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wattOS :: Light - Fast - Now
Ubuntu-based distro aimed at older hardware/low power consumption.
distro  linux  ubuntu  1tw 
10 weeks ago by mottram
hello.c
A filesystem in 100 lines
linux  files 
may 2010 by mottram
Golly Game of Life Home Page
Golly is an open source, cross-platform application for exploring Conway's Game of Life and other cellular automata.
games  linux  mac 
may 2010 by mottram
Development release: CrunchBang 10 “Statler” Alpha 1 | CrunchBang Linux
Crunchbang will be based on Debian (as opposed to Ubuntu) from now on.
crunchbang  linux  openbox  debian  1tw 
may 2010 by mottram
Kupfer - GNOME Live!
Kupfer, "a convenient command and access tool", is a Gnome program that can launch applications and open documents, and access different types of objects and act on them.
linux  quicksilver  launchers 
may 2010 by mottram
sharism.cc
Ridiculously tiny palmtop with open hardware. It ships with OpenWrt, but can be made to run Debian.
hardware  linux 
may 2010 by mottram
Kernel.net | News & Reviews About Linux
"Kernel.net aggregates news, reviews and tutorials about Linux, KDE, Gnome and other major open-source software. The headlines are taken only from sites of acknowledged quality." No feed?
linux  foss 
april 2010 by mottram
Sup
"Sup is a console-based email client for people with a lot of email. It supports tagging, very fast full-text search, automatic contact- list management, custom code insertion via a hook system, and more." I'll have to check this out (I'm just using Gmail on the Eee at the moment, and it's not good enough...)
email  gmail  linux  cli 
march 2010 by mottram
C* Music Player
"cmus is a small, fast and powerful text mode music player for Linux and *BSD." Sort of like running mpd and ncmpc, only without the tedious configuration.
audio  music  player  unix  linux 
march 2010 by mottram
tmux
"tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals (or windows), each running a separate program, 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."
screen  tmux  linux 
march 2010 by mottram
SliTaz GNU/Linux (en)
Ridiculously small (>30MB), runs in RAM, has plenty of apps, and looks reasonably pretty. Package management seems pretty good, too.
distro  linux  ram 
march 2010 by mottram
SourceForge.net: Boot Problems:search - bootinfoscript
Editing grub list on boot to fix (hopefully) a search bug.
grub  grub2  search  ubuntu  linux  eeepc 
march 2010 by mottram
Linux on ibook
This document is putting me off installing Ubuntu on my old iBook.
ppc  linux 
march 2010 by mottram
FBReader: About FBReader
A nice ebook reader for Linux, so I can turn my Eee on its side and have the world's most rubbish Kindle.
ebook  linux 
september 2009 by mottram
How To: Using Gmail with Alpine « Lusule Online
I'm using mutt at the moment, but thought I might as well give this a try. Looks like it's a bit easier to set up and use.
alpine  linux  email  applications 
august 2009 by mottram
Scrotwm
A tiling window manager, has the simplest config file I've seen, and you can restart it after changing the config.
wm  linux  scrotwm 
august 2009 by mottram
dvtm || dynamic virtual terminal manager
"dvtm brings the concept of tiling window management, popularized by X11-window managers like dwm to the console. As a console window manager it tries to make it easy to work with multiple console based programs." Easier to remember where you are than screen.
dvtm  screen  cli  linux 
august 2009 by mottram
Ratpoison rc examples
Ratpoison config on the Arch wiki.
linux  ratpoison  wm 
august 2009 by mottram
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