What programs would you like to see ported to Linux?

There are many TV programs that are simultaneous video streamed on the internet. It would be nice to have a DVR to record the video stream to be watched at a different time. (Also, the commercials could be skipped)

Originally Posted by wet1 Try Text Editor. click Menu > Accessories > Text Editor or type xed %U as a command line.

Notepad++ is a lightweight programme useful for coding as well as normal text, whereas Text Editor is just a notepad as far as I can see. I created my website on Notepad++. Bluefish is pretty similar but not quite as user friendly but it's a reasonable substitute.

It would be nice to have a DVR to record the video stream to be watched at a different time.

Get yourself a little usb tv tuner. Make sure the kernel has firmware support for it. Or build support.

Then use v4l and cron or at to start/stop recording when you wish.
Make yourself a script. Turn the machine on, record your half hour tv show, go back to sleep.

You can have as elaborate or as simple a setup as you wish.
After you have made a channels conf file for the frequencies in your area, zap a channel and record it.

For the tv streams on the internet. Scrape the source of it, then dump the stream to file. One again, bash, python, perl.

If you start a project like that, then post a thread about what you have done and where you are stuck, someone will help.

Originally Posted by mogmog Notepad++ is a lightweight programme useful for coding as well as normal text, whereas Text Editor is just a notepad as far as I can see. I created my website on Notepad++. Bluefish is pretty similar but not quite as user friendly but it's a reasonable substitute.

Will notepadqq do?
Or any number of really good native Linux code editors?

I would say Roblox. I am a Roblox dev, and my main platform is Linux, so it is really annoying to switch to my low end Windows PC when I could have worked on my high end Linux PC. I could have made games way faster if Roblox was ported to Linux.

I am a Roblox dev

Who would be in a better position to port Roblox to linux than a Roblox developer? Maybe I'm missing something.

Originally Posted by teckk Get yourself a little usb tv tuner. Make sure the kernel has firmware support for it. Or build support. Then use v4l and cron or at to start/stop recording when you wish. Make yourself a script. Turn the machine on, record your half hour tv show, go back to sleep. You can have as elaborate or as simple a setup as you wish. After you have made a channels conf file for the frequencies in your area, zap a channel and record it. For the tv streams on the internet. Scrape the source of it, then dump the stream to file. One again, bash, python, perl. If you start a project like that, then post a thread about what you have done and where you are stuck, someone will help.

Sorry, I am not a programmer and do not understand "Scrape the source of it, then dump the stream to file". I am just a home user of Linux. Thanks is advance. fkiss

Originally Posted by fkiss Scrape the source of it, then dump the stream to file

Scrape the source: Open the web page in your browser, press F12 - that should give you a developer console - now find the URL to the stream.
dump it to a file: Simple. something like 'wget -O some_file "$URL"'

edit: which sites? Have you tried youtube-dl?

Originally Posted by teckk Who would be in a better position to port Roblox to linux than a Roblox developer? Maybe I'm missing something.

Well, actually, I am not a developer in the sense that I develop Roblox. I develop games on Roblox and am not affiliated with the actual Roblox staff.

Originally Posted by Logimite Well, actually, I am not a developer in the sense that I develop Roblox. I develop games on Roblox and am not affiliated with the actual Roblox staff.

You make us feel like you're actually working for Roblox.

Originally Posted by jeremy This thread is for letting vendors know that there is interest in porting one of their programs to Linux. Let us know what programs you would like to see ported and why. Details such as how much you would be willing to pay may be helpful as well. If there is enough interest for certain programs I will even contact the vendor myself. --jeremy

Well think or swim is available as a linux download but it does not work and TDAmeritrade won't support it. I would love to see a working think or swim platform so I can do my trades easier online.

For me VeraCrypt + BleachBit + MAC Changer of some sort + Torify system & some other things but can`t think of them now.

VeraCrypt is available for Linux.
https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html

Originally Posted by cwizardone VeraCrypt is available for Linux. https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html

I know but it would be nice to have it already installed.

AltspaceVR. The developers recently dropped support for two of their Android-based clients (Oculus Gear and the 2D Android app), leaving some of us high and dry, so a Linux version of any of the remaining clients would be nice.

More generally, VR works pretty well on Android but could be better on GNU/. Good support for any of the big PC-based headsets would be a leap forward. I think Steam is doing something in this direction.