Useful Software

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Command line

• POSIX (XCU "Shell & Utilities"): vi(1), awk(1), make(1), bc(1), sed(1), grep(1), sort(1), uniq(1), tee(1), wc(1), etc.
• GNU Screen (useful to echo exec screen -xR >>~/.profile on a remote host)
• Git: git-grep(1), git-stash(1), git-bisect(1), etc.
• Ledger (useful for optimizing both finances and time)
• Taskwarrior (TODO manager, highly recommended)
• drive (one of CLIs for Google Drive)
• Jekyll (generates static websites from markdown)

Web

• MuseScore (large sheet music library)
• flowkey (supports WebMIDI)
• Feedly (RSS reader)
• Plex (media server)
• OVH VPS SSD (affordable VPS)
• Let's Encrypt (automated free SSL certificates)

Chrome OS

• Google Keep (quite convenient for grocery lists)
• Google Drive (directly accessible in Chrome OS' Files)
• Secure Shell (the main SSH client for Chrome OS, supports SFTP in Files and SSH bookmarks, type ssh name@example.com in the address field)
• Wolfram Alpha (type = universe age in planck times in the address field)

Disclaimer: I'm celebrating five years as a Chromebook user.