pleasing YouTube TUI written in Rust";
+    description = "Aesthetically pleasing YouTube TUI written in Rust";
     homepage = "https://siriusmart.github.io/youtube-tui";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ Ruixi-rebirth ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/catatonit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/catatonit/default.nix
index f7b2b973ab579..1c9f310ed86a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/catatonit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/catatonit/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   passthru.tests = { inherit (nixosTests) podman; };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A container init that is so simple it's effectively brain-dead";
+    description = "Container init that is so simple it's effectively brain-dead";
     homepage = "https://github.com/openSUSE/catatonit";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ erosennin ] ++ teams.podman.members;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/cntr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/cntr/default.nix
index 01b9960a5e88b..448254db0ccfb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/cntr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/cntr/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   passthru.tests = nixosTests.cntr;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A container debugging tool based on FUSE";
+    description = "Container debugging tool based on FUSE";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Mic92/cntr";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/conmon-rs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/conmon-rs/default.nix
index 89c6d46d2ccf0..efb463580e0ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/conmon-rs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/conmon-rs/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-4VOse+y0EO9IORyeAO/j1t6ssQARJp7lK21TUJVuH78=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An OCI container runtime monitor written in Rust";
+    description = "OCI container runtime monitor written in Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/containers/conmon-rs";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ] ++ teams.podman.members;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/conmon/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/conmon/default.nix
index a6931f2e709f8..0e7ece1b5f82a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/conmon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/conmon/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     changelog = "https://github.com/containers/conmon/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
     homepage = "https://github.com/containers/conmon";
-    description = "An OCI container runtime monitor";
+    description = "OCI container runtime monitor";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ] ++ teams.podman.members;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/containerd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/containerd/default.nix
index b9d1397e7ea49..6c104cef676d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/containerd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/containerd/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     changelog = "https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
     homepage = "https://containerd.io/";
-    description = "A daemon to control runC";
+    description = "Daemon to control runC";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline vdemeester ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/crosvm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/crosvm/default.nix
index 3e7eb8192ba6c..40d940a6904d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/crosvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/crosvm/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   passthru.updateScript = ./update.py;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A secure virtual machine monitor for KVM";
+    description = "Secure virtual machine monitor for KVM";
     homepage = "https://crosvm.dev/";
     mainProgram = "crosvm";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ qyliss ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/crun/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/crun/default.nix
index 03f76e0421a10..18d5909fbcc86 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/crun/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/crun/default.nix
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     changelog = "https://github.com/containers/crun/releases/tag/${version}";
-    description = "A fast and lightweight fully featured OCI runtime and C library for running containers";
+    description = "Fast and lightweight fully featured OCI runtime and C library for running containers";
     homepage = "https://github.com/containers/crun";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/default.nix
index 88851516dd099..db1d2ef0619f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/default.nix
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ rec {
 
     meta = with lib; {
       homepage = "https://www.docker.com/";
-      description = "An open source project to pack, ship and run any application as a lightweight container";
+      description = "Open source project to pack, ship and run any application as a lightweight container";
       longDescription = ''
         Docker is a platform designed to help developers build, share, and run modern applications.
