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From: Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux
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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 11:54:18 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-07-10, candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
> Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> wrote at 09:31 this Wednesday (GMT):
>> On 2024-07-08, candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>>> Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> wrote at 10:25 this Monday (GMT):
>>>> On 2024-07-07, candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>>>>> Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> wrote at 01:10 this Sunday (GMT):
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm sure I'm forgetting some here, but
>>>>>
>>>>> git obviously
>>>>> krita
>>>>> aseprite
>>>>> screen
>>>>> rxvt-unicode
>>>>> cool-retro-term
>>>>> audacious
>>>>> mpv (and the ffmpeg dependency)
>>>>> imagemagick
>>>>> picom
>>>>> vim
>>>>> n30f
>>>>> xscreensaver (yes i use it as my locker)
>>>>> screen
>>>>> less
>>>>> rofi
>>>>> bucklespring (optional)
>>>>> mc (optional)
>>>>>
>>>>> aptitude (if on debian based)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> sidenote thank you for mentioning xpenguins i have been looking for a
>>>>> replacement for AMOR (amazing misuse of resources) forever since it wont
>>>>> compile for me under debian
>>>>
>>>> I always have both XScreenSaver and XLockmore.
>>>
>>>
>>> Do they work together?
>>
>> Not really!  I generally just use xlock when I want to lock my screen.
>> XScreenSaver, well, my kids enjoy watching the bouncing cows, they think
>> its hilarious!
>
>
> Oh, IG I'll stick to XSS then. Do you run them directly from
> /usr/lib/xscreensaver? (or libexec)

Its built into the menu for FVWM.  My FVWM config, which is based on an
old template that came with FVWM or FVWM95 has a menu for ScreenSavers
which lists the xlock ones and also for XScreenSaver to start it, or
start the demo.  Thats perhaps why I use them, because in the very early
days when I started using Linux, I found them in the menu entry here.