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Breathing - guides your breathing pattern - LinuxLinks
Breathing is a simple application that guides your breathing pattern. This pattern is recommended by experts to help ease anxiety.
This is free and open source software.
vacuum - OpenAPI and Swagger linter - LinuxLinks
vacuum is billed as an ultra-super-fast, lightweight OpenAPI linter and quality checking tool.
It’s inspired by Spectral, and is compatible with existing Spectral rulesets.
Designed to reliably lint OpenAPI specifications, very, very quickly. Including very large ones. Spectral. can be quite slow when used as an API and does not scale for enterprise applications.
vacuum will tell you what is wrong with your spec, why, where and how to fix it. It will work at scale and is designed as a CLI (with a UI) and a library to be consumed in other applications.
This is free and open source software.
playerctl - MPRIS media player command-line controller - LinuxLinks
Playerctl is a command-line utility and library for controlling media players that implement the MPRIS D-Bus Interface Specification. Playerctl makes it easy to bind player actions, such as play and pause, to media keys. You can also get metadata about the playing track such as the artist and title for integration into statusline generators or other command-line tools.
This is free and open source software.
fanxiang S880 2TB NVMe SSD Review - LinuxLinks
The SSD boasts a sleek and minimalist appearance. It’s a single-sided drive.
While the device is well priced, it looks reasonably well manufactured which helps to give some confidence. But never judge a book by its cover.
My drive has a cooling sticker applied but it’s also available with a heatsink. The cooling sticker model retails for around £90 although I’ve seen it cheaper.
The installation process is straightforward as you’d expect. Included in the package, Fanxiang provides a M.2 mounting screw and a screwdriver. The NVMe uses the M.2 2280 form factor, and is best paired with a PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 slot, although it will, of course, work with a PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2 slot but the motherboard will be a limiting factor.