![]() Htop - Top clone with syntax highlighting and mouse support - The go-to must-have command line tool to understand what a Linux system is doing.Calcurse - Calendar and appointment tool for the console - Again, for when you don’t have a GUI to run Google Chrome / Firefox etc.Taskwarrior - Manage ToDo / task lists from the console - We like our Markdown GUI clients for individual lists, but this is mighty useful when you don’t have a GUI.Glances - Console (and web) based server monitoring tool (like top on steroids) - See what’s going on “at a glance”, we use this often to monitor web services.M圜li - Console client for MySql / MariaDB databases that does auto-completion and syntax highlighting - As most services with a web interface have a database in the back-end.Rtorrent - terminal based BitTorrent client - for all that (ahem) legal downloading you do -).Lnav - As discussed above, a tool to explore and decipher all of those pesky cryptic log files you need to review in order to troubleshoot an issue.MTR-tiny - A package that combines ping and traceroute into a single tool with superpowers to isolate networking issues.Bat - a Linux “cat” command alternative, provides syntax highlighting and enumeration in a clean, efficient interface - we love this, and think you would too.Ncdu - Must-have tool that easily figures out how much space is on a system, and where big files / directories are lurking - kinda like WinDirTree for Windows.Ranger - A directory / file explorer providing an easier way to find files via the terminal - sort of like Windows Explorer for the console. ![]() Micro - As discussed above, a really cool text editor that provides syntax highlighting and more (otherwise we recommend Vim as an alternative).Zsh / Oh my Zsh - Shell replacement for BASH if you need / want POSIX compliance (if you don’t know what POSIX is, we recommend Fish) - If you use this shell replacement, we recommend going here to get a ton of tips on using zsh. ![]()
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