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Broadly, is anyone aware of a generalized list of "new versions of classic tools?" There are so many now that are better than the old stuff; I almost feel like a unified round up of these, maybe even in a distro form, might be good for linux enthusiasts, newcomers, old-timers, etc.
If you like ncdu, you might also like dua[0]. You can run `dua i` to get an interface similar to ncdu, and can also run `dua` to list file sizes in the current directory, similar to `du`. Or `dua filename ` to get the size of a given file. [0] https://github.com/Byron/dua-cli
Not in any repo, I'll pass, thanks
Named after Enkidu, the ancient Sumerian mythological figure? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enkidu
The trick with ncdu is to install it BEFORE your disk gets full from some random error log going haywire.
$ sudo apt install ncdu
> Not enough free space
Actually, one trick I learned was to create a dummy file full of zeroes or rand, maybe 200MB or so, and place it in an obvious location (e.g /) for easy deleting in such a crisis.
ncdu and /var/lib/docker, name a better combo.
The best tool I've used on Windows for that is "Scanner" by Steffen Gerlach: http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/
The trick with ncdu is to install it BEFORE your disk gets full from some random error log going haywire.
Doesn't help if the disk is filled by processes running as root, of course.
Broadly, is anyone aware of a generalized list of "new versions of classic tools?" There are so many now that are better than the old stuff; I almost feel like a unified round up of these, maybe even in a distro form, might be good for linux enthusiasts, newcomers, old-timers, etc.
Zellij instead of tmux (not necessarily better, but it's easier to use) Xonsh instead of bash (because you already know Python, why learn a new horrible language?) bat instead of cat (syntax highlights and other nice things) exa instead of ls (just nicer) neovim instead of vim (just better) helix instead of neovim (just tested it, seems promising though) nix instead of your normal package manager (it works on Mac, an…