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<li><a href="#loginmanager">Login Manager</a></li>
<li><a href="#thefirstreallogin">The First <em>Real</em> Login</a></li>
-<li><a href="#playingwithdefaultpackages">Playing with Default Packages</a></li>
+<li><a href="#playingwithdefaultpackages">Playing with Default Packages</a>
+<ul>
+<li><a href="#filesystemmanagement">File &amp; System Management</a></li>
+<li><a href="#usertools">User Tools</a></li>
+<li><a href="#networking">Networking</a></li>
+<li><a href="#security">Security</a></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
<li><a href="#additionalpackages">Additional Packages</a></li>
<li><a href="#supportopenbsd">Support OpenBSD</a></li>
<li><a href="#contributetoopenbased">Contribute to OpenBASED</a></li>
@@ -168,6 +175,42 @@ rcctl start apmd
<h2 id="playingwithdefaultpackages">Playing with Default Packages</h2>
+<p>This section isn&#8217;t going to explain each and every single useful package included with the base install of OpenBSD. Instead, I highly recommend that you read the documentation associated with each program. You can read these manual pages from your terminal by running <code>man &lt;package-name&gt;</code>. Teach a man to fish and all that jazz&#8230;</p>
+
+<h3 id="filesystemmanagement">File &amp; System Management</h3>
+
+<ul>
+<li><code>cp</code>, <code>mv</code>, <code>rm</code>, <code>mkdir</code>, <code>find</code>, <code>xargs</code>, <code>diff</code>, <code>patch</code>, <code>file</code>, <code>tar</code>, <code>gzip</code>, <code>bzip2</code>, <code>xz</code>, <code>mt</code> – typical file manipulation tools.</li>
+<li><code>ls</code>, <code>du</code>, <code>df</code>, <code>stat</code> – for listing and inspecting files and disk usage.</li>
+<li><code>vi</code>, <code>mg</code> – text editors (both included; <code>mg</code> is like Emacs-lite, <code>vi</code> is the classic).</li>
+<li><code>ed</code>, <code>sed</code>, <code>awk</code>, <code>cut</code>, <code>tr</code>, <code>sort</code>, <code>uniq</code>, <code>paste</code>, <code>tee</code> – text processing tools.</li>
+<li><code>rcctl</code>, <code>sysctl</code>, <code>top</code>, <code>ps</code>, <code>kill</code>, <code>nice</code>, <code>renice</code> – process and system control.</li>
+<li><code>pkg_add</code>, <code>pkg_info</code>, <code>pkg_delete</code>, <code>pkg_check</code> – package management.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h3 id="usertools">User Tools</h3>
+
+<ul>
+<li><code>lpr</code>, <code>lpq</code>, <code>lprm</code> – basic printing.</li>
+<li><code>xterm</code>, <code>xcalc</code>, <code>xedit</code>, <code>xmessage</code>, <code>xlock</code>, <code>xwd</code> - great &#8220;daily driver&#8221; tools shipped with <code>xbase</code></li>
+<li><code>xset</code>, <code>xrandr</code>, <code>xmodmap</code> – useful for configuring displays and keyboard/mouse.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h3 id="networking">Networking</h3>
+
+<ul>
+<li><code>ftp</code> is a full-featured command-line downloader</li>
+<li><code>scp</code>, <code>sftp</code>, <code>ssh</code>, <code>telnet</code> – for remote access and file transfers.</li>
+<li><code>ifconfig</code>, <code>hostname</code>, <code>route</code>, <code>netstat</code>, <code>tcpdump</code> – network configuration and inspection.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h3 id="security">Security</h3>
+
+<ul>
+<li><code>pass</code> – basic password generator.</li>
+<li><code>unveil</code>, <code>pledge</code> – available for programs to restrict access and system calls (helpful for programs like Firefox, 3rd party editors).</li>
+</ul>
+
<h2 id="additionalpackages">Additional Packages</h2>
<p>I would suggest the following packages once you feel like installing &#8220;additional&#8221;, non-base software:</p>