A collection of helpful scripts that make working in Linux easier
DBUS-aware Scripts:
- cron-notify: send messages via notify-send, even from cron
- telepathy-presence: set status on all telepathy (empathy) accounts
- purple-status: set status in Pidgin and any libpurple-based IM client
These scripts all check for a 'dbus-daemon' running, and grab $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS from its environment. With that variable defined, they can all interact via DBUS, even from a cron job or a remote SSH session. I use them in cron jobs to automatically sign in and out of IM and send libnotify notices.
Helpful extras:
- tea-timer: a simple timer that uses zenity to count down and notify you when the timer expires
- oom-scores: Shows the processes that are most likely to be culled by the OOM-killer