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Discussion about some parts in family names.

General:

• DE/WM: i3 | highly customizable(HCB)
• thunar: File manager
• sakura: Terminal emulator | more display features than alacritty, although lower refresh rate
• rofi: Application launcher | tried to integrated rofi-vscode, but failed
• polybar: Display system information
• rime: Input method frame | Polyglot necessity, HCB
• timeshift | backup and restore system
• kde connector | fast file transfer between cellphone
• arandr | visualization of xrandr
• gnome-clocks | world clock, alarm, stopwatch

Shell Tools:
Shell:

- zsh | shell itself
- oh-my-zsh | more commands
- powerlevel10k | better prompt

General:

- tmux | HCB
- broot/br: File tree view & search
- ranger: File manager & preview | can preview docs and pics
- fzf / fzf-tmux: Faster search of files
- dust: Directory usage
- bat: alternative cat | has syntax highlight
- bottom | systemc diagnostics, alternative htop & gtop

Others:

- mapascii | display map in shell...
- bc | calculator, better than my own alias of python
- happy-hacking-gnu | remap a hhkb keyboard

Downloader:

• Deluge | torrent downloader
• aria2 | gerneral downloader
• yt-dlp | video site downloader

Image:

• Imagemagick
• Inkscape | for vector images
• Gimp + PS plugin | Looks like PhotoShop
• feh | for wallpapers
• geeqie | image viewer

Recorder:

• flameshot | best screenshots
• OSB studio | video recorder
• peek | gif recorder

Stream player:

• mpv | as video and music player
• mpd | as music server
• vlc | backup player
• ncmpcpp | as shell client, btw I thought it’s abbrv of ncmp + cpp, but actual is nc-mpc-pp for ncurses music player clien plus plus
• mpdevil | as gui client
• osdlyrics | display lyrics, but need a gui client(ncmpcpp is not enough)

Other editor:

• blender
• kdenlive
• mypaint | drawer
• fontforge | design your own font

Text editor:

• VS code | versatile, edit, compile, debug, test. for gui
• Vim | config from FLHonker/vim-plus-plus, for shell
• Emacs | Doom emacs, for org-mode
• Frescobaldi | Composer tool

Communication & calendar:

• Thunderbird | never tried other clients, only gui
• weechat | irc shell client

Browsers:

• Firefox | Screw chrome and its sync
• Chrome | backup for nothing

Syncing:

• syncthings | for syncting

Learning:

• goldendict | best dictionary, just add more dicts, HCZB
• anki | memory toold
• zotero | paper manager
• calibre | ebook manager
• obsidian | notebook

PDF:

• okular | pdf viewer & marker
• pdftk
• pdfchain

Games:
Sudoku: gnome-sudoku
Minesweeper: kmines
Solitare: aisleriot

A simple tutorial to use excel more powerful.

Please try these tips on your excel when you reading it.

• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Get & Transform Data
• Text to Columns
• Formulas
• Pivot Charts & Tables
• Cell Format
• Format Painter
• Conditional Formatting
• Quick Access Toolbar

The original title of this post is `Making you excel yourself in Excel’, but it sounds too geek and stupid, so I changed it.

Some see news of worker shortages as welcome.

Japan has so far avoided explosive outbreaks of the virus, with fewer than 12,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic, thanks in part to stringent border controls in place since last spring.

As rich countries loosen lockdowns, an economic concern is emerging.

However, pundits do not agree on whether stimulus handouts really lead people to shirk.

Its aim is to integrate and streamline the vast delivery resources that already exist across China, rather than build its own.

(Which model emerges victorious) will ultimately depend on (which best controls costs), thinks Eric Lin of ubs, a bank.

When Americans notice business and politics mingling in other countries they often see it as a sign of institutional decay, crony capitalism or authoritarianism.

That decade has witnessed the rise of homeowners’ associations, as well as the introduction of legislation requiring more consideration of citizens’ concerns.

There is probably no better way for a foreigner to appreciate the richness and variety of the English language than by studying the various ways in which Shakespeare used it.

Silicon Valley is a magnet to which numerous talented engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs from overseas flock in search of fame and fast money.

Such villages generally lay in regions of relatively advanced agricultural production, permitting not only the survival of peasants but also the accumulation of an agricultural surplus for investment.

Owing to the remarkable development in mass-communication, people everywhere are feeling new wants, and are being exposed to new customs and ideas, while the government are often forced to introduce still further innovation for the reasons given above.

The fact that half of the known species are thought to inhabit the world’s rain forest does not seem surprising, considering the huge number of insects that comprise the bulk of the species.

The casual friendliness of many Americans should be interpreted neither as superficial nor as artificial, but as the result of a historically developed cultural tradition.