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GoTTy – turn CLI tools into web applications

November 16, 2020 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

GoTTY turns CLI tools into web applications. GoTTY uses xterm.js and hterm to run a JavaScript based terminal on web browsers.

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Linux Candy: Pywal – color schemes on the fly

November 6, 2020 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, Utilities

Pywal is Python software that generates a color palette from the dominant colors in an image.

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Excellent System Utilities: Ventoy – create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files

November 2, 2020 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, System Software, Utilities

Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files.

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Linux Candy: XDecorations – Holiday lights and more

October 9, 2020 Steve Emms Desktop, Reviews, Software, Utilities

XDecorations is a small utility that lets you add decorations to your desktop. It’s our latest addition to the fun Linux Candy series.

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Excellent System Utilities: CPU-X – system profiler tool

September 30, 2020 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, System Software, Utilities

CPU-X is a similar tool to the Windows utility CPU-Z. Unlike CPU-Z, CPU-X is free and open source Linux software. Here’s our review.

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dupeGuru

dupeGuru – find duplicate files

September 28, 2020 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, System Software, Utilities

dupeGuru finds duplicate files in a given set of directories and sub-directories. It recognizes duplicates by comparing MD5 signature of files followed by a byte-to-byte comparison. Here’s our review of this open source program.

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Markdown

Apostrophe – distraction free Markdown editor

September 23, 2020 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, Utilities

Apostrophe is a distraction free Markdown editor written in Python. Apostrophe is free and open source software.

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Terminal Image Viewer

Terminal Image Viewer – display images in a terminal

September 18, 2020 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Terminal Image Viewer is a small program to display images in a (modern) terminal using RGB ANSI codes and unicode block graphics characters. It’s free and open source software.

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Linux Candy: eDEX-UI – sci-fi computer terminal emulator and system monitor

September 7, 2020 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, Utilities

eDEX-UI is a fullscreen, cross-platform terminal emulator and system monitor that looks and feels like a sci-fi computer interface.

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BpyTOP

BpyTOP – resource monitor tool

September 4, 2020 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, Utilities

BpyTOP is a resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes. It’s a Python port of bashtop. Here’s our review.

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Linux Candy: Variety – wallpaper changer software

August 28, 2020 Steve Emms Desktop, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Variety is a wallpaper manager for Linux systems. It supports numerous desktops and wallpaper sources, including local files and online services: Flickr, Wallhaven, Unsplash, and more.

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Download manager

Annie – video downloader built with Go

August 24, 2020 Luke Baker CLI, Internet, Multimedia, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Annie is an open source video downloader. It’s written in the Go programming language. Here’s our verdict on this tool.

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Linux Candy: pipes.sh – animated pipes terminal screensaver

August 21, 2020 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, Utilities

pipes.sh is a bash script which draws randomly pathed pipes over the terminal. pipes.sh is free and open source software. Harmless fun, and a screensaver.

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Vooki

Vooki – lightweight image viewer offering fast image preview

August 17, 2020 Steve Emms Graphics, Reviews, Software, Utilities

One of our favorite adages is “A picture is worth a thousand words”. It refers to the notion that a still image can convey a complex idea. Images can portray a lot of information quickly and more efficiently than text.

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cointop

cointop – monitor cryptocurrencies in the terminal

August 14, 2020 Luke Baker CLI, Financial, Reviews, Software, Utilities

cointop is a fast and lightweight interactive terminal based UI application for tracking and monitoring cryptocurrency coin stats in real-time.

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Termgraph

Termgraph – draw basic graphs in the terminal

August 7, 2020 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Scientific, Software, Utilities

Termgraph is a command-line tool which draws basic graphs in the terminal. Termgraph is free and open source software and written in Python.

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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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Linux Candy

Linux Candy: Buoh – online strips comics reader

July 31, 2020 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, Utilities

Buoh is a reader for online strips comics. It’s free and open source software.

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System Administration

Excellent System Utilities: Glances – CLI curses-based monitoring tool

July 27, 2020 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, System Software, Utilities

Glances is a system administration tool that replaces a whole host of command-line utilities. Here’s our review of Glances.

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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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