Archive for May, 2015

Code Comment – gedit Plugin

๐Ÿ“… May 22, 2015
gcc01Gedit is an excellent text editor that supports themes and plugins. One such plugin useful for programming is called Code Comment, and itย allows you to comment and uncomment highlighted lines of code at once.

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bmon – A Terminal Bandwidth Monitor

๐Ÿ“… May 8, 2015
bmon3For those who enjoy terminal-based network monitoring, Linux provides yet another useful program, called bmon, that monitors bandwidth for network interfaces and estimates transfer rates in real time.

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Vivaldi Web Browser Technical Preview

๐Ÿ“… May 6, 2015
viv01Vivaldi is a new, cross-platform web browser still under development that shows promise as being a streamlined, efficient alternative to the current batch of browsers.

Apparently developed by former Opera employees, Vivaldi’s GUI shares much in common with the Opera web browser but with improvements to make web browsing a smooth and easy process.

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tree – List Directory Contents with Color

๐Ÿ“… May 5, 2015
tree01ls has its place, but sometimes it is helpful to view a tree listing of a directory. Linux has the solution!

tree is a command-line program that shows the contents of a directory recursively complete with colors and nesting structure.

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