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I’ll start:

  • Tmux
  • vim
  • ghidra
  • okteta (hex editor)
  • speedcrunch (calculator with bit manipulation)
  • python3 with IPython for nice reply and embed(), pwntools
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago
  • tmux
  • screen
  • autossh
  • mosh
  • rsync
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I don't see enough of these here:

  • fzf
  • z (or zoxide)

Check them out

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Stuff that I insist on regardless of platform (that is, I install these even onto Windows systems if I'm forced to use them):

  • Pale Moon (web browser)
  • Claws Mail
  • GIMP
  • vbindiff (command-line hex editor + diff utility for binary files)
  • mercurial
  • perl

Stuff that I require only on Linux systems for desktop use:

  • Pan (yes, really, I still use a Usenet newsreader on a daily basis)
  • qemu
  • conky
  • Aqualung (music player—I like odd software)
  • Inkscape
  • Scribus
  • PySol ;)
  • rdesktop (less a favourite than a regrettable necessity)
  • various TDE built-ins: konqueror (as file manager only), kedit, kate, konsole, ark
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I always made sure my laptops had tlp installed. Now it seems openSUSE has cpu power profiles daemon or something by default, which it says conflicts with tlp when I tried to install it. So, I'm giving that a shot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

McFly, can't live without it anymore.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago
  • vim
  • bashtop
  • cmus
  • ghidra
  • jq (pretty print Json)
  • screen
  • hexedit
  • python3 with pwntools
  • GCC, g++, make & libc6-dev
  • gdb with pwndbg
  • alacritty
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Must have p7zip and p7zip-gui

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Since I'm not sure where to ask what is probably a basic question, what's a Linux package?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago
  • tmux
  • emacs
  • okular
  • pipx
  • calibre
  • lutris
  • hakuneko
  • yt-dlp
  • git
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago
  • alacritty
  • neovim
  • tmux
  • vifm - terminal file manager with vi keybindings.
  • zathura - pdf reader with vi keybindings.
  • inxi - prints information about your hardware.
  • tldr - cheat sheet for common commands
  • qalculate - the most powerful calculator I've seen. There are qt, gtk and cli versions of it.
  • moreutils - collection of tools. My favourite is vidir, it opens directory structure in your terminal text editor, so that you can rename multiple files easily.
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Lets make a list!

  1. zsh
  2. tmux
  3. htop
  4. ranger
  5. helix (if i can get it)
  6. fzf
  7. fd-find
  8. python-pip
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

The first 3 things I always add after a fresh install: aptitude emacs (-nox for servers) tree

Then it depends what the machine is for.

[–] DaveX64 2 points 2 years ago
  • asciiquarium
  • cowsay
  • tty-clock
  • mc
  • nano
  • btop
  • htop
  • vscode
  • vivaldi
  • mariadb
  • apache
  • php
  • python3
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Firefox, only office and spotify. That's all I need.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Have you considered installing Arch?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago
  • ranger
  • openssl
  • aria2
  • fzf
  • nitrogen
  • w3m
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago
  • OpenDoas
  • Emacs
  • Git
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
  • socat
  • ngrep
  • vim
  • pv
  • htop
  • jq

Generally, everything else I need is there by default depending on the distro.

Home workstation-wise.. maybe:

  • meld
  • kdenlive
  • openscad
  • Qtvlm, zygrib and OpenCPN
  • gimp extras
  • golang
  • Inkscape
  • Wireshark
  • audacity
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

tmux kak / vim ssh gcc python3 curl nc

'taint much, but I get by

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

In addition to what was already mentioned: reptyr

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago
  • fzf
  • git + lazygit
  • neovim
  • ranger
  • cargo
  • btm
  • starship
  • tmux
  • fish
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Not to duplicate some of the entries, I will keep it short

LF file manager (seen ranger mentioned but no lf)

Ytfzf for finding yt videos and playing them in MPV without the need of web browser

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

neovim, zsh, firefox, vlc, mpv, zsh plugins for autocomplete, ripgrep, zerotier vpn,fzf, pip3, htop, i am not sure what else

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