Software > Data security > mount >
Mount remote filesystems using a plain shell (SSH) connection
A real find. Spectacularly easy to get, install and use.
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SHell FileSystem Linux kernel module
See also:
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SSHFS (same idea)
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(on Wikipedia)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/hdparm/
A storage device information / settings tool.
See EditPad Lite instead.
Software >
Text editors >
A free tabbed text editor.
Spectacular.
- EditPad Lite (archive) (Free)
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EditPad Lite (archive) (Linux)
more coming later
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(on Wikipedia)
https://invisible-island.net/xterm/ [ 1 ] was https://web.archive.org/*/http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.html
A terminal emulator.
Essential for its compatibility. It also comes with every Linux distribution I’ve used.
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DOSEMU >
https://dosemu.sourceforge.net/ or thereabouts
The DOS-style font for X, taken from DOSEMU.
vga.pcf
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See also 9×15 versus DOSEMU’s vga font
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Entertainment > Games >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.mobygames.com/game/tomb-raider-ii
Looks good so far. I managed to make the classical music in Lara’s house skip. Ugh. But I figured out how to trap the butler in the fridge! =)
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properly titled Tomb Raider II
 Yeah this is a shit image, but I’m too lazy to capture my own.
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Software >
https://sourceforge.net/p/xine/xine-lib/ci/default/tree/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xine/
A multimedia player.
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Software >
Ruby > Ruby web programming, Ruby testing >
(on Wikipedia)
(old website, archive)
was watir.com
A functional testing tool for automating browser-based tests of web applications. It drives the Internet Explorer browser the same way people do. It clicks links, fills in forms, presses buttons. It also checks results, such as whether expected text appears on the page.
I did some simple website testing with it.
- aka Web Application Testing in Ruby.
- Pronounced “water”.
- my Watir scripts
- Water 2.0 had support planned for Linux and Firefox using the “selenium” engine. 2019-09-29 – That engine appwars to have become https://www.selenium.dev/
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Abandoned – 2024-04-22 – No website updates in a while, and the domain is down.
