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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux
 install?
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2024 16:00:07 -0000 (UTC)
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Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> wrote at 11:54 this Friday (GMT):
> 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.


Oh, interesting. XFCE doesn't have those, but the binaries are stored in
/usr/lib(exec)/xscreensaver so its easy to run from there.
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