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Trippy – network diagnostic tool

June 26, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Trippy is a network diagnostic tool. It combines the functionality of traceroute and ping and helps in the analysis of networking issues.

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Koodo Reader – all-in-one ebook reader

June 26, 2023 Steve Emms Reviews, Software

Koodo Reader is an all-in-one ebook reader that can help you better manage and study your ebooks.

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Eternal Terminal – remote shell

June 24, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Eternal Terminal (ET) is a remote shell that automatically reconnects without interrupting the session. It’s written in C++.

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Mosh – replacement for interactive SSH terminals

June 24, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Mosh is a replacement for interactive SSH terminals. It’s more robust and responsive, especially over Wi-Fi and cellular.

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rage – simple encryption tool

June 22, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rage is a simple, modern, and secure file encryption tool. It features small explicit keys, no config options, and UNIX-style composability.

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xjobs – similar to xargs with enhanced support for multiprocessor machines

June 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

xjobs reads job descriptions line by line and executes them in parallel. It limits the number of parallel executing jobs.

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kindd – dd GUI

June 18, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

kindd is billed as a kindful dd. It’s written using Qt Quick, a software application framework. Open source software.

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dd_rescue – data recovery and data protection tool

June 18, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

dd_rescue copies data from one file or block device to another. You can specify file positions (called seek and Skip in dd).

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Pebbles – calculator app

June 16, 2023 Steve Emms Productivity

Pebbles is billed as an advanced calculator application. This is a Gtk-based app.

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bibclean – BiBTeX and Scribe bibliography prettyprinter and syntax checker

June 15, 2023 Steve Emms Education

bibclean prettyprints input BibTeX files to stdout, or to a user-specified file, and checks the brace balance and bibliography entry syntax.

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