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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.
utilities
All posts tagged utilities
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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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Software > Revision control systems >
(on Wikipedia)
https://subversion.apache.org/
A version control system.
svn-
On windows I would usually use https://tortoisesvn.net/downloads.html
this needs to be cleaned up
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(on Wikipedia)
https://git-scm.com/
A version control system of some note.
I use it, not that I know what I’m doing.
See also:
- My git repository for git scripts
- Git on Windows
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tig (text-mode interface for git)
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(on Wikipedia)
Chocolatey: 7zip
https://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/7-zip_portable
https://www.7-zip.org/
An archival program.
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(on Wikipedia)
Chocolatey: mc
http://midnight-commander.org/
A commandline file manager, with FTP access.
Particularly easy to use and featureful. I consider this an essential tool, but usually forget it exists.
mc- aka GNU Midnight Commander
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mcedit is its text editor
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(on Wikipedia)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/htop/
https://htop.dev/
A process viewer.
Utterly blows away top.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
A boot loader.
This is one of the “big” boot loaders. I can’t fathom it (since it’s GNU), so I expect a distribution to be magic with it.
When GRUB breaks, I use boot-repair.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.joonet.de/lilo/
A boot loader, generally considered less used and less featureful than GRUB.
Although I had used LILO quite a lot in the past, and was doing some interesting things with it, like having multiboots with DOS and rearranging partitions to hide some or change what was primary, I tend to not use a bootloader like that anymore. I expect a distribution to be magical regarding a boot loader.
- LILO = Linux Loader
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When LILO breaks, I use boot-repair.
