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I used to find http://java-apps.org/ useful, but it seems to be defunct. The wayback machine has it archived
here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20160817230 ... 797&page=0

@muggins:-

Hm. Can't download anything, though; all downloads are re-directed back to the "defunct" (Madricio Titanes) website.....or so it appears!

Mike.

Yes, downloading is hit & mostly miss. So if I'm interested in an app, I just copy the name & try & locate
the app on github or sourceforge.

As an example, for the chemical elements quiz, if you edit the link:

https://web.archive.org/web/20160813231 ... ments-quiz

to:

http://www.oligalma.com/en/downloads/ja ... ments-quiz

and open in a new tab, it takes you to the website, where you can download the zipped jar file.

gtk-apps.org & qt-apps.org are similarly defunct.

Also, with wayback machine. if you're really after a file, it's worth trying different timelines as some will have functioning links
for archives.

Tag: Jalmus, JDiskCat, XMLSpear

Jalmus - is a free, open source music education software helping the musicians, specially pianists, to improve their sight-reading. You can train to read music with both exercises on notes or rhythms
https://www.jalmus.net/Download.html

JDiskCat - easy-to-use multi-platform disk cataloguing program supporting local or removable media - drives and folders
https://sourceforge.net/projects/jdiskcat/

XMLSpear - is a free XML editor with real-time validation
http://www.donkeydevelopment.com/

Shattered Pixel Dungeon
Traditional roguelike game with pixel-art graphics and simple interface.
Direct download link:
https://github.com/00-Evan/shattered-pi ... esktop.jar
Quite fun and old-school, I liked it
Oh, you rats - go away !

Tag: Dr. Geo, FreeTTS, GLIPS Graffiti

Dr. Geo - interactive geometry software
http://www.drgeo.eu/
This need 32bit libraries layer in 64bit puppies.

FreeTTS - a speech synthesizer written entirely in the Java programming language
https://freetts.sourceforge.io/

GLIPS Graffiti - an open source SVG graphics editor and a SCADA HMI editor
http://glipssvgeditor.sourceforge.net/

puppy_apprentice wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 2:15 pm

speech synthesizer

Does Linux have normal(good) speech synthesizers for Slavic languages? Polish, Czech, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian?

Grey wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 3:38 pm

puppy_apprentice wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 2:15 pm

speech synthesizer

Does Linux have normal(good) speech synthesizers for Slavic languages? Polish, Czech, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian?

@Grey :-

In a word, NO. What there is, is in a very poor state of development; I suspect either there wasn't much interest in the first place, or what few devs were doing anything with it have given up & lost interest.

I use TextAloud!, running under WINE. I found quite a good free source for the AT&T 'Natural Voices' (around 700 MB each), but TBH the modern voice synthesis stuff is starting to make those sound lame nowadays. This is all happening in the MOBILE ecosphere now, NOT the desktop arena.....

Mike.

There are tools to make own voices for Java FreeTTS (it is not easy).

Is there desktop app with support for Slavic languages i don't know.

But for other languages there are online services:
https://ttsfree.com/
https://freetts.com/Home/PolishTTS
https://context.reverso.net/t%C5%82umac ... zator+mowy

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Maybe this:
Speech Dispatcher
https://freebsoft.org/speechd
with Russian voice from:
https://github.com/RHVoice/RHVoice/wiki

Does Linux have normal(good) speech synthesizers for Slavic languages?

espeak is a speech synthesizer that does not use much resources.
It is not a java app. It is cross platform.
it supports about 150 languages, including Klingon.

The sound quality is not natural sounding.
http://espeak.sourceforge.net/samples/raven.ogg

http://espeak.sourceforge.net/
http://espeak.sourceforge.net/languages.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESpeak

Tag: jMemorize, Magic Assistant, YSoccer

jMemorize - Java app that uses Leitner flashcards to make memorizing facts not only more efficient but also more fun
https://sourceforge.net/projects/jmemorize/

Magic Assistant - multi-platform application for "Magic: The Gathering" players. Includes Card Browser, Library Organizer, Deck Builder and MTG Tournament Manager.Comes with MTG cards database and allows web updates. See home page for details.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mtgbrowser/

YSoccer - game with the gameplay and the style of the well known Sensible World of Soccer (a.k.a. SWOS)
http://ysoccer.sourceforge.net/

williams2 wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 5:24 pm

Does Linux have normal(good) speech synthesizers for Slavic languages?

espeak is a speech synthesizer that does not use much resources.

Wow! I'll go compile it. Thanks!

Tag: EJE, Searchmonkey, Statistics101

EJE (Everyone's Java Editor) - a simple Java editor, perfect to learn Java, without learning a complex development tool
https://sourceforge.net/projects/eje/

Searchmonkey - power searching on your desktop without the pain
https://sourceforge.net/projects/searchmonkey/

Statistics101 - a giftware computer program that interprets and executes the simple but powerful “Resampling Stats” programming language
http://www.statistics101.net/

HeliosPaint (editing photos, drawing and icons).

an old fave....

Turn your routine work into contemporary art
IOGraph — is an application that turns mouse movements into contemporary art. The idea is that you have the program running in the background while doing your usual daily stuff at the computer. Go back to IOGraph after a while and grab a nice picture of what you’ve done!

https://www.iographica.com/

Frinika - sequencer, soft-synths, realtime effects and audio recording. Home page, Sourceforge and Tutorials on Youtube.
In principle, it is quite possible to use it - it imports "tracker" formats and midi.

