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.
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GWGET – 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
Read moreTomboy – desktop note-taking software
Tomboy is a GNOME desktop note-taking application which is designed to be simple and easy to use, but at the same time help the user organize his or her ideas and information. The key to Tomboy’s usefulness lies in the
Read morePicasa **AWOL**
Picasa was a software application for organizing and editing digital photos. Each time Picasa is launched, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names
Read moreScribes – minimalist text editor
Scribes is a text editor for GNOME that focuses on streamlining your workflow. It does so by ensuring common and repetitive operations are intelligently automated, and also by eliminating factors that prevent the user from focusing on his or her
Read moreBlogBridge – blog and rss reader
BlogBridge is a Java based blog, feed and RSS aggregator for “info-junkies.” RSS is “Really Simple Syndication”, an XML format that was created to syndicate news, and be a means to share content on the web. In plain English, it
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