Personal Computer Software Coices

Post tags: | software_choices | workstation_install |

Install Notes

Debian Testing network install image

  • no desktop
  • select ssh server
  • select print server

Continue

sudo and vim
        apt-get install vim sudo
        adduser craig sudo
        
Add contrib,non-free to /etc/apt/sources.list
        apt-get update
        apt-get dist-upgrade
        
Add needed firmware
        apt-get autoclean
        apt-get autoremove
        
        For video support and other:
        apt-get install firmware-linux-nonfree
        
        For common wireless:
        apt-get install firmware-iwlwifi

Software choices

  • lightdm
  • i3
  • git gitk
  • build-essential checkinstall libtool automake uuid-dev
  • xorg-dev
  • suckless st - terminal emulater - needs build
  • thunar iceweasel icedove gedit
  • vim-gtk
  • alsa-utils alsamixergui
  • pulseaudio
  • weechat moc
  • wicd wicd-curses wicd-gtk
  • gparted gnome-disk-utility
  • audacity
  • dkms
  • libreoffice
  • abiword
  • lyx
  • ruby
  • java
  • python-setuptools
  • supervisord
  • cifs-utils winbind
  • passworddragon
  • remmina
  • reptyr
  • noice is a small ncurses-based file browser - suckless rocks
  • shutter screen capture

Other possibilities

file managers

  • noice is a small ncurses-based file browser - suckless rocks
  • ranger
  • thunar

irc

  • weechat

music / audio

  • audacity
  • DeaDBeef
  • music on console

screen capture

  • scrot
  • shutter

terminal emulators

  • rxvt-unicode
  • st
  • terminator

terminal multiplexers

  • screen
  • tmux

text based browsers

  • ELinks - Full-Featured Text WWW Browser
  • Lynx is a text browser for the World Wide Web
  • w3m is a text-based web browser

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