Weaver composed on 2017-11-05 17:55 (UTC-0800): > David Wright wrote:
>> On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 12:18:50 (-0800), Weaver wrote: >>> 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. Not having MC is a handicap I won't long tolerate. In any unfamiliar environment, it's the first thing I look for. On a fresh Debian minimal installation I make, apt install mc is usually the first or second entry to go into root's .bash_history. -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
