Usefull / good programs to have on your Pi

[Pie_with_Berries]

This is list of programs that Are Usefull, good, or programs that will be in "I can´t do anything without that program on this pc!" list. Here are six programs..


1.Guake Terminal
Guake terminal is Quake styled Terminal That slides onto your screen by pressing one key!! (F12)

Install:

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sudo apt-get install guake

2.Sypnatic-Package Manager
Synaptic is a graphical package management program. It provides the same features as the apt-get command line utility with a GUI


Install:

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sudo apt-get install Synaptic

3.Qmmp
QMMP is feature packed music player. It´s almost same as AIMP (at least for me)


Install:

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sudo apt-get install qmmp

4.Firefox ESR
It´s just Firefox but with EXTENDED SUPPORT(Extended Support Release)!! But you can use it like regular Firefox. (more info about ESR version: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/)


install:

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sudo apt-get install firefox-esr

5.GIMP
GIMP Stands for: GNU Image Manipulator Program. (ooooof. that was long) and you can use on Image editing or like Paint program.


Install:

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sudo apt-get install gimp

6.Deluge
Degule is lightweight BitTorent downloader with Encryption.


Install:

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sudo apt-get install deluge

Well this is all my friends..
Enjoy your new programs
(if you found any mistakes in my english, feel free to reply. That will help to enchant my english)
(fun fact: this was typed from RPI 4B)


Your Pie_with_Berries

[W. H. Heydt]

My default additional installed programs are: fortune, putty, gparted, units, mplayer, and dclock.

[Botspot]

synaptic (package manager)
rclone (access to cloud storage including Google Drive)
firefox-esr (backup browser when chromium doesn't work)
gparted (fix corrupted disks, manage partitions, etc)
simplescreenrecorder (screen recorder)
shotwell (I use it to quickly edit and adjust photos, but you can also manage photos and import from cameras)
systemd-container (useful to launch Raspbian virtual desktops)
arduino (to program arduino)
numlockx (turns numlock on when booting)
conky (super handy system monitor)
zram (not a package, but this doubles your ram by compressing it, see here)
And my Windows 10 transformation pack (Makes Raspbian Pixel look and feel like Windows 10)

[timrowledge]

And my Windows 10 transformation pack (Makes Raspbian Pixel look and feel like Windows 10)

What, deliberately? Why? Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

[hardwaremack-orginal]

If I needed any of that then Raspberry Pi Foundation would have issued it to me.

[Andyroo]

scrot for screen shots
gparted for disk changes (though it normally live on my Lenovo laptop)
MQTT pub/sub client, paho-mqtt and my own IoT monitoring stack
pip3
SAMBA
ssh security keys
ufw firewall
tmux
arping

Midori is getting on more boxes but not on every GUI box yet

[rin67630]

arduino (to program arduino)

But not from the reposit0ries! The version there is completely outdated.
Go to arduino.cc
Take that one https://www.arduino.cc/download_handler.php
Chose the LinuxARM32Bit version

[DougieLawson]

arduino (to program arduino)

But not from the reposit0ries! The version there is completely outdated.
Go to arduino.cc
Take that one https://www.arduino.cc/download_handler.php
Chose the LinuxARM32Bit version

Have they fixed the missing ESP8266/Wemos/ESP12 pieces yet? The LinuxArm Arduino piece isn't useful without those things since I've mostly given up with Arduino Unos & Nanos in favour of ESP12s and Wemos D1s.

My essentials include: eject, gparted, lynx, ufw, ntp, mosquitto-clients.
My rejections include: rfkill, epiphany-browser*

[W. H. Heydt]

zram (not a package, but this doubles your ram by compressing it, see here)

That seems like it would be less than useful on a Pi4B, especially the 2GB or 4GB models, where it would introduce overhead without providing any actual benefit.

[IOTON]

apt-get install mc

back to 1993(for me)

[hardwaremack-orginal]

back then the 2 wonders of the world for me were SMARTDRV and QUIK MENU, on my IBM PS/2 286

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[scruss]

Have they fixed the missing ESP8266/Wemos/ESP12 pieces yet?

That one's solely on Espressif Systems. Their toolchain only builds on x86/x86_64.

Essentials? BBC BASIC for SDL 2.0. Matrix Brandy BASIC. Perlbrew. Netpbm (the one from source, not the 20 year old Debian one). Emacs. q. Micro.

But most of all: enabling the Compose key and setting up a couple of workspaces with proper Alt-Tab behaviour.

[Imperf3kt]

The only program I install on top of a Raspbian desktop is renpy.
Unfortunately the one in the repos is very outdated / experimental, so I must compile it from source myself.

Raspbian has everything else I need.

[ejolson]

My default additional installed programs are: fortune, putty, gparted, units, mplayer, and dclock.

What? Fortune without cowsay? How useful is that?

[W. H. Heydt]

My default additional installed programs are: fortune, putty, gparted, units, mplayer, and dclock.

What? Fortune without cowsay? How useful is that?

I prefer to take my fortunes straight.

[ejolson]

My default additional installed programs are: fortune, putty, gparted, units, mplayer, and dclock.

