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Make OSX great Again!
## Mac OS is my favorite operating system but some of the bundled CLI tools are either outdated or slow to the new-age counterparts
# With the hardworks of people over at Homebrew, getting alternatives is a breeze.
## Here's how to do it:
# STEP-1 Install brew.sh
# Visit https://brew.sh
# STEP-2 Install brewlog (allow you to keep a log of brew activity, i.e. where the files are installed, what modifications [if any] were done)
# Visit https://github.com/dchakro/brewlog
# STEP-3 Install
# A) better than what MacOS ships with
brewlog install gzip less nano grep coreutils git htop imagemagick openssh rsync rclone tmux xxhash xz gawk watch gcc pigz
# B) Rust speedsters
brewlog install bat exa fd sd dust bandwhich hyperfine ytop ripgrep
# C) Misc and casks
brewlog install bitwarden-cli git-filter-repo iperf3
# alacritty - fast terminal emulator
# maccy - clipboard amnager
# joplin - keeper of the notes (j.k. Note-taking app)
# osxfuse - mount FUSE volumes
# ql* - quicklook extensions
# (Also checkout https://github.com/sbarex/SourceCodeSyntaxHighlight)
brewlog cask install alacritty maccy joplin osxfuse qlmarkdown qlimagesize ql stephen qlvideo qlcolorcode quicklook-csv
# OPTIONAL
# bandwhich has more functionality but bmon can run without sudo
brewlog install bmon
# curl does most things for me
brewlog install wget
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