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The Lubuntu 17.04 Desktop/Live CD(ISO) is missing the package: net-tools[1]
It's troubling to find a LiveCD today that does not have something as simple as netstat and other important tools available.
It's also quite pathetic to discover the recent Debian LiveCDs are missing UFW[2].
[1] "This package includes the important tools for controlling the network subsystem of the Linux kernel. This includes arp, ifconfig, netstat, rarp, nameif and route."
[2] "The Uncomplicated FireWall is a front-end for iptables, to make managing a Netfilter firewall easier. It provides a command line interface with syntax similar to OpenBSD's Packet Filter. It is particularly well-suited as a host-based firewall."
[Ed note: Assuming one has an internet connection, can't one just do something along the lines of apt-get $package_name to fill in what is missing? Is this just whining on the part of the submitter or an actual shortcoming? What are your thoughts on this?]
(Score: 2) by VLM on Monday June 12 2017, @01:30PM
that looks absolutely horrible. As a freebsd user I strongly encourage linux to continue on its path to obscurity. Hurry up, so it can be gotten rid of and ignored, faster.
In the 80s/90s we had people making up joke "turing tarpit" languages like Intercal. Now the same jokers are ALL completely in charge of Linux system administration development. NMCLI in 2017 is a near perfect analogy to Intercal in 1997.