TODO – this is definitely something I want to try, and to replace Screen with.
TODO – add my notes, and scripts
Software >
(on Wikipedia)
was tmux.sourceforge.net
https://github.com/tmux/tmux
A terminal multiplexer.
commandline software
All posts tagged commandline software
TODO – add my notes, and scripts
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Software > Text editors >
(on Wikipedia)
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/nano.git/
https://nano-editor.org/
The license-unencumbered version of Pico.
Small, easy. Needs some basic functionality but is still quite useful.
- acronym: Nano’s ANOther editor
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formerly: TIP (TIP Isn’t Pico)
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(on Wikipedia)
Chocolatey: mc
http://midnight-commander.org/
A commandline file manager, with FTP access.
Particularly easy to use and featureful. I consider this an essential tool, but usually forget it exists.
mc- aka GNU Midnight Commander
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mcedit is its text editor
TODO – add my notes, and scripts
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(on Wikipedia)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/htop/
https://htop.dev/
A process viewer.
Utterly blows away top.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
A boot loader.
This is one of the “big” boot loaders. I can’t fathom it (since it’s GNU), so I expect a distribution to be magic with it.
When GRUB breaks, I use boot-repair.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.joonet.de/lilo/
A boot loader, generally considered less used and less featureful than GRUB.
Although I had used LILO quite a lot in the past, and was doing some interesting things with it, like having multiboots with DOS and rearranging partitions to hide some or change what was primary, I tend to not use a bootloader like that anymore. I expect a distribution to be magical regarding a boot loader.
- LILO = Linux Loader
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When LILO breaks, I use boot-repair.
(on Wikipedia)
https://wiki.bitmessage.org/Main_Page
A secure communications tool which sends messages through a network of users which it doesn’t need to trust.
It can be thought of like Tor for email.
TODO – add additional notes
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.ecryptfs.org/
A cryptographic filesystem.
A fantastic concept and program which I used heavily for a long time across multiple Linux distributions.
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Be aware that attacks on people, hardware and implementation are the go-to methods for defeating encryption. Some points:
- A legal or physical threat, lies and other social engineering.
- A hardware or software keylogger. Are you typing your password on a keyboard and computer you control?
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eCryptfs-mount.sh is my helper script.
 I'm using this logo .. because reasons
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(on Wikipedia)
was btrfs.docs.kernel.org ))
A filesystem I use because of checksumming and de-duplication.
Very good, although I’ve had a sketchy history with it. I’ve used multiple versions of it, sometimes mounting the same partition with different versions of it.
I stopped using it because I lost trust in its reliability.
- B-tree file system
- I have some btrfs scripts in git
- Checksumming helps with The Chain of Trust.
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Abandoned by it’s originators, and community-developed.
