Re:Telnet ...? (Score 1)

Whole heartedly agree. The list is decent, and I was glad to see screen on there as number 2. I haven't used screen at all since I started using konsole and had (almost) forgotten about it. But telnet? netcat made telnet obsolete years ago. The only possible reason for the author to include telnet is that he must not be aware of nc. That's not meant as a criticism; netcat hasn't gotten nearly as much good press as it deserves. Good utilities need better advertising. For example, I just discovered cscope yesterday. I've been really happy with ctags over the years, and have only occasionally found it lacking, but I am pretty excited by cscope and look forward to going through the man page.

I love to see lists like this, because it's another way to discover new toys. How about the list of "top 10 utilities with the worst 'coolness/well-knownedness' ratio." Clearly, it will need a better title!