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Top 10 Memory Processes
It displays the top 10 processes sorted by memory usage

Rename duplicates from MusicBrainz Picard
Renames duplicates from MusicBrainz Picard, so you get the latest copy and not a bunch of duplicates.

(Debian/Ubuntu) Discover what package a file belongs to
Works similar to dpkg -S, but uses the locatedb and is thus inarguably a lot faster - if the locatedb is current.

Read random news on the internet
Access a random news web page on the internet. The Links browser can of course be replaced by Firefox or any modern graphical web browser.

Get your external IP address
Request all information about my IP address in json format

Which processes are listening on a specific port (e.g. port 80)
swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"

Display packages and versions on Debian/Ubuntu distrib
Need admin right to run dpkg-query

Colored cal output

Start another instance of X via SSH


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