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Lightweight C Applications and Libraries

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 18:18:19 GMT

While I have other lists that cover a variety topics, wanted one that just had useful lightweight C programs, utilities and libraries. So, I'll be repeating some links here. However, I hope to add some new projects as well. I'd also be interested in hearing suggestions that fit the criteria of lightweight, cross-platform C projects. If you're aware of any I've left off this list, please let me know.

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Ergonomic and Health related Free and Open Source Software

Thu, 02 Apr 2020 17:06:34 GMT

Here are some of my favorite health related programs. The ergonomic programs are useful if you're spending long hours in front of your computer. The recipe and nutrition software can be used to improve your nutrition.

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Alternative Software Lists

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 16:11:16 GMT

I have not had much luck in finding places to discuss lightweight, portable software alternatives with other FLOSS enthusiasts. If you have any recommendations on best places to do this, please let me know: http://www.distasis.com/connect.htm

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Public Domain Code

Wed, 10 Jul 2019 20:29:58 GMT

Below is a list of code that is in the public domain or available under CC0 or unlicense or 0BSD terms.

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Free audio software

Thu, 20 Apr 2017 19:10:29 GMT

Here's a list of music/audio software I like or have found of interest. I've built all of them from source without too many complications at one point or another. I'm also working on patching apcstudio which is a lightweight FLTK based audio/wave file editor. I have it building with the latest version of FLTK and am hoping to add some new capabilities.

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PDF and Postscript

Thu, 20 Apr 2017 18:58:27 GMT

Some interesting Open Source command line programs output their results in Postscript and/or PDF format. That makes it useful to have lightweight PDF and PostScript viewers that don't require a lot of dependencies to build so you can view their output quickly. It's also nice on Linux systems if they work in framebuffer mode, so you don't have to start an X Windows session just to view results. Cross-platform viewers work on a variety of systems from Linux and Mac to Windows to DOS and even Android. Having tools to edit/modify PDF and PostScript output is also useful.

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FLTK applications list

Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:46:50 GMT

I covered SDL based applications. Now, I'd like to cover FLTK based applications for desktops and/or productivity.

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How to find lightweight applications

Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:38:59 GMT

It's fun to discover new lightweight applications. They work well on newer computer systems as well as older or slower computers and low resource machines like many mobile devices. You can run more of them at once. If they're not well-known, they can actually be more secure sometimes (using the security through obscurity principle). I also personally prefer portable applications. That way, you can use the same programs on any operating system. You don't have to relearn new programs for each system you work with.

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