Category: Utilities

Minerva combines X10 home automation with multimedia control, web applets, timed routines and remote access in a legacy system.

MisterHouse – home automation software

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

MisterHouse automates X10, Insteon and other connected devices with programmable events, web control, MQTT and voice features.

BottleRocket – home automation software for the X10 FireCracker kit

BottleRocket controls legacy X10 FireCracker transmitters from the Linux command line, including appliance switching and lighting.

BlueLava – CGI interface for X10 home automation

BlueLava offers a browser-based CGI interface for legacy X10 equipment, using HEYU and other command-line control utilities.

Etcher – flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives

Etcher is an image burner with multi-platform support. It makes USB and SD card image burning as effortless as possible.

MultiBootUSB – create multi boot live Linux on a removable USB disk

MultiBootUSB is software to create multi boot live Linux on a removable USB disk. Similar to UNetbootin but many distros can be installed

UNetbootin – create bootable Live USB drives

UNetbootin (Universal Netbook Installer) creates live USB drives that can install Linux or BSD distributions to a partition or USB drive without a CD.

MultiWriter – write an ISO file to multiple USB devices at once

MultiWriter lets you write an ISO file to multiple USB devices simultaneously.

edir – command line utility to rename, remove, and copy filenames and directories

edir is a command line utility to rename, remove, and copy filenames and directories using your text editor.

vidir – edit of the contents of a directory in a text editor

vidir allows editing of the contents of a directory in a text editor. If no directory is specified, the current directory is edited.

rename – rename multiple files using Perl expressions

rename is a utility that renames multiple files using Perl expressions.

F2 – Command-line batch renaming tool

F2 is a cross-platform command-line tool for batch renaming files and directories quickly and safely.

rmlint – fast tool to remove duplicates and other lint

rmlint finds space waste and other broken things on your filesystem and offers to remove it.

jdupes – powerful duplicate file finder and enhanced fork of fdupes

jdupes is a powerful duplicate file finder and an enhanced fork of ‘fdupes’.

FSlint – duplicate file finder

FSlint is a utility to find and clean various forms of unwanted extraneous files on a computer file system.

rdfind – redundant data find

November 8, 2023 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

rdfind is a program that finds duplicate files. It is useful for compressing backup directories or just finding duplicate files.

Superpaper – advanced multi monitor wallpaper manager

Superpaper manages wallpapers across multiple monitors with bezel, perspective and pixel-density correction, slideshows and custom scripts.

Komorebi – animated wallpaper manager