By Arpan Ghosh on Oct 14, 2022.
Reading time: 4 minutes.
Sources
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Linux distro tryout: https://www.onworks.net/
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Useful Packages: links collection and sorted list
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Docker container configurations: Check here
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Test out docker containers online: Here
Essential
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- Powerlevel10k : Awesome zsh prompt theme
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- Zsh-z : directory jumping
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- Neovim : Best CLI Text editor [apt]
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- vim-plug : neovim plugin panager
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- Docker : Running services within containers
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- Docker-compose : Running docker with yaml files
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- Speedtest : Internet speed testing CLI
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Tailscale: For Tailnet connection among self devices over the internet
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Bat: Better cat functionality
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Fzf: fuzzy search
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Tmux: Better terminal, with multi-device session restore support [apt]
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Ripgrep: more efficient than grep [apt]
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Duf: Better disk space analysis ( df )
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Ranger: File browser and content preview [apt]
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Git : for git clone
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Nala : Package manager ( Better version of apt )
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Navi : a cheatsheet manager
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Pueue : Background parallel task manager
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Fd : Uset friendly alternative to find command
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Thefuck : corrects errors in previous console commands with zsh plugin
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Lnav : Log file navigator
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Lazydocker : Docker container TUI
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Ctop : top like interface for docker containers
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Lazygit : Git TUI
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Deb-get : for easy instralling and updating 3rd party .deb packages
Optional
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Cockpit: web console for raspberry pi
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Glances: for system data collection
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Cloudflare : For internet tunneling and remote usage
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Bash-snippets: https://github.com/alexanderepstein/Bash-Snippets
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Visidata: csv file reader and manipulator in commandline
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Rsync: copy and sync files utility
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Cowsay: Cows says text [apt]
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Curl: request and download from internet [apt]
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FFmpeg: CLI video management [apt]
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Figlet: for ASCII text art [apt]
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Imagemagick: CLI image manipulations [apt]
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Flameshot: Screenshot utility
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Hollywood: fancy hacker screen
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Lolcat: Colored output from other commands [apt]
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Micro: simple text editor on terminal [apt]
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Neofetch: system details viewer on terminal [apt]
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Moc : Music player on console [apt]
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Xclip : X-11 based clipboard management
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No-more-secrets : fancy encrypted text effect on terminal
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Protonvpn-cli : Vpn service
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Synaptic package manager : Package manager
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Fsearch: GUI search utility
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Pensor: Sensors data collection
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Copyq: GUI clipboard manager
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ddTerm : collapsible terminal - Gnome shell extention
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Qalc : Easy unit conversions and mathematical operations on terminal [apt]
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Httpie : User friendly interaction with HTTP servers and APIs from the terminal
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Gping : ping with a graph TUI
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Cronitor-cli or Healthchecks: Effective cronjob testing and monitoring
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Motion : easy to setup webcam livestream server
stream_quality 80 stream_maxrate 5 stream_port <your_port> stream_localhost off output_pictures off framerate 5 ffmpeg_video_codec mpeg4 width 640 height 480 auto_brightness off contrast 0 saturation 0 stream_auth_method 1 stream_authentication <any_username>:<any_password>
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Rmlint : Detect and remove duplicate/empty files/directories
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Rclone : sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers
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Nfty : A utility for sending push notifications to phone or desktop on demand and when commands finish
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Pdd : Calculates date and time difference. Also works as a timer and stopwatch. Can be installed directly with apt package manager
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Grc and Colortail : command line utility with colorized text output [ stdout, stderr, file contents, ping, ps, logfile ]