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| Title | Score |
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Software reviews (40)
| Software | Score |
|---|---|
| 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 |