On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 03:31:37PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > You might say where you're coming from - Windows, Fedora, ... ? > > aptitude search blah (or apt-cache search blah) > aptitude show blah (or apt-cache show ...) > ip > route -n > ping
So you use these commands everyday? Interesting. BTW, it is considered rude to gratuitiously ping servers on the net. IOW, I question that these commands are in common use everyday. The exceptions being "apt-cache search" "apt-cache show", then again, they probably are not used commonly everyday. The answer to the OP's question depends very much on what you use your computer for. I tend to use lynx a lot, and of course vim, a bit of crafty, mutt, feh, mplayer (mplayer2 actually, but the alternates system takes care of that) rtorrent, wodim, devede ... But instead, a better question might be, "I want to use my computer for xyz, what software do you recommend?" One answer could be "apt-cache search xyz" then take your pick. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121121084901.GD26390@tal
