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From: Ruben Safir <mrbrklyn@panix.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 01:31:52 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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Jack Strangio  <jackstrangio@yahoo.com> wrote:
> candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> writes:
>> 
>> To be fair, having Linux as your first OS would be very rare.
> 

Who cares.  It is the only OS I have used since 1998 at least.

Everything else I look at sucks.

Programs I install
Openshot
Firefox
Gimp
GVIM
thunderbird
mutt
gcc
make
Perl
Python
gdb
vlc
crossfire-gtk
gnuplot
dia
inkscape
scribus
xcalc
oclock
windowmaker
X11
openrc
hexchat
popcorntime
transmission
open-nusismat
make
rsync
ssh!!

at minimum
> Hey, look, guys! I'm a rarity!! 
> (Most people would deinitely consider that a GOOD THING!)
> 
> Well, almost. I went from MSDOS to UNIX and then Linux. Never had Windows as
> my personal 'daily-driver'.
> 
> (Aually, I was using X11 desktops on UNIX, and had heard 'Wonderful Things'
> about this new 'Windows thing'.  So I tried it and was aghast at just how
> **bad** and primitive it was, compared to what I was already using.)
> 
> Jack