Questions tagged [linux]
Software to run on the Linux operating system.
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Remote monitor of log files
I looking for software to monitor multiple linux remote servers log files.
How I do it now?
Just open ssh client and tail the file what I want but you had to open terminal for every server and every ...
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Automation of tasks in Linux
Is there any recommended software to automatize certain tasks in linux?
For example:
Tell the weather forecast at a particular time of the day
enable a radio
open a file also at some time of the day
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Need to make a script that will use a password protected file and generate an output
I am designing a Lab for a course at university.For this the students will download a folder called LAB1 and this will contain subfolders called author_solution ,student_solution and evaluate.sh file....
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Is there a Linux program to manage both brightness and contrast?
I use Linux alongside Windows. On Windows, I use Free Monitor Manager to manage both brightness and contrast, but I haven't found any for Linux. I tried Desktop Dimmer on Linux and it works fine, but ...
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Linux software for simulating reinforced concrete slabs and walls
I'd like to be able to simulate some concrete slabs and walls and to calculate their resistance to different loads in different points based on the thickness, reinforcement and hardness.
Ideally the ...
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Set a timed reminder from the terminal
How can I issue a shell command in my terminal that will alert me with a notification once a given time has passed?
To make it a bit more specific, some things I am looking for are:
I only need one ...
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Any simulator for Microchip microcontroller for Linux distributions?
I am making a project that involves Microchip PIC, I was wondering if there is a simulator software for it in which I can make circuits involving PIC?
I am using latest Arch Linux with KDE 5
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Convert mathematical signal to sound
I use Ubuntu 22.04. Is there an application for converting mathematical periodical sin/cos formula (functions) to sound? For example is there a way for playing these signals:
cos(2π · 440 t)
cos t + ...
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Remotely access Linux desktop from the Android tablet with minimal lag
I have an Android tablet with a keyboard and a mouse attached to it, and I want to use the tablet as a thin client for my Linux workstation. Previously, I've used a netbook with X2Go for this purpose ...
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Software to measure true distances on images on linux
Suppose you have an image of a real object which contains also a measuring stick (or another objekt of exactly known length).
Now I am looking for a software where I can measure the real distances ...
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Git GUI tool with good patch-add and hunk editing features
I'm looking for a good tool to help me when making git commits. (Maybe viewing history as well)
Specifically, I want something that allows me to, using a gui:
Very easily add files, do patch-add, ...
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Looking for a FTP solution on Linux with web-gui for administration
I'm looking for a FTP solution which is running on Linux. It should be easily administrated by user. Means the user could be able to create user, manage their passwords and quoatas etc. It would be ...
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All-in-one linux messenger
The question: What's your preferred linux application that centralizes the major chat applications (WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, etc.) into one?
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What kind of application are you looking ...
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Linux audio player that can filter songs per year
Sometimes I want to play only 90s songs, and sometimes only songs that have been released this year.
Is there a Linux audio player with that feature?
That can be a plugin of an existing player.
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Is there a Linux terminal with macro buttons?
When I was working at another company, we had a custom terminal that was used that had, at the bottom of the window, tabs with 4x4 or 8x8 buttons where you could define custom commands to execute.
On ...
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software to open or convert old Paint Shop Pro (*.psp) graphic files on GNU/Linux?
I have some old Paint Shop Pro files (*.psp) which I had created more than 20 years ago. I would like to open them on Linux, or at least convert them into some modern non-proprietary graphical file ...
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Android phone as secondary screen
I want to use my android phone (LG G3) as a second screen for my laptop. My laptop dual boots Linux(Xubuntu) and Windows(8.1), so an application that is running on either of those is fine.
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Self-hosted fax to email software
Requirements:
I need to be able to receive fax messages without a fax machine.
Fax messages should be forwarded to an email address.
The software used should be self-hosted.
The software used should ...
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Efficient Poisson solver compatible with MPI
To solve a Poisson equation, I am currently using code which uses the Hypre library with MPI. I would like to know what else is out there, and if there is some accepted standard in the industry, i.e. ...
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Regarding Softwares that can actually screen scrape bot ocr
I wanted some recommendations on softwares for both linux and windows that can actually screen scrape and not ocr.
Screen Scrape -> Ocr are generally not accurate even with trained models. I wanted ...
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Is there any system monitor application for debian-based systems that displays resource consumption by application instead of process?
I use Linux Mint. The system monitor shows list of processes and their CPU/Memory consumption, but they're not grouped by application so I don't have any way of telling how much memory is being used ...
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Offline desktop wiki that works on my current file structure
Currently, I organise my research ideas and personal notes in a series of folders, categorised by topics and subtopics, containing mostly notes (text files) and PDFs (and a few other types of files ...
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Linux alternative to Microsoft PowerToys' FancyZones
Power Toys is an open source toolbox that contains a lot of very useful tools for Windows 10+ and I use it on a daily basis at work. One of them though I really wish I could use in my personal system, ...
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Linux CLI Tool to batch convert PDFs to default to Continuous Page Display
I have googled this extensively, but not had any luck. I have a large selection of .pdf files, some of which default to displaying discrete pages or facing pages, and some of which default to ...
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Python library to determine the input device (keyboard) used
I have a problem about determining the keyboards. Let me explain what I want.
I have a Linux Single Board Computer which has two connected keyboards(readers). Let's say one of them is keyboard_one and ...
