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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

This is great. However I have a few to add:

  • date
  • touch
  • mount

You can learn more about these by trying the following in your terminal

man date
man touch
man mount
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

apt-get moo:

  • apt - advanced package tool
  • get - from the verb to get, as its main role is to get packages for you
  • moo - onomatopoeia