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Funtoo Linux First Steps/Helpful Applications for Daily Usage
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Here are some other packages you may want to consider installing via emerge:
app-misc/screen- Allows you to have persistent login sessions.
app-misc/tmux- Similar to
screen-- some people prefer it. app-admin/sudo- Grant root privileges to selected users and command combinations.
sys-process/htop- Colorful and informative text-based process list.
sys-process/glances- Similar to htop, includes disc I/O and network I/O in display.
app-portage/eix- Quick portage package search
app-portage/gentoolkit- Portage utils
app-misc/mc- GNU Midnight Commander is a text based file manager --- some will recall
MS-DOS XtreeGold app-text/wgetpaste- Command-line interface to various pastebins; very useful in providing info along with bugs reports
net-irc/irssi- A modular textUI IRC client with IPv6 support; a powerful tool to get help, but note that Funtoo Community has no IRC channel, and moved to Discord. Nice companion to
app-text/wgetpaste
root # emerge --jobs app-misc/screen sudo htop eix gentoolkit app-misc/mc wgetpaste net-irc/irssi