What are some tiny, lightweight apps for Linux that are really neat? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by Witch@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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Playing around with PeppermintOS on a "new " old laptop, and having fun. Its making me realize that tiny things can really work to impress. (Especially when you're waiting on a ram upgrade, haha!)

Could be terminal based or GUI, I'm just curious---what tiny apps do you use that you think are neat? Things that don't take up much storage or memory.

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[-] Mandy@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

yt-dl for videos

and gallery-dl for pictures good stuff

[-] s3rvant@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

yt-dl for videos

Or the fork yt-dlp

[-] redcalcium@c.calciumlabs.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you have both yt-dlp and mpv installed, you can enjoy watching YouTube videos directly in terminal rendered as text art. Give it a try:

mpv --vo=tct "https://youtube.com/watch?v=BBJa32lCaaY"

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