I found the new Asmi Linux fast and fun to use - if you're not afraid of a little setup work

Xfce is a unique desktop environment that offers serious flexibility and speed. Asmi Linux takes advantage of that to create a Linux distribution that, in theory, should work for anyone.
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This Tool Let Me Use Google Translate in the Linux Terminal

Translate Shell, previously known as Google Translate CLI, is a command-line translation tool. Behind the scenes, it uses several translation engines such as Google, Bing Translator, Apertium, and ...