I need to quench my thirst for knowledge and learn something new just for the sake of it.

I’ve already learned:

  • Equations and pivot tables in Excel

  • Vector graphics in Inkscape

  • Music mixing in rekordbox

  • Personal VPN on a raspberry pi 4 with OpenVPN

  • LAMP stack web hosting

  • Streaming & video capture with OBS

  • Manual & automatic backups with FreeFileSync

Things I’m open to:

  • FOSS (even beta) or free-as-in-beer software

  • A high or low learning curve

  • Tools for niche fields that I’d otherwise have no reason to learn

  • rodneylives@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    23 hours ago

    ssh and scp (secure connection and file transfer)

    grep (the standard command-line search tool)

    sed (Stream EDitor, good for find-replaces once you learn how to use it)

    awk (can operate on text files or command output that’s organized in columns)

    sc (terminal-based spreadsheet)

    trash (safer replacement for rm that moves things to your desktop’s trash directory instead of deleting immediately)