explainshell is a tool (with a web interface) which parses man pages, extracts options and explains a given command-line by matching each argument to the relevant help text in the man page.
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Category: Utilities
9 Best Free and Open Source Tiling Window Managers
There are a few different types of window managers. This article recommends the best tiling window managers.
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7 Best Free and Open Source Dynamic Window Managers
A dynamic window manager is a tiling window manager where windows are tiled based on preset layouts between which the user can switch.
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appImageHelper – create, delete, control and organize shortcuts to AppImage
appImageHelper is software for creating, deleting, controlling and organizing shortcuts to AppImage.
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appimaged – AppImage daemon
appimaged is an experimental implementation of the optional AppImage daemon, appimaged, in Go.
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AIDM – create desktop shortcuts to AppImage applications
AppImage Desktop Maker (AIDM) is simple software that creates desktop shortcuts to .AppImage applications.
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7 Best Free and Open Source HTML Editors
An HTML editor is computer software for creating web pages.
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16 Best Free and Open Source Orthodox Linux File Managers
Orthodox file managers are one of the older families of file managers.
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AppImageLauncher – integrate AppImages to your application launcher
AppImageLauncher is C++ software which integrates AppImages to your application launcher with a single click.
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bauh – manage your Linux applications
bauh is a graphical interface that lets you manage your software.
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5 Best Free and Open Source X10 Home Automation Software
X10 is an open standard for controlling home electrical equipment remotely. It works across home power lines and is extremely low-bandwidth.
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Gear Lever – utility to manage AppImages
Gear Lever is a Python utility which lets us manage AppImages.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Translate
Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service that translates text and websites from one language into another.
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Linux Candy: christmasfetch – a festive command-line utility
As Christmas is fast approaching, it’s the right time for a small festive utility. Step forward christmasfetch.
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ttop – system monitoring tool
ttop is a system monitoring tool with historical snapshots and alerts. It has a top-like TUI. It’s written in Nim.
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7 Best Free and Open Source Compositing Window Managers
A compositing window manager, or compositor, is a window manager that provides applications with an off-screen buffer for each window.
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rEFInd – EFI boot manager
rEFInd is a boot manager, meaning that it presents a menu of options to the user when the computer first starts up.
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Plymouth – boot splash and boot logger
Plymouth provides a splash screen and progress updates during early boot.
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bootchart2 – merge of bootchart-collector and pybootchartgui
bootchart2 is a merge of bootchart-collector and pybootchartgui.
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OProfile – statistical profiler
OProfile is a low-overhead, transparent system-wide profiler for Linux, capable of instruction-grain profiling of all processes.
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