[MarsIronPI]

> You'll need install those and other tools (your favorite browser, you favorite text editor, etc) anyway if you're changing your OS.

The point is that sometimes you're SSHing to a lightweight headless server or something and you can't (or can't easily) install software.

[w0m]

Because 'sometimes' doesn't mean you should needlessly handcuf yourself the other 80% of the time.

I personally haves an ansible playbook to ~setup all my commonly used tooling on ~any cli I will use significantly; (almost) all local installs to avoid need for root. It runs in ~minute - and I have all the Niceties. If it's not worth spending that minute to run; then i won't be on the machine long enough for it to matter.

[blooalien]

> I personally haves an ansible playbook to ~setup all my commonly used tooling on ~any cli I will use significantly;

^^ Yep. Totally this. I've become entirely too accustomed to all the little niceties of a well-crafted toolchain that covers all my needs at any given moment. It was worth the time invested to automate installing and configuring all the fancy newfangled stuff I've built up muscle-memory for. :)

[dangus]

It does seem like a lot of these tools basically have the same “muscle memory” options anyway.

[lucasoshiro]

That's a niche case. And if you need to frequently SSH into a lightweight server you'll probably will be ok with the default commands even though you have the others installed in the local setup.