Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux install?

On 07/07/2024 02:10, Borax Man wrote:

Just wondering what programs (aside from the coreutils/X11 and other
elements that make up a basic install), do you consider to be a vital
part of YOUR Linux install?  What are the little additional tools that
you can't live without, or just consider to be necessary that maybe
others wouldn't?
 For me, its
     - fortune
     - cowsay
     - xpenguins
     - fvwm(3)
     - oneko
     - emacs
     - mc
     - zsh
     - asclock (using the FreeAMP theme)
     - PCManFM
     - star
     - urxvt
     - xpat2
     - xlock
     - links
     - most
     - lftp
     - lzip
     - xclip
     - screen
     - lrzsz
     - gcc/g++/gdc
     - nasm
     - locate
     - dar

Dont recognise any.
For me its Geany, Libre Office. GIMP, Scribus Thunderbird, Firefox, ORCA slicer, gcc and friends, under a windows VM Corel Draw and Rhino CAD, Screenshot
etc etc.
In fact all you need to create code, 3D prints, PCBs, and keep up with the world on the interweb...and do my officey type crap
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