Have you ever felt like youre not getting the most out of your Linux terminal?

Well, youre not alone.

Let’s take a look at my list of Linux power-ups.

Some Linux windows and Tux holding a clipboard.

Lucas Gouveia / How-To Geek

Each window takes up the full screen and can be divided into rectangular sections.

you might enhance tmux by usingOh my tmux!and variousthemes.

This opens a new session, creates a window, and starts a shell in that window.

tmux multiplexer window with horizontal and vertical pane

tldr

Want to access simplified manual pages for your favorite commands with concise and easy-to-understand explanations?

Trytldr(Too Long; Didn’t Read).

This saves you valuable time and allows you to focus on getting things done.

Terminal window showing simplified discriptions of tee command using tldr

you’re able to install tldr on Ubuntu or other Debian-based distros easily.

For instance, let’s say you want to edit a large configuration file on a remote server.

If Vim is not pre-installed on your system, you might install it from your distro’s repositories.

A terminal window with the Vim text editor open

Look no further thanFastfetch.

It is one of the widely usedalternatives to Neofetch.

Fastfetch isn’t included in the default software repositories for Debian or Ubuntu.

The terminal window displaying system information using fastfetch tool

fzf lets you locate what you need with just a few keystrokes.

you’re able to also list installed packages and search for a specific one using fzf.

Simply create asymbolic linkto batcat with the following commands.

searching libreoffice package in installed packages list using fzf tool

Next, run this:

verify you don’t have the bacula-console-qt package installed before doing this.

If you use that package often, you’ll have to continue using batcat.

Oh My Zsh

What if your command line could be more informative and customizable?

displaying python file code with bat tool in terminal

That’s exactly whatOh My Zshoffers.

To use Oh My Zsh, you’re gonna wanna haveZsh installed on your Linuxsystem.

you might use htop to view detailed information about your system’s CPU, memory, and disk usage.

The ‘Oh My Zsh’ splash screen on terminal

zoxide is a fast and efficient alternative to the built-incd command.

It will create a small database on your rig for every folder you visit.

It keeps track of how often you visit each folder and the last time you accessed it.

Full htop output interactive process view in Linux Bash terminal

This helps zoxide find and open folders faster for you.

Give them a try and explore how they can change your command-line experience!

Navigating directories in terminal with zoxide