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tint2

tint2 – simple and light open source taskbar

July 17, 2020 Steve Emms Desktop, Reviews, Software, Utilities

tint2 is a simple panel/taskbar made for window managers. It was specifically made for Openbox, a popular stacking window manager.

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Cyber Security

Linux Cybersecurity: What You Need to Know

June 29, 2020 Steve Emms Internet

Linux is an excellent choice for anyone who wants to improve their cybersecurity. Here’s what you can do to improve your cybersecurity.

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Fraidycat

Fraidycat – organize your content

June 22, 2020 Steve Emms Internet, Reviews, Utilities

Fraidycat acts as a central hub for internet content. It supports a wide variety of services including Twitter, YouTube, SoundCloud, web sites, and more.

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Regolith Desktop Environment

Regolith – modern desktop environment built on Ubuntu, GNOME, and i3

June 8, 2020 Steve Emms Desktop, Reviews, Software

Looking for a new desktop environment that places emphasis on the keyboard input device over the mouse? Check out Regolith in this review.

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Minase

Minase – SIXEL-based terminal file manager

May 25, 2020 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Minase is a terminal file manager that uses libsixel, an encoder/decoder implementation for DEC SIXEL graphics. Minase is free and open source software.

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Backup

5 Best Free Linux Simple Backup Software

May 21, 2020 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software, Utilities

For Linux we recommend that home users install software that hides the complexity of doing backups. To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 5 best Linux simple backup software. Hopefully, there will be something here of interest to anyone who wants to take the effort out of ensuring the safety of their data.

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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: fontpreview – search and preview fonts

May 18, 2020 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Are you looking for a simple command-line tool that lets you search for fonts and preview them with no fuss and bother? fontpreview might just be the ticket.

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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: Watson – CLI tool to track time

May 11, 2020 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Reviews, Software

Watson is a CLI-based open source utility that helps you track the time spent on projects. It’s free and open source goodness.

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Linux Candy

Linux Candy: oneko – animal chasing fun

May 4, 2020 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, Utilities

oneko is a silly bit of candy that creates a little cat which chases after your mouse cursor. It serves no useful purpose; but it’s amusing!

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Surfshark

Is VPN secure for the Linux server?

April 29, 2020 Steve Emms Internet

Even though there are plenty of VPN options for those who use Apple and Windows products, some might be in search of a VPN for Linux.

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