Packages

Common

Non-graphical

Debian	Gentoo
	app-admin/sysklogd
	dev-util/ccache
	net-misc/chronyd
	net-misc/dhcpcd
	net-misc/zerotier
	sys-apps/mlocate
	sys-process/cronie
bash-completion
build-essential
cmake	dev-util/cmake
curl	net-misc/curl
colordiff	app-misc/colordiff
cowsay	games-misc/cowsay
figlet	app-misc/figlet
fish	app-shells/fish
git	dev-vcs/git
git-lfs	dev-vcs/git-lfs
gnupg2	app-crypt/gnupg
gzip	app-arch/gzip
htop	sys-process/htop
less	sys-apps/less
libimage-exiftool-perl	media-libs/exiftool
lolcat
meson	dev-util/meson
neofetch	app-misc/neofetch
ninja-build	dev-util/ninja
procps	sys-process/procps
psmisc	sys-process/psmisc
ranger	app-misc/ranger
sudo	app-admin/sudo
tmux	app-misc/tmux
toilet	app-misc/toilet
unzip	app-arch/unzip
vim	app-editors/vim
wget	net-misc/wget
zip	app-arch/zip

Graphical

Debian	Gentoo
	sys-apps/dbus
	sys-auth/elogind
	sys-auth/polkit
	sys-block/io-scheduler-udev-rules
	sys-fs/udev
	sys-fs/udisks
chromium	www-client/chromium
firefox	www-client/firefox-bin
keepassxc	app-admin/keepassxc
obs-studio	media-video/obs-studio
thunderbird	mail-client/thunderbird-bin
vlc	media-video/vlc
	net-im/discord
	net-im/element-desktop-bin
	net-im/slack
	net-im/telegram-desktop

Distro-specific

Gentoo

Those packages are part of the system, so they are not in /var/lib/portage/world:

• app-arch/bzip2
• app-arch/gzip
• net-misc/wget
• sys-apps/less
• sys-process/procps
• sys-process/psmisc

Other

Gentoo

Non-graphical

rc-update add chronyd  default
rc-update add cronie   default
rc-update add dhcpcd   default
rc-update add sysklogd default

Graphical

rc-update add udev            sysinit
rc-update add dbus            default
rc-update add elogind         boot
rc-update add display-manager default

Alternatives

$ sudo eselect locale list
Available targets for the LANG variable:
  [1]   C
  [2]   C.utf8
  [3]   en_US
  [4]   en_US.iso88591
  [5]   en_US.utf8 *
  [6]   POSIX
  [ ]   (free form)

$ sudo eselect locale set 5

$ eselect editor list
Available targets for the EDITOR variable:
  [1]   ex
  [2]   vi *
  [ ]   (free form)

$ sudo eselect editor set 2

$ eselect visual list
Available targets for the VISUAL variable:
  [1]   vi *
  [ ]   (free form)

$ sudo eselect visual set 1

$ eselect vi list
Available vi implementations:
  [1]   vim *

$ sudo eselect vi set 1

$ eselect pager list
Available targets for the PAGER variable:
  [1]   less *
  [2]   more
  [ ]   (free form)

$ sudo eselect pager set 1