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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:22:26 +0000
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On 19/11/2024 12:31, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
> 
>> On 18/11/2024 14:36, Phillip Frabott wrote:
>>> On 11/18/2024 00:42, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
>>>> Just make sure 'nano' is there. There's a trick to
>>>> setting the default editor to nano, find it.
>>>
>>> I usually just symlink vi and vim to nano. Never had problems with it.
>>>
>> Year of using vi have made me ok with it. For small jobs.
>> For bigger jobs I either use s GUI editor or joe.
>> Geany is my coding app of choice.
> 
> For me, it's vi(m) or nothing.
> 
> I used to use microEmacs, but I found regular emacs too knuckle-busting.
> 
> My partial list of must-haves:
> 
>      -   Fluxbox window manager (and Xfce4 for its tools/managers)
>      -   xbindkeys
>      -   tmux
>      -   mpd, mpc (for automation), and ncmpcpp
>      -   GCC and Clang, autotools, libtool, gdb and cgdb
>      -   git
>      -   conky
>      -   urxvt
>      -   texlive, latexmk for project documentation
>      -   JACK, a2jmidid
>      -   alsamixer
>      -   nm-applet, NetworkManager
>      -   ssh client and server
>      -   cups
>      -   cheese and guvcview
>      -   LibreOffice (for letters, shopping lists, and tables)
> 
> There's a bunch of others I forget about, and have to install when I try to use
> them.....
> 

I have no idea what my distro includes. Most of em have never been run.

I only really run the stuff I've installed over and above the standard 
installation.

-- 
I would rather have questions that cannot be answered...
....than to have answers that cannot be questioned

Richard Feynman