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

Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> writes:

 
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

A whole pile of shit!

There's all the server stuff and development stuff to begin with.

In no particular order:

mysql server
mysql client
mysql client-dev

apache2

virtualbox (So I can run Win7 solely for my HP Scanner software)

samba

I use a separate (different) browser for emails, so Brave-browser as well as
Chromium. (Firefox isn't quite right for me somehow, these days.)

Galculator - I like it better

Calibre

Synaptic

xterm and xtermcontrol

joe (for its WordStar persona)

A specific driver for my WiFi USB

cpmtools

ftp server

dosemu

peazip

VNC-viewer


During nightly backup I extract a list of all my installed packages - there
are literally hundreds of those. Let me have a quick squizz to see if there's
anything outstanding amongst those ...

dosbox

gparted of course, I use it a lot.

qpdfview

Some runners-up:

Brasero
Audacity
Soundconverter



Jack
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