Discovered by muggins, viewtopic.php?p=33937#p33937

mikeslr wrote: ↑Fri Aug 13, 2021 9:15 pm

Discovered by muggins, viewtopic.php?p=33937#p33937

@mikeslr :-

If you have a browse through my Google Drive, Mike, under the "Java_Runtime" directory there's another directory for "Java Apps". In there, you'll find a tiny SFS I made around 4 years ago....for JDiskReport.

It's been around for a long time, this thing.....yet still works just as well under current Java as it did several years ago. And still just as useful; like all Java apps, it's "no-arch".

T'other Mike.

Hi Mike,

Glad my post generated your response.
Someday you'll have to explain how to include the following under my signature: "Beware of my flaky memory."

this is a really good mind map application

BTW the picture doesn't do it justice
https://www.freeplane.org/wiki/index.ph ... iew_en.jpg

Freeplane is a free and open source software application that supports thinking, sharing information and getting things done at work, in school and at home. The software can be used for mind mapping and analyzing the information contained in mind maps. Freeplane runs on any operating system that has a current version of Java installed.

Tag: Domination, Free Mars, Space Trader

Freeplane was added earlier. Strange is that when using search this topic option only your post is listed, but all earlier 'freeplane' are matched.
Edit: I've checked this, added 'freeplane' tag on first line in my earlier post and now it is visible on search list.

Domination - Java Risk game
http://domination.sourceforge.net/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_%28game%29

Free Mars - is a turn based strategy game similar to Civilization but about colonizing Mars
https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemars/

Space Trader
https://sourceforge.net/projects/spacetraderjava/
https://github.com/LeonisX/space-trader

A few years ago, I maintained a repo at github (it is still there: https://github.com/bkauler/oe-qky-src)

As I found using github from the commandline to be confusing, I used a GUI named SmartGit, a Java app, which is free for personal use:

https://www.syntevo.com/smartgit/

It requires a JRE, but I downloaded it again yesterday and found that it now has the jre builtin. Obviously they have done that for the convenience of users, no longer have to install a jre separately.

It got me wondering, how complete is the jre in SmartGit, could it be used to run other java apps? It is jre version 11.

Anyway, SmartGit is great. If you need to access (push, pull, etc.) a git repository, it makes life much easier.

@BarryK :-

Java 11 is pretty up-to-date. I think most of us in the kennels are still using variations on Java 8, or at least this works well with a lot of existing stuff.

From Java 9 onwards, Oracle had a big shake-up, and made one hell of a lot of modifications (basically created a new framework). Result being that apps written under older Java versions no longer function under "new" JAVA.

Oracle have also changed the way you obtain it. From what I can see of it, you now have to create an Oracle account, state how you're going to use it, and sign your life away just to get a copy of the runtime. Developers have to jump through several more hoops now.

Previously, all you did was to go to the Downloads page, and download the version you wanted. It's still free, but there's a lot more pre-conditions to that use now.

Mike.

puppy_apprentice wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 8:08 am

Free Mars
Warszawa

You are a desperate optimist
I recently read the news on wiadomosci.gazeta.pl:

Polskie satelity SatRevolution już w kosmosie. Rakietę wyniosła "Kosmiczna Dziewczyna"
Pszczoły kosmonautki z Polski. Na AGH sprawdzają, czy można je wysłać na Marsa

Best comment:

W sumie kilku naszych polityków można byłoby wysłać Starshipem SN20 w kosmos...

Perhaps the settlement was founded by politicians or bees

puppy_apprentice wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 8:08 am

Space Trader
Government: Dictatorship. Pirates: Many

This is right. Only a firm hand can keep order in this damn galaxy. It does not correspond to the "values" of the European Union, but what can be done

In Free Mars You can choose the nation you want to play. I chose Poland and the game has coded names of Polish cities. I believe that if you choose Russia, the first settlement will be Moscow.

In Space Trader game there are many planets to visit. Some are democratic, communist, corporate or police states.

puppy_apprentice wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 4:39 pm

In Free Mars You can choose the nation you want to play. I chose Poland and the game has coded names of Polish cities. I believe that if you choose Russia, the first settlement will be Moscow.

In Space Trader game there are many planets to visit. Some are democratic, communist, corporate or police states.

Okay, I get it I'll try to play.

Let's continue the theme of games.
Mindustry. A sandbox tower defense game written in Java. Defend your base from waves of powerful enemies.
This is possibly the best Java game of its kind. There is an editor. Mods can be made and downloaded. Cross-platform multiplayer. At the start, the game can determine the language itself, based on the system language, although it can be done manually. Based on the LibGDX engine (there are also Space Haven and Pathway games+etc, but they are proprietary).
Official site.
Download page.

Tag: jftp, ftp, Age of Conquest, Demise of Nations

Two FTP java apps:

JFtp
http://j-ftp.sourceforge.net

JFTP
https://www.jmethods.com/jftp

For testing used sfk as a FTP server:
viewtopic.php?p=30639#p30639

And two strategy games:

Age of Conquest
https://noblemaster.itch.io/age-of-conquest-iv

Demise of Nations
https://noblemaster.itch.io/demise-of-nations

Lionheart Java Remake
Remake of Lionheart - good old, great Amiga game.

Tag: GeoGebra, Portable QR-Code Generator, XLogo

GeoGebra - (the name is a portmanteau made from the two words Geometry and Algebra) is an interactive geometry, algebra, statistics and calculus application, intended for learning and teaching mathematics and science from primary school to university level
https://www.geogebra.org

Portable QR-Code Generator - a free Java program which generates QR Codes
https://sites.google.com/site/qrcodefor ... s-networks

XLogo - is a Logo interpreter, written in Java
https://xlogo.tuxfamily.org/en/index-en.html