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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] ChristianWS@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 1 year ago

KDE Connect on KDE distros, just feels part of the KDE experience

[–] SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

useradd - I just wanted to give a friend my notebook for a python lecture and thought I could just add him as a new user. Apparently not by default.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems like it would have to exist to create your initial login, unless you only had a root user

[–] maxbossing@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

You can just manually edit /etc/passwd

[–] solberg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nano (or pico). I had to use vi one time 😭

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Which distro doesn't ship nano? I've only ever seen this in embedded or docker contexts.

Condolences for your vile experiences, though.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

less, I don't remember what distro it was, but there wasn't less. There was more though.

[–] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] bert@lemmy.monster 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But when will "then" be "now"?

[–] toff@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

bash and zsh shell history suggest box aka hstr. A bash history which is sorted by the times you use a command and not in a chronological order. Sooooooo good 😉

[–] Turtle@aussie.zone 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The first couple commands I run after install:

$ sudo apt install vim
$ sudo apt autopurge libreoffice*
[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

I actually like Libre office very much, since it's a good open source office software.

[–] vsis@feddit.cl 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

I was surprised that gnome ships with comes with it in default.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let's try the other way around: what default apps are pre installed that really don't need or should not be?

I get that most distros try to give a good out of the box desktop for the average user, while also saving time for who is (trying to) providing services or building machines to sell but it can get annoying booting into a fresh install, take a look at the defaults and go "nah, that's going away, and that, that and the other".

I'm not advocating for LFS but sometimes I wish we could get an option to install just what is necessary to make the hardware run and a chosen desktop or window manager and from there install whatever we may need.

[–] OldPain@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

KDE shipped with so much useless stuff.

[–] gammarays@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think most people (including myself) prefer a minimal desktop by default, and then proceed to install only the software they need. Nevertheless, it always surprises me when I log in to a system that doesn't have vim.

[–] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

For almost all users, especially beginners, nano is just simpler faster and better. A lot of distributions are bundling it, and I am finding indeed systems without vim at all.

[–] d_k_bo@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Especially for beginners, micro would be even better.

[–] pixelprimer@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] d_k_bo@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

netstat is mostly deprecated and superseded by the ss command.

[–] Zucca@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait? ss? why haven't I heard of this?

[–] d_k_bo@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Maybe you also haven't heard about the ip command which replaces various commands such as ifconfig (replaced by ip a).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iproute2