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What is your favorite open source software? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] mathic 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

If I had to pick only one artifact's worth: bash, probably. Otherwise:

bash
vim
Linux (the kernel itself)
Kubernetes
Firefox
urxvt
Python
pacman
nix
util-linux
procps-ng
iproute2
iptables(-ng)/ebtables
GNU parallel
jq

[–] cashews_best_nut 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Eeew bash? What are you, a Neanderthal? All the cool kids use Zsh. 😜

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

But what about fish?

[–] cashews_best_nut 1 points 1 year ago

Smells fishy. Unless it's a lovely smoked kipper in butter with some brown bread then I'm all for it. 👍

[–] QuarterSwede 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol, that’s what I was gonna say ohmyzsh.

[–] cashews_best_nut 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can I just: no harm using ohmyzsh! I used to use it myself. But if you get time I really recommend just choosing a good plugin manager for zsh and installing some of the most popular plugins!

It will fucking FLY like the wind! Imagine 10x as many features but instant load!
You'll learn so much cool stuff you'll wonder how you ever lived with something so clunky.

I really recommend Antigen plugin manager. Then look up Awesome ZSH that will give you a ton of links to great plugins and themes.

All the best!

[–] QuarterSwede 1 points 1 year ago

I’ve gotten ohmyzsh where I want it with plug-ins honestly. The theme (can’t remember which now) is double lined and color coded, perfect for my needs. I’ll have to poke around and see if I can replicate it with antigen.

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

May I ask what makes you prefer bash over ZSH?

[–] mathic 1 points 1 year ago

Bash defines zsh; not the other way around.

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

Ah, gotta love jq. Nifty little thing. Everything is JSON these days, so it's a vital part of any shell scripting.