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There are so many options that don't require installing an extra program that I don't see why one would want to go that way.

ndemou
– ndemou

2017-09-17 10:29:13 +00:00
Commented Sep 17, 2017 at 10:29
@ndemou It's installed by default on some distributions... and a lot of these other answers aren't. And did you really need to comment that on an answer that's five years old?

Random832
– Random832

2017-09-17 20:27:48 +00:00
Commented Sep 17, 2017 at 20:27
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I think it's good to comment when I down-vote and it is a practice that's also encouraged by S.E. I don't see why five years are relevant. The same comment applies to all similar answers -- nothing personal. (BTW even the most obscure program can be be installed by default on some distribution. In this case I've tested recent installations of Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS and RedHat and units is not)

ndemou
– ndemou

2017-09-18 13:44:16 +00:00
Commented Sep 18, 2017 at 13:44

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