Questions asking for specific applications that perform a given task or work with a given file format. If you're looking specifically for a game, use the "game-recommendation" tag instead.
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Good GameBoy Advance Emulator?
Is there any good GameBoy Advance Emulator for ubuntu which supports loading gameshark or action replay saves?
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Recommendations for a network monitoring data counter?
Is there a graphical data counter for Ubuntu that records how much uploaded/downloaded data was used and bandwidth being used and total amounts, filtering it by application?
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Which ubuntu I should install? [duplicate]
My hardware is:
Celeron 2.80Gh
1 gb RAM
250 GB HDD
Though which Ubuntu version should I install in order to get a maximum fast performance from my PC, as when it (PC) was new?
Please, suggest me ...
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How to sync tasks between Ubuntu and Android?
I was using first Tasque and then GTG on Ubuntu and Astrid on Android with Remember The Milk as the backend. Recently, Astrid has dropped support for Remember The Milk, and both Tasque and GTG's ...
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What Application Indicators are available?
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Is there an alternative to Microsoft Office Visio?
Are there any alternatives to Microsoft Office Visio for Ubuntu?
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Which image viewer is able to show coordinates?
I need an image viewer to help me see the XY coordinates inside an image (mouse cursor position relative to top left corner of the image). Could somebody please recommend me one?
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simple Speech recognition under linux
Anyone have a simple tutorial for running speech recognition under linux? I see that pocketsphinx is available as a binary download in the software centre, but running it from terminal fails reporting ...
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How do I download a YouTube video?
For a school project I need to download three youtube videos and save them to a CD. I am running Ubuntu 10.10; can anybody provide instructions on how to do this? I'm fairly new to Ubuntu so the more ...
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“wakeup” doesn't work
Everytime I hit "apply" it says "Unable to set all alarms. Check time preferences"
Whats this?
Can someone help fix this?
Or if any other alarm clock app exists which wakes the laptop from sleep ...
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How do you get an hourly talking clock?
I want to get a program (a script that can be set to auto-start or something) that tells you every hour like "It's 11 o'clock."
I know it's easy on Macs, but how do you get that on Precise?
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Any alternative of 'Camtasia Studio (Screen recording & video editing)' for Ubuntu?
I want to make a video tutorials in Ubuntu. Is there a similar program to Camtasia Studio (Screen recording & video editing software) in Windows?
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RSS Reader that can fetch and show the older items of a feed
Google Reader shows all the older entries of a feed but this service is going to close soon.
So is there a feed reader for Ubuntu or any online service which can fetch and show the older entries of a ...
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Is there a command-line program that can output ascii art as an image?
Is there a command-line program that can convert an image to ascii art and then save that output as an image e.g. jpg or png?
I'm aware that GIMP has the ability to save an image as ascii art and ...
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Audio CD ripper/encoder GUI as good as grip? (eg. front end for cdparanoia and lame)
Back in the day, there was grip. It had a complicated, somewhat ugly UI, but everything was configurable and, generally, it worked. Then it was abandoned.
Now, there are all sorts of tools, but ...
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Is there a power saving application similar to Jupiter?
I have installed the 13.04 final release and so far I am loving it more 12.10. I'm trying to install the Jupiter power settings app but, I read it is no longer compatible with the new kernel. Is there ...
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HDD recovery tool
I accidentally unplugged one of my HDD's from power while running. When I boot now, the name of the drive is display as: zzzzzz and some other funny characters. Which is the best recovery tool for ...
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What do you use to edit Microsoft Word documents (docx)?
What alternatives exist for editing Microsoft Word documents (docx)?
I know about OpenOffice and Google docs. What else is out there?
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Comparison of backup tools
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Is there a Google Drive client available?
I'd like to install a Google Drive client for Xubuntu (12.04).
I'm getting non-English Google results, and I didn't find grive in the Xubuntu repositories.
Does anyone know of a client that works ...
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similar tools for MATLAB?
I am using Ubuntu 13.04 .I am trying to install software similar to MATLAB and I can't go for MATLAB because its huge download size.So some one suggest me an application which runs similar to MATLAB.
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Is there any application like amazing slow downer for window or Mac?
Is there any application like amazing slow downer for window or Mac?
Some of the features:
Change the speed of the music - from 20% (one fifth speed) to 200% (double speed) without changing the ...
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I need a proxy app that isn't tor!
Hi my internet has censored by devil isp, I use freegate.tv and psiphone when I used Windows before Ubuntu. Both are great and free.
Tor works very lazy and slow because my internet is very poor (512 ...
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Alternative image viewer
I dont really like EOG.
What other image viewers are available for Ubuntu 13.04 ?
I am using gwenview but it takes lot of time to load.