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/dumb-init/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/dumb-init/default.nix
index 28054be349e13..207400aaca0bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/dumb-init/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/dumb-init/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A minimal init system for Linux containers";
+    description = "Minimal init system for Linux containers";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Yelp/dumb-init";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/firectl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/firectl/default.nix
index de0d3cd4131f8..9f8da61d3e486 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/firectl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/firectl/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command-line tool to run Firecracker microVMs";
+    description = "Command-line tool to run Firecracker microVMs";
     homepage = "https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firectl";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/krunvm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/krunvm/default.nix
index 0c2c4d0d0df87..d6da5a2742f51 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/krunvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/krunvm/default.nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI-based utility for creating microVMs from OCI images";
+    description = "CLI-based utility for creating microVMs from OCI images";
     homepage = "https://github.com/containers/krunvm";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ nickcao ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/kvmtool/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/kvmtool/default.nix
index f546c32042e32..ddcc24f3557dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/kvmtool/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/kvmtool/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   ]);
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A lightweight tool for hosting KVM guests";
+    description = "Lightweight tool for hosting KVM guests";
     homepage = "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/will/kvmtool.git/tree/README";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ astro mfrw ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/looking-glass-client/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/looking-glass-client/default.nix
index 4b224c745c9fc..a3eaea0cfd787 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/looking-glass-client/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/looking-glass-client/default.nix
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A KVM Frame Relay (KVMFR) implementation";
+    description = "KVM Frame Relay (KVMFR) implementation";
     longDescription = ''
       Looking Glass is an open source application that allows the use of a KVM
       (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) configured for VGA PCI Pass-through
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman-compose/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman-compose/default.nix
index 29bfbfa781898..bdd585e9c8bc4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman-compose/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman-compose/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ pypaBuildHook ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "An implementation of docker-compose with podman backend";
+    description = "Implementation of docker-compose with podman backend";
     homepage = "https://github.com/containers/podman-compose";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/default.nix
index 18d1324764ae4..d9c506ae59c47 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/default.nix
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://podman.io/";
-    description = "A program for managing pods, containers and container images";
+    description = "Program for managing pods, containers and container images";
     longDescription = ''
       Podman (the POD MANager) is a tool for managing containers and images, volumes mounted into those containers, and pods made from groups of containers. Podman runs containers on Linux, but can also be used on Mac and Windows systems using a Podman-managed virtual machine. Podman is based on libpod, a library for container lifecycle management that is also contained in this repository. The libpod library provides APIs for managing containers, pods, container images, and volumes.
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/pods/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/pods/default.nix
index 8ab4377807059..65fb88824497f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/pods/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/pods/default.nix
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A podman desktop application";
+    description = "Podman desktop application";
     homepage = "https://github.com/marhkb/pods";
     changelog = "https://github.com/marhkb/pods/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qboot/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qboot/default.nix
index 985f7e469e3ea..f5a1e13410b98 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qboot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qboot/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   passthru.tests = { qboot = nixosTests.qboot; };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A simple x86 firmware for booting Linux";
+    description = "Simple x86 firmware for booting Linux";
     homepage = "https://github.com/bonzini/qboot";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
index 165918835208b..a4355f92a99a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.qemu.org/";
-    description = "A generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer";
+    description = "Generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ eelco qyliss ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/quickgui/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/quickgui/default.nix
index f4420c6aeac3e..244e438626e0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/quickgui/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/quickgui/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Flutter frontend for quickemu";
+    description = "Flutter frontend for quickemu";
     homepage = "https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickgui";
     changelog = "https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickgui/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/runc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/runc/default.nix
index 71ff22032cb5e..23b2a2f6e0f17 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/runc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/runc/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/opencontainers/runc";
-    description = "A CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification";
+    description = "CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline ] ++ teams.podman.members;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/rust-hypervisor-firmware/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/rust-hypervisor-firmware/default.nix
