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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Which Linux tool or command is surprisingly simple, powerful, and yet underrated?" (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by mfat@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Which Linux command or utility is simple, powerful, and surprisingly unknown to many people or used less often?

This could be a command or a piece of software or an application.

For example I'm surprised to find that many people are unaware of Caddy, a very simple web server that can make setting up a reverse proxy incredibly easy.

Another example is fzf. Many people overlook this, a fast command-line fuzzy finder. It’s versatile for searching files, directories, or even shell history with minimal effort.

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[–] thews@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (3 children)

yes

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[–] riskable@programming.dev 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

glances! Way better than top and does a bazillion cool things!

https://nicolargo.github.io/glances/

[–] tensor_nightly69@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

I loved glances until I switched to btop with Hot Purple Traffic Light theme, and I doubt I'll switch again. Check it out!

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[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

ia: internetarchive https://archive.org/developers/internetarchive/cli.html cli tool, i only use it for downloads, it can a bit more than the eye meets first, like accepting a wildcard to download certain files or specify other stuff. I have an incomplete script to help me with that, which I want to share in the future. The only problem is, that the internetarchive at archive.org is often very slow at downloading.

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[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

I really enjoy erdtree a ls replacement

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I abused debfoster for years... it kept my machines running very, very clean.

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[–] mlg@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

inxi saves you time 90% of the time that you would use for lsXXX commands and grepping. Really useful for quick hardware and kernel module checks.

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