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Linux software to look into from the Linux Mint Software Manager

 This is my personal list of software to look into. It's things that look interesting (to me) that are in the Linux Mint Software Manager. Note that this is distinct from the Synaptic Package Manager; however I assume that the Mint Software Manager is a curated subset of Synaptic.

Artha - awesome-looking off-line thesaurus

Treeline - tree-like custom data manger. Might work as a hierarchical note-taking app. For now though I'm happily using feathernote for that.

Geekcode - fun personalized geekcode generator for signatures etc

Singularity - looks like an intriguing and original game

Laby - kids learn to program game with ants and spider webs

Tuxtype - educational typing tutor game

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