index 1a36aa8fd6c05..3441b625c45e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/rust-hypervisor-firmware/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/rust-hypervisor-firmware/default.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/rust-hypervisor-firmware";
-    description = "A simple firmware that is designed to be launched from anything that supports loading ELF binaries and running them with the PVH booting standard";
+    description = "Simple firmware that is designed to be launched from anything that supports loading ELF binaries and running them with the PVH booting standard";
     license = with licenses; [ asl20 ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ astro ];
     platforms = [ "x86_64-none" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/sail-riscv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/sail-riscv/default.nix
index 9a1f650132fda..cda1f5d6cb20f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/sail-riscv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/sail-riscv/default.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/riscv/sail-riscv";
-    description = "A formal specification of the RISC-V architecture, written in Sail";
+    description = "Formal specification of the RISC-V architecture, written in Sail";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ genericnerdyusername ];
     broken = stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isAarch64;
     license = licenses.bsd2;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/spike/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/spike/default.nix
index 29597860ecc70..1712685048115 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/spike/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/spike/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A RISC-V ISA Simulator";
+    description = "RISC-V ISA Simulator";
     homepage = "https://github.com/riscv/riscv-isa-sim";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/tini/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/tini/default.nix
index 9eeb8134f5958..72d6ecb059452 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/tini/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/tini/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tiny but valid init for containers";
+    description = "Tiny but valid init for containers";
     homepage = "https://github.com/krallin/tini";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-top/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-top/default.nix
index 5ad60bf7d080f..496cd36cdfe38 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-top/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-top/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A top-like utility for showing stats of virtualized domains";
+    description = "Top-like utility for showing stats of virtualized domains";
     homepage = "https://people.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-top/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-viewer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-viewer/default.nix
index b0bf423605f37..8c621271e757a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-viewer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-viewer/default.nix
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A viewer for remote virtual machines";
+    description = "Viewer for remote virtual machines";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin atemu ];
     platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
     license = licenses.gpl2;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virter/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virter/default.nix
index a36f6b1cc91df..18fd9ad2f35a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virter/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A command line tool for simple creation and cloning of virtual machines based on libvirt";
+    description = "Command line tool for simple creation and cloning of virtual machines based on libvirt";
     homepage = "https://github.com/LINBIT/virter";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dit7ya ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/vpcs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/vpcs/default.nix
index c1bce1f9bc7f0..15f769ef96981 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/vpcs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/vpcs/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple virtual PC simulator";
+    description = "Simple virtual PC simulator";
     longDescription = ''
       The VPCS (Virtual PC Simulator) can simulate up to 9 PCs. You can
       ping/traceroute them, or ping/traceroute the other hosts/routers from the
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/youki/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/youki/default.nix
index ae0af1c92f6a6..d63fa87238e45 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/youki/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/youki/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-PKn448fOCnyMC42NtQnLt8kvZIBautsq4Fw/bRvwmpw=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A container runtime written in Rust";
+    description = "Container runtime written in Rust";
     homepage = "https://containers.github.io/youki/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/containers/youki/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/2bwm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/2bwm/default.nix
index 4072c74d7f838..09f3a0ebce628 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/2bwm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/2bwm/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/venam/2bwm";
-    description = "A fast floating WM written over the XCB library and derived from mcwm";
+    description = "Fast floating WM written over the XCB library and derived from mcwm";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers =  [ maintainers.sternenseemann ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/bspwm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/bspwm/default.nix
index 53807e65a3cb4..bfd18f2f02a9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/bspwm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/bspwm/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning";
+    description = "Tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning";
     homepage = "https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ meisternu ];
     license = licenses.bsd2;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/cage/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/cage/default.nix
index c94263f816125..73c9f7c4c5115 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/cage/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/cage/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   passthru.tests.basic-nixos-module-functionality = nixosTests.cage;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Wayland kiosk that runs a single, maximized application";
+    description = "Wayland kiosk that runs a single, maximized application";
     homepage    = "https://www.hjdskes.nl/projects/cage/";
     license     = licenses.mit;
     platforms   = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/cagebreak/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/cagebreak/default.nix
index da3f2a97082e4..c897e3f66d8f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/cagebreak/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/cagebreak/default.nix
