recommendations for software for a particular purpose
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Is there a robust command line tool for processing csv files?
I work with CSV files and sometimes need to quickly check the contents of a row or column from the command line. In many cases cut, head, tail, and friends will do the job; however, cut cannot easily ...
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6answers
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Which GUI diff viewer would you recommend?
I've hardly ever used anything other than Meld. Can you recommend anything else?
It would be extra nice if you give a reason for your recommendation (as a Comment).
[note] I want an alternative ...
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11answers
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Need advice in choosing a tiling WM
I've used GNOME's default window manager for some years, but now I want to try a tiling window manager.
I want it to satisfy these two criteria:
WM must be lightweight
WM should not be complicated ...
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7answers
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Which mp3 tagging tool for Linux?
Which app would you recommend for Linux to tag MP3s? Under Windows I used to use tag&rename and liked it a lot; it works well under Wine, but I want something that runs natively
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votes
4answers
847 views
What is the most complete MS Word alternative?
I need to edit *.doc and *.docx files on Linux. What should I use?
Emulation + MS Office
OpenOffice
OpenOffice variants
Alternatives?
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4answers
2k views
Fastest RDP client on linux
I currently use KRDC on CentOS, but mouse pointer is a little slow and I'm sure that this is not caused by my internet line speed, because the windows RDP client works and everything is fine. Which ...
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3answers
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Simplest way of forwarding all mail from server? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Lightweight outgoing SMTP server
I am looking for a minimal mail solution (MTA) for a headless server which generate e-mails for local users and and fully qualified ...
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1answer
451 views
Connecting fetchmail (or another MRA) to Exchange
I currently use fetchmail as my MRA, using IMAP to connect to my office's Exchange 2007 server. Unfortunately, IT is disabling POP3 and IMAP access soon. Does fetchmail support connecting to Exchange ...
8
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10answers
604 views
Where can I find Software for Unix/Linux that does X?
I'm looking for a program that does X and runs on unix (or at least on my particular unix system). Where can I look? Is there a more efficient way than a generic web search?
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2answers
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Irfanview alternative
I'm looking for some very simple image viewer with the following functionality:
fast start
next/previous navigation (in directory)
full-screen mode
reasonable format support
keyboard controllable
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2
votes
6answers
577 views
Linux server monitoring software
The dedicated server I'm looking after started to crash occasionally, I suspect because of overload, so I need some performance/resource based monitoring software, preferably with web interface, ...
2
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4answers
915 views
Are there any advanced clipboard managers for Linux?
Are there any "advanced clipboard" managers for Linux that can store several things at one time?
For example I might wnat to collect several things in the clipboard:
a .jpg file
some text
etc.
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votes
4answers
308 views
Network monitoring tool
I'm basically looking for a utility that displays which processes are using how much bandwidth, similar to how top displays which processes use how much resources.
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4answers
264 views
vector images in linux
Gimp cannot create vector images, is there a good linux application for this?
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3answers
701 views
Linux/UNIX for older (Pentium 4) laptop [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Linux for low-end hardware and internet browsing
What UNIX or Linux would be the most suitable for my old laptop HP Compaq nx9010 hardware?
Hardware specs:
Chipset: ...
