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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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Software >

(on Wikipedia)
https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse

An interface for userspace programs to export a filesystem to the Linux kernel.

Running things under FUSE is sub-optimal. It’s better to run under the kernel directly. However, userland stuff is the only way to achieve certain effects, like everyday user control or to work around licensing issues.

Fuse is not secure! – Noted on https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse. See issue #15

  • acronym: Filesystem in Userspace

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Software > Virtualization >

(on Wikipedia)
https://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git
https://xenproject.org/ [ 1 ] was http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/xen/

A virtual machine program.

It installs fine, but i have no clue how to run it.

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Software > MediaWiki > MediaWiki extensions >

(on MediaWiki)
https://followthescore.org/dpldemo/index.php?title=Extension_DPL [ 1 ] was semeb.com/dpldemo/index.php?title=Extension_DPL

A report generator.

I used it to build intelligent lists which draw from various other pages scattered throughout the wiki via templates.

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Footnotes

^ 1 was semeb.com/dpldemo/index.php?title=Extension_DPL

FrostWire logo

Software >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.frostwire.com/

A BitTorrent client.

I used to love it, but it gave up Gnutella functionality so it’s useless. I wonder if old versions are still good..

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