Linoxide: An article on how to install SoCLI tool to search and browse Stack Overflow from command line interface on Linux.

script is an open source tool that makes a typescript of everything displayed on your terminal. It is useful for students who need a hardcopy record of an interactive session as proof of an assignment, as the typescript file can be printed out later with lpr.

Everything between the script and the exit command is logged to the file. This includes the confirmation messages from script itself (unless the -q flag is used). Everything between the script and the exit command is logged to the file. This includes the confirmation messages from script itself.

Recorded shell sessions can be shared using online services. The advantage of sessions recorded in this format from the usual screencasts is that shell instructions can be easily copy/pasted from the player screen.

Useful command:

script --timing=time.txt script.log

and to replay

scriptreplay --timing=time.txt script.log

See also the nice -d (divisor, speeds up playback) and -m (max delay in playback) options for replay.

There are lots of plugins that do similar jobs to those that I'm going to mention, but I'm not interested in making this an exhaustive list; these are my recommendations based on experience, and they may well change as time goes on:

1. Syntax checking/linting
2. File navigation
3. Keyword searching
4. Autocompletion
5. Tags
6. "Project management"

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we will look at 34 outstanding open source backup tools that you can use on Linux servers or systems. There will be something of interest for anyone who attaches any importance to their hard work.

PeaZip is a free and open-source archiver tool, that supports more than 182+ file extensions and native archive format known as PEA archive.

Encryptr is free and Open-Source password manager that is based on a very secure ‘Zero-Knowledge Crypton Framework‘. Zero-Knowledge system does not allow even a server to know what data is being sent and saved on the server by user. Encryptr saves all of your passwords, credit card data, PINs, or access codes, in the cloud with a simple and sleek user interface.

by Geoff Greer

I know Vim better than most. Vim was my first real text editor. I used it for years. I helped write the Floobits plugin for Vim. I’ve delved into Vim’s source code to figure out its workings. I even helped write a patch (though it was rejected). Considering these credentials, I hope you’ll accept that I know what I’m talking about.

It may come as a shock when I say: The only good part of Vim is its user interface.

ImageMagick is a free and open-source software suite for displaying, converting, and editing raster image and vector image files. It can read and write over 200 image file formats. ImageMagick is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.

The website of Bob Cromwell, with some nice articles about linux, UNIX and other stuff.