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Linux

Linux is a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel,

an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.

Linux is extremely extensible, modifiable and customizable...

Dotfiles

Dotfiles are User-specific application configuration is traditionally stored in so called dotfiles (files whose filename starts with a dot).

It is common practice to track dotfiles with a version control system such as Git to keep track of changes and synchronize dotfiles across various hosts.

There are various approaches to managing your dotfiles (e.g. directly tracking dotfiles in the home directory v.s. storing them in a subdirectory and symlinking/copying/generating files with a shell script or a dedicated tool).

There are various approaches to managing your dotfiles, one of them are SuperB Bootstrap

Terminal

Terminal allows the user access to a text terminal and all its applications such as command-line interfaces (CLI) and text user interface (TUI) applications.

Why choose terminal applications over GUI?

  • This is because terminal applications may be more difficult to use but it is way more advanced and can be easily integrated with each other, which is not possible with most GUI applications.

Applications & Utilities

  • WH.I.CH: list of software that I have experience and knowledge of, what i choose and why i choose
  • List of applications/Utilities: applications list from Arch Wiki
  • ALTERNATIVES TO BLOATWARE: The list is built pointing to software that has alternatives with less dependencies, and addressing dependencies was the easy thing
  • Vince's GitHub: Vince makes a lot of themes for many desktop environments like GTK, KDE, cursor, icons...

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