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Finch: Commandline Pidgin-like IM
Oct 4th
Do you like pidgin? Do you like commandline? What if i tell you that there is a IM which uses libpurple, is like pidgin but commandline? Cool, right? Well its finch. You can install it like:
apt-get install finch
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Screen: Keep your tasks running in a virtual screen
Oct 4th
If you are a sysadmin like me then there would have been thousand times when you would have loved if you could keep you tasks running, go home, come office next morning and continue where your left or connect from home to same session, yet logout from machine from terminal or ssh. Such tasks could and mostly consist of server upgrades, running time consuming scripts such as database dump scripts, mail backups and etc. (more…)
