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more »Desktopia: Wmii A look at the Wmii Window Manager
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more »KTools: Klik Software distribution with Klik
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more »Irssi Text-based chat with Irssi
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more »Bash Tuning Script tuning in Bash
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more »Scripting Secrets Intro New tools and techniques for scripting in Linux
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more »Command Line: Ispell and Aspell The Ispell and Aspell command line spellcheckers
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brighten up your messges.
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