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Stacking Window Managers

berry – bite-sized window manager

September 12, 2023 Steve Emms Desktop

berry is a healthy, bite-sized window manager written in C over the XLib library and the Xft headers. berry is free and open source software.

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Stacking Window Managers

JWM – lightweight window manager

September 12, 2023 Steve Emms Desktop

JWM (Joe’s Window Manager) a lightweight window manager for the X11 Window System. JWM is free and open source software.

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xfwm4 – Xfce 4 Window Manager

September 12, 2023 Steve Emms Desktop

The Xfce 4 Window Manager (xfwm4) is part of the Xfce Desktop Environment. xfwm4 can be run standalone.

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sowm – itsy bitsy floating window manager

September 12, 2023 Steve Emms Desktop

sowm (Simple Opinionated Window Manager) provides fullscreen toggling, window centering and a mixed workflow (i.e. mouse and keyboard).

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KWin – window manager for the KDE Plasma Desktop

September 12, 2023 Steve Emms Desktop

KWin is the window manager for the KDE Plasma Desktop. KWin supports compositing, which means using 3D effects for handling windows.

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Mutter – Wayland display server and X11 window manager and compositor library

September 12, 2023 Steve Emms Desktop

Mutter is a Wayland display server and X11 window manager and compositor library. Mutter is free and open source software.

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Jargon Informatique – front-end for the French computing dictionary Jargon Informatique

September 12, 2023 Steve Emms Education

Jargon Informatique is a front end for the French computing dictionary Jargon Informatique. The dictionary contains more than 10,000 words.

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Find

whoami – user information

September 12, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

whoami displays the username, full name, email address and GitHub username of the current user. It’s written in R.

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w – displays information about the users currently on the machine

September 12, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

w displays information about the users currently on the machine, and their processes. w is written in the C language.

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Foreign Languages

Parley – help you memorize things

September 12, 2023 Steve Emms Education

Parley is a utility to help train vocabulary when learning a foreign language. This application is intended as a replacement for flashcards.

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Foreign Languages

Anki – powerful, intelligent flash cards

September 12, 2023 Steve Emms Education

Anki is software which is designed to help you recall facts (e.g. words and phrases in a foreign language).

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Foreign Languages

Artikulate – pronunciation trainer – The KDE Education Project

September 12, 2023 Steve Emms Education

Artikulate is a pronunciation trainer that helps improving and perfecting a learner’s pronunciation skills for a foreign language.

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BPM

Imixs-Workflow – open source workflow engine

September 11, 2023 Steve Emms Documents

Imixs-Workflow is an open source workflow engine solution for human-centric business process management. Free and open source software.

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BPM

jBPM – toolkit for building business applications to help automate business processes and decisions

September 11, 2023 Steve Emms Documents

jBPM is a Business Process Management (BPM) Suite. It’s a toolkit for building business applications. Free and open source software.

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Music image

tap is a terminal-based music player with fuzzy-finder

September 11, 2023 Luke Baker CLI, Multimedia, Reviews, Software

tap is a terminal-based music player that lets you jump to any album with fuzzy-finder shortcuts.

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BPM

ProcessMaker – business process management

September 11, 2023 Steve Emms Documents

ProcessMaker is an open source business process management (BPM) and workflow system designed to optimize the business operations.

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BPM

Activiti – lightweight, java-centric open-source BPMN engine

September 11, 2023 Steve Emms Documents

Activiti is a free and open source light-weight workflow and Business Process Management (BPM) Platform written in Java.

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BPM

Bonita Open Solution – business process management and workflow suite

September 11, 2023 Steve Emms Documents

Bonita BPM is a business process management and workflow suite. It improves business operations by connecting people, processes, and systems.

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Earth Science

GeoServer – share and edit geospatial data

September 11, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific

GeoServer is a server written in Java that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. It’s free and open source software.

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Earth Science

ncview – netCDF visual browser

September 11, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific

ncview is software to get a quick and easy viewer for NetCDF files. View simple movies of the data, view along various dimensions.

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