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cTune – ncurses based internet radio player

February 8, 2023 Luke Baker CLI, Multimedia, Reviews, Software

cTune is an ncurses based internet radio player written in C. This is free and open source software.

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Revisited: PyRadio – curses based internet radio player

February 6, 2023 Luke Baker CLI, Internet, Multimedia, Reviews

PyRadio is a cross-platform curses based internet radio player written in Python. Let’s check out the current version.

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Humour

Linux Candy: pyjokes – one line jokes for programmers

January 27, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software

pyjokes is a terminal based program that tells one line jokes for programmers.

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System Administration

Essential System Utilities: WTF – terminal dashboard

January 23, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, System Software

WTF (also known as ‘wtfutil’) is billed as “the personal information dashboard for your terminal”.

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Excellent Utilities: Nushell – flexible cross-platform shell with a modern feel

January 9, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Nushell is billed as a new type of shell. The aim is to adopt the Unix philosophy of shells where pipes connect command together.

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34 Best Free Linux Backup Software (Updated 2023)

January 8, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Desktop, System Software, Utilities

Backup software is used to perform a complete back up of a file, data, database, system or server. Here’s the best open source backup software.

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Excellent Utilities: Oh My Zsh – framework to manage your Zsh configuration

January 4, 2023 Erik Karlsson CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Oh My Zsh is an open source, community-driven framework for managing your Zsh configuration.

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Linux Candy: ctree – Christmas tree on your terminal

December 16, 2022 Steve Emms CLI, Software

Given the time of year, it seems only appropriate to start decorating the desktop. ctree offers a Christmas tree right on your terminal.

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System Administration

40 Excellent Ways to Manage Your System – Essential System Tools

October 28, 2022 Steve Emms CLI, Desktop, Internet, Software, System Software, Utilities

This is a series of cornerstone articles highlighting essential system tools. These are small, indispensable utilities, useful for system administrators as well as regular users of Linux based systems.

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Spotify

spotify-player – command driven Spotify player

September 7, 2022 Luke Baker CLI, Multimedia, Reviews, Software

spotify-player is a command-line Spotify client that’s written in Rust. It’s published under an open source license.

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Spotify

ncspot – ncurses Spotify client

August 29, 2022 Luke Baker CLI, Multimedia, Reviews, Software

ncspot is a command-line Spotify client that’s written in Rust. It’s published under an open source license.

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Spotify

Spotify TUI – Spotify client for the terminal

August 26, 2022 Luke Baker CLI, Multimedia, Reviews

For this review, we’re looking at Spotify TUI. It’s a Spotify client for the terminal written in Rust.

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YouTube

yt-dlp – fork of youtube-dl

July 11, 2022 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Reviews

yt-dlp is a fork of youtube-dl that’s under active development. It focuses on adding new features and patches and maintaining compatibility.

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Albania

Chafa – terminal graphics image viewer

June 22, 2022 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Reviews, Software

This review looks at a terminal-based image viewer that supports the Kitty Graphics Protocol. It’s named Chafa, shorthand for Character Art Facsimile.

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timg – Terminal Image and Video Viewer

June 17, 2022 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Multimedia, Reviews, Software

timg is an image and video viewer with support for high resolution graphics in the terminal.

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Austria

viu – Terminal Image Viewer with Kitty Graphics Protocol support

June 13, 2022 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Reviews, Software

viu is different from the vast majority of image viewers. It’s a small command-line program to view images from the terminal.

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System Administration

Essential System Tools: btop++ – resource monitor

June 3, 2022 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, System Software, Utilities

btop++ is an alternative to top. It’s a resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.

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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: horcrux – file splitter with encryption and redundancy

June 1, 2022 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Utilities

horcrux is an open source tool that’s designed to split files and keep them secure with encryption.

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termusic – terminal-based music player

April 29, 2022 Luke Baker CLI, Multimedia, Reviews, Software

termusic is a music player written in Rust. Here’s our review of this open source software.

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Linux Candy

Linux Candy: terminal-parrot – party parrot time

February 24, 2022 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software

terminal-parrot displays a parrot in your terminal. There’s even an Australian option for those living down under!

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