For me, it was perhaps simple-scan, a very simple and efficient GUI to scan documents. I used it with my Brother printer / scanner and it works like a charm. Especially since I do not scan stuff often, so a program with more complex UI would have the effect that I forget how to use it until the next time.

  • IceVAN@beehaw.org
    104·
    4 days ago

    Bash. It has enabled me to automatize a lot of sh*t I wouldn’t do just because it would take me a lot of time/efford to do. There’s a LOT you can do with a few simple scripts, a few examples:

    • Remove files I don’t need (images, rip/conversion logs, empty folders…).
    • Compress and optimize folders of photos recursively.
    • Apply watermarks to photos recursively.
    • Convert filetypes (flac2mp3, pdf2cbr, webm2mp3,web2jpg…).
    • Configure input devices (keyboards, mouse, graphic tablets).
    • Autorename files (spaces to _, . to _, _ to spaces…).
    • Remove audio from videos recursively.
    • Remove audio/subtitle tracks from videos.
    • Download images/videos/audio from websites.
    • Update appimages automatically.
    • Update/cleanup system/repos.
    • Use different theming for different applications.
    • Mount iso/bin… images.
    • Extract zip|rar|tar.gz|… files automatically.
    • Modify pdfs.
    • Get the weather for my location.
    • Get stats from my PCs to be shown in panel applet.
    • Alias program names to ones of my choosing.
    • Open CUPS config in firefox.
    • Refresh font caches and other management tools I don’t care to remember.
    • Fix permissions.
    • Make a backup.
    • Restore a backup.
    • Copy files safely (rsync).
    • Change volume level.
    • Install all the packages and configs I need to make the OS/apps behave/look the way I like.

    …you name it…

    …in most cases just by typing one word in the terminal. It was kind of a mindblow coming from the crappy window$ crappysystem eons ago.

    • Shareni@programming.dev
      13·
      4 days ago

      Which program is the one that surprised you most that it is available on Linux?

      Bash.

      I find that the least surprising, but ok…