McFly is a tiny utility that replaces the functionality offered by Bash’s ctrl-r with an intelligent search engine.
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McFly is a tiny utility that replaces the functionality offered by Bash’s ctrl-r with an intelligent search engine.
Read moreUlauncher is a fast application launcher for Linux. It’s is written in Python, using GTK+. It’s free and open source software.
Read moreGLava is an OpenGL audio spectrum visualizer primarily used for desktop windows or backgrounds. It’s free and open source software.
Read moreTusk is billed as a feature-laden, open source, community-driven, free Evernote app used by people in more than 140 countries. Let’s put it this application through its paces, and why it warrants inclusion in our “Excellent Utilities” series.
Read moreOne thing a newcomer to Linux learns quickly is that they’re never limited to a single way of performing a task. And killing processes is no exception. In this article, we’ll look at an alternative to kill. It’s called fkill. It’s billed as offering a quicker and easier way to terminating processes.
Read moremdless is a utility that provides a formatted and highlighted view of Markdown files in a console. The software is free and open source.
Read moreAbricotine is an open source, cross-platform Markdown editor built for the desktop with inline preview functionality.
Read moreMapSCII is a Node.js based Vector Tile to Braille and ASCII renderer for xterm-compatible terminals. It’s billed as the whole world in your console.
Read moreHalo lets you view the weather in your town/city and check out the forecast and historic temperature trends. Halo identifies your location based on your IP address. But you can also add other locations.
Read morePaperwork is designed to simplify the management of your paperwork. The software lets you scan or import your documents, and quickly find what you want, wrapped together in a GTK interface.
Read moreThis is the second in a new series highlighting best-of-breed utilities. We’ll be covering a wide range of utilities including tools that boost your productivity, help you manage your workflow, and lots more besides. For this article, we’ll put lnav under the spotlight.
Read moreUnison is a file-synchronization tool that allows two replicas of a collection of files and directories to be stored on different hosts (or different disks on the same host), modified separately, and then brought up to date by propagating the changes in each replica to the other.
Read moreThis is the first in a new series highlighting best-of-breed utilities. We’ll be covering a wide range of utilities. For the first article, we put tmux under the spotlight.
Read moreShallot is billed as a file manager with the maximum degree of flexibility and customization. It’s Qt-based. We put it to the test together with 15 other Qt-based file managers.
Read moreWe covered many high quality file managers in our Qt File Managers Roundup and GTK File Managers Roundups. But there are graphical non-Qt and non-GTK file managers available. Here’s our favorites.
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