Pogo is billed as a fast and minimalist audio player for Linux. Here’s our review.
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6 Essential Python Tools for Data Science
Data science is an emerging, multidisciplinary field of scientific methods, processes, algorithm development and technology to extract knowledge or insights in ingenious ways from structured or unstructured data.
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Now and Then: The Fate of 15 More Linux Distributions
The fate of 15 distributions that were fairly popuar in 2006. Did they rise to the top or are they long forgotten relics?
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Linux Candy: XScreenSaver – Framework and collection of screensavers
XScreenSaver is a screen saver collection and a framework for blanking and locking the screen.
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myMPD – standalone and lightweight web-based MPD client
myMPD is a standalone and lightweight web-based MPD client. Luke puts myMPD through its paces.
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ympd – MPD Web based GUI
ympd is a lightweight MPD (Music Player Daemon) web client that runs without a dedicated webserver or interpreters like PHP, NodeJS or Ruby.
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Ymuse – GTK front-end (client) for Music Player Daemon
Ymuse is a simple and quick client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD) using the GTK toolkit.
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Stars and Stripes: NASA and Linux
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civilian space program. How is NASA embracing Linux and open source?
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GoTTy – turn CLI tools into web applications
GoTTY turns CLI tools into web applications. GoTTY uses xterm.js and hterm to run a JavaScript based terminal on web browsers.
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Regards – modern photo viewer
Regards is billed as a modern photo viewer. It supports a very large range of formats including video.
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PosteRazor – create your own posters
PosteRazor cuts raster images into multipage PDF documents.
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Linux Candy: Pywal – color schemes on the fly
Pywal is Python software that generates a color palette from the dominant colors in an image.
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Excellent System Utilities: Ventoy – create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files
Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files.
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Best Free and Open Source Software – October 2020 Updates
October 2020 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software.
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asciiworld – world map depicted in ASCII
asciiworld offers world maps depicted in ASCII. asciiworld is free and open source.
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Now and Then: What happened to 5 promising file managers?
Back in 2012, we carried a feature looking at 5 file managers that received little media coverage but which carried bountiful promise.
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colorls – turbocharged alternative to ls
colorls is a Ruby script that enhances ls with color and font-awesome icons. colorls is free and open source software.
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Linux Candy: Hollywood – fill your console with Hollywood melodrama technobabble
Hollywood is a 102 line script that occupies your console with tech geekery.
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Now and Then: The Fate of 15 Linux Distributions
What happened to 15 popular Linux distributions? Are they still going strong, are they outclassed by other distributions, or are they only remembered like fingerprints on an abandoned handrail?
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Linux Candy: Evolvotron – interactive generative art software
Evolvotron is an interactive “generative art” application to evolve images/textures/patterns/animations.
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