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From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject: Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux install?
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Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> 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?

Beyond a base install it depends entirely on what I have in mind
for doing with the computer. But some that I often end up
installing manually because they're not included in the distro
base:

Network tools that should be there already, but may need
installing (GNU inetutils versions):
ifconfig
telnet
ftp

Other network tools:
links
tin
mosh
nmap
whois
dig

Format Conversions:
ghostscript
imagemagick
ffmpeg

Decompressors I always end up needing eventually:
p7zip or 7z
unrar

If it's a graphical install (always X11):
jwm (window manager)
xzgv (image viewer)
dillo (web browser)
xpdf (PDF viewer)
gv (postscript + pdf viewer)

Other tools:
tree
hunspell
mc
gcc
git
bc
apt-file (Devuan)
aptitude (Devuan - I wish the changelog fetcher worked!)

Lots more tools, especially graphical, depend on what I intend to
do with the computer, eg. Firefox on a PC but not on a RPi Zero.
I've assumed a few programs that others have mentioned, like wget,
are in the distro base packages already.

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