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n/essentialsoftware.md: note havegen unrequiredness since 5.6, mention rngd

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@ -99,7 +99,11 @@ _{{ page.excerpt }}_
- `nvim git tmux zsh mosh` - good luck without these
- <del>if cryptographic operations are taking ages, consider something like
`haveged`. It's controversial, so if there are no issues, don't install a
random number generator.</del>
random number generator.</del> Should be unnecessary since kernel 5.6, but
**_Debian 13 sddm regardless wants it._**
- If you install `haveged`, please also `sudo systemctl enable --now rngd`
from `rng-tools` (Fedora, Arch?) or `rng-tools5` (Debian) together to ensure
quality, but those shouldn't be required on 5.6 and later either.
- userspace oom killer, may avoid frozen systems, much more pleasant than
actually having to deal with a frozen system.
- `earlyoom`