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What are your must-have packages? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by Ret2libsanity@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I’ll start:

Tmux
vim
ghidra
okteta (hex editor)
speedcrunch (calculator with bit manipulation)
python3 with IPython for nice reply and embed(), pwntools

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[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Stuff that I insist on regardless of platform (that is, I install these even onto Windows systems if I'm forced to use them):

Pale Moon (web browser)
Claws Mail
GIMP
vbindiff (command-line hex editor + diff utility for binary files)
mercurial
perl

Stuff that I require only on Linux systems for desktop use:

Pan (yes, really, I still use a Usenet newsreader on a daily basis)
qemu
conky
Aqualung (music player—I like odd software)
Inkscape
Scribus
PySol ;)
rdesktop (less a favourite than a regrettable necessity)
various TDE built-ins: konqueror (as file manager only), kedit, kate, konsole, ark

[–] Makussu@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is there a reason you use mercurial (like work) or are you using it, because you like it better than git or fossil?

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 years ago

Fossil I've never tried, but I utterly hate git. Nothing about how it works makes sense to me. Mercurial is, in my opinion, better-designed and easier to understand for my rather simple use cases. (I should note that I graduated from university around the time svn was replacing csv, so I was coding before there was such a thing as distributed version control.)

[–] fratermus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago

tmux
screen
autossh
mosh
rsync

[–] pearsche@lemdro.id 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

ardour
kdenlive
vscode
kdenlive
gnome
xmrig
fish
element
telegram

[–] moroviintaas@infosec.pub 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

vim
git
rust (via rustup)
codium
pycharm ce
nu (shell)
starship (shell prompt)
firefox
sway
alacritty
python
iproute (or whatever package has ip in distro)
keepassxc
gcc/g++
make
podman (or docker)

[–] neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space 2 points 2 years ago

tmux
emacs
okular
pipx
calibre
lutris
hakuneko
yt-dlp
git

[–] ik5pvx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

The first 3 things I always add after a fresh install: aptitude emacs (-nox for servers) tree

Then it depends what the machine is for.

[–] sgtnasty@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Lets make a list!

zsh
tmux
htop
ranger
helix (if i can get it)
fzf
fd-find
python-pip

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Firefox, only office and spotify. That's all I need.

[–] Xeelee@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Have you considered installing Arch?

[–] Cybersteel@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

yay

[–] DaveX64@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

asciiquarium
cowsay
tty-clock
mc
nano
btop
htop
vscode
vivaldi
mariadb
apache
php
python3

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Must have p7zip and p7zip-gui

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[–] moonlit_properly@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago

alacritty
neovim
tmux
vifm - terminal file manager with vi keybindings.
zathura - pdf reader with vi keybindings.
inxi - prints information about your hardware.
tldr - cheat sheet for common commands
qalculate - the most powerful calculator I've seen. There are qt, gtk and cli versions of it.
moreutils - collection of tools. My favourite is vidir, it opens directory structure in your terminal text editor, so that you can rename multiple files easily.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 2 points 2 years ago

McFly, can't live without it anymore.

[–] InkstainTheBat@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Since I'm not sure where to ask what is probably a basic question, what's a Linux package?

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[–] 0xd4n@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

vim
bashtop
cmus
ghidra
jq (pretty print Json)
screen
hexedit
python3 with pwntools
GCC, g++, make & libc6-dev
gdb with pwndbg
alacritty

[–] nachtigall@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

In addition to what was already mentioned: reptyr

[–] RedPhoenix@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

socat
ngrep
vim
pv
htop
jq

Generally, everything else I need is there by default depending on the distro.

Home workstation-wise.. maybe:

meld
kdenlive
openscad
Qtvlm, zygrib and OpenCPN
gimp extras
golang
Inkscape
Wireshark
audacity

[–] mvirts@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

tmux kak / vim ssh gcc python3 curl nc

'taint much, but I get by

[–] Felix@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

yt-dlp alacritty zsh vim

[–] Titou@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

OpenDoas
Emacs
Git

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