On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 08:05:30PM +0200, Claes Andersson wrote: > Given the huge amount of available packages it is difficult to know if you > have the best subset installed. Perhaps there are some less known "killer > apps" around that many people don't know about. Debian has some great > inventions like apt and kernel-package. What else is there that should get > greater attention for someone quite new to Debian?
My top ten ones that you might not notice straight away: grep-dctrl - great way to search for packages apt-listchanges - display what's changing as I upgrade menu - build window manager menus binfmt-support - execute all kinds of files - I'm biased, though :) deborphan - tell me what I don't need installed any more equivs - build dummy packages for myself tuxracer - just because reportbug - nobody's perfect pinfo - for when I need info docs but don't like info screen - now, if only I knew all the tricks vim-rt - syntax highlighting for the world's best editor OK, I cheated and gave eleven, but vim deserves it. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]