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/project-repo/cagebreak";
-    description = "A Wayland tiling compositor inspired by ratpoison";
+    description = "Wayland tiling compositor inspired by ratpoison";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ berbiche ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/cwm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/cwm/default.nix
index 5560a04dcd61f..89187c89d6cab 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/cwm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/cwm/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   prePatch = ''sed -i "s@/usr/local@$out@" Makefile'';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A lightweight and efficient window manager for X11";
+    description = "Lightweight and efficient window manager for X11";
     homepage    = "https://github.com/leahneukirchen/cwm";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ _0x4A6F mkf ];
     license     = licenses.isc;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dk/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dk/default.nix
index 631e7b85d18eb..a0efe1ad768f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dk/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://bitbucket.org/natemaia/dk";
-    description = "A list based tiling window manager in the vein of dwm, bspwm, and xmonad";
+    description = "List based tiling window manager in the vein of dwm, bspwm, and xmonad";
     license = lib.licenses.x11;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ _3JlOy-PYCCKUi ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/default.nix
index 0905e3f15150e..10fef61b49a1a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://dwm.suckless.org/";
-    description = "An extremely fast, small, and dynamic window manager for X";
+    description = "Extremely fast, small, and dynamic window manager for X";
     longDescription = ''
       dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled,
       monocle and floating layouts. All of the layouts can be applied
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/fbpanel/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/fbpanel/default.nix
index 6ee2c94230de8..69391589f8c5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/fbpanel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/fbpanel/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = ["-Wno-error" "-I${gdk-pixbuf-xlib.dev}/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0"];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A stand-alone panel";
+    description = "Stand-alone panel";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hackedbox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hackedbox/default.nix
index 45f17c0c912ed..e5812c4c63fa4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hackedbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hackedbox/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A bastard hacked offspring of Blackbox";
+    description = "Bastard hacked offspring of Blackbox";
     homepage = "https://github.com/museoa/hackedbox/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/herbstluftwm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/herbstluftwm/default.nix
index e7cde84375ec8..825ae0de85e42 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/herbstluftwm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/herbstluftwm/default.nix
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A manual tiling window manager for X";
+    description = "Manual tiling window manager for X";
     homepage = "https://herbstluftwm.org/";
     license = licenses.bsd2;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hypr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hypr/default.nix
index 82ed70b0d6a04..3952256b8d410 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hypr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hypr/default.nix
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     inherit (finalAttrs.src.meta) homepage;
-    description = "A tiling X11 window manager written in modern C++";
+    description = "Tiling X11 window manager written in modern C++";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
     inherit (libX11.meta) platforms;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprland/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprland/default.nix
index decfd5d3cd03f..958e84ac78f0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprland/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprland/default.nix
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland";
-    description = "A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that doesn't sacrifice on its looks";
+    description = "Dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that doesn't sacrifice on its looks";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ wozeparrot fufexan ];
     mainProgram = "Hyprland";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprpaper/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprpaper/default.nix
index d5df6da46d658..508596d887830 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprpaper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprpaper/default.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     inherit (finalAttrs.src.meta) homepage;
-    description = "A blazing fast wayland wallpaper utility";
+    description = "Blazing fast wayland wallpaper utility";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ wozeparrot fufexan ];
     inherit (wayland.meta) platforms;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprpicker/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprpicker/default.nix
index 50cc55f5b8f2b..876c24150036d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprpicker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprpicker/default.nix
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A wlroots-compatible Wayland color picker that does not suck";
+    description = "Wlroots-compatible Wayland color picker that does not suck";
     homepage = "https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprpicker";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fufexan ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/blocks-gaps.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/blocks-gaps.nix
index 657e8d2dca1c5..1d9043686bb2d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/blocks-gaps.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/blocks-gaps.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A flexible scheduler for your i3bar blocks -- this is a fork to use with i3-gaps";
+    description = "Flexible scheduler for your i3bar blocks -- this is a fork to use with i3-gaps";
     mainProgram = "i3blocks";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Airblader/i3blocks-gaps";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/blocks.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/blocks.nix
index e8f628fb4dc9f..d9ed823400d65 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/blocks.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/blocks.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A flexible scheduler for your i3bar blocks";
+    description = "Flexible scheduler for your i3bar blocks";
     mainProgram = "i3blocks";
