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In-Depth Series: Apt Spelunking

  • Number of episodes: 6
  • Open/closed: open
  • Date of earliest show: 2015-07-15
  • Date of latest show: 2021-06-15
  • Series RSS feeds: ogg, spx, mp3

"Apt spelunking" is a silly term I made up for the act of searching through your package manager, App Store, Code Repo, etc with vague terms, and trying out random applications therein.
A public series started by Windigo.

hpr3357 :: My terminal journey, part 02. hosted by Some Guy On The Internet

Tuesday, 2021-06-15. 00:31:30. Clean.
terminal, apt-get, apt-cache, apt-mark, dpkg.

Becoming terminal friendly.

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hpr3353 :: My terminal journey, part 01. hosted by Some Guy On The Internet

Wednesday, 2021-06-09. 00:46:54. Clean.
terminal, apt-get, apt-cache, .bashrc.

Becoming terminal friendly.

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hpr2388 :: Apt Spelunking 4: Planet of the Apts hosted by Windigo

Wednesday, 2017-09-27. 00:09:03. Explicit.
recommendations, software, repositories.

Another couple of interesting packages from the Debian repos

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hpr2115 :: Apt Spelunking 3: nodm, cmus, and parecord hosted by Windigo

Friday, 2016-09-09. 00:13:21. Clean.
linux, pulseaudio, music.

Windigo wades through the Debian repositories and brings attention to some of the good stuff.

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hpr1906 :: Apt Spelunking 2: tvtime, phatch, and xstarfish hosted by Windigo

Monday, 2015-11-23. 00:17:48. Clean.
apt, tvtime, xstarfish, phatch, images, batch, video, wallpaper, terrible.

Windigo digs through his software repositories and finds another couple of gems

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hpr1813 :: Apt Spelunking: surf, lightyears, and fbterm hosted by Windigo

Wednesday, 2015-07-15. 00:14:56. Clean.
games, debian, terminal, browser.

Windigo introduces several applications he found by wandering around the debian repositories.

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.