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Software QA automation, embedded development, SCADA

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empire
"ESR has fixed major performance issues in 1.17 which is now available from his gitlab site; which means my favorite game is back!"
4
slack-desktop
"Great app, but version 4.19.2 is no longer supported :("
3
gnote
"This is a good time to drop Tomboy and go with GNote."
4
minicom
"best linux terminal. Great for talking to embedded boards."
5
gcalctool
"best linux programmer's calculator for binary math"
4
bsdgames
"Required achievement for Geek Loremaster level 20"
5
vinagre
"Easy, fast, and works well in 64-bit Gnome3 Mint :)"
5
transmission
"simple and reliable enough for mere mortals to use."
5
simple-scan
"painless scanning with my wifi Photosmart Premium C410 :)"
5
network-manager-openconnect-gnome
"Far better than Cisco's AnyConnect. Smoother interface. Works with 64-bit Mint. (Even seems to be _faster_ than AnyConnect). Highly recommended"
5
grpn
"quick and easy rpn gui."
4
rpncalc
"not bad, terminal based. You may want to try grpn."
3
luckybackup
"would be better if network drives were allowed"
3
grep
"of the absolute essential apps."
5
xiphos
"Worthy alternative to BibleTime. The repository manager is actually better than the one on BibleTime."
4
screen
"Essential tool for anyone who needs a remote command line. Don't leave home without it."
5
lyx
"Even better than WYSIWYG, lyx is "
5
terminator
"rock-solid and full of features. Add it to your toolbox"
5
virtualbox-guest-additions
"essential add-on for VirtualBox OSE"
5
wireshark
"an essential app for network professionals. Also check out it's cousin tshark if you want to use an automation script for analysis."
5
virtualbox-ose
"Great VM manager. Easy enough for personal use, it's even better than commercial products in many situations."
5
scribus
"Easy enough for a novice. Full-featured enough for production work. Work through some of the tutorials and you'll be amazed at what it can accomplish."
5
gedit
"One of the essential apps. Lightweight and robust. Even if it's not your mainl IDE (though it could be), you'll want to keep it handy."
5
eclipse
"It's a big, ponderous, elephant of an IDE, but sometimes that's exactly what's required. Use it if you have no other choice. It does work well."
4
calibre
"Great as an ebook format converter. Still looking for a top-notch ebook reader."
4
pyroom
"If a blank sheet of paper is your worst enemy, then pyroom is your best friend!"
4
kdenlive
"The best video editor for Linux. Version 0.8.2 seems to be pretty stable."
4
flite
"handy command-line text to speech application. Useful for using in bash scripts, etc. I prefer its vocalization over that used in espeak."
4
espeak-gui
"Minimalistic but effective front-end for espeak tts app."
4
gforth
"I still find it useful for RD scripting. "
4
guake
"Especially useful when you need a quick terminal while reading something in your browser."
4
mint-dropbox
"Solid file sync between desktop, laptop, and smart phone. Just remember that nothing stored in the cloud should be considered private."
4
thunderbird
"Personally, I really like the new "no brain" automatic settings. Much easier to setup my exchange account at work."
4
deja-dup
"Easy configuration and supports backups to networked drives. Would be better if it allowed selective restore, but that would almost certainly make things slower and more complicated."
4
mintbackup
"Love the simple interface and the option to backup software. But I can't really use it until it allows backups to network drives"
3
bibletime
"You can run it in Gnome, but you will want to make sure that libqt4-svg is installed, or you will find some of the icons missing. "
4
x11vnc
"Works well for multi-head displays. In Mint 11 had issues launching it from the menu, but worked ok from command line like so: x11vnc -gui tray -rfbport PROMPT -bg -o %%HOME/.x11vnc.log.%%VNCDISPLAY"
4
meld
"Highlighting specific differences within a given line is a big plus."
4
byobu
"Screen for human beings! Elegant, intuative, and useful."
5
geany
"light-weight, practical for work or personal programming projects. Rocks in Mint 11."
5