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Software > Web browsers >

(on Wikipedia)
was dillo.org

A lightweight web browser.

I thought it had hope but needed significant work.

  • 2022-07-12 – Apparently abandoned

    • The website is down
    • the source code archive as of 202201280 shows the last activity at 2021-02-09. It was a small change and the update previous to that was 2018-10-05.
    • The mailing list archive doesn’t tell me enough because it’s an old snapshot.



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Software > Telnet > MUD >

https://github.com/nerevar/jmc
https://nerevar.github.io/jmc/ [ 1 ] was www.geocities.com/jmc_client/ then sourceforge.net/projects/jmc/

Telnet/MUD client with tintin++ scripting functionality.

Doesn’t appear to do IRC.

  • Jaba Mud Client

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^ 1 was www.geocities.com/jmc_client/ then sourceforge.net/projects/jmc/

Software > Remote controlling software >

https://web.archive.org/web/20201111173326/http://remote-anything.com/

A remote-control tool that can be used without firewall configuration. Port scanner and Trace Route, drag&drop files, get system passwords, Power-down or Wake-Up remote PCs.

By far the most impressive piece of software I’ve ever used. It’s tiny and does the impossible. But it made enemies.

  • 2009 – Abandoned
  • It was said to be coming out for OS X, but never did.

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TODO – add patch notes

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Software > Web browsers >

(on Wikipedia)
http://links.twibright.com/

A fast, open source, cross-platform Web browser based on the Links web browser.

Where Lynx is the standard console web browser for most Linux distributions and is complete shit, Links is fucking awesome.

I had used this for some time but abandoned it for a while. I’ll try it again eventually.

  • aka Twibright Labs: Links
  • aka Links2



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Software > Telnet > MUD >

http://xpertmud.sourceforge.net/

Telnet/MUD client.

Alpha. Very visually appealing. Languages: Perl, Python, (Ruby “soon”, though they seem apathetic), possibly JavaScript later.

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PCLinuxOS 2007 pclos banner

Linux distributions >
See also Linux distributions based on PCLinuxOS

(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=PCLinuxOS
http://www.pclinuxos.com/

What was, and probably still is, an extremely beautiful and easy to use distribution. Where Slackware had long-held the title “it just works”, PCLinuxOS does that for users who are completely new to Linux.

From its earliest days its hardware detection was renown, its suite of software astounding, and its remastering capability extraordinary.

It was my daily driver for a long time.

  • Was nicknamed “pclos” for years.



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