Haroon Javed writes about a collection of Linux command-line tools that he has found useful for improving terminal productivity. The article covers tmux for session management, tldr for simplified man pages, Vim for efficient text editing, Fastfetch for system info, fzf for fuzzy file searching, bat for syntax-highlighted file viewing, Oh My Zsh for terminal customization, htop for resource monitoring, and zoxide for faster directory navigation.
- bat is installed as `batcat` on Debian/Ubuntu due to a package name conflict
- zoxide uses a ranking algorithm based on frequency and recency of directory visits
- tldr provides community-driven, simplified alternatives to traditional man pages
- Fastfetch is a widely used alternative to the now-deprecated Neofetch
The user is annoyed with the speed of Neofetch and finds an alternative called Fastfetch written in C.
• Fastfetch has similar features to Neofetch and is maintained.
• The user prefers Fastfetch due to its speed and user-friendly interface.
Neofetch, a popular command-line tool for displaying Linux system information, has been officially discontinued.
The source code has been archived on GitHub by programmer Dylan Araps.
There are several alternatives available, including Fastfetch and HyFetch, which are actively being developed.