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Grammar tool that (really) works offline on Linux
I need a grammar language assistant. I am available to pay a licence, but I am looking for something that works offline on Linux. Currently I am using the free version of ProseLint , but it misses a ...
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What' software can I use to simulate a solar power system?
I'm designing my first solar power system and it would be great to build a model to test all my math before buying parts.
Is there a circuit simulator that includes things like solar panels, water ...
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An open-source note-taking app that facilitates drawing/handwriting?
I don't know what kind of hardware my device will be yet, but I imagine that it'll be a detachable 2-in-1 that runs Linux. As stated in that link, I plan to get help to add some function(s) into the ...
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Best database to store time-series data in memory on Linux? (Embedded application)
I currently working on a Linux embedded application where I do some logging every second for numeric data (I really just need to plot data on a graph for the last 24 hours of operations).
Since SD ...
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Photo viewer with EXIF rotation and comment editor
We have about one gigabyte sized collection of family photos. For each photo we would like to specify rotation angle (90 DEGREES or -90 DEGREES) and a one-line comment.
There are individual image ...
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Tool to save data on Linux, like TripMode
I'm looking for a tool for Linux like TripMode that is designed to help the user minimize Internet usage (in order to "save data"), and optionally monitor Internet usage of apps.
Ideally, I'...
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Digital light table for visually sorting/ordering image files before renaming them on Linux
Let me start by noting that this has already been answered for Windows at A program to sort and rename photos (drag & drop). I might go for that in the end, but I'm still wondering if there's ...
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Is there a Debian based distro that I can build myself?
I simply want a Debian based system where I can install the DE and other stuff. Arch is OK but there are some weird errors. Please gimme your suggestions.
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Is there a free-standing equivalent to PowerPoint's "SmartArt" feature?
MS PowerPoint includes a feature called "SmartArt". It provides a means of automating various kinds of graphical layouts of lists. I believe it was introduced with MS Office 2007.
I'm not a Windows ...
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Looking for tool to code-sign (AuthentiCode) portable executable (PE) files based on its PE hash
What I am looking for is a library -- or alternatively a CLI tool -- that allows me to sign the "PE hash" along with time-stamping etc., but without having to transmit the full file (which ...
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Video upscaling for Linux
There exists many programs for upscaling videos with ai for Windows, but does there exist any for Linux? Preferably free.
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Android/Linux PDF/eBook reader with horizontal scrolling feature instead of vertical
So far, all the readers I experienced scroll pages vertically while fitting horizontally A4 pages' width.
Are there softwares out there able to:
"swipe left" pages
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Live Note detection C++
Am trying to create a project using rock pi that will be able to a handle microphone input and then find specific note that person is singing during a live demonstration. Searched online to see what c+...
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Convert Office Documents to PDF on Ubuntu Server
I need to merge multiple documents into a single PDF in a web application running on Ubuntu Server. I've merged PDFs in the past so that shouldn't be an issue, but the documents can also contain doc, ...
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What software to use for online screening of candidates?
I wanted to conduct online screening of candidates for interview purpose and the type of questions include:
Multiple choice questions
Coding Questions
Fill in the blanks
Questions required to be ...
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BitCoin GUI wallet which doesn't use much disk space
I want a BitCoin GUI wallet which doesn't use much disk space.
bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-core/features/requirements says that Bitcoin Core uses 200GB. It is clearly too much. I would prefer to take no ...
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Looking up programming language construct examples in a codebase
I have an ever evolving programming language. Like C++, it has a feature creep:
Feature creep, more commonly known as scope creep, refers to when you add excessive features to a product that make it ...
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Desktop Sharing to work from another computer
Context: I have my personal laptop and my work laptop (both Linux) but I'm tired of the hassle of plugging cables whenever I'm going to use one or the other. So, I want LAN access to my work laptop i....
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Secure "push" monitoring solution for linux 'servers'
I have a bunch of devices (20-50 range), different architectures (x86_32/64 pc,arm - raspberrypi, beaglebone) running mostly recent Ubuntu and Debian that are deployed in various networks, that are ...
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Tool for checking and repair FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, HFS and HFS+ file systems under Linux OS Family
fsck.vfat (dosfsck) can check FAT32, but can't repair most of the errors.
ntfsfix can check, but to repair often suggest to use Windows and chkdsk from it.
I don't know how to check and repair ...
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Linux command to define ad hoc option/switch overloading in utils
Suppose some favorite util foo has a useful switch -n bar which is almost but not quite what's needed. To get what's needed, one could:
Edit the source code to add what's needed. (Usually not ...
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Self-hosted non-Java search engine for my static websites
I want to self-host a search engine that indexes my static website(s).
I don’t want to use a CMS (which typically have a search engine built-in) for these sites, and I don’t want to refer my visitors ...
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Linear Programming library for C++ on Linux
I am currently facing a linear programming problem that I would like to solve in C++. There are equality and non-equality constraints, i.e. max a^{T} x subject to Bx >= c and Dx = e.
What actively ...
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Is there a analternative to powertoys quick accent I can use on fedora linux?
I just switched to linux and I mostly don't miss anything the only thing I got verry ussed to is powertoys quick accent. Is there an alternative I can use on fedora linux?
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Linux http proxy that can be installed as a user
I am looking for a preferably small and compact http proxy I can install as a user (no root privileges) on linux. It would ideally be a single binary and would off course be used on non-privileged ...
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