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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Tag: open source
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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8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Boot Utilities
Here’s 8 useful boot utility tools. They are all free and open source software.
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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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