     homepage = "https://github.com/vivien/i3blocks";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/bumblebee-status/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/bumblebee-status/default.nix
index 9583d71052bb0..6346672181487 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/bumblebee-status/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/bumblebee-status/default.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonPackage {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A modular, theme-able status line generator for the i3 window manager";
+    description = "Modular, theme-able status line generator for the i3 window manager";
     homepage = "https://github.com/tobi-wan-kenobi/bumblebee-status";
     mainProgram = "bumblebee-status";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/cycle-focus.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/cycle-focus.nix
index 7927985460e29..f6ae488b07891 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/cycle-focus.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/cycle-focus.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   cargoHash = "sha256-9glaxThm/ovgvUWCyrycS/Oe5t8iN5P38fF5vO5awQE=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple tool to cyclically switch between the windows on the active workspace";
+    description = "Simple tool to cyclically switch between the windows on the active workspace";
     mainProgram = "i3-cycle-focus";
     homepage = "https://github.com/TheDoctor314/i3-cycle-focus";
     license = licenses.unlicense;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/default.nix
index d7f1bc2176a8c..16dd2e6485e77 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/default.nix
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   separateDebugInfo = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tiling window manager";
+    description = "Tiling window manager";
     homepage    = "https://i3wm.org";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ modulistic fpletz ];
     mainProgram = "i3";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/i3-resurrect.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/i3-resurrect.nix
index c5fedfbe36e75..015bbee6013f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/i3-resurrect.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/i3-resurrect.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/JonnyHaystack/i3-resurrect";
-    description = "A simple but flexible solution to saving and restoring i3 workspaces";
+    description = "Simple but flexible solution to saving and restoring i3 workspaces";
     mainProgram = "i3-resurrect";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     platforms= platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/i3ipc-glib.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/i3ipc-glib.nix
index a6a77600ee5f1..9362cdcfdcec7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/i3ipc-glib.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/i3ipc-glib.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A C interface library to i3wm";
+    description = "C interface library to i3wm";
     homepage = "https://github.com/acrisci/i3ipc-glib";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [teto];
     license = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-blur.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-blur.nix
index f9f6de9212706..e3eabc547b5f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-blur.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-blur.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ i3lock-color.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs : rec {
   buildInputs = oldAttrs.buildInputs ++ [ libGL ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An improved screenlocker based upon XCB and PAM with background blurring filter";
+    description = "Improved screenlocker based upon XCB and PAM with background blurring filter";
     homepage = "https://github.com/karulont/i3lock-blur/";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dan4ik605743 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-color.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-color.nix
index 596aa8ceea124..584e13f553697 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-color.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-color.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i 's/\(^\|\s\|"\)i3lock\(\s\|$\)/\1i3lock-color\2/g' $out/share/man/man1/i3lock-color.1
   '';
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple screen locker like slock, enhanced version with extra configuration options";
+    description = "Simple screen locker like slock, enhanced version with extra configuration options";
     longDescription = ''
       Simple screen locker. After locking, a colored background (default: white) or
       a configurable image is shown, and a ring-shaped unlock-indicator gives feedback
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-fancy-rapid.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-fancy-rapid.nix
index 7060a502f128c..654841c7ffcea 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-fancy-rapid.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-fancy-rapid.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A faster implementation of i3lock-fancy";
+    description = "Faster implementation of i3lock-fancy";
     homepage = "https://github.com/yvbbrjdr/i3lock-fancy-rapid";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ nickhu ];
     license = licenses.bsd3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock.nix
index 41096a70a68d1..8c226ac22ba42 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pam libX11 libev cairo libxkbcommon libxkbfile xorg.xcbutil ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple screen locker like slock";
+    description = "Simple screen locker like slock";
     longDescription = ''
       Simple screen locker. After locking, a colored background (default: white) or
       a configurable image is shown, and a ring-shaped unlock-indicator gives feedback
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/pystatus.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/pystatus.nix
index 73136980aa93f..66450eec6c321 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/pystatus.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/pystatus.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/enkore/i3pystatus";
-    description = "A complete replacement for i3status";
+    description = "Complete replacement for i3status";
     longDescription = ''
       i3pystatus is a growing collection of python scripts for status output compatible
       to i3status / i3bar of the i3 window manager.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/rounded.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/rounded.nix
index aa3701975fcca..ee04f4246fefa 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/rounded.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/rounded.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ i3.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
   buildInputs = oldAttrs.buildInputs ++ [ pcre ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fork of i3-gaps that adds rounding to window corners";
+    description = "Fork of i3-gaps that adds rounding to window corners";
     homepage = "https://github.com/LinoBigatti/i3-rounded";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ marsupialgutz ];
