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.

    • madthumbs@lemmy.worldEnglish
      215·
      2 months ago

      It ‘was’ uCollage, but whiny, obnoxious, ungrateful LiGNUts ruined it like many other unpaid softwares by driving a critical developer (Ueberzug) to quit or sellout.

      Many LiGNUts probably work for Microsoft, because Microsoft gains when they cause issues, and mislead and lie to people.

  • Eugenia@lemmy.mlEnglish
    111·
    2 months ago

    Anything from Debian. I even run Debian-Testing, and it’s rock solid. Also, Linux mint, on my other partition.

  • nfms@lemmy.mlEnglish
    9·
    2 months 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.

  • mavu@discuss.tchncs.de
    8·
    2 months 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

  • reluctant_squidd@lemmy.caEnglish
    91·
    2 months ago

    Based on my experiences running multiple servers and pcs on multiple distros for more than a decade, almost all problems originate between the keyboard and the chair attached to the machine running Linux.

    Misconfiguration is usually the culprit.

    Oh and important note: I run Arch BTW

  • Limonene@lemmy.world
    8·
    2 months ago

    The OS itself, Debian. If I have to pick a component, Mate Panel. Compared to the Windows 11 start menu, it’s useful, customizableand has no ads. My IT department at work can’t even figure out how to remove the Windows 11 start menu ads from my computer.

  • Veraxis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    I’ll give a shoutout to the rEFInd boot manager. If anyone has ever had trouble with Grub, rEFInd continues to work for years across multiple machines. I have never had a problem with it.

    • Dingaling@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      rEFInd

      Good shout. Not something I’ve heard of before and I’ve certainly had my share of problems with grub2, even recently.