For me it’s: Testdisk (and Photorec) Caddy Netstat Dig Aria2

    • unique_hemp@discuss.tchncs.de
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      7 months ago

      Hmm, I might try to make that. Any particular feature you are looking for, or is just displaying all the events in a table good 'nuff?

      • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        7 months ago

        I’m not them, but sorting by columns, filtering, searching with highlights would be useful. Also, specifying the columns you wish to see.

        After writing it down this sounds just plain spreadsheet operations, so the real value of such a tool would be to do all the above at the same time as watching changes.

        There’s also other things that would be useful. Like a feature to select multiple directories for watching. Live output to file in original format. Maybe also JSON for when you would use it from code, but that’s maybe not that useful because then why not just use the API directly… Perhaps some patterns for which ones to send as an audible system notification.

  • SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.ukEnglish
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    7 months ago

    A single, decent, maintained one for LVM.

    Redhat had a couple of goes at this and they suck ass big time and rely on KDE (so no good for any other DE / WM). I’m not sure anything really works, so I’ll say: none exist.

  • plasticcheese@lemmy.one
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    7 months ago

    Rclone. Not because it’s a complicated tool, but because I would like a history of my file transfers and a few graphs to show we what speeds, files sizes and whether the transfer succeeded. At the moment in order to confirm my home backups have succeeded, I have to run a separate size comparisons between my different datastores.

  • ian@feddit.ukEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Mount a network share permanently on Kubuntu. Non IT people need to do backups too. And Plasma apps can’t access network shares unless they are mounted.

  • Yuki@kutsuya.dev
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    7 months ago

    I’ve kinda grown towards CLI the last year or so. I used to make wrappers around CLIs for myself even haha

  • PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    I’d like a GUI app for generating CLI’s for other GUI apps that don’t have them already. An application is never complete unless everything can be done via a CLI and/or API.

    • sparr@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 months ago

      This is an interesting idea. There are some tools out there to auto-generate shell autocompletes based on standardized --help output. Maybe there’s some possibility to GUIfy that sort of thing?

    • Baldur Nil@programming.dev
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      7 months ago

      I’m not sure how that could even be done, maybe a way to control the GUI with commands that you’d then be able to script, like Selenium on browsers?

  • ssm@lemmy.sdf.org
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    7 months ago

    w3m, as weird as that sounds, for image drawing. links graphical mode is nice, but I’m not a fan of its keybindings, and w3mimagedisplay is hacky at best, to say the least.

  • Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show
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    7 months ago

    I’d love supported GUI apps for pacman and systemd. I know there are GUI’s out there for them, but they are not supported by the main project, so they don’t count.

      • srecko@lemm.ee
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        7 months ago

        Why would i use something so restrictive as cli tools when i can change the data directly with assembly?

      • ian@feddit.ukEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Not at all.They are 2 ways do the same thing. The GUI can tell you what options are available. The CLI needs you to memorise them, or go somewhere else to look them up.

        • francois@jlai.lu
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          6 months ago

          A lot of GUIs have less options available than their CLI equivalents. Moreover GUIs change more often, requiring you to relearn the actions to get the expected result Shells can remember the commands you used, commands are also way easier to write down on paper than a list of actions to do on a GUI And using man or --help is not going somewhere to know the options, you stay in the shell If you want to know all the features of a tool, reading the manual is also easier than browsing all the GUI

          The CLI lets the user automate tasks, giving them more control over their workflow

  • fira959@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Git - the Github Desktop application is a great example of how easy git could be for users like me who only rarely use git. Every time I need to do somethign other then a simple pull or push I need to look it up and by the time I need it again I have forgotten the command and need to look it up again. Just give me something like Github Desktop on linux

      • CypherColt@sh.itjust.works
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        7 months ago

        My laptop, desktop pc, and VMs are running Linux. All of them (except the laptop) are remotely accessible over the local network via Moonlight game stream using Sunshine as the hosting software.

        I use USB/IP to send things like a Dualsense controller, or USB headset over the network, as well as my yubikey if I need to log into something with FIDO2 authentication remotely. (I haven’t tested my yubikey over usb/ip yet but I will eventually) I’ve also managed to use my racing wheel this way but if it lags it hurts the game badly.

        Webcam / headset / USB storage devices / game controllers work just fine so far.

    • Joël de Bruijn@lemmy.ml
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      7 months ago

      This, but for a Fireshot like tool. Screenshot and pdf of webpages in their entirety by scrolling while shotting. In bulk, with CLI.

        • Joël de Bruijn@lemmy.ml
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          7 months ago

          Dont know if it’s illegitimate otherwise 😉

          But my user story is like this:

          I want to preserve and archive information I used because it’s a reflection of the things I did, learned and studied throughout life.

          Then my use case are:

          • Orientation about “events”: places to visit on daytrips or holidays (musea, nature, parks, campsites) and looking for practical information and background as well.
          • Gather a “dossier”: info to help make a decision (buying expensive things, how to do home improvement etc)
          • Building a personal knowledge database: interesting articles and blogs.

          My current workflow:

          • Browse
          • Bookmark extensively
          • Download pdf or other content (maps, routes, images) when provided.
          • Open bookmarks.
          • Fireshot every webpage to pdf and png
          • Save everything with a consequent filename (YYYYMMDD - Source - Title)

          I would like to automate the last 3 steps of my workflow.

    • notabot@lemm.ee
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      7 months ago

      It’s been years since I had to admin Windows servers, but I was quite impressed with the number of MS products where the install and configuration tools would output the Powershell commands to carry out the changes you’d asked for. It made it quite a lot easier to automate. I’d love to see that paradigm catch on more widely, with the GUI and CLI having the same functionality and the GUI giving you the commands to run.

      • Petter1@lemm.ee
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        7 months ago

        I like gui file browser with integrated console window that prints all the commands you trigger by using gui as well.

      • rescue_toaster@lemm.ee
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        7 months ago

        pavucontrol. I switch between usb headset and my external speakers all the time. Continually going to this gui is kind of annoying.

        • mranderson17@infosec.pub
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          7 months ago

          I use a little oneliner with tofi (rofi/wofi would also work) to select the current output and avoid pavucontrol. It’s mapped to a sway binding but would probably work in any wm/de:

          pactl set-default-sink $(pactl list short sinks |awk '{print $2}' |tofi $tofi_args)

          I’m using pipewire so the functionality of pactl is actually provided through pipewire-pulse I think

          • rescue_toaster@lemm.ee
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            7 months ago

            Does set-default-sink change an already current stream? Or do you need move-sink-input.

            I’ve looked at the manpages but was a bit overwhelmed and didn’t try to make my own script. Your solution gives me motivation to do so. I also use sway and pipewire. Though I use fuzzel for my launcher.

      • oo1@lemmings.worldEnglish
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        7 months ago

        I love programs like freecad despite the really hard/unintuitive gui. 95% of all the modelling i need to do (as an amateur) can be done easily in a python script.

        The finishing touches like adding filets and chamfers are the annoying part were gui is easier, due to the way edges are referenced.

        Likewise at work, we have to produce a lot of regular reports in excel. All done via python / sql.

      • Jeena@piefed.jeena.netEnglish
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        7 months ago
        1. Gimp to batch edit pictures in a script (I know about ImageMagick but still)
        2. Excel to change stuff in excel files quickly (I know about python modules but it’s so complicated to use)
        3. Proprietary VPN software like Cisco AnyConnect, I want to automate the login when I boot, but they don’t let me

        Just from the top of my head.