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Otherwise you can continue to read about each and install them selectively.
mlocate
mlocate is a nice file search tool. Better than slocate because it respects permissions when searching. Faster and easier to use then find because it uses a database. As of Ubuntu 9.0.4 is part of the installation and a cron is already setup to keep the search index database up to date.
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sudo apt-get install mlocate sudo updatedb # If you want to manually update the database. |
ne Editor
ne is an editor similar to DOS Edit. It is menu driven and easy to use for new people. The only thing I wish it had was to be able to select text with the shift and arrow keys like DOS Edit.
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sudo apt-get install ne # Nice easy to use editor like DOS edit |
htop
Great tool to view system performance and what is happening to various processes. It is an improved version of the built in top command.
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sudo apt-get install htop |
wget
Tool to grab files over http and https.
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sudo apt-get install wget |
Others
Here are a bunch of more useful tools we recommend having,
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