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Just installed Linux (Debian) on a spare laptop, which shell to use?

1251 sats \ 19 comments \ @toshitoshi 14 Jun opensource freebie

Hi everyone, I just installed Linux (Debian) on a spare laptop and I'm now looking for a good shell to use. I've used Bash in the past but am open to trying something different (zsh? fish? others?) if there are any recommendations. What shells do you guys use and why?

Thanks!

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110 sats \ 0 replies \ @zx 14 Jun freebie

zsh ohmyz.sh

Can't say why I favor it, it just works well for me, autocomplete, configurability..

121 sats \ 0 replies \ @wispy 14 Jun

I use zsh. It's great, but I don't use it for anything that bash can't provide. Fish is not POSIX-compliant (not that I care, and probably neither you), and excellent out of the box, you should try it

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @dontforgetthekeys 14 Jun

zsh for me too

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xIlmari 14 Jun

fish is extremely good, especially for beginners.

Most notable features are very good autocompletion for many programs, as well as very intuitive history.

All of this can be done in other shells with custom scripts, addons and configuration, but fish provides all of this out of the box.

11 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 14 Jun

I use zsh because it's the default shell on MacOS. I try not to spoil myself too much with shells, because in the past I used to spend a lot of time on remote machines where I'd have to use a more Spartan shell.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Beast_Vstar 15 Jun

I am new on SN,

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Beast_Vstar 15 Jun

Thanks for that knowledge.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @doubleplusgood23 14 Jun

I love fish because it does everything for me out of the box.

I enjoy zsh if you absolutely need bash compatibility (I recommend just calling bash directly though) but I don’t like relying on third-party plugins like oh-my-zsh for something as essential and high security as the shell.

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @CoSatoshi 14 Jun

Love the line "Bash in the past" and I don't know why...

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @034b483ee7 15 Jun

I use PowerShell on Linux.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @toshitoshi OP 15 Jun

Is this ironic? Genuinely asking, didn’t know that was possible.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @doubleplusgood23 15 Jun

I’m not the poster, but I actually do enjoy PowerShell. I’m mostly a Linux admin but I could totally see a shop where they orchestrate all systems with PowerShell.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nout 14 Jun

zsh, but in reality it's just small differences...

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Celeste 14 Jun

May I ask if it is your first debian or gnu/linux? What do you use on your battle laptop?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 14 Jun

I have been a bash users for a long time. I've used zsh and I would say its the best alternative to bash.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @JesseJames 14 Jun

zsh hands down

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @quark 14 Jun

I like zsh the most. The only downside is that once you get used to it, it is very difficult to go back to bash ;)

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Beast_Vstar 14 Jun

I use windows 7,10,11 and macos , for Linux I also need some details about it,

is it usefull? Why should we use that? What's its benefits? Can it replace windows or macos?

3 sats \ 0 replies \ @nikotsla 15 Jun

Yes, nicest OS, open, yes.