Features
Kitchen Helper
Build your own kitchen timer with a dual alarm
A simple kitchen helper with two timers assists budding chefs in coping with dishes that are unlikely to be ready at the same time.
Conference Call
Reliable videoconferencing
If you are looking for an alternative to commercial videoconferencing platforms, Jitsi offers an open source solution that lets you build and deploy online videoconferences.
The Scientist's Linux Toolbox
Essential software tools for the working scientist
Linux and science are a natural fit. These are a handful of essential software packages both for getting work done and presenting it to others.
Watching Grampa
Monitor your old Linux devices
Create monitoring dashboards with SSH, command-line tools, and Node-RED.
Tutorial – KMyMoney
Organize your Finances with KMyMoney
Looking for software to help you manage your money? The personal finance program KMyMoney can help you track income and expenses and better plan your financial future.
Package Monitor
A package search engine for Linux repositories
The Repology web app provides up-to-date information on software archives, versions, package maintainers, and more. And it goes beyond the boundaries of Linux.
Display Deluxe
Testing the Adafruit PyPortal touchscreen
Unlike other displays for the Raspberry Pi, Adafruit's PyPortal touchscreen provides an autonomous environment, including a microprocessor, sound output, and a WiFi connection.
Shell Screencasts
Record and publish actions in the shell with asciinema
Asciinema lets you record events at the command line and publish the resulting terminal movie on the web.
Sound Machine
PulseEffects integrates equalizers and effects into PulseAudio
A wildly flashing equalizer once was part of the basic equipment of every decent stereo system. PulseEffects upgrades the PulseAudio server to include these slide controls – and offers even more.
Safe Passage
A convenient SSH GUI
Muon/Snowflake lets you manage SSH access via an easy-to-use GUI with a wealth of useful functions.
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