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What's your favourite "just works, day after day" Linux software? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by digdilem@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] lxo@lemmy.ml 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

VLC

[–] Elting@piefed.social 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

Cant get VLC working properly on my linux and I miss having it. Ive been thinking about switching to LMDE because of it.

[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Consider alternative ways to get it, e.g. static binary, other package managers e.g. am, AppImage, etc.

[–] Elting@piefed.social 1 points 9 hours ago

Yeah, I only tried what I assume was the snap version, and then APT which I suspect redirects to installing the snap version (maybe not though since this is mint and not direct ubuntu?) In any case I have a few more tendencies towards LMDE which will probably make me end up there eventually.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 18 hours ago

I think ffmpeg imploded or something? And maybe VLC is maintaining their own fork? But it got split into a bunch of pieces or something, I don't know, but maybe installing one of the alternate sources of the ffmpeg packages might work for you.