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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/
X-windows locking
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https://sourceforge.net/projects/bbkeys/
http://bbkeys.sourceforge.net/
A keygrabber which can do various things based on key combinations. You don’t need to bother with Blackbox as your window manager if you don’t want.
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.bbkeysrc has some configuration notes.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20050327055117/http://kanasolution.com/index.php?doc=dyndns&page=features
A windows program to update dynamic DNS services.
I used to use ipcheck. From DynDNS Updater I switched to IPCop‘s dyndns updating support.
more coming later
Platform (computer) > Linux (distribution) > X > Window manager > Operating environment >
This topic tends to be particular to Linux. Other operating systems like Windows have their own “window managers” integrated into every version.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://github.com/bradleythughes/blackbox/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/blackboxwm/
coming eventually
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2019-11-16 — While the original project was abandoned long ago, I see that it was forked.
- I don’t really care though, as Openbox is working fine.
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Obsolete – see versus Blackbox.
Software >
http://ipcheck.sourceforge.net/
A python script which is used to update dynamic DNS services.
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I used to use the DynDNS Updater.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/dosbox/
http://www.dosbox.com/
A DOS emulation program.
Absolutely essential for emulating DOS not just within Windows or a traditional Linux environment, but within ARM/Linux as well, for palmtops and phones.
For games I’ve played via it, see /tag/dosbox-games (although the tag is new and not populated well)
Software >
(on Wikipedia)
https://web.archive.org/web/20110406021457/https://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
(2008-09-25)
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- Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98 or Windows 95.
- Annoyances.org: TweakUI Download
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Seems to be abandoned.
- A replacement for more recent versions of Windows has not been discovered.
Not to be mistaken for Thunderbirds – (1965 show)
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/
A multi-OS email client.
POP3, IMAP, SMTP, NNTP, LDAP, SSL/TLS, OpenPGP, S/MIME, filters, multiple identities, bayesian spam filters.
Excellent, but awfully slow.
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Shares some code with Firefox
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https://www.karenware.com/powertools/karens-replicator-backup-utility
A straightforward mirroring tool, with scheduling, exclusion and other useful features.
Instead of fucking around with some sort of special utility, Karen’s Replicator just does the job. I believe this was my first introduction to her software.
Abandoned:
- 2011-04-12 – The author is deceased
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2022-07-10 – Joe Winett has stopped maintenance.
