This is the list of linux terminal tools that I find useful.
Most of these packages replace more standard tools because (for less savvy linux terminal users) they are:
* easier to use
* has nice terminal gui
* simplifies things
* prints output in colours
| application | description | debian repo | RH/fedora repo | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| zsh | more intelligent bash replacement | [x] | [x] | |
| oh my zsh | all the cool stuff preconfigured for zsh | [ ] | [ ] | |
| curl | wget alternative, downloading things | [x] | [x] | |
| git | most popular vcs | [x] | [x] | |
| tmux | having tabs in ssh - awesome! screen alternative | [x] | [x] | |
| tldr | colored and distilled man pages alternative | [ ] | [x] | |
| htop | top with colours | [x] | [x] | |
| nano | text editor - easy to exit | [x] | [x] | |
| micro | text editor of 21st century - common gui editors workflow | [ ] | [ ] | ctlr-e to launch command mode |
| peco | interactive grep on steroids | [ ] | [ ] | ctrl-r to change filter mode |
| ncdu | shows disk usage. Dude where is my free space gone? | [x] | [x] | |
| colordiff | colour that diff output | [x] | [x] | can be replaced with git diff (same for wdiff) |
| wdiff | word diff | [x] | [x] | wdiff test1 test2 | colordiff - boom |
| tig | pretty cool git gui | [x] | [x] | |
| ranger | easy to use file manager | [x] | [x] | ? - to call help |
| mc | midnight commander - file manager | [x] | [x] | |
| lnav | log file analyser | [x] | [x] | |
| nmap | comfortable port scanning | [x] | [x] |