Linux Assistant is a helper tool that aims to guide you through your daily Linux usage. It performs a variety of system tasks.
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typst – markup-based typesetting system for the sciences
Typst is a markup-based typesetting system that is designed to be as powerful as LaTeX while being much easier to learn and use.
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SILE – typesetting system
SILE is a typesetting system. Its job is to produce beautiful printed documents.
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Lout – document formatting system
Lout is a document formatting system. The system reads a high-level description of a document similar in style to LaTeX.
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groff – typesetting system that reads plain text input files
groff (GNU roff) is a typesetting system that reads plain text input files that include formatting commands.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: uptime
This article spotlights alternative tools to uptime, a utility which tells you how long the system has been running.
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tuptime – report historical and statistical real time of the system
tuptime is a utility that reports historical and statistical real time of the system, keeping it between restarts.
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downtimed – system downtime monitoring and reporting tool
downtimed is a program for monitoring operating system downtime, uptime, shutdowns and crashes and for keeping record of such events.
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lastwake – wake/suspend time system journal analyzer
lastwake parses the systemd journal to find out: time of last cold boot, and start/end times of each sleep/resume cycle and their duration.
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Docspell – Document Management System
Docspell is a personal document organizer targeted for home use, i.e. families, households and also for smaller groups/companies.
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Rust – systems programming language
Rust is an open source, curly-brace, block-structured expression, general purpose, multi-paradigm, compiled language.
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Argyll – color management system
Argyll is an ICC compatible color management system. It supports accurate ICC profile creation for scanners, CMYK printers, and more.
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getmail – mail retrieval system
getmail is a mail retriever designed to allow you to get your mail from one or more mail accounts on various mail servers to your local machine.
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Beets – media library management system
Beets is a media library management system for obsessive-compulsive music geeks.
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fuseiso – FUSE module to mount ISO filesystem images
fuseiso is a FUSE module to mount ISO filesystem images. It implements a fully functional filesystem in a userspace program.
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FrobTADS – Authoring System to Create Your Own Interactive Fiction
FrobTADS is a full version of TADS for Unix, Linux, and Mac OS X.
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Inform – Design System for Interactive Fiction
Inform is a design system for interactive fiction based on natural language. It’s a radical reinvention of the way interactive fiction is designed.
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Responsive Aeon Grid System – elegant & minimalist CSS grid
Responsive Aeon Grid System is a simple and minimalist alternative to start with Responsive Design and fluid Grids for Web Designers.
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cdls – Curses based file manager for system managers
cdls is a curses-based file manager for quickly browsing directories and files. The screen can be dynamically adjusted to include all information.
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Snes9x – freeware Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator
Snes9x is a portable, freeware Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator.
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