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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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What's that one feature you liked so much while distrohopping that you want it by default in all distros? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Owell1984@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I have always been discovering new things about Linux distros while distro hopping. And when I get something I really like, I just copy the package name and make sure I install it in every distro I use in the future.

Let me start:

Clipboard manager (Gpaste)
KDE connect

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[–] eshep@social.trom.tf 7 points 1 year ago (7 children)

@Owell1984 Having #vim and #tmux in liveOS should be standard practice.

[–] Owell1984@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I didn't know about tmux. I haven't heard much about it. What's it's purpose and what use would it have for a general user?

[–] normalmode@mastodon.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Owell1984 @eshep It has 2 basic functions:

It allows you to add (effectively) tab pages to your shell, and split each page into multiple windows. Yes your terminal can likely do this, but this is running inside your shell, so it works the same way if you’re logged in locally or running over SSH.

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[–] normalmode@mastodon.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

@Owell1984 @eshep 2. Your tmux session runs in a server process, so if you close the enclosing terminal or disconnect from your SSH session, everything in your tmux session keeps running and you can reconnect to it later on.

You can also have a bunch of tmux sessions running in a single tmux server, and switch between them with a couple of keystrokes.

Once you start using tmux (or screen) it’s very hard to imagine going back to life without it!

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[–] eshep@social.trom.tf 3 points 1 year ago

@Owell1984 @normalmode I'm perty sure I'd go mad if I had no way of installin one of em. 😅

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