Must Have Programs For Linux May 18, 2014

I do all my work in Linux and I have a few programs I could not live without. The programs I like are all over the place and this list may grow.

• i3

  A powerful, tiling windows manager. i3 is an awesome windows manager that helps me be productive and stay organized as I work. Here is a taste of what is going on while I write this post.

• Autojump

  An awesome program for navigating the command line. Autojump stores where you cd into and you can type j and part of the directory name you want to be in and j will guess where you want to be and get you there.

• Tree

  Another command line tool. Tree gives you a prettier output than ls and shows subdirectories and files. And when you pass it the -L flag followed by a number it will only show items to that many layers below current level.

• vim

  Always use for quick edits of text files. I love not having to leave the Terminal.

• Dropbox

  Used to sync all of my school files and have them readily accessible from my tablet, phone or even a school computer.

• inotify

  A handy little program that monitors file system events and pipes output to your programs. Used to write this handy little script that runs the command you set everytime a file is changed in a directory. I use it all the time to rebuild a project after I update something. Works extremely well with Makefiles. This script is a child of Seve and I.