Questions tagged [linux]
Software to run on the Linux operating system.
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TTY-based big-picture system status overview for Linux
I'm currently trying to set up a Kubernetes cluster with Rancher on my vSphere/ESXi instance. In vSphere, there's a list of VMs, and when you click on one, the page that opens has a thumbnail of what ...
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Forwarding Linux /dev/snd/* and /dev/video* device files over local network from X terminal
I've a 1GB Raspberry Pi 3B that I'd like to use as an X terminal. One of the things I need to do there is Zoom and Teams meetings. So I need a way to make /dev/video* and /dev/snd/* at the Pi appear ...
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Tool for combining screenshots for comparison
I have two screenshots (complete or of parts of the screen) from two scenarios I want to compare. Instead of using an image editor to create the comparison-combination of the images, I would like a ...
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Software that can backup files FROM cloud storage
I need a software that can be granted permission to access cloud storage accounts, get files that user specifies, and then make local backups of said files on a regular basis.
I'm primarily concerned ...
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Looking for a software (Ubuntu) to create a encyclopedia-like structure (offline)
I'm working on a book (encyclopedia). What I'm looking for is an offline program under Ubuntu that will allow to create a tree-like structure and organize a vast quantities of information in ...
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What software can I use to refresh a "Aw, Snap!" page on Chromium from out-of-memory?
What software can I use to refresh only a "Aw, Snap!" tab on Chromium from out-of-memory?
I am the maintainer of the page (can modify JavaScript code)
the page acts like a web server. It ...
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I want a basic text editor that executes regex search and replace for Linux Mint, Cinnamon
I am looking for a Perl style regex text editor where I can do the following:
SEARCH FOR: (\d\d\d) :.*
REPLACE WITH: \1
The above looks for three digits, a space, a colon, and anything following. It ...
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IP addresses management software or website
I'm looking for an IP addresses management software that can allow me to keep track of all IP addresses that I have input into the software.
It can be a software or a website and preferable to be open ...
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Is there any graphing software for linux that has a capability of curve fitting manually selected data?
I have so far used MATLAB (Windows and Linux), PASCO (Windows).
The problem with MATLAB is that it doesn't work on my Linux (parrot) because of my GPU being intel integrated and MATLAB doesn't seem ...
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vCard 3.0 to GPX converter
I've been keeping all my contacts in vCard 3.0 (RFC 2426) for years, and I'd like to import them all into OSMAnd. But OSMAnd doesn't natively support importing such files.
The location format is in ...
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Software to generate a pretty simple entity-relationship diagram
It's a security app including:
RESIDENCE database
visitor database
security database
cleaning staff database
alerts database
complaint database
bill database
RESIDENCE TABLE
ResidenceID (Primary Key)...
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Task Manager for Linux
I'm looking for a tool similar to Windows Task Manager or Gnome System Monitor that makes it easier to manage running applications.
The main issue: Many applications consist of multiple processes, but ...
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Profiling memory chunks that are not used for a long time
Is there a way to profile objects that are allocated, but not accessed for a long time before they are deallocated?
I work on a product that requires a lot of swap/pagefile to work, but doesn't ...
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Fresh forkable Ubuntu for complete user interface change
I'm looking for a Debian operating system that has no user interface, but that supports all necessary drawing libraries (OpenGL, perhaps Skia, and pixel plotting) and perhaps a lightweight HTML5 ...
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Photobioreactor Design (CAD and Simulation)
I want to build a flat-plate spirulina farm. I need a linux software to simulate and/or design the farm. Something that I can draw the schematics. Free Open-source are preferred.
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A Tool to Load/Unload aliases and functions when cd'ing?
Does anyone know a tool (not a script) that automatically loads shell aliases and functions when I cd into a directory and unloads them when I leave?
By unloading, I mean restoring what got ...
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EVE2 Asset Builder for Linux Ubuntu
Is there an alternative GUI/Command line software to replace the Windows-only Asset Builder by Bridgetek?
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When awk becomes too cumbersome, what is the next classic Unix tool to consider to deal with text transformation?
Awk is invaluable for many purposes where text filter logic spans multiple lines and you need to maintain state (unlike grep and sed), but as I'm finding lately there may be cases where you need ...
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CLI tool to find the best match of a reference image in a directory
I am looking for a Linux CLI software which can print a "similarity score" of a given reference picture compared to all pictures within a folder.
The reference picture is a resized, low-...
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Tool for measuring filesystem efficiency on Linux
On different filesystems on Linux there are varying methods for storing additional data with creating, modifying (copying, moving) or deleting a file.
This information is stored in metadata specific ...
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Image-to-directory triaging with hotkeys support
I'm looking for an image triage software, preferably a GUI application that satisfies the following requirements:
the view pane with the current image to triage preview;
the view pane with target ...
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Good screen recorder with Audio for Ubuntu 22.04
I have tried numerous option at Ubuntu 22.04 for recording my screen with voice but they all had some issue or the other.
Software tried are VokoscreenNG and Simple Screen Recorder. I have observed ...
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Linux audio player to use with OBS (window capture)
I'm looking for a Linux audio player that I can use with OBS (window capture) during streams, with a compact view, artist/album/song name, maybe a progress bar or remaining time, maybe the thumbnail ...
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Platform Automation Overview
We have Code (terraform, ansible) developed to spin up and maintain clusters like cassandra and kafka for our internal developers. For this we have a template repo which defines a "golden path&...
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A linux application for work with simple tables
Please, recommend an application where I would create simple tables/grids/matrices with ability to paint separate cells in different colors easily, something like in the picture below. For example, by ...
