March 5, 2014 · General · 1 comment

WLCreator is a Python program (script) that creates Linux desktop launchers for Windows programs (using Wine). The program does the following tasks:

Find/extract ico files (using icoutils)
Convert ico files to png files (using icoutils)
Present the user with graphical interface, where he/she can choose the icon for launcher, and
Create desktop launcher
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March 3, 2014 · General · 1 comment

VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.
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February 26, 2014 · Backup · (No comments)

GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool. It copies data from one file or block device (hard disc, cdrom, etc) to another, trying hard to rescue data in case of read errors.Ddrescuelog is a tool that manipulates ddrescue logfiles, shows logfile contents, converts logfiles to/from other formats, compares logfiles, tests rescue status, and can delete a logfile if the rescue is done. Ddrescuelog operations can be restricted to one or several parts of the logfile if the domain setting options are used.The basic operation of ddrescue is fully automatic. That is, you don't have to wait for an error, stop the program, read the log, run it in reverse mode, etc.
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February 24, 2014 · General · (No comments)

Jeex is a simple hexadecimal editor which allows user to create, open and edit files in hexadecimal, binary, octal and ASCII. The features include insert, delete, copy-and-paste, search and many others.
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February 21, 2014 · General · (No comments)

IPython provides a rich architecture for interactive computing with:

Powerful interactive shells (terminal and Qt-based).
A browser-based notebook with support for code, text, mathematical expressions, inline plots and other rich media.
Support for interactive data visualization and use of GUI toolkits.
Flexible, embeddable interpreters to load into your own projects.
Easy to use, high performance tools for parallel computing.
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