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Best Linux Software

Or maybe you’re a long-time Linux user who’s keeping an eye out for what’s new. Either way, you’ve come to the right place. You’ve already picked a Linux distro and have settled on a desktop environment. Those are the big choices that determine what software you start with and what will run best on your machine. But now it’s time to delve through your distro’s app repositories to see what’s worth installing. Most of the software below is free and open source. A few require you to download an installer from a website. Browsers Firefox With the new Quantum update, Mozilla has given people reason to check out Firefox again. 9 Reasons to Switch From Chrome to Firefox 9 Reasons to Switch From Chrome to Firefox The days when Chrome was the best browser are long gone.

Chrome/Chromium By some measures, Chrome is now the king of the hill. Opera Opera isn’t open source, but it is free. QupZilla Email.

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Processing.org. Hammer Principle. The Ultimate Wget Download Guide With 15 Awesome Examples. Wget utility is the best option to download files from internet. wget can pretty much handle all complex download situations including large file downloads, recursive downloads, non-interactive downloads, multiple file downloads etc., In this article let us review how to use wget for various download scenarios using 15 awesome wget examples. 1.

The Ultimate Wget Download Guide With 15 Awesome Examples

Download Single File with wget The following example downloads a single file from internet and stores in the current directory. $ wget While downloading it will show a progress bar with the following information: Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Conky empowered desktop by ~laserbeam3 on deviantART. 17 Best Conky Configs for Linux Desktops. 15+ Beautiful Conky Configs for Linux Desktops Whether you are a Fedora, Ubuntu, Arch Linux or any other Linux distribution user you probably have used the lovable system monitor software, Conky.

17 Best Conky Configs for Linux Desktops

Being highly configurable, Conky is capable to display any system status such as CPU , disk usage, memory, temperature , emails and etc. on your desktop in various appearances. There are lots of customized scripts and configurations available for Conky thanks to the large community of Linux developers and here are 15+ useful and gorgeous Conky Configs you can use to give your desktop a fresh look! Click on the images to see a larger preview where possible.

Conky Clock Widget Download and configuration settings Bionic Conky Download and configuration settings. Eyecandy for your KDE-Desktop - KDE. Ohloh Code Search. SciProg 2011 - Home. Programming for Scientists Programming is becoming an increasingly important part of scientific research, yet many scientists are self-taught programmers with little formal training.

SciProg 2011 - Home

This means that we are often unfamiliar with simple tools that can make programming and dealing with data faster, more reliable and more reproducible. Workshop 20th June 2011 This event was a day-long workshop to develop awareness of the skills and tools that help make computing more efficient and provide results that are less prone to error - read more about it on the workshop page. The funding for the workshop was obtained through a Vitae conference and event grant, and slides and practicals from the event are available on the resources page. Seminar series Due to the interest in the workshop, a monthly Sci-Prog seminar series has been set up at Newcastle University. In addition, a Programming for Researchers site has been set up: Handbook of the Physics Computing Course. VIM Tips Blog. Systat.SigmaPlot.12.0.0.182.CRACKFIX.ONLY REDT Depositfiles Hotfile Download. Learn to code. Gadgetbox - iPhone 4S service plans: Dirty secrets, sweet deals.

Apple Never trust a carrier when it comes to monthly plan pricing.

Gadgetbox - iPhone 4S service plans: Dirty secrets, sweet deals

That's pretty much the attitude you have to go in with when you buy your iPhone 4S — or any other smartphone. To demonstrate, I've drawn up a list of tricks and deals that I found while crunching numbers on the three iPhone carriers, Sprint, AT&T and Verizon Wireless. Texting on AT&T: All or nothingIf you want text messaging on AT&T, you have to get the $20-per-month text plan or go a la carte, at a punitive 10 cents per message. This is lame because iPhones will now have iMessage, a texting service for iPhones, iPods and iPads that doesn't count against your monthly plan.

Texting on Sprint: All or allTexting options are even worse on Sprint, since the carrier forces you to get an unlimited texting plan no matter what when you buy an iPhone. Only Verizon has mid-priced texting plansVerizon may be more expensive, but at least the carrier lets you drop down on text messaging. Apple - News - page 1. Transparent iPhone 6 Cases Reportedly Leaked, Could Be Fake A photo of two transparent cases that allegedly go onto Apple’s upcoming iPhones have been handed to the Frenchies at Nowhereelse.fr with no additional information and an aura of uncertainty.

Apple - News - page 1

The leak could be fake and, if the rumors are any indication, they should be. Pictured above are the two item... [read more >>]