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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 07, 2023
> g application for the command line. It helps keep track of events, appointments and daily tasks. It has lots of functionality, is lightweight, fast, reliable and portable (due to being text-file based). The PCLinuxOS repositories have ver. 4.6.0 (released in March 2020).
> Calcurse's name is a combination of 'calendar' and 'curses' (the name of the library used to build the user interface). Calcurse is multi-platform. It is available on Linux, three BSD distributions and macOS (via the Homebrew project).
> Buttercup Password Manager is a modern and feature-rich open source password manager that was recently added to the PCLinuxOS repositories. Featuring 256 bit AES encrypted vaults, Buttercup provides a high level of security for your passwords and other sensitive information. In addition to the desktop program, mobile versions are available for iOS and Android, along with browser extensions for Firefox and Google Chrome.
> The user interface has a polished, well designed look to it, making Buttercup Password Manager very easy to navigate and use. Each vault opens up in a separate tab, allowing you to easily switch between them. Creating a new vault is as simple as clicking on the + button in the upper toolbar.
> Most of the time, the sage advice around the PCLinuxOS forum is to NOT install software from outside of the official PCLinuxOS repository. It's a trivial task to run into what is dis-affectionately called "dependency hell." You also lack a full listing of changes made to your system, so installing even one "unofficial" piece of software could break 10 other working programs, or even render your installation unusable (or even unbootable).
> If things do "go South" for your installation, good luck trying to figure out exactly what went wrong, since you have no idea what changes were made to your system. Plus, unless you install software from a trusted source, you could unknowingly install malware, spyware, viruses, ransomware, cryptomining software, credential stealing software, etc. Sometimes, it can be difficult to know exactly who to trust.
> Personally, I've avoided the new AI chatbots like the dog tries to avoid fleas. AI chatbots are definitely in their infancy, and should only improve as time goes on. But we also need some controls on these chabots. In more extreme views, I sometimes have visions of an AI monstrosity like Skynet in the Terminator movies. Unless their use is restricted and their abilities rolled out more slowly to give people a chance to get use to their capabilities, the line of truth could very easily be more easily blurred and/or obliterated.
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