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Tutorials
| Title | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 years ago | How to change CapsLock key into Backspace | 7 |
| 15 years ago | Taming Docky - keeping it out of the guest session | 5 |
| 15 years ago | Open pdf files within Firefox window | 1 |
Software reviews (95)
| Software | Score |
|---|---|
| gtali "Yahtzee-like game of dice that plays simply and well." |
4 |
| gnome-sudoku "I really like the interface, and how it saves your progress on a puzzle when you come back to the game, so you can continue working where you left off till you finish (or give up.)" |
4 |
| frozen-bubble "This game is pretty high quality, but some settings are hidden, accessible only by hotkeys, such as the ability to mute sounds or turn off the music. This honestly should be graphically accessible if only with a page that shows which key to press. I consider this a critical missing feature for the user. Otherwise the game is really fun!" |
4 |
| aisleriot "This game is more than meets the eye, it's not just Klondike solitare, but almost 100 different solitare games, most of which I don't know how to play, but now I get the chance to learn! This is amazing and fun." |
5 |
| mousepad "There's not a lot to this, and for me, that's a plus. Sometimes I need a quick place to type something up where Notes/Tomboy doesn't make sense or doesn't have enough space, and where a word processing program is just too slow or too much. This isn't really oriented towards being any sort of IDE at all, though it does have line numbers if you need it for a light purpose of doing some code work. Fast, quick, simple, and works like a charm." |
5 |
| epiphany-browser "It's simple, it's fast, and it works splendidly on older hardware, much better than more common, heavier web browsers. It's also quite easy to use, and if you look further, there's extentions you can add. But sometimes, simplicity really excels over whistles and bells." |
5 |
| timidity "Finding this midi sequencer made my day. I'd previously given up on trying to get MIDI files to play under linux, but this allows them to work!" |
5 |
| edubuntu-artwork "This pulled in some nice themes and a background or two, but it overwrote some settings and I can't uninstall the package to fix it. Should have just installed the packages it pulled in." |
2 |
| gnome-hearts "For some, having this game on their computer is a must." |
4 |
| gnome-mastermind "I love this logic game! The quality is right up there as a standard include for the gnome-games package, and better than some of them!" |
5 |
| gnomine "Minesweeper mindsweeper." |
4 |
| swell-foop "This seems to be a complete remake of the GNOME game "Same," only with functionality removed. Quite simply, it looked better before it was replaced in gnome-games. What used to be one of my favorite GNOME games is junk in this version. Undo moves, the scoreboard...can't use those anymore. Even the themes are gone. Did I mention it that it just crashed while I was writing this?" |
1 |
| gnibbles "Takes some getting used to, but interesting gameplay. It might be the speed I'm using, but the commands to move seem to lag." |
3 |
| glines "This simple game is simply too addictive!" |
5 |
| glchess "A classic 2D view AND a 3D view? Both with animation? Even though I never win at these, this looks like a really nice chess game." |
4 |
| xfce4-notes-plugin "Hey! It's like Tomboy Notes for Xfce! Kind of cool." |
3 |
| mintupdate "One of the absolute best features of Mint. I positively love the way updates are done." |
5 |
| thunar "Thunar does it all without getting in your way. Great for a lightweight file manager, but you might be disappointed if looking for something incredibly feature-rich, but it can be extended with plugins. Works great under any desktop environment I've used." |
4 |
| fluxbox "Lightweight and not too terribly hard to configure. Might take some config file editing, but doesn't always have to. Even when it does, it's simple enough to figure out. Great for a speedy, clean desktop that is light on resources, and easy to make your own. Adventurous beginners welcome!" |
4 |
| jwm "Very nice for a lightweight desktop that uses minimal resources and is lightning fast, but beginner users beware! This takes some knowledge to set it up properly and make it look polished. There is much config file editing ahead if you wish to make it pretty. Recommended for intermediate to advanced users." |
4 |
| icewm "Light and quick for a desktop/window manager, but be sure you're not afraid of tinkering with config files to customize it your way. Easy enough to figure out for an intermediate user. Adventurous beginners only." |
4 |
