Software for GNU/Linux
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Lingot | Musical Instrument Tuner on openSUSE - CubicleNate’s Techpad
I like to dabble around in playing instruments, I am, by no means, a musician but doing a little noodling around from time to time can be quite gratifying. In my younger years, I did enjoy playing more than one instrument, today, I am taking on some new challenges, nothing crazy, I just happen to want to play the bass guitar. There is something almost indescribably satisfying when you can actually play the notes in the sequence and tempo that you intend.
In order to be able to play the bass guitar, I had to tune the thing. I am sure that there are countless apps for any of the major mobile platforms but mobile platforms are not exactly my favorite to use. I much, much prefer the warm comforts of openSUSE Linux and the application that really caught my eye was Lingot. Unfortunately it wasn’t available in a Snap, Flatpak or AppImage but was available in the openSUSE repositories.
Amusingly, Lingot is another one of those infamous open source application “backronyms” names, Lingot Is Not a Guitar-Only Tuner. One of the fun things about open source applications is the lighthearted nature in software development. Open Source, never stop being you!
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Sync issues finally drove me away from the Joplin note-taking app | Ctrl blog
My note-taking app of choice for the last three years has been Joplin, an open-source note-taker for Android, Linux, MacOS, and Windows. As I discussed in my app review, the desktop app is good, but the Android app has some issues. In the last year, updates to the app have brought along more issues. I can no longer rely on it, and the time has come for me to migrate away from the Joplin app.
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pfind and pfilesearch fixes
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Linux app equivalents for those interested in making the jump | ZDNET
I do remember, back in the early 2000s, that finding sufficient apps on Linux was a bit of a challenge. Sure, there were some equivalents, but they were so early on in development that they sometimes couldn't help me get to where I needed to be without considerable work.
Consider this: I worked in an organization that was pretty much all MS Office.
In fact, I was the only person there who was not using MS Office. Needless to say, using Star Office was problematic. I had to bend and twist formatting and templates to make it work, and it barely did at that. I was told if I didn't start using MS Office, there would be penalties.
Fortunately, that was a metaphorical lifetime ago. Today, things are quite different and there are plenty of apps available to the Linux operating system, apps that are 100% capable of helping you be productive, creative, and effective, no matter what it is you are doing.
Let's take a look at some of those app equivalents that you might not be aware of (and some that you may).