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pazi – fast autojump helper

September 19, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

pazi is an autojump utility. This tool remembers visited directories in the past and makes it easier to get back to them.

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Typing

typioca – minimal terminal based typing speed tester

September 18, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Education

typioca is a minimal, terminal based typing speed tester.

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zm – improved cd

September 18, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

zm is cd for lazy people who don’t care where they are, or how to get where they’re going. It’s written in Rust.

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Typing

Smassh – TUI based typing test software

September 17, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Education

Smassh is a TUI based typing test application inspired by MonkeyType, a popular online web-based typing application.

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10 Best Free and Open Source Lightweight Graphical Web Browsers

September 17, 2024 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

This article identifies the finest free and open source graphical web browsers that have a small footprint.

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ff – manage favourite folders

September 17, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ff is a command-line tool to manage favorite folders, creating an alias, to be used via shell directly with the cd command.

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gtrash – trash CLI manager

September 17, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

gtrash is a trash CLI manager that fully complies with the FreeDesktop.org specification. gtrash moves files to the system trash can.

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Google Password Manager

SafeCloset – keep your secrets in password protected files

September 16, 2024 Steve Emms Security

SafeCloset keeps your secrets in password protected files. SafeCloset is designed to be convenient and avoid common weaknesses.

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nav – quickly navigate through directories

September 16, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

nav offers a way of quickly navigating through directories in the CLI. It uses dialog and fzf.

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Typing

olagem – terminal based typing speed test

September 16, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Education

olagem is billed as a simple and beautiful terminal based typing speed test.

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enhancd – next-generation cd command

September 15, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

enhancd is an enhanced cd command integrated with a command line fuzzy finder based on UNIX concept.

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kn – navigate folders quickly

September 13, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

kn is an alternative to cd. kn doesn’t track frequency or any other statistics. It searches the disk for paths matching the abbreviation.

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Security

snowdrop – text watermarking and watermark recovery

September 13, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Security

snowdrop is software for text watermarking and watermark recovery.

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Typing

Keypunch – practice your typing skills

September 13, 2024 Steve Emms Education

Keypunch lets you practice typing and have a bit of fun into the bargain.

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Technology

Stegosuite – steganography tool

September 12, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Stegosuite is a steganography tool which lets hide information in image files.

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Calculators

CalcPy – terminal calculator and advanced math solver

September 12, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

CalcPy is a terminal calculator and advanced math solver using Python, IPython and SymPy.

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Technology

OutGuess – universal steganographic tool

September 11, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Security

OutGuess is a universal steganographic tool that allows the insertion of hidden information into the redundant bits of data sources.

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Calculators

HIP-35 – HP-35 RPN calculator emulator

September 11, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

HIP-35 is a calculator for hipsters. It emulates the RPN (reverse Polish notation) mode of HP-35 from 1972.

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youtube-local – browser-based YouTube client

September 10, 2024 Steve Emms Multimedia

youtube-local is a browser-based client written in Python for watching YouTube anonymously.

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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: fdisk

September 9, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to fdisk, a utility that lets you manipulate the disk partition table.

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