Linux software

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Taskbars, Application launchers >

(on Wikipedia)
https://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXPanel

A straightforward and capable taskbar.

I’ve used this for a long time, and it’s done the job well. I just want something similar to Windows 95.



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TODO – add my notes, and scripts

Software > diff >

(on Wikipedia)
https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes

A program for identifying (and optionally deleting) duplicate files residing within specified directories.

An essential part of my toolkit, giving me detailed information on the tangled mess that are my archives.

See also:

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Software > Video editing >

(on Wikipedia)
Chocolatey: vlc
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/

The king of video players.

On Windows, this is especially-king because the user doesn’t have to figure out and download various shady codecs.



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more coming later

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Software > Window managers >

(on Wikipedia)
http://openbox.org/wiki/Main_Page

A straightforward but powerful window manager.

Openbox has been my window manager of choice for years now. Over that time, I’ve amassed some significant knowledge which I’ll try to maintain here.
A component of LXDE.



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