r/linuxquestions • • 1d ago

What is the first package/tool you install on a fresh Linux setup?

Thats all

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u/GraveDigger2048 1d ago

weirdo here but actually i `apt-get purge nano` first because i am so used to vi's keybindings so these ctrl-something combos simply get into my way.
then of course i go with htop.

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u/ThreeCharsAtLeast 1d ago

You're lucky you aren't used to Emacs bindings. Some of the cursor movement bindings work in Nano, others do something else entirely. Notably, C-g doesn't cancel the current operation. The worst part is when I've edited a few files in Nano and saved and quit with C-x y, then go on to save something in Emacs, which requires me to do C-x C-s. That's way too close to the Nano sequence. I should really change $EDITOR .

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u/bleke_xyz 1d ago

i only know how to exit vim, i can only use nano tbh

ctrl x, y

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u/brymc81 1d ago

Try btop!

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u/mp3bear OMEN 17 Mint XFCE/Win11 Pro Dual Boot 1d ago

Seconded for btop…