The sort of program that once set up, just ticks along without fuss or bother forever.
For me, as I’m replacing the vms today which I set up five years ago and haven’t needed to touch since;
- HAProxy
- KeepaliveD
Not easy to learn, but once they’re running, they both go on forever.
Firefox + uBlock Origin + sponsorblock. Set it and forget it.
I haven’t seen an advertisement or a sponsored segment on my desktop in over a decade, and same with my phone for several years. I’m astonished how willing most people are to put up with a constant barrage of ads coming from devices they own
Debian, uptime right now on my server is 59 days and that’s just because that was when we had a power outage longer than the UPS could keep up with
What UPS do you have?
Probably something that is so basic or integrated into the distros I use that I forget about it because every time I use it, it just works.
Vim because its everywhere and is super powerful. It can even be used for some light scripting. GCC to make my own programs. Python as well, same thing and also portable. All the programs that come with mint and become part of the background like the terminal emulator. All of it, pretty awesome. Jellyfin has been a mainstay as well.
The Linux Kernel.
my desire to use Linux and continue learning
As phil Collins would say… Su su su sudo
Vlc.
Nano
Okular
All of them.
Elementary OS
bashmount
Caddy
Supernotes.app
Linux Mint
Rockbox
Sayonara music player
Syncthing
Rockbox
I desperately wish my Rockbox consistently worked without crashing or freezing once a week.
