March 14, 2013 · General · (No comments)

tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals to be created, accessed, and controlled from a single screen. tmux may be detached from a screen and continue running in the background, then later reattached.
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March 7, 2013 · General · (No comments)


alien is a program that converts between Red Hat rpm, Debian deb, Stampede slp, Slackware tgz, and Solaris pkg file formats. If you want to use a package from another linux distribution than the one you have installed on your system, you can use alien to convert it to your preferred package format and install it. It also supports LSB packages.
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March 4, 2013 · General · (No comments)

Makagiga is an open-source, easy-to-use, portable application for doing a variety of tasks, such as todo listing, text editing, or RSS reading. Plugins are used to implement its various capabilities.
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February 28, 2013 · General · (No comments)

Ferret locates duplicate text or code in multiple text documents or source files. The program is designed to detect copying (collusion) within a given set of files. Ferret works equally well with documents in natural language (such as English, German, etc) and with source-code files in a wide range of programming languages.
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February 25, 2013 · General · 1 comment

GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.

It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.
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