open-source software

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GTorrentViewer logo

Software >

http://gtorrentviewer.sourceforge.net/

GTorrentViewer is a GTK2-based viewer and editor for BitTorrent meta files. It is able to retrieve information from trackers, check files, show detailed information, and modify .torrent files without having to start downloading.

The purpose of GTorrentViewer is to give the ability to see and modify all the possible information from .torrent files without having to start downloading and the ability to see in real time the current number of seeds and peers on the torrent, so you will always know the status before start the download.

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Mythryl--cynbe1-web

Software > Programming >

was mythryl.org
https://github.com/mythryl/mythryl

A programming language which resurrects and improves upon SML/NJ to create the first production-ready mathematically-provable language.

Had incredible potential; I was highly interested in this and its abandonment was the final nail in the coffin for my desire to program.

  • Abandoned – The author Cynbe ru Taren (Jeffrey Prothero) died, the community evaporated, and a resulting foundation was later abandoned by his widow.


Ogre.rb logo

Software > Ruby >
Ruby mentoring > Ruby mentoring tools > (Multimedia development frameworks)

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.ogre3d.org/
https://web.archive.org/web/20160603060922/http://ogrerb.rubyforge.org/

As 3D rendering engine that abstracts from the underlying system libraries, like Direct3D and OpenGL.

Ogre.rb wraps the main OGRE Rendering Engine, giving access to it from Ruby.

  • OGRE = Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine



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(on Wikipedia)

was https://sites.google.com/site/tstyblo/wmctrl

A command line tool to interact with an EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager. Get information, resize, move, etc.

A good tool for what it does.

  • Abandoned – Not updated

    • As of 2020-12-30 Last updated 2005-10-10 (1.08)

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Software > Email >

(on Wikipedia)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/exmh/
http://beedub.com/exmh/

Frontend for MH.

Busted and ugly.

  • Tcl/Tk-based (exmh) or X toolkit (xmh), C – BSD-like licence


2010-10-04 – (version not recorded)

\smart-root install tcl tk
su -c 'make install'

… and it’s “source” package has a binary in it..

I have to manually edit its configuration.. there’s no proper installer.

It’s busted. I don’t care anymore, this is lame..

Wow it’s ugly.