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recommendations for software for a particular purpose

If you're just looking for a program to accomplish a common task, you can probably find it yourself. See Where can I find Software for Unix/Linux that does X?

If you have more particular requirements, use this tag, plus one or more other tags indicative of the general topic the software is about. If you're looking for a unix equivalent to a Windows program, don't assume your readers will have heard of the Windows program. Avoid subjective requirements like “best”.

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How to visualize time-series data?

I have some time-series data I want to visualize as 2d plot. The input is ISO-date-format and value separated by space, one record per line: 2010-10-21 23 2010-10-22 32 etc. The output should be a nice looking 2d plot. Basic requirements: output…
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How to display count-down timers at specific times of the day?

I work as a teacher. There are certain routines in my lesson, announced with timed events in Orage, sent to notifications. E.g.: Clean Up Put Chairs Up My students requested I put a countdown clock on the screen to warn how much time is left until…
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Manage papers offline on a linux system

Is there any smart way to manage scientific papers for offline use in a linux system. For example: It should be possible to tag papers with customizable tags, sort them by tags and so on if I see a new paper on arxiv.org and want to read it if I…
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Stable H323 Clients?

Are there any H323 clients that are stable (don't crash all the time)? I only found Ekiga, but people in my work group are telling me that it is unusable, because it is crashing all the time. Is there a stable client? Can be commercial.
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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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Tool for todo notes and lists for linux which allows tagging

I am looking for a handy (offline) tool to manage todo-notes and lists on linux. As a necessary requirement it should be possible to assign tags and sort, filter and search for tags. It should support web-links. Nice to have (but not…
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Can you recommed a discrete simulation modelling system (like GPSS or Rockwell Arena) for Linux?

Do you know of a tool for discrete processes (those like production, logistics, client queue service (retail, call center etc.) etc.)) simulation modelling? I am familiar with 2 of such applications for Windows: Rockwell Arena and GPSS World. Are…
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What jabber server for personal use?

Using Debian or Ubuntu, what would be the jabber server of choice for small-scale setups? I mean a setup with probably under 100 user accounts. Key features: sane and secure defaults easy and convenient setup a good security track-record low…
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Is there any decent alternative for Launchy?

For many years I was using Launchy for Windows and Linux. I notice that launchy is having issues with popping up and losing focus on the input field. This happened on Linux Mint 18, and in Debian with Gnome Wayland now. Is there any alternative for…
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Which tools/scripts to do directory thinning based on time gaps?

A directory contains several backup subdirectories named after their creation date and time [format: YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS], like: 2017-12-17-211627 2017-12-17-231437 2017-12-18-001330 2017-12-18-003359 2017-12-18-004740 2017-12-18-010948 …
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Deploying code on a bunch of machines

I have some binaries and code to be deployed to various environments. I currently use pexpect library in python to connect and rsync over sash to sync the code. Currently the method uses push mechanism to deploy. Is there a better way to do this? Is…
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Linux software for taking verbal notes?

Is there any software that will listen on the audio inputs of my PC/laptop and will record what I say (in English) into a text file on my computer ? I need it to be in a format that I can then reasonably easy edit and rework the text. Ideally the…
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Looking for App - Productivity measurement

I'm looking for an application which logs my productivity, i.e. logging how long I've been working using LibreOffice, Firefox, or whatever. My request is similar to this:…
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How can I convert or view animated HEIF files?

My Samsung Android phone has the option of saving images in HEIF format (i.e. *.heic files). These seem to have excellent compression compared to regular JPEG. In Linux, I can view HEIF files using qt-heif-image-plugin, which wraps libheif. My phone…
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A blink-comparator/blink-microscope?

I'm looking for an application that works like a blink comparator - not for astronomical images, but for text files. I have recently had to work with pairs of output files that are (or rather look) nearly identical, trying to find the differences.…
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