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

On 19/11/2024 12:31, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

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On 18/11/2024 14:36, Phillip Frabott wrote:

On 11/18/2024 00:42, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

Just make sure 'nano' is there. There's a trick to
setting the default editor to nano, find it.

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I usually just symlink vi and vim to nano. Never had problems with it.
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Year of using vi have made me ok with it. For small jobs.
For bigger jobs I either use s GUI editor or joe.
Geany is my coding app of choice.

 For me, it's vi(m) or nothing.
 I used to use microEmacs, but I found regular emacs too knuckle-busting.
 My partial list of must-haves:
      -   Fluxbox window manager (and Xfce4 for its tools/managers)
     -   xbindkeys
     -   tmux
     -   mpd, mpc (for automation), and ncmpcpp
     -   GCC and Clang, autotools, libtool, gdb and cgdb
     -   git
     -   conky
     -   urxvt
     -   texlive, latexmk for project documentation
     -   JACK, a2jmidid
     -   alsamixer
     -   nm-applet, NetworkManager
     -   ssh client and server
     -   cups
     -   cheese and guvcview
     -   LibreOffice (for letters, shopping lists, and tables)
 There's a bunch of others I forget about, and have to install when I try to use
them.....
 

I have no idea what my distro includes. Most of em have never been run.
I only really run the stuff I've installed over and above the standard installation.
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