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Alternative to Paperwork

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I am looking for an alternative to the program Paperwork as it is rather complicated to install under Ubuntu. I am specifically interested in finding a way to read dates, prices and other details from scanned invoices and store everything in a kind of database or at least Excel sheet. Thanks for your help! Answer … Read more

GUI alternative to WebHTTrack with similar functionality

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I’m looking for other GUI alternative to webhttrack software with similar functionalities. Webhttrack is itself an alternative of the command line program httrack, but I’m not very happy using it. Is there any? httrack is from it’s man page description: Copy websites to your computer (Offline browser) Answer I’ve found one Firefox add-on. It’s called … Read more

Will using a less resource intensive DE on top of Ubuntu be as fast as a distro which uses that DE as default?

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I’m asking because I find Unity to be slow on aged hardware which according to the system requirements should work fine (2.53 GHz Celeron, 2 GB RAM). So I want the support of the Ubuntu main release (LTS in my case) but have a more responsive UI using another DE, say Cinnamon or XFCE. Answer … Read more

Can BS player be installed on Mate?

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So, can BS player be installed on Mate 18.04 as alternative to VLC player? You know, in Windows those two worked differently, as sub-searchers, in particular. Thanks, Igor Answer Nope. It is a windows application. WineHQ has a garbage rating so the only option is through virtualization (VirtualBox or VM Player). as sub-searchers VLC nowadays … Read more

Are there any 2D alternatives to Unity?

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I’m just wondering if there are any 2D alternatives to Unity (excluding KDE, XFCE, LXDE, etc.) that have a modern look to them. I like Unity (since I’m newer to Ubuntu) but I just think an alternative would be cool. Replies would be appreciated. PS: My computer is a few years old and only has … Read more

How to add a link group to update-alternatives?

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Is it possible to add a custom link group to update-alternatives that is not already there by default? For example, I want to add Scala and all its supporting binaries as a link group ‘scala’. I’m trying using this script, but keep getting the error: update-alternatives: error: unknown argument `’ I’m not sure what that … Read more

What are my options to replace Gnome 3’s Nautilus in the least intrusive way?

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I use stock Ubuntu 20.04.2 with the Gnome 3.36.8 desktop (according to gnome-control-center’s About tab). Nautilus version: 3.36.3 Dismay: I have a hard time organizing my photos in Nautilus, because the largest possible image thumbnail setting results in thumbnails displayed at an effective 164px width. (All the while the actual thumbnail .png files, in ~/.cache/thumbnails/large/, … Read more

Is there debug.exe equivalent for linux?

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Is there a Windows debug.exe equivalent where I can write machine code and see what results they have after execution? Answer You can emulate debug.exe from DOSBOX… make a dir in your computer and paste in it debug.exe open dosbox and mount your dir with: mount x /home/[user]/[folderCreated] change to x: run debug.exe AttributionSource : … Read more