1 # Debian packages I DO want, but are not part of the minimal install.
3 at # Surprisingly not in base install!
7 zsh-syntax-highlighting
30 snapd # https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snap-on-debian
34 xscreensaver-data-extra
40 tlp # Laptop power management tools
43 openconnect # VPN cllient compatible with Cisco's AnyConnect
47 ddgr # Duck Duck Go CLI client
48 wikipedia2text # Wikipedia CLI client
50 time # Surprisingly, GNU time isn't installed by default!
54 nq # Unix CLI queue utility
57 fslint # File system maintenance utilities
58 goaccess # Web server log analyzer
59 xinput # Configure touchpad
62 dnsutils # dig and friends
63 debian-goodies # Misc. helper scripts. See: apt show debian-goodies
64 zeal # Documentation browser, like Dash.app
67 # "modern" ls alternative: uses colours to distinguish file types and metadata;
68 # does other things good too, like drawing a tree.
69 # https://the.exa.website/
72 # Screen color temperature setters
73 redshift # Lots of code and features, adjusts automatically throughout the day.
74 sct # 80 lines of C, does nothing automatically.
77 graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat # provides /usr/bin/convert
88 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
90 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
96 # Integration with other VCS
102 git-cola # HiDPI. Overall nicer than default.
110 lighttpd # Was needed by 'git instaweb'
111 highlight # Syntax highlighter which can be used by gitweb.
112 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
133 # Xapian desktop search:
134 xapian-omega # index with omindex
135 xapian-tools # search with quest
137 # Librem 15v4 Bluetooth.
138 # A post-install reboot may be insufficient if incorrect firmware was loaded
139 # before, so a cold shutdown is best.
141 # Apparently the firmware is loaded into the card's memory, which isn't cleared
142 # as long as power is supplied (and between reboots - it is).
144 # Ref: https://tracker.pureos.net/T23 (different situation, same idea)
147 # To connect to headphones:
148 pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
168 # SoX: Swiss army knife of sound processing
169 # provides the play command
172 # Shell script linter
181 # Some of my scripts still use it, though it can mostly be replaced with
188 # meta-package for both client and server packages
202 # Music Player daemon and clients
211 dict-gcide # Collaborative International Dictionary of English
212 dict-jargon # hacker slang
214 dict-freedict-eng-rus # English-Russian
215 dict-freedict-eng-ell # English-Modern Greek
216 dict-freedict-eng-lat # English-Latin
217 dict-freedict-lat-eng # Latin-English
219 # Provides hxpipe utility, used by khatus weather sensor
222 # Provides urlencode, among other things:
248 # Internet speed test