On 2017-11-06 11:16, David Wright wrote: > On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 12:18:50 (-0800), Weaver wrote: >> On 2017-11-06 06:12, Brian wrote: >> > On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 19:51:48 +0000, Brian wrote: >> > >> >> Midnight Commander and locate are also very useful additions, but that >> >> does merit including them in Priority: standard. >> > ^ >> > not >> >> Not so sure about locate, but I'd include MC, with internal edit, some >> time before I'd include, say, Nano. > > IMO you have to have an editor suitable for root to configure the > system. Vi is fine for those who know it, but it has to be learnt. > Almost anyone who can read can use nano with no knowledge whatsoever. > > As for MC, it's in the population of programs that I would never run > as root, along with X, Emacs, …Office, browsers, media players (does > that cover it?). Root does not need Swiss Army knives slashing about.
Well, I don't know if I'd describe MC as `a Swiss Army Knife'. Thunar and nautilus, maybe. I also find aptitude handy at that level (before I've installed a DE, because I can see what I have installed and get every package description, installed or uninstalled, right there in the NCurses interface. Wordgrinder's another I'd fit in that category, for those who don't want a GUI and LibreOffice Writer. I certainly wouldn't fit MC into the category of a multi-Megabyte browser or media programme requiring a heavy GUI interface. With all due respect, that's a bit over the top. -- "It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government." -- Thomas Paine Registered Linux User: 554515
