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(on Wikipedia)
https://icculus.org/smpeg/ [ 1 ] was www.lokigames.com/development/smpeg.php3

An audio/video library, with some software.

I tried to get it working on the Zaurus SL-C1000 but I couldn’t figure it out.

  • Abandoned — Long-dead.

    • As of 2020-07-18 – the mailing list has not seen activity in years.
    • As of 2020-07-18 – The Subversion repository has activity from a couple of years ago, but no real release.

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MPlayer logo

(on Wikipedia)
https://mplayerhq.hu/

Pretty much the de-facto video player on Linux, as it comes with most Linux distributions. It can play both audio and video, and works at the commandline.

Although it’s great, it’s a last resort compared to other audio playing software.

Although it can play without one, the common frontends are:



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Doom - (1993 game) DOS cover

Software >

(on Wikipedia)

A first-person shooter.

This page deals with both the original and various open source efforts.



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Software > rsync, diff >

https://rdiff-backup.net/ [ 1 ] was http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/

Combines rsync with diff storage, so one can retrieve a backup from any point in time.

My initial impression was “Works wonderfully well.. very easy to use, very nice. Would be nice to have a GUI tool for recovery purposes though, but oh well.” .. but my 2009-04-01 glance was a flop.

  • Needs SSH for remote stuff.. it would work nicely with an ssh mount!

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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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VLC icon

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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