mikeflan
Tutorials
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Software reviews
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| symlinks "This program is simple, but very useful for finding broken (dangling) soft links. I'm surprised it took me this long to find this gem." |
4 |
| ddgr "I like this version (1.9-2) a lot. Very cool!" |
4 |
| kfind "Follow this procedure to get it in the Linux menu: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2453433#p2453433" |
3 |
| fd-find "Nice improvement on the find command. I like the Perl regex search capability and color output." |
4 |
| gmtp "If you plug in your Garmin GPS and it gives the error: "Unable to open MTP device" the recommendation is to install GMTP. Doing that gets rid of the error message and allows the GPS to automatically connect. Thank you GMTP." |
5 |
| plume-creator "The link given: 'http://www.plume-creator.eu' redirects to 'https://www.plume-creator.eu' and does not appear to be related to this software. Others report that this software was abandoned in 2016 (https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=401085)." |
2 |
| modem-manager-gui "The link provided above (https://linuxonly.ru/page/modem-manager-gui) is not active and people using LM21.1 report a segementation fault when trying to launch the program." |
1 |
| ripgrep "Much better than grep. I'm surprised it took me 3 years to find this program, and then there are no reviews on it!" |
5 |
| perl "Still relevant. I use it every day." |
5 |
| zoom "On LM19.3 Software Manager never produced an Install button. I have since moved on to LM 20.3 and this version works perfectly. No issues at all." |
5 |
| vnstat "Works great on Linux Mint 20.3. Thank you." |
5 |
| openorienteering-mapper "Fantastic program. Very well done. I haven't put it through all the paces yet, but I definitely like what I see." |
5 |
| gdal-bin "This software is great. It is a command line program for modifying geotiff files, and other geo-type files. Highly recommeded. Thank you Frank W." |
5 |
| youtube-dl "Works great for me on LM 19.3 Cinnamon. Reasonably fast. Also works with large videos." |
5 |
| gadmin-samba "Do not install this software on LM. Read more about it here: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=157&t=348766" |
1 |
| com.vinszent.GnomeTwitch "This is not being maintained and is not working properly. Use Streamlink + Streamlink Twitch GUI instead per this link: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=348262" |
1 |
| org.opencpn.OpenCPN "Very nice software that installs on any OS. You will get a "Failed to inspect the lock file" error when first running it, but then all is good. Lots of functionality with this software. I highly recommend it for sailors. And surprisingly it appears to be up to date." |
4 |
| sm "Works well on LM19.3. Very simple to use. No options to change anything, but it works well." |
4 |
| chromium-browser "It worked perfectly for me. Thank you." |
5 |