| wmbattery "Fits best in Fluxbox's slit. I never noticed any color changing of the status indicator - it was always blue. It looks and works nicely." |
4 |
| dell-recovery "Be sure to read what the recovery image will do before you use it! It looks like a great tool, but as any tool, it must be used properly, with an idea of what you're doing." |
4 |
| scite "Powerful, but I wish I could customize it a bit. The toolbar seems unchangable. It's a bit nit-picky but the icons could use a different theme. Otherwise, functionally looks like a great editor!" |
4 |
| laby "It gets done what it claims, teaches you how to program a little bit. The learning game itself feels like it could use much more polish, but nothing gets in the way of using it. Not spectacular, but it doesn't try to be fancy." |
3 |
| xfce4-weather-plugin "Feels more polished than the comparable Gnome applet. I really like the one-click forecast, which is intuitively read, much like watching the weather on a TV news program." |
4 |
| fusion-icon "This lets me switch window managers easilly, regardless of whether or not I have my nvidia driver to be able to run compiz. It allows me use Xfce's window manager under GNOME whenever I want to. Careful if you switch to Icewm with it and then use Icewm to switch to fluxbox. I got stuck that way and had to log out to fix it." |
4 |
| gnome-games-extra-data "Adds some nice extra themes to many games, but not all of them work, and not all of them look good. But some do, and for these it's worth getting." |
3 |
| mintupload "Looks like a good idea, but it doesn't seem immediately clear how to use it, or what to use it for. Some short explanation would be nice as to exactly what it does...where the files go and how you can access them later? Even if it's an outside service that defines this, a basic explanation would clear this up." |
2 |
| xchat-gnome "All the basic settings I wanted to change were inaccessible in this last time I used it, and while apparently still available by editing gconf, were inaccessible to me as a basic, general user. In fact, the default settings I found very annoying and frustratingly hard to change. I thought XChat wasn't the client for me until I tried regular xchat. I'll have to review this again to see if it's changed since last time I used it." |
2 |
| prism "Pretty handy way to disguise web applications as desktop applications." |
4 |
| lynx "Good for accessing web pages from the terminal. Solid and reliable, if you're looking for a text browser. Not the easiest to nagivate at first, but much smoother once navigation is learned." |
4 |
| micropolis "This feels like a blast from the past, an open sourced version of SimCity, which I used to play a long time ago, only now I have half an idea what I'm doing while playing with it. It's got some funny quirks here and there, but they don't interfere with the game." |
4 |
| xiphos "The interface takes a little getting used to but it makes it easy to do so. The compact layout doesn't get in your way but it's fully functional. Lots of modules to choose from, and easy to get them! I've not even tried all the features yet and I like it." |
4 |
| mintmenu "I found I missed this on Ubuntu. The configuration could be even better, but with each release it seems to improve." |
5 |
| gparted "Indispensable tool for managing partitions!" |
5 |
| xfdesktop4 "Adds xfce as a desktop session for my login. Works well alongside GNOME from the Main edition for the most part." |
4 |
| abiword "An underappreciated word processing program, Abiword is lighter, and just about as easy to use as OpenOffice's Word Processor, if not moreso. If you like stand-alone applications rather than suites, this is probably the word proccessor you're looking for." |
4 |
| geany "Best choice of IDE for me from what's available. Simple to understand, and feels comfortable to use, much like Notepad++, only in IDE form (probably because it's based on the same thing, Scintilla.) I've use it for coding Java." |
5 |
| giver "Amazingly simple and easy! One of those "why didn't I think of this?" ideas. Better than shuffling around through shared folders to share files over the local network." |
5 |
| shiki-colors "I enjoy having alternate colors of the same sort of theme as the default one for Mint, and this does just that." |
4 |
| software-center "I enjoy the features such as icons for the packages that have them, but it doesn't seem to run for me under Mint." |
4 |
| grub2-splashimages "Good selection of images. Requires either another package or manual configuration to set them as backgrounds for Grub2." |
4 |
| audacious "Best drop-in linux alternative to winamp I've found, keeps me comfortable with the interface." |
4 |
| freeciv-client-gtk "Addicting strategy game with good graphics and an easy to use interface. Sounds are optional, I see this as a plus." |
5 |