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What are your must-have packages? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 years ago by Ret2libsanity@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] kalipike@lemmy.one 10 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

• git
• vim
• openssh
• openssl
• fail2ban
• curl
• byobu
• webmin (to give limited access to non-Linux help desk technicians)

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[–] plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 years ago

Screen, vim, python

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