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Stretchly

Stretchly – reminder to take breaks

August 3, 2020 Steve Emms Desktop, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Stretchly is a cross-platform Electron program that reminds you to take breaks when working on your computer. Stretchly is free and open source software.

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Best Free Window Managers

23 Best Free Linux Window Managers

August 1, 2020 Steve Emms Desktop, Roundup, Utilities

A window manager manages the windows that applications bring up. We recommend the best c.ompositing, stacking, tiling, and dynamic window managers.

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Linux Candy

Linux Candy: Boxes – command line ASCII boxes

July 24, 2020 Steve Emms Desktop, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Boxes is a text filter which can draw ASCII art boxes around its input text. It can spice up news posting, emails, documenting files, and much more.

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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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Raspberry Pi 4 - Collection Managers

Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Manage your Personal Collections – Week 36

July 1, 2020 Luke Baker Blog, Desktop, Utilities

For this week’s blog, Luke looks at a few best-of-breed collection management programs. Free and open source goodness as usual.

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Raspberry Pi 4 - Terminal Emulators

Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Terminal Emulators – Week 35

June 24, 2020 Luke Baker Blog, Desktop, Utilities

For this week’s blog, Luke examines terminal emulators on the Raspberry Pi 4.

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Search

Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Desktop Searching – Week 34

June 17, 2020 Luke Baker Desktop, Software, Utilities

For this week’s Raspberry Pi 4 blog, Luke puts a desktop search tool under the microscope.

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Raspberry Pi 4 - Personal Information Managers

Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Personal Information Managers – Week 33

June 10, 2020 Luke Baker Blog, Desktop, Software, Utilities

For this week’s Raspberry Pi 4 blog, Luke examines selected personal information managers.

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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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Diary software

Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Dear Diary – Week 32

June 3, 2020 Luke Baker Blog, CLI, Desktop, Software, Utilities

Keeping a diary of your daily life is an activity that is held dear by many people. In this week’s blog, Luke checks out RedNotebook, Lifeograph, jrnl, and Org on the Raspberry Pi 4.

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