Questions tagged [software-recommendation]
Questions asking for specific applications that perform a given task or work with a given file format. Give details about the **purpose** of the software you want and your minimum **requirements** for it.
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Is there a way to view notification history?
If I walk away from my PC, then there is a good chance I might miss certain notifications. I've seen in KDE that notifications get stored and stacked until you click them (or whatever).
Unless I'm ...
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Can you recommend a password generator?
I was hoping someone could recommend a good password generator.
Extra props to the person who can name one that gives you a mnemonic to remember it as well.
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Are there any open source alternatives to Landscape?
Better yet, are there any Spacewalk-like software packages that work for both RedHat-based and Debian-based systems?
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What scientific plotting software is available?
I am currently doing some experimental work and I have a lot of data to trawl though. I use Gnumeric, and it's very good, but often I feel there has to be something better.
Ideally I would like the ...
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How do I convert an MP4 to an MP3? [duplicate]
I have some songs which are in mp4 format and I want to convert them into mp3 format.
I am new to Ubuntu/Linux. So please explain the step by step process or give any software which can do the above ...
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Is there an application for reading mobi files?
Is there e-book reader on Ubuntu that read mobi file format?
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What's the best Mind Mapping Software?
Back in the dark days when I used to run windows I used to use MindJet Mindmanager and I found it to be very good.
Since I have been using Ubuntu as my main operating system I have been trying to ...
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Slap me when I stop working
On Mac OS X I have an app that plays a sound when I enter certain sites. I want a similar software to use on Linux. Does anybody know one?
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Minify tool that can be executed through terminal
I am looking for a tool or a way to minify (similar to Compress my code and this question on Stack) all of the code in my .xml, .css, .html and .js files through Ubuntu's terminal. Eventually I will ...
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Basic Web Development IDE/Editor like Dreamweaver?
I've used Windows for many years, using Dreamweaver as my editor as it had a file tree which is based on a project (via Local, FTP or SFTP).
I need a web development IDE with the following ...
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Are there any GUI apps that can create .desktop files?
My question is simple. Is there any fast and easy way of creating .desktop files for shortcuts?
For example, I think you can right click and create .desktop shortcuts in Linux Mint.
I already know ...
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Is there a file explorer/manager for the command line?
I would like to know if there is something like DOS interface for Ubuntu. I mean a "GUI" that can run from the console (for example if you are using Ubuntu Server). Some file explorer like Nautilus ...
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Is there a software utility to adjust screen gamma/brightness/contrast?
I use to work at night and it is eye-hurting to watch at lightbulb-bright screens (I've got two - laptop's built-in panel and an external 18-inch CRT) in a dark environment. So I adjust my screens to ...
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How to clone to a smaller harddisk?
How to clone a harddisk to a smaller sized one.
Clonezilla is great but it doesn't support such functionality.
Also dd and PartImage don't support this demand.
rsync will not copy the MBR since an ...
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OpenVPN GUI client for UDP/TCP
Is there any easy solution for OpenVPN being executed from Desktop for non technician people so they only push a button and get connected to a external VPN?
Most of my colleagues are non Linux ...
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How can I extract text from images?
How can I extract text from images?
I am not talking about scanned files, but garden variety images, such as when you take a high-def picture of a blackboard at class, and it is nicely handwritten; ...
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What is a good Amazon S3 client?
I've been using the Amazon S3 Management console to browse my S3 files. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be able to sort files (in a given bucket) by anything other than whatever its default is (...
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Is there any program designed for writing a book?
Is there any program for writing a book? I tried to find it on some forums and sites, but I really couldn't find any.
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Is there any pdf viewer with dark mode?
Basically, I want a viewer which has a night mode or a dark mode so that I can change a pdf with a white background and black text to a dark background and light coloured text.
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Are there alternatives to software center?
Are there any GUI alternatives to the Ubuntu Software Center with
Fast application loading/Low startup time
Fast search
Low weight/size
Application purchase facility
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What terminal emulators are available for heavy terminal users?
I spend a lot of time at the command-line during the workday and at home too since I run Ubuntu exclusively.
I've been using the default gnome terminal but I've reached a point where I'd really like ...
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Password Management Applications?
I have some passwords that are long, complicated and hard to remember.
I would like to use a password-manager application to save all of my passwords instead of saving them using a text editor.
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What tools do you use to monitor a web server?
What tools do you use to monitor a Ubuntu web server? More specifically, I'd like to monitor server uptime, resource usage (RAM, CPU, bandwidth, etc.), Apache, MySQL and PHP.
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Application for taking pretty screenshots (like OS X does)
I've been building a website for a guy who uses Mac OS X and occasionally he sends me screenshots of bugs. They come out looking like this:
This is fairly typical of Mac screenshots. You get the ...
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Browse internet inside terminal
Is there any other package other than elinks so that I browse internet inside the terminal using terminal as a browser. I feel elinks is a bit difficult to operate.
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How do I stress test CPU and RAM (at the same time)?
I've searched the net and came across the Ubuntu wiki saying
stress-ng --matrix 0
is supposed the best. But there are dedicated stressors for CPU and RAM (looking at man).
Any ideas which one is ...
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Is there software that can view .dwg files?
Is there software that can view .dwg files ?
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How do I join two images together?
I want to join two image files in Ubuntu 12.04. Is there any way I can accomplish this?
Is there any utility for joining image files, perhaps something like MS-Paint in Ubuntu?
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How can I rename many files at once?
I need to rename a bunch of files in order to fix their sort order, therefore I need to be able to do a sort of "find and replace" so I can replace chunks of the filenames at a time.
What tools ...
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What UML (Unified Modelling Language) tools are available?
I just can't find a decent (and free) one. What can I use?
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Native, FOSS GUI prototyping tools? [duplicate]
As part of my job as a web developer, I spend an amount of time doing UI prototypes to show the client. It's a pain in the behind but sometimes it has to be done.
I've seen Shuttleworth (and the ...
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Is there any GUI application for command rsync?
I am currently synchronize between local folders in my computer by following command:
rsync -av --delete "[source]" "[destination]"
Now I want to do this via GUI. so, Is there any GUI available for ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 Clipboard Manager?
I'm looking for a program that saves the recent clipboard items (plain text would be enough) for Ubuntu 14.04.
Thanks for any help !
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Is there a free VPN service that works on Ubuntu? [closed]
I use Hotspot Shield (Free VPN) on the Windows. Do anyone know of a similar tool or service for Ubuntu?
that:
Would not require me to have any server.
would hide my IP.
Would effectively tunnel all ...
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How to stay productive? What time management software is available?
So since I started using askubuntu.com I've spent entirely too much time here answering other people's questions. Now maybe someone could help me with that by answering this one. I'm looking for time ...
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GUI for watching logs (tail and grep)
Could you recommend a GUI application with powerful log watching capabilities?
Generally it would work as tail -f in GUI, but on top of that following features would be very useful:
filtering out ...
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What's a simple "colour picker" app for GNOME?
I need a small tool to ‘pick’ a colour anywhere on the screen (so that I basically get the hex code for it). Earlier, I've used KDE's KColorChooser for this.
According to this page, "Gpick" sounds ...
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What software should I install for opening .stl files?
I use Ubuntu 12.10. What software can I install that can open Physible .stl files? And what are the differences between these softwares?
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Good floor planner program?
I'm planning to have a house built. I want to draw up some sketches on the computer, so I am looking for a program that can help me do this. It doesn't have to be a professional architecture tool; in ...
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Is there a Visual Studio style tool/IDE? [duplicate]
I have been developing in the windows space with Visual Studio for a while now with work, but I have also been using Ubuntu for a while and am keen to get into some software development for linux.
I ...
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Is there an alternative to gnome-terminal?
Are there any terminals that can serve as an alternative to gnome-terminal. Do these alternatives have other/extra features ?
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How to visually display dependencies of a package?
This is just for fun and curiosity: is there a tool using which I can visually see the dependencies of a package as a graph?
That is, the packages that a given package depends on. This can be a ...
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Equivalent text editor to MS-DOS Editor
While I respect the power and flexibility of emacs, vim, etc, I miss MS-DOS Editor.
It's very simple to use, has a nice color display and a menu system which, if I remember correctly, you could ...
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What webcam apps are available and how to check if your webcam is working?
What software is available for using webcams or ways of checking if my webcam is working correctly after installing Ubuntu.
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Clipboard Manager for Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04 [duplicate]
I'm looking for an application that can copy two or more items and then I can choose one of them to paste. Indeed, it should work on terminal.
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Is there an alternative Skype client?
I love Ubuntu, but one thing I think is a pain is skype for it.
It's outdated, buggy and generally just not as smooth as a lot of the other Ubuntu software.
Is there an alternative for it? I'm not ...
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How to edit ISO Images (Including Bootable ISOs)
I am looking for tools for Ubuntu that can be used to EDIT ISO Images. Including ISO images that are bootable like Ubuntu and Windows ISOs. Not only edit but save the edited ISO and can still boot ...
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Is there a web based terminal/ssh client?
I'm at a library, and all of the computers are Windows based. I'm sshing into my Ubuntu box somewhere else. The terms of service says "You may not make any changes to system files." However, when I ...
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Speech-recognition app to convert MP3 to text
Does anyone know of an application that can convert audio to text?
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VNC or remote desktop application to view Windows desktop from Ubuntu
I have been looking for a fast, well supported VNC or remote desktop application to view my Windows machine desktop from my Ubuntu laptop. Do you have any suggestions for me?