     license = licenses.bsd3;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/jay/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/jay/default.nix
index e050c604fae17..68644b7535424 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/jay/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/jay/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Wayland compositor written in Rust";
+    description = "Wayland compositor written in Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mahkoh/jay";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     platforms   = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/jwm/jwm-settings-manager.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/jwm/jwm-settings-manager.nix
index d01e1bfdf9752..20caf7291c5da 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/jwm/jwm-settings-manager.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/jwm/jwm-settings-manager.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A full configuration manager for JWM";
+    description = "Full configuration manager for JWM";
     homepage = "https://joewing.net/projects/jwm";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/leftwm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/leftwm/default.nix
index ea2a41413a08d..ac9a17a489b75 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/leftwm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/leftwm/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   dontPatchELF = true;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A tiling window manager for the adventurer";
+    description = "Tiling window manager for the adventurer";
     homepage = "https://github.com/leftwm/leftwm";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/lemonbar/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/lemonbar/default.nix
index 07b6d4353b51b..1c66b6fe7ffda 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/lemonbar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/lemonbar/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" "PREFIX=" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A lightweight xcb based bar";
+    description = "Lightweight xcb based bar";
     homepage = "https://github.com/LemonBoy/bar";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ meisternu moni ];
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/lemonbar/xft.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/lemonbar/xft.nix
index 80439f945fdc2..014376a37c405 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/lemonbar/xft.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/lemonbar/xft.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   installFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" "PREFIX=" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A lightweight xcb based bar with XFT-support";
+    description = "Lightweight xcb based bar with XFT-support";
     mainProgram = "lemonbar";
     homepage = "https://github.com/drscream/lemonbar-xft";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/lesbar/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/lesbar/default.nix
index 553e79f9e6dc7..5649ae27810a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/lesbar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/lesbar/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   installFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A programming language agnostic view layer for creating desktop widgets and status bars";
+    description = "Programming language agnostic view layer for creating desktop widgets and status bars";
     homepage = "https://git.sr.ht/~salmiak/lesbar";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jpentland ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/maui-shell/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/maui-shell/default.nix
index 215b871312a44..0ac02b0957fa9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/maui-shell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/maui-shell/default.nix
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A convergent shell for desktops, tablets, and phones";
+    description = "Convergent shell for desktops, tablets, and phones";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Nitrux/maui-shell";
     license = licenses.lgpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ onny ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/neocomp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/neocomp/default.nix
index bb6615b708609..8a112b0d8855f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/neocomp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/neocomp/default.nix
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license         = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers     = with maintainers; [ twey moni ];
     platforms       = platforms.linux;
-    description     = "A fork of Compton, a compositor for X11";
+    description     = "Fork of Compton, a compositor for X11";
     longDescription = ''
       NeoComp is a (hopefully) fast and (hopefully) simple compositor
       for X11, focused on delivering frames from the window to the
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/owl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/owl/default.nix
index d3f018eb12021..2bef1b024b3eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/owl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/owl/default.nix
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A portable Wayland compositor in Objective-C";
+    description = "Portable Wayland compositor in Objective-C";
     homepage = "https://github.com/owl-compositor/owl";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ wegank ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/phosh/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/phosh/default.nix
index 1d0c0f0ba676c..32ece77e4fb04 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/phosh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/phosh/default.nix
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A pure Wayland shell prototype for GNOME on mobile devices";
+    description = "Pure Wayland shell prototype for GNOME on mobile devices";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/phosh";
     changelog = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/phosh/-/blob/v${finalAttrs.version}/debian/changelog";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/phosh/phosh-mobile-settings.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/phosh/phosh-mobile-settings.nix
index 0635d7a5e407e..26211ca2f89c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/phosh/phosh-mobile-settings.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/phosh/phosh-mobile-settings.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A settings app for mobile specific things";
+    description = "Settings app for mobile specific things";
     mainProgram = "phosh-mobile-settings";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/phosh-mobile-settings";
     changelog = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/phosh-mobile-settings/-/blob/v${version}/debian/changelog";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sawfish/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sawfish/default.nix
index fc518fa81f281..c5bd29d2589fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sawfish/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sawfish/default.nix
