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(on Wikipedia)
https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Projects/Zenity?action=show&redirect=Zenity [ 1 ] was http://live.gnome.org/Zenity
https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Zenity
A program to present a GUI dialog, that lets a scripter get user input.
I didn’t use this for anything notable enough to form an opinion. It seems nice, but I didn’t want to have yet another application, especially one with a dependency, when there’s something commandline already (dialog).
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was freshmeat.sourceforge.net/projects/numlockx/
was home.kde.org/~seli/numlockx/
A GUI program that turns NumLock on. Great for turning it on as X starts.
Why ever numlock would be turned off by default is beyond me. It’s not that I can’t see a use for it as a cursor pad, but it’s a number pad. That’s just not “use for those keys”. That’s their damned name!
Seems to be semi-abandoned; it’s various project pages are gone
https://sourceforge.net/projects/unclutter/
Hides the mouse after inactivity.
For such a simple idea and small tool, this is an important program for me.
Software >
was http://freshmeat.sourceforge.net/projects/xautolock
Monitors X activity, and runs a program
I use this for slock to lock the screen after inactivity.
http://git.suckless.org/slock/
http://tools.suckless.org/slock/
A simple screen saver.
Combined with xautolock, this does everything it needs to.
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https://sourceforge.net/projects/diffuse/
A GUI side-by-side difference program.
To solve the problem of file-comparisons, I need something far more visual than commandline tools can give me. Diffuse does its job spectacularly well.
TODO – add my notes, and scripts
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(on Wikipedia)
http://mama.indstate.edu/users/ice/tree/
Displays sub-directories in a visual format.
TODO – add my notes, and scripts
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Storage > Software > smartmontools >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.smartmontools.org/
A suite of HDD tools.
I find it essential. I think.
smartctl is the most important component for me.
TODO – add my notes, and scripts
was willwap.co.uk (gone as of 2016-03-31)
Corrects busted VBR records in MP3s.
I most notably use this program with my rip-audio-from-video.sh script
Abandoned?
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Software >
(on Wikipedia)
https://lame.sourceforge.io/
An MP3 transcoder.
This has been an essential part of my toolkit for as long as I’ve had CDs. These days I use it primarily to convert various other audio formats to MP3.
my rip-audio-from-video.sh script uses lame.
