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dit

2009-03-23

commandline software, dead, disliked, freeware, glances, Linux software, loved, ncurses software, open-source software, software, software with Git repositories, text editors

Software >

https://github.com/hishamhm/dit
http://hisham.hm/dit/

A sane text editor.

Not impressive compared to mcedit from Midnight Commander.

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cut

2009-03-22

commandline software, disliked, file utilities, freeware, Linux software, Linux tools, live, open-source software, software, utilities

Software > Linux tools >

(on Wikipedia)

Print selected parts of lines from each file to standard output.

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The Day the Universe Changed – (1985 show)

2009-03-20

beliefs entertainment, British-accent shows, dead, disliked, entertainment, evil, fiction, hated, reviews, shows, the past, the present, unrated

The Day the Universe Changed - (1985 show) image

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199208/

A documentary-style mini-series that touches on bunches of the history of western science, but then gets absolutely horrifyingly abysmally wrong. So wrong as to be a bunch of lies.

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locate

2009-03-17

commandline software, dead, disliked, file utilities, freeware, glances, Linux software, open-source software, software

Software > Search >

(on Wikipedia)

Maintains a database for easy filename finding. Part of findutils.

I don’t like this idea at all; it presents one single point of attack to get the knowledge of the filesystem(s). This is also installed by default on so many systems, so I uninstall it and delete its database because that gets left after uninstallation!

Use slocate

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GNOME

2009-03-17

disliked, freeware, glances, GUI software, Linux software, open-source software, window managers

Software > Window managers >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.gnome.org/

One of the more popular window managers.

I tried it a long time ago. Tested very briefly. Strongly dislike because of speed issues. Didn’t test for long enough to learn about the style of applications etc. I’ve developed a bias against Gnome in preference for KDE for reasons I can’t articulate. Gnome is kinda pretty, but KDE keeps my attention.

Gnome 2 was forked and continued by a new team as MATE.

cdcat

2009-03-17

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Software >

http://cdcat.sourceforge.net/web/uk/index.html

Creates a searchable XML database of files on removable media.

This appears to be variously called CdCatalog, Cdcat, The cdcat and Hyper’s CD Catalogizer.

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THX 1138 – (1971 movie)

2009-02-21

disliked, dystopian-esque entertainment, dystopian-esque movies, entertainment, fiction, glances, GP rated, movies, movies which inspired movies, PG rated, science fiction entertainment, science fiction movies, the future

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066434/

to be re-watched

Meh, not bad but not great.

Medeocre “plot”. It’s more of a generic dystopian movie and only good for the atmosphere.

See also Nineteen Eighty-Four – (1984 movie)
See also Fahrenheit 451 – (2018 movie)

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Nineteen Eighty-Four – (1984 movie)

2009-02-21

disliked, dystopian-esque entertainment, dystopian-esque movies, entertainment, fiction, intelligence, John Hurt, liked, movies, movies inspired by books, R rated, reviews, Richard Burton, the future

Nineteen Eighty-Four - (1984 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087803/

to be re-watched for a summary

Though it’s definitely recommended for most people to watch and understand, I didn’t particularly like it because I knew everything in it and wasn’t entertained, and so I sold it at a profit.