jtnimoy: The Work of Josh Nimoy Best Linux Software You’ve made the switch from Windows or Mac OS X, and now you’re looking for applications to install. Or maybe you’re a long-time Linux user who’s keeping an eye out for what’s new. Either way, you’ve come to the right place. You’ve already picked a Linux distro and have settled on a desktop environment. Most of the software below is free and open source. A few require you to download an installer from a website. Browsers Firefox With the new Quantum update, Mozilla has given people reason to check out Firefox again. 9 Reasons to Switch From Chrome to Firefox 9 Reasons to Switch From Chrome to Firefox The days when Chrome was the best browser are long gone. Chrome/Chromium By some measures, Chrome is now the king of the hill. How to Decide If a Chromebook Is Right For You How to Decide If a Chromebook Is Right For You Is a Chromebook for everyone? Opera Opera isn’t open source, but it is free. Web (Epiphany) Browser There aren’t many browsers developed explicitly for Linux. QupZilla Email Geary
The Ultimate Wget Download Guide With 15 Awesome Examples wget utility is the best option to download files from internet. wget can pretty much handle all complex download situations including large file downloads, recursive downloads, non-interactive downloads, multiple file downloads etc., In this article let us review how to use wget for various download scenarios using 15 awesome wget examples. 1. The following example downloads a single file from internet and stores in the current directory. $ wget While downloading it will show a progress bar with the following information: %age of download completion (for e.g. 31% as shown below)Total amount of bytes downloaded so far (for e.g. 1,213,592 bytes as shown below)Current download speed (for e.g. 68.2K/s as shown below)Remaining time to download (for e.g. eta 34 seconds as shown below) Download in progress: Download completed: 2. Wrong: Following example will download and store the file with name: download_script.php? 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Conky empowered desktop by ~laserbeam3 on deviantART 17 Best Conky Configs for Linux Desktops | Desktop Spotting 15+ Beautiful Conky Configs for Linux Desktops Whether you are a Fedora, Ubuntu, Arch Linux or any other Linux distribution user you probably have used the lovable system monitor software, Conky. Being highly configurable, Conky is capable to display any system status such as CPU , disk usage, memory, temperature , emails and etc. on your desktop in various appearances. There are lots of customized scripts and configurations available for Conky thanks to the large community of Linux developers and here are 15+ useful and gorgeous Conky Configs you can use to give your desktop a fresh look! Conky Clock Widget Download and configuration settings Bionic Conky Download and configuration settings Rings Meters for Conky Download and configuration settings notifyOSD conky Download and configuration settings Suuuuny conky Download and configuration settings didi79 conky config Download and configuration settings Conky Lua configuration Download and configuration settings Cornet Conky Gotham Conky config
SciProg 2011 - Home Programming for Scientists Programming is becoming an increasingly important part of scientific research, yet many scientists are self-taught programmers with little formal training. This means that we are often unfamiliar with simple tools that can make programming and dealing with data faster, more reliable and more reproducible. Workshop 20th June 2011 This event was a day-long workshop to develop awareness of the skills and tools that help make computing more efficient and provide results that are less prone to error - read more about it on the workshop page. Seminar series Due to the interest in the workshop, a monthly Sci-Prog seminar series has been set up at Newcastle University. In addition, a Programming for Researchers site has been set up: Newcastle University staff and students can request participation in the website by contacting matthew.wade@[newcastle email address] and stating their University ID number (login name).
Gadgetbox - iPhone 4S service plans: Dirty secrets, sweet deals Apple Never trust a carrier when it comes to monthly plan pricing. That's pretty much the attitude you have to go in with when you buy your iPhone 4S — or any other smartphone. To demonstrate, I've drawn up a list of tricks and deals that I found while crunching numbers on the three iPhone carriers, Sprint, AT&T and Verizon Wireless. Texting on AT&T: All or nothingIf you want text messaging on AT&T, you have to get the $20-per-month text plan or go a la carte, at a punitive 10 cents per message. Texting on Sprint: All or allTexting options are even worse on Sprint, since the carrier forces you to get an unlimited texting plan no matter what when you buy an iPhone. Only Verizon has mid-priced texting plansVerizon may be more expensive, but at least the carrier lets you drop down on text messaging. Sprint family plans start at 1500 minutes (others start at 700)On paper, Sprint's family plans are super competitive. Only AT&T has mid-priced data plansAT&T shines through on data plan options.
Apple - News - page 1 Transparent iPhone 6 Cases Reportedly Leaked, Could Be Fake A photo of two transparent cases that allegedly go onto Apple’s upcoming iPhones have been handed to the Frenchies at Nowhereelse.fr with no additional information and an aura of uncertainty. The leak could be fake and, if the rumors are any indication, they should be. Pictured above are the two item... iPhone 6 Case Image Corroborates iPod touch-like Design Chinese accessory maker Elam has created an iPhone 6 case rendering based on leaked schematics that remain to be confirmed. iTunes to Get “the Most Dramatic Overhaul” in the Last Decade, Android Version iTunes Radio isn’t doing much in terms of profit for Apple, and the company has had it with the failed attempts to revive its declining music business. OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 Build 13D38 Seeded to Developers Apple has released yet another beta of OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 featuring the same focus areas as before and five added increments to the build number.