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What are your must-have packages? (self.linux)

submitted 1 year ago by Ret2libsanity to c/[email protected]

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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] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Every time I setup a new system, I always install these:

vim
zsh
git
rsync
tmux
mosh
btop
autossh
mc
direnv
asdf-vm

If the system is a desktop/laptop for personal use, then I'll install these too:

virt-manager
vscode
firefox
filezilla
mpv
yt-dlp
kdeconnect
onlyoffice

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would swap only with Libreoffice

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is just a matter of personal preference, but I can't stand libreoffice UI. It has more features but I don't open office documents much, mostly just some basic spreadsheets, so I can get away with using a document editor with less feature but easier to the eye.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

there are multiple user interface option in libre office, https://books.libreoffice.org/en/WG72/WG7221-UserInterfaceVariants.html

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Damn. Even the website documenting their design is ugly as sin.