What? Fortune without cowsay? How useful is that?

I prefer to take my fortunes straight.

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/ The cowsay program is also useful and \
| good to have on your Pi when making   |
\ forum posts.                          /
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            (__)\       )\/\
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[the_atmosphere]

What? Fortune without cowsay? How useful is that?

I prefer to take my fortunes straight.

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/ The cowsay program is also useful and \
| good to have on your Pi when making   |
\ forum posts.                          /
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there was a version of crunchbang i tried years ago and that's the only reason i discovered fortune
they had it run with notify-send and a little toast notification would popup every few minutes and i wondered what the hell was going on
i guess to re-create this you need the notify-osd package
i tried cowsay before, the cows disturb me a bit, but i guess i should trust in their wisdom
you can set an icon with notify-send
notify-send --icon="/home/pi/Pictures/notacow.png" "$(fortune)"

[Gavinmc42]

apt-get install mc

back to 1993(for me)

Yep Midnight Commander is a must.
File manager and editor that even works remotely over ssh

[ejolson]

apt-get install mc

back to 1993(for me)

Yep Midnight Commander is a must.
File manager and editor that even works remotely over ssh

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/ Another program I find useful and good  \
| to install on Raspbian is the real      |
| xterm, because I use the Tektronix 4014 |
| compatible graphics output regularly    |
\ with remote ssh sessions of gnuplot.    /
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[clicky]

Probably completely irrelevant - but I have just discovered that dosbox is shipped with Raspbian:

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sudo apt-get install dosbox

and that I have some really, really old game saved from pre 2000 that work perfectly well like Prince of Persia, Warcraft II and original Microprose's Transport Tycoon (nodays really nicely replaced with Open Transport Tycoon which I would recommend) - all that work under dosbox...

[HermannSW]

Have they fixed the missing ESP8266/Wemos/ESP12 pieces yet?

That one's solely on Espressif Systems. Their toolchain only builds on x86/x86_64.

That is one of the reasons I sometimes have to use a x86 Linux laptop.
Another reason is that Salea logic analyzer software does not run on arm as well

Tools to install:

• raspiraw for high framerate video capturing (up to 750fps/1007fps for v1/v2 camera)
• raspi2png (takes screenshots on Rasbian console including HDMI overlays like from raspistill/raspivid)
• u4vl (low latency access Raspberry camera or desktop (console as well as X11) remotely in browser)

I don't need to install an editor since "vi" I use since 1990 is available by default

[HiassofT]

Another reason is that Salea logic analyzer software does not run on arm as well

You could give sigrok a try, it's in Raspbian repo and supports a bunch of Salae logic analyzers https://sigrok.org/wiki/Supported_hardware

so long,

Hias

[DougieLawson]

I don't need to install an editor since "vi" I use since 1990 is available by default

But that version is severely crippled. So I improve it with sudo apt install vim to get from vim.tiny to full fat, fully featured vim.

[Botspot]

I install all of these:

• synaptic
• numlockx
• onboard
• lxsession-default-apps
• gparted
• systemd-container
• xserver-xephyr
• shotwell
• gpick
• gravit
• blender
• xscreensaver
• guake
• openshot
• gtk2-engines-murrine
• lxhotkey-plugin-openbox
• clipit
• xdotool
• gtrayicon
• exfat-fuse
• exfat-utils
• gnome-system-monitor
• realvnc-vnc-viewer
• gnome-screenshot
• rclone
• cool-retro-term
• arduino
• raspbian-buster-64

[PetesPi]

here are some favorites i often add to my Pis

focuswriter - awesome word processor with customizable looks
pyroom - no frills full-sceen writing program
artha -- great offline dictionary program with gui

tty-clock - because giant terminal clocks are the next big thing

ranger -- a terminal-based file manager that lets you drag race through directories without brakes.
vlc -- swiss-army-knife media player good for internet radio and nearly everything else - audio or visual
mocp (or moc) -- great ncurses audio player for local files

gcolor2 (or something sounding like that) -- lets you easily pick screen colors in gui
mirage -- quick image adjustments to jpgs, pngs etc. ( not gimp - or even shotwell - but small and fast)

mupdf/qpdfviewer -- nifty pdf viewers

surf -- awkward toolbar-free and tab-less graphical internet browser that puts firefox and chromionites to shame, speed-wise, on the pi4
links2 -- the fastest browser on the pi and is the best period, if you can live without java, css and all that internet 2.0 stuff (great for reading text and handles pictures/ images / frames with gusto).... has command line tools to turn web pages into text almost instantly

terminator -- a terminal emulator that is good at handling multiple windows (multiple terminals in one window)

wkthmltopdf -- command line tool for turning a web page into a pdf file for archive or offline reading (among other uses)

neofetch -- a system profiler for the terminal to see memory usage, kernel info and other useful bits about your pi

flite -- command line tool for speaking text. "Would you like to play a game?"

abuse - fun game from the company that brought you halo....bungie
maelstrom - asteroids game from the 1990s that escaped from a mac os screen saver!

zim (or zimnotes) -- excellent for note-taking or project tracking



well those are the ones that stream to my consciousness.....