If you’re tired of bloated GUI software and are looking for a capable podcast player, give castero a whirl. With a few more features, this podcast would tick all the boxes.
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Tag: Python
googler: Google Web and Google News from the command-line
I love working with the command line. Seriously, I think there’s hardly anything more productive and versatile for a software developer than the terminal. Maybe it’s the hacker in me. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a heavy user of graphical applications, but the terminal will always have a special place.
I’ve recently come across a command-line tool that’s right up my street. It’s called googler, an open source tool to Google from the command-line. It’s written in Python, so that ticks another box for me. googler isn’t affiliated to Google in any way.
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youtube-dl: Download Video and Audio Files From Streaming Sites
youtube-dl is a cross-platform, open source, command-line program to download videos. Its name belies the fact it supports tons of streaming sites besides YouTube. I’d never heard of half of them.
The software is written in the Python programming language and needs the Python interpreter (2.6, 2.7, or 3.2+).
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Persepolis Download Manager: Impressive Python frontend for aria2
Persepolis Download Manager is a handy open source download manager written in Python and PyQt. It’s a graphical frontend for aria2 aiming to make downloads both easier and faster.
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Pogo – fast and minimalist audio player
Pogo is billed as probably the simplest and fastest audio player for Linux. Pogo plays your music. Nothing else.
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Wakeup – customizable and extensible talking alarm clock
Wakeup is an open source fully customizable and extensible talking alarm clock.
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Spyder – The Scientific Python Development Environment
Spyder (previously known as Pydee) is a Python development environment providing MATLAB-like features in a simple and lightweight program.
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OpenStack – cloud computing project
OpenStack is a free and open source cloud computing project to provide an infrastructure as a service (IaaS).
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UMongo – browse and administer your MongoDB cluster
UMongo is a GUI app that can browse and administer a MongoDB cluster. It is available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.
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Kabikaboo – novel writing assistant
Kabikaboo is a simple tree-branch note organizer. It is designed to be used to help aid in the writing of a book or complex project.
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