Specto is a desktop application that watches configurable events (such as website updates, emails, file and folder changes, system processes, etc) and then triggers notifications. For example, Specto can watch a website for updates (or a syndication feed, or an
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Jokosher – simple multi-track studio
Jokosher is a simple yet powerful multi-track studio. This software application can be used to create and record music, podcasts and more, all from an integrated simple environment. Jokosher provides a complete application for recording, editing, mixing and exporting audio,
Read moreScreem – web development environment
SCREEM (Site CReating and Editing EnvironMent) is a tag-based Web page editor which aims not only to aid in creating web pages, but also to provide useful site maintenance facilities, including automatic link updating and site upload facilities. SCREEM has
Read moreMono – .NET framework
Mono provides the necessary software to develop and run .NET client and server applications. Mono includes compilers, an ECMA-compatible runtime engine (the Common Language Runtime, or CLR), and many libraries. The libraries include Microsoft .NET compatibility libraries (including ADO.NET, System.Windows.Forms
Read moreTraverso DAW – multitrack audio recorder and editor
Traverso is a multitrack audio recording and editing program with special emphasis on an intuitive, clean, and above all efficient user interface. The program supports recording of any number of audio tracks (only limited by hardware capabilities), basic mixing features,
Read moreGNOME Do – application launcher
GNOME Do allows you to quickly search for many items present in your GNOME desktop environment. These include applications, Evolution contacts, Firefox bookmarks, files, artists and albums in Rhythmbox, Pidgin buddies, etc.), as well as letting you perform commonly used
Read moreGourmet Recipe Manager
Gourmet Recipe Manager is a manager, editor, and organizer for recipes intended for the GNOME desktop environment (although it does not need all of the GNOME libraries to run). It currently has support for MealMaster and MasterCook import, including 1
Read moreenergyXT2 – create and record music
energyXT2 is a fully featured easy-to use music production sequencer. It provides music producers with a high quality solution for creating music. It has a wide set of features including no loading-time, all-in-one synth, fx and sequencer, drum machine track,
Read moreSPSS – statistical analysis and data management
SPSS is a suite of products for statistical analysis and data management. It enables analysts and researchers to access, prepare, manage, analyze, and report on data in order to solve business and research problems in the context of the analytical
Read moreKeep **AWOL**
Keep is an automatic backup program that allows users to set the parameters of the backup, including the frequency and the number of backups. It is designed to be a simple backup system for KDE. Keep is no longer maintained.
Read moreKLibido – KDE binaries downloader
KLibido is a KDE program to download encoded articles from the usenet news service, using the nntp protocol. It supports multiple servers, multiple download threads per server, automatic joining and decoding of articles. KLibido is not a newsreader. It doesn’t
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Katapult – KDE software
Katapult is a KDE application that provides users with faster and easier access to their applications, bookmarks, and more.
Read moreMail Notification – mail notification software
Mail Notification monitors your mailboxes for new mail. It works with system trays implementing the freedesktop.org System Tray Specification, such as the GNOME Panel Notification Area, the xfce4 Notification Area and the KDE System Tray. Its user interface is deliberately
Read moreGmail Notifier – email notifier software
Gmail Notifier is a MSN Messenger like popup written in Python that pops up an alert when new mail is received to a Gmail account. It provides an attractive and simple way to check for new messages. gmailusername – fairly
Read moreCheckGmail – alternative Gmail Notifier
CheckGmail is an alternative Gmail Notifier for Linux and other *nix systems. It is fast, secure and uses minimal bandwidth via the use of Atom feeds. CheckGmail is a system tray application that checks a Gmail account for new mail.
Read moreGWGET – GNOME download manager
Gwget is a download manager for the Gnome Desktop. It uses wget as a backend. It tightly integrates into GNOME and Firefox. Features include: Supports commonly-used protocols, including HTTP and FTP. Integrates with the GNOME notification area, including displaying of
Read moreDownloader for X – download manager/accelerator
Downloader For X (or simply DX) is a download manager/accelerator for Unix-like systems. It can pause and restart downloads at any time, and uses both the HTTP and FTP protocols. It gives the user the ability to limit download speeds
Read moreBrasero – CD/DVD burner
Brasero is an application to burn CD/DVD for the Gnome Desktop. It is designed to be as simple as possible and has some unique features to enable users to create their discs easily and quickly. It supports multiple backends: cdrtools,
Read moreMaxemum TV-Guide – Qt-based TV-Guide
Maxemum TV-Guide (MTVG) is a KDE TV-guide. It provides an attractive listing of the programmes, it has a search function and, more importantly, a reminder feature. Maxemum TV-Guide is developed in C++, and uses XMLTV as its back end to
Read moreblueMarine – digital photo editing software
blueMarine is an open source project for digital photo manipulation. The basic idea of blueMarine is to implement a generic and open platform, plug-in expandable, to support the whole workflow of a digital photographer, starting from the photo acquisition up
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