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Software to run on the Linux operating system.
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Query-based editor for VCard files (Linux)
Not very user friendly, but I edit such files using Vim (a plain text editor).
vim allows you to perform search/replace operations with regular expressions, which is useful for the kind of scenarios …
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Audiobook player for Linux
Native Linux.
Customizable shortcut for around 70 different actions.
Available in Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu repositories.
gmusicbrowser does not play .m4b format files. …
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In-terminal / In-console SSH connection manager
I would recommend using shell aliases.
For instance if your shell is bash you can manage your SSH connections in the .bashrc file like this:
alias cakes='ssh [email protected]'
If you don't …
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Two-persons keyboard-only racing game for Ubuntu
I am looking for a racing game (Tuxracer-like/MarioKart-like/cars/bikes/boats/planes/anything) that is available for Ubuntu Linux, for 2 (or more) simultaneous players. …
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Linux-based distributions dedicated to video editing? [closed]
I love Linux, but find that sometimes video editing tools I installed are crashing, probably because I did not configure them (or the system parameters) properly for professional video editing. … What Linux-based distributions are up-to-date, and dedicated to video processing? …
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Split the Linux terminal into to two
byobu (based on tmux) can do this.
sudo apt-get install byobu
byobu
<Press CTRL+F2>
You can even create more splits.
There is zero mouse support:
To switch between the previous and the next, press S …
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Type to select friend in Pidgin buddy list
I use Pidgin for chat.
Finding a friend in the list is quite painful. Even though friends are listed alphabetically, that does not help much, especially with kanji characters.
I would like to have a …
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Average noise level graph on Linux
I wrote this small bash script to do it:
#!/bin/bash
>data.txt
while true
do
sox -t .wav "|arecord -d 1" -n stat 2>&1 | grep "RMS amplitude" \
| tr -d ' ' | cut -d ':' -f 2 >> data.txt
done
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0
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Touchscreen driver that just makes people stop touching my screen
It should run on Ubuntu Linux. Preferably free.
The tool should not be rude, bonus for even improving the mood of the touchers at the same time, for instance by being funny. …
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1
answer
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View CGM file on Linux
How to view CGM (Computer Graphics Metafile) files on Linux?
Opening a .cgm file with Inkscape (after installing python-uniconvertor) fails due to this bug.
Must be free. …
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Command-line web request client that outputs content and return non-zero exit status if erro...
This small bash wrapper does the trick:
#!/bin/bash
# Perform a web request, dump content, and exit with relevant exit code
# Take URL as command-line argument
URL=$1
# Launch HTTP request
HEADERS= …
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0
answers
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Lossless JPG rotation as a Nautilus context menu or lightweight GUI
Preserves EXIF information
Gratis, ideally open source
Runs on Linux
For images whose height or width is not a multiple of 8, adding a few black pixels lines to make the squares match is OK. …
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Share application screen on same computer, Ubuntu
The easiest solution is to set up your dual screen to use mirroring:
https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/display-dual-monitors.html
Mirror: the same content is shown on two displays, with …
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1
answer
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Log highest disk-reading process, every second, even on almost-freezed Linux
My computer sometimes freezes because some process starts to read huge amounts of data from the hard disk. I want to find out what process does this.
The tool must:
Add one line to a given text fil …
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