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://sawfish.tuxfamily.org/";
-    description = "An extensible, Lisp-based window manager";
+    description = "Extensible, Lisp-based window manager";
     longDescription = ''
       Sawfish is an extensible window manager using a Lisp-based scripting
       language. Its policy is very minimal compared to most window managers. Its
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/shod/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/shod/default.nix
index 1ed5b6e13a7fd..a71efe4b52c10 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/shod/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/shod/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A mouse-based window manager that can tile windows inside floating containers";
+    description = "Mouse-based window manager that can tile windows inside floating containers";
     longDescription = ''
       shod is a multi-monitor floating reparenting X11 window manager that
       supports tiled and tabbed containers. shod sets no keybindings, reads no
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/spectrwm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/spectrwm/default.nix
index 2bb5aca9d91c1..ef1a90fd2b92e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/spectrwm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/spectrwm/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tiling window manager";
+    description = "Tiling window manager";
     homepage    = "https://github.com/conformal/spectrwm";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ rake5k ];
     license     = licenses.isc;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/trayer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/trayer/default.nix
index 60984987ab62e..61976edfe96bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/trayer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/trayer/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/sargon/trayer-srg";
     license = licenses.mit;
-    description = "A lightweight GTK2-based systray for UNIX desktop";
+    description = "Lightweight GTK2-based systray for UNIX desktop";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pSub ];
     mainProgram = "trayer";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/windecor.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/windecor.nix
index 29c95ff1a91de..a87d95344d41f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/windecor.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/windecor.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/wayfireplugins/windecor";
-    description = "A window decoration plugin for wayfire";
+    description = "Window decoration plugin for wayfire";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ rewine ];
     inherit (wayfire.meta) platforms;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/wwp-switcher.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/wwp-switcher.nix
index 9ca4718e17096..34252d98dd838 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/wwp-switcher.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/wwp-switcher.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/wb9688/wwp-switcher";
-    description = "A plugin to switch active window";
+    description = "Plugin to switch active window";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ rewine ];
     inherit (wayfire.meta) platforms;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/weston/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/weston/default.nix
index 8bca4417f256e..150891ff98766 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/weston/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/weston/default.nix
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   passthru.providedSessions = [ "weston" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A lightweight and functional Wayland compositor";
+    description = "Lightweight and functional Wayland compositor";
     longDescription = ''
       Weston is the reference implementation of a Wayland compositor, as well
       as a useful environment in and of itself.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/windowchef/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/windowchef/default.nix
index f5a5e6dbd5c94..bf1a7c305dcd1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/windowchef/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/windowchef/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A stacking window manager that cooks windows with orders from the Waitron";
+    description = "Stacking window manager that cooks windows with orders from the Waitron";
     homepage = "https://github.com/tudurom/windowchef";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ bhougland ];
     license = licenses.isc;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wmderlandc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wmderlandc/default.nix
index 45170ab0d15a2..3bb8f2364ef6f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wmderlandc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wmderlandc/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tiny program to interact with wmderland";
+    description = "Tiny program to interact with wmderland";
     homepage = "https://github.com/aesophor/wmderland/tree/master/ipc-client";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wmii/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wmii/default.nix
index 11f669da37a6f..b5a94ed955dce 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wmii/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wmii/default.nix
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/0intro/wmii";
-    description = "A small, scriptable window manager, with a 9P filesystem interface and an acme-like layout";
+    description = "Small, scriptable window manager, with a 9P filesystem interface and an acme-like layout";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ kovirobi ];
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     platforms = with lib.platforms; linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/log-applet/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/log-applet/default.nix
index 2e41cc2c97c63..c31b3c80b8d4c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/log-applet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/log-applet/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/kalj/xmonad-log-applet";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     broken = desktopSupport == "gnomeflashback" || desktopSupport == "xfce4";
-    description = "An applet that will display XMonad log information (${desktopSupport} version)";
+    description = "Applet that will display XMonad log information (${desktopSupport} version)";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/build.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/build.nix
index d66c905fea90b..e68dcdcd0e812 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/build.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/build.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A modern and lightweight status bar for X window managers";
+    description = "Modern and lightweight status bar for X window managers";
     homepage    = "https://github.com/geommer/yabar";
     license     = licenses.mit;
     platforms   = platforms.linux;