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ID3 Tag editor in 13.04
I have find some ID3 tag editor in the web but unfortunately they are no longer available in 13.04 repository. Can anyone give me some recommendation for ID3 Tag editor program? I need some feature ...
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How can I get a messaging menu indicator with unread count of my new Gmail emails?
Back in Ubuntu 12.04, installing the gm-notify application allowed did these things:
Shoe me the number of unread messages in my inbox
Show me a blue envelope when an email was received
Show me a ...
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How to create a screencast?
How can I create a screencast on Ubuntu? What applications are available?
The app I'm looking for has ideally all of these features:
Can record in a format that can be played back easily on any ...
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Screen and webcam recording with nvidia-bumblebee
I wish to record my desktop or my Game session in Linux with webcam if possible. For windows I use OBS, but until it comes out, i need to find other means.
I looked at Recordmydesktop, and kazam ut ...
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Is there any open source Microsoft Project MPP viewer?
We know that .mpp file extension is a proprietary file format. But, Is there any open source viewer which work with these kind of files?
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Is there any frame interpolation media player for Ubuntu?
I'm looking for a media player or converter with frame interpolation support. There are many for Windows, but none for Ubuntu.
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Programs to download subtitles for videos
I have many movies without subtitles, is there a program to find the right subtitles for them?
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Ubuntu 12.04 spdif output doesn't support multichannel sound
I'm a relatively new Ubuntu-user, and I need a bit of help.
I just recently discovered that my laptop (an Acer Aspire 5670), has an optical-spdif output and since it's connected to a 5.1 Yamaha ...
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best video converter
I need a good video converter software that can convert many video formats from one ot the other. On Windows I found Format Factory to be good. I would like its equivalent or something better on ...
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Converting PDF doc to image as preserving the PDF quality at image?
I have looked to the site and find convert like programs and used them however I cannot preserve the quality of the PDF file. I have changes the options for better resolutions but this time the size ...
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Which email client is fast enough for a Maildir containing one million emails?
I have a Maildir, which subfolders contain about one million emails. Mutt is so slow on it. Any better choice?
PS: An email deduplicate tool contained is better. Normal scripts keep the index in ...
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Peer To Peer (P2P) Sync and Share Ubuntu
I want to Share files across my network and on remote sites, So i am looking for p2p Sync/sharing application. Just like Ubuntu One & Drop box , but it does not have p2p protocol.I want p2p ...
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What different desktop environments and shells are available?
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How to rename multiple files? [duplicate]
I'm trying to move some files to another folder that already contains older files with the same name. Nautilus asks me every time to rename the duplicate files and they're too much to rename them ...
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Free pdf reader that supports taking notes (and bookmarks)
I learned about the PDF possibility of taking notes which are then stored with the document, usefull when reading ebooks. If the note taker also supports some math notation, that would be wonderful! ...
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8086 emulator. Issue with i8086 istallation
I am an emu8086 user, and I find it very good, but it exists only in windows.
Are there any good ubuntu 8086 emulator?
I need it to practice 16bit assembly code.
I care about seeing what happens on ...
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A light alternative to gnome-system-monitor?
As I'm programming a little game, I often use gnome-system-monitor to check if there's any memory leak in my program. But the monitor takes too much lime to launch and is pretty slow.
Could you ...
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Ubuntu iMessage Client
Are there any chat clients or stand-alone clients that can interact with the iMessage server? I just switched from OSX 10.8.x to Ubuntu 12.10, and it's really the only thing I miss.
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Is there an offline Google docs app?
just wondering if there are any desktop apps for Google docs on Ubuntu 12.04? I just need to be able to edit docs offline and save them so they auto-sync to my account when I get an internet ...
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What microblogging clients are available?
What GUI Twitter clients are there for Ubuntu?
Please include reasons why you like - or highlight features that make a client unique. Please also keep to one client per answer.
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MP3 Mixing program
Is there a mixing program that exist for mixing mp3/wav files like for example VirtualDJ or Tracktor for Linux Ubuntu?
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Direct file downloads based off file extension?
Is it possible to make it that whenever I download a file, it is redirected to a certain folder based on its file extension?
Eg, *.jpg, *.gif, *.png, etc, that it downloads to my pictures folder, ...
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Auto screenshot capture tool for linux [duplicate]
I use zscreen in windows to capture my screen every 2 minute and save them on local file system with date time label. Is there any tool or script to doing this on linux Ubuntu?
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Which free software can you use to create rotating 3D Spacefill models of molecules in .gif format?
An example of what I'm talking about is this animation from Wikipedia. I am running 32 bit 12.10 if it is relevant. Please describe step-by-step, with pictures (screenshots with the appropriate areas ...
