DepsGuard is a command-line utility that hardens package manager configuration files against supply chain attacks.

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A sticky note (often known as a Post-it Note) is a small piece of paper with a strip of glue on its back. Here's our verdict.

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Linux has a number of proficient clipboard managers. We make our recommendations - all free and open source.

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We spotlight alternatives tools to curl, a utility for transferring data from or to a server, supporting many protocols.

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SysWatch is a terminal-based system diagnostics application for Linux and macOS.

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Croft is a VS Code inspired terminal user interface text editor designed for developers who want a familiar project editing environment.

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This roundup looks at software designed for working with serial data, telemetry streams, and time series information.

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dskDitto is a duplicate file finder that scans directories for redundant files and presents the results in an interactive terminal interface.

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Discover helps you find and install applications, games, and tools. You can search or browse by category, and look at screenshots.

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tio is a serial device I/O tool for Linux, macOS, and other Unix-like systems.

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Ringboard is a Linux clipboard manager built around a client-server architecture.

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The applications featured here keep the focus on fast, keyboard-driven clipboard management in the terminal.

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Commy is a cross-platform serial monitor for communicating with tty, UART, and COM port devices.

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Withholding clean energy resources could increase energy bills during increased demand. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The Southern Environmental Law Center filed a motion for preliminary injunction today in Wake County Superior Court and challenged the N.C. Utilities Commission’s order halting North Carolina’s 2026 solar and storage procurement process as unconstitutional. At a time of escalating ...…

Dagu is a lightweight workflow orchestration engine for Linux that lets you define Directed Acyclic Graphs in YAML

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Chadburn is designed as an alternative to cron and focuses on running scheduled tasks inside containers.

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Linux offers an unsurpassed breadth of open source small utilities that perform functions ranging from the mundane to the wonderful. These tools help make Linux a compelling operating system.

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du is a standard program used to estimate file space usage—space used under a particular directory or files on a file system. We recommend alternative commands to du.

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We’ve heard from two people reporting brown water on Genesee Hill. No water breaks mapped currently, so chances are it’s Seattle Fire testing hydrant, which stirs up rust/sediment in the line. But i it happens at your residence, do report it to the Seattle Public Utilities 24/7 line – 206-386-1800.

The burning cross was spotted in Grant Park Tuesday afternoon, an incident that has sparked outrage from city leaders and led a South Side church to offer a $10,000 reward for information.

I was invited to a GM event in San Francisco on June 9th where GM made three big announcements: GM is activating vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capability for existing customers, with no new hardware required (this article). GM is expanding grid-scale battery storage with a big bet on sodium-ion technology. GM’s new ... [continued]

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The first of two Fauntleroy Creek culvert-replacement projects, under 45th SW north of SW Wildwood, will move into “early work” later this month, according to a Seattle Public Utilities announcement today, but the major work – which will close part of 45th SW for up to two years – isn’t set to start early next […]

Card Cat 1.94 is now available at: https://henrylowe.net/card-cat/ New card detections Card Cat now detects a number of additional cards, including: System and firmware detection improvements Display and formatting improvements Reliability fixes Preliminary SmartPort support Card Cat 1.94 adds preliminary support for SmartPort device detection:

Thanks for the tip about a power “blip” around quarter till 2 noticed by some in West Seattle. SFD is handling a situation in the 8100 block of Occidental Avenue S. in west South Park [vicinity map], reported as a flipped/sideways truck that took down power lines and might also have sparked a brush fire. […]

Passing the Morgan Junction electric-vehicle charging-lot construction site (4118 SW Morgan) over the weekend, we noticed that it didn’t appear to have made much progress. Then this morning, before we could even send Seattle City Light an inquiry, we received this note from SCL spokesperson Jenny Levesque: I would like to provide you with an […]

In addition to the pump-station work already under way on the south side of Lowman Beach Park, the King County Wastewater Treatment Division has another project starting this week: Sewer-pipe repairs that will start in the park and continue about a quarter of a mile north on the southbound side of Beach Drive SW. KCWTD […]

We obtained followup information today about two West Seattle incidents we reported last weekend: SUNDAY FIRE: SFD firefighters extinguished a fire at a residence in the 3900 block of SW Holly on Sunday afternoon. Today SFD spokesperson Kaila Lafferty tells WSB today, “The cause of the fire was determined accidental, likely caused by a charging […]

Readers are reporting brown water in Upper Gatewood and near Fairmount Park. They’ve also reported it to Seattle Public Utilities (206-386-1800 is the number to call any time). So far “probably hydrant testing” is the only explanation provided – the water-woes map doesn’t show any current or recent emergencies.

Thanks to Barbara for the tip: 221 Seattle City Light customers are without power in North Delridge – above is a screengrab from the SCL outage map, which shows it as two separate but adjacent outages. No indication yet of the cause. 10:41 PM: According to the SCL outage map, this has been resolved.

The U.S. Attorney's Office's decision to drop the charges followed a surprise Thursday hearing where a federal judge detailed misconduct on the behalf of federal prosecutors during the grand jury proceedings.