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Diet plan software recommendation
This is related: Diet planner software
However, the suggestion is for a web based solution, and tracking appears to be a central concept here.
I'm not interested in web software, nor tracking. I'm ...
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Cross-platform terminal?
Like Any cross-platform email client?, I want a terminal which I can use on AOSP 14, Windows 11, and standard Linux-based OSes (like Fedora 40/Rawhide, openSUSE Tumbleweed, and postmarketOS Edge). ...
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Application that allows simulating multiple beaglebones virtually
I managed to create a project using beaglebone to be able to receive and send messages from it and now I am thinking of expanding on it. However, it would involve getting another beaglebone to be able ...
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Sharing part of a screen on Linux
TL;DR: RegionToShare replacement for Linux.
I have a 3440x1400 display. When sharing a screen, I am used to share FullHD so that all participants have the change to see something. I am also switching ...
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Solutions for creating presets for reproducible environments?
Currently i'm brainstorming for a solution that would solve the following conundrums:
I want my configuration files for user specific and machine specific items to securely yet easily accessible ...
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Self-hosted git Linux server with graphical front-end
For several reasons I'm going to install a git server on my VPS running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
I know how to install a bare git server on a Linux machine, and I see some similar questions (like this) but I'...
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probably-AI "speech-to-speech" (text-to-speech cued by a recording)
I want to produce video content that uses a computer-generated voice so as to keep me anonymous (and speak in a somewhat more "consistent" manner than I do, and generate a "clean" ...
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GUI for periodic backups (Linux)
I know there are plenty of backup applications out there, but unless I'm wrong I can't find one with the following simple features:
run in Ubuntu
possibly open-source (but not mandatory!)
it should ...
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Best Desktop, Open ChatGPT client / gui
I am using chatGPT 4plus and am happy with it. However, the web environment is crappy.
It lacks many features here are some examples:
search being most important amongst them. It is annoying to ...
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Minimal web browser with system shortcuts
I'm looking for a Linux browser that can be minimally intrusive and dedicate everything to the system interface. I am not as pretentious as I was before: I have two requirements.
It should be minimal,...
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Linux Desktop Search Program
Looking for a Linux program to locate files on an external drive.
There are command line programs like grep. Recoll is a GUI option.
Is there anything like Copernicus?
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Looking for a Linux application for programmatically panning and zooming over particular portions of an A0 poster
I have to create a lot of A0/A1 posters for my job, and I usually do this by producing a PDF and printing it. The problem is that I also have to produce a separate slideshow presentation.
Rather than ...
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Non transparent ssl/tls Mitm proxy for reverse engineering a device
1 way of deciphering https in mitm is as follow :
You create a fake certificate authority
You manually install it on the target device.
You use a special proxy that’ll dynamically uses the given fake ...
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Linux tool to automatically grab and store URLs from clipboard
I'm looking for a tool that periodically reads the content of my clipboard, scans it for any links/URLs found and saves those as some kind of bookmarks.
I often need to extract and store multiple URLs ...
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Contact manager for Linux with good support for vCard version 4.0
I'm looking for a contact manager for Linux which has good support for vCard v4.0, meaning that it supports as many of the properties listed for v4.0 here as possible.
I have a .vcf file exported from ...
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Open source comms/power schematic diagram software
I am designing a communication/monitoring system for a remote site as a personal project, and I would like some way of documenting the following attributes for the site, so I can refer back to them ...
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Start/stop Windows services from Linux
I need to start/stop services of a Windows Server from a Linux machine.
Is there any lightweight service that gives my an interface for that or do I need to built that?
It should be an interface with ...
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What's the appropriate approch to develop GUI programs at embedded Linux at a reader of a gambling machine? [closed]
I was asked to develop a GUI program for a Linux-based reader of a gaming machine. The reader's storage is very limited. I need to determine the following:
Language: C / C++ / Qt / Python
Library: ...
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Linux app to quickly (with auto-complete) open desired folders in a file manager
Please recommend an open-source gratis tool for Linux which provides a text input field in which the user can enter any folder (directory) name and the application will then open that folder in the ...
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Linux Mint app / applet / extension to control active window by moving cursor to screen corners
I remember recently using a Linux app, applet, or extension that allowed the user to define actions for each corner of the screen (monitor). It was very simple to use, and had options for each screen ...
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Linux application to store thousands of web browser bookmarks (URLs, titles, dates)
Please recommend a Linux (Debian / Ubuntu / Mint) application to quickly store tens of thousands of web browser bookmarks outside of a web browser. Key requirements:
Able to store at least 100000 ...
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Linux code/text editor with specific features (open-source)
Please recommend a Linux (Debian / Ubuntu / Mint) text/code editor that meets the following feature requirements:
Able to load a 15MB file with word wrap enabled in under 2 seconds on moderate ...
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Burn true audio CDs in Linux
I am searching for a software to burn true Audio CDs in Linux. I have some vintage CD players like Philips (1991) or Fisher (1987), and I want to burn some FLAC audio files to be able to play on these ...
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Linux desktop with windows that are not always or not just rectangular (and can be spline-adjusted)
I was thinking the following would look good on some Linux distros such as COSMIC, if only developers devoted some time effort and energy to do so. It might even get replicated on some versions of ...
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E-Mail client for linux with painless creation of mailing lists from csv or spreadsheet files
I am looking for an (good and stable) email client for linux which supports to create mailing lists directly from a csv or spreadsheet file as painless as possible.
Alternatively: If the mailing lists ...
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