The sort of program that once set up, just ticks along without fuss or bother forever.

For me, as I’m replacing the vms today which I set up five years ago and haven’t needed to touch since;

  • HAProxy
  • KeepaliveD

Not easy to learn, but once they’re running, they both go on forever.

  • PushButton@lemmy.world
    2·
    21 minutes ago

    I tried neovim for a while and I went back to vim for that reason: setup once, then forget about it.

    I have plugins that haven’t been touch for 5 years+ and they are working as intended.

    Rock solid.

    • All Ice In Chains@lemmy.ml
      2·
      9 minutes ago

      nvim is great and convenient in many ways, and a vast improvement over vim, and yet vim is so amazing on its own that I can’t even be arsed to add an extra letter to the command like 70% of the time.

  • Bluefruit@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 hours ago

    Bottles.

    Without it, I wouldn’t be able to run addictive keys on Linux. I paid for the software back when I used Windows and since I’m able to use addictive keys on Linux, haven’t bothered trying to find an alternative.

    That said, its the only use case I’ve had with bottles that just works. Other programs ive tried are more hit or miss.

  • alexcleac@szmer.infoEnglish
    41·
    3 hours ago

    vim, awesomewm, mbsync (isync),

    As for recent discoveries: dwl — I was surprised on how robust it is, and how well it works.

    • nfms@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5·
      5 hours ago

      My small selfhosted system appreciates this very much. Having Debian as my base OS makes everything easier.

    • Dingaling@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      3·
      6 hours ago

      Total agreement. So many unsung heroes involved in Debian. Work has agreed with me - today’s job involved migrating those load balancers to Debian underneath.

  • nfms@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    5 hours ago

    Many have already mentioned tools that I also use and appreciate immensely.
    My pick is Steam. I’ve picked up on gaming in the past 2 years and it’s very stable right now. Every game that I have interest in just works, I can install games, including early access or demos without looking at the compatibility or the release date. The download speeds of games are high (imho at least where I’m located, and compared with a PS5). My partner is a heavy gamer and has to yet find a game that doesn’t work on her machine.

  • Tixo@lemmy.zip
    8·
    3 hours ago

    I’m on arch and everything I need just works, no fuss. Webstorm, steam, bitwarden, notesnook, mullvad, anything I need just works really. Of course as with any OS there are things that are pain in the ass but that is everywhere no exceptions.

  • mavu@discuss.tchncs.de
    5·
    6 hours ago

    bash. Konsole. vim (-neo or otherwise up to the point it became AI infested). ssh. steam. git i could go on for quite a while