I Want A Linux/Unix Utility To ... - Update 24th January 2007

Not much time to do much work on the list this week. The Menlo Park campus is ground-zero for all of the Sun Accessibility Program Office team for the next few days, so I have three days of meetings.

I have made the following changes though:

• Remove the word "Freeware" from the document title as it was confusing some people.

• Added in several more entries from the original Windows Freeware list (initially as red balled unknown applications), plus a couple from Joanie. (If you have others you'd like to see added please let me know).

• Integrated in suggestions via comments to the 17th Jan 2007 blog post.

• Added in proper alt="..." tags for the various HTML image definitions.

Here's the list of new entries:

• A4 stop/cleanup homepage hijacking

• B12 cut mp3 files into small parts
• B13 cut wav files into smaller parts

• C9 convert access database into mysql
• C10 create/edit html file / website
• C11 duplicate a block of text with some programmed variables
• C12 OCR a document

• E13 automatically take screenshots at regular intervals
• E14 change my cursor shape/size
• E15 manage icons
• E16 manage wallpapers

• F3 edit a file collaboratively
• F4 edit in hex
• F5 edit php source code
• F6 preview any file as a hex dump

• G21 add a comment field for file/folders
• G22 create an encrypted archive
• G23 display all shared folders
• G24 encrypt a large file quickly
• G25 identify a file
• G26 keep two folders in synch
• G27 print the directory/folder tree list (and optionally, file list)

• H2 budget and track expenses
• H3 calculate retirement cash flow

• I18 extract icon files from applicatio/library files
• I19 find any duplicate photographs in a folder

• J7 learn the periodic table information
• J8 learn typing
• J9 learn world geography

• K22 browse the web (small footprint browser)

• M20 audit all hardware and software installed
• M21 automatically adjust cpu loads
• M22 display all startup programs that run on my computer
• M23 display and automatically optimize memory usage
• M24 display motherboard system information
• M25 display which programs are accessing the gconf database
• M26 monitor voltages, fan speeds and temperatures
• M27 stress test the system
• M28 image/clone systems so that they can be easily restored

• N7 make a to-do list
• N8 write a business plan
• N9 write a daily diary

• O2 view/print xml tree

• Q5 convert DVD to DIVx
• Q6 edit an avi file
• Q7 identify missing codecs for playing avi file
• Q8 join two mpg files
• Q9 play Quicktime movies without Apple software
• Q10 split/join avi files

If you have suggestions for these categories, please comment. Some of them maybe inappropriate for the Linux/Unix platform; I haven't investigated any of them in detail yet.

More in a week or two.

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