Features
Best Laid Plans
A command-line task manager
The dstask personal tracker lets you manage your to-do list from the command line. Dstask uses Git version control to store tasks, letting you synchronize your to-do list across multiple devices.
Jail Break
An ASCII puzzle for an escape room challenge
A digital puzzle presents a challenge for young people in an escape room.
Tiny Extensions
Developing Tiny Core Linux extensions
Tiny Core Linux does not boast a big repository. Sooner or later, you'll need to create your own extensions to get the most out of Tiny Core. This article shows you how.
Fast and Functional
System resource monitoring with bpytop
Linux users have many options for monitoring system resources, but bpytop, a new Python port of bashtop, more than stands out from the crowd.
Hidden Data
Reading and writing metadata from multimedia files
ExifTool lets you modify and analyze metadata in multimedia files from the command line, but its comprehensive feature set results in a lengthy learning curve. Luckily, jExiftoolGUI offers an intuitive interface that makes using ExifTool easier, even for less experienced users.
Slimming Down
Optimize SVG files for websites
Inkscape creates W3C-compliant SVG files, but they are usually larger than they need to be for the web. We'll show you how to optimize SVG files for faster load times.
Full Potential
Decoding videos in Firefox with VA-API
Today's graphics cards not only specialize in quickly drawing graphics on the screen, but they can also speed up video playback, reducing the CPU's load. While Firefox supports this optimization, you must manually enable hardware acceleration to quickly decode video on the browser.
Smart Sort
Looking for an edge with the classic Quicksort algorithm
If you wanted to assign a flavor to the Quicksort algorithm, it would be sweet and sour. Sweet, because it is very elegant; sour, because typical implementations sometimes leave more questions than they answer.
Newly Wallpapered
Add Variety to your desktop
Don't let your desktop look boring. With the Variety wallpaper manager, you can easily set up a rotating selection of background images and other customized options.
Tutorial – Ventoy
A tool for distro hoppers
With Ventoy you can conveniently put multiple bootable ISO images on a single USB drive.
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