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was kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/cpufreq/cpufrequtils.html
Various tools to diddle with one’s CPU.
- my scripts
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The Windows equivalent would be something like Process Lasso.
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https://www.gnu.org/software/bc/
An arbitrary precision numeric processing language.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://invisible-island.net/dialog/
A program to present a commandline dialog, letting a scripter get user input.
Capable enough for everyday scripts. Capable enough that to get a “GUI” dialog, I would rather spawn a terminal and use dialog.
- cat
- The shell builtin
read. - A GUI option would be Xdialog.
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I think it’s hilarious there are so many nice screenshots of a text program.
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(on Wikipedia)
http://mama.indstate.edu/users/ice/tree/
Displays sub-directories in a visual format.
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Storage > Software > smartmontools >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.smartmontools.org/
A suite of HDD tools.
I find it essential. I think.
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smartctl is the most important component for me.
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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
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Abandoned?
- I can’t find a home page.
- Debian reports this program as orphaned – https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/vbrfix
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was http://freshmeat.sourceforge.net/projects/jpegoptim/
https://www.kokkonen.net/tjko/projects.html
https://github.com/tjko/jpegoptim
Optimizes JPEG images, performing magic to reduce size, or optionally stripping metadata for even further savings, or performing lossy re-compression for potentially extraordinary size reduction.
I like this idea, and it’s actually freed up a significant amount of space. Being able to take a 5MB file and knock it down to 1MB while maintaining excellent visual quality.. is astonishing
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(on Wikipedia)
Chocolatey: 7zip
https://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/7-zip_portable
https://www.7-zip.org/
An archival program.
https://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/
Used for preparing a LiveUSB for Linux distributions‘ .ISO files. Instead of using a CD or DVD, use a USB stick.
Use UNetbootin instead. Although doing the same thing (un7zipping), unetbootin works MUCH faster.
Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.6.0.exe – May 14, 2015
- 2015-05-14 – DO NOT USE . Whatever process this uses takes motherfucking forever to prepare a USB stick. un7zipping a moderate-sized distribution’s ISO is a good 20 minutes and may end up freezing 7zip.
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2014-04-24 on Windows 8.1, with Lubuntu 14.04 amd64.
- Does not seem to make